New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
SERTICES AT ASBURY PARK.
SERMONS BEFORE BAPTIST CONGREGA-
TIONS.
THE REV. W. II. p FAUNcE. THE REV. DR..
GEORGE BULLEN AND THE REV. DR.. z.

GEORGE BULLEN AND THE REV. DR.. E.
J. JOHNSON THE SPEAKERS.
Asbury Park May 24-There were three Baptist
meetings here to-day In the morning the Rev. w.
II. p. Faunce of NewYork. delivered a sermon be-
fore the American Baptist Publication Society ir
the Auditorium. Mr.. Faunce took as his text: Be
cause OF Your Cnbeief." He said in part:
Belief is the grasp of the soul OF God. and wish
to make the broad and sweeping statement that
real success, and with that grasp no man can have
permanent failure We sympathize @ @ with wi the Ar,
the Turks originally acquired their power in Europe
Sy em a @ map a0 Of Europe until
fronted by stronger faith in the Christian churches
around him. Pretenders vanish only when the real
The literature Of America has suffered distinct
modern newsstand is suffc.ent testimony. Natural
ISM naked and unashamed; pess lmsm dark and
adored this IS the menu served up to the children
Of Of Tennyson and Bunyan and Milton sensational
press Systematically gives most space to things
Faith in God is the one condition of national per-
petuity and greatness Do our great aqueducts and
%s o @ Of and
hood? Does the tai church spire imply pre-em nent
me mean homes honest dealing. in commerce? Those who
found Rome brick and left it marble found 1t SIM
luxury and honeycombed by sin. The aim OF our
country Is not 70 produce buildings 6u; men; not
uplift character; not 10 whiten the seas with the
sails Of cSmmeres but to M amply sn9se sturdy
acter and the finest fruits OF Christian faith Worse
rghteousness: Fight more DISASTROUS than any cyclone i
the sweeping over the and of false IDEAS Of sue
cess. No trains az 100 miles an hour will wh!rl
into the millennium.
In the afternoon the American Baptist Missionary
Union met in the Auditorium and were addressed
by the Rev. DR.. George Bu..en, Of Massachusetts,.
Dr. Bul.en took for his topic THE assured victory
OF our Priest King Our Lord waits for the issue
o. His work here, waits in glorious majesty there.
Here He was in humiliation there He sits In tho
camness of Divine sovereignty" He said among
other things: /.
and principaites and powers became subject to
Him. all forces were for HIS use, Administering
Providence often confounds US. but when unbeiiev-
ers even agnosSs & see PoWer working @ for right
King, turning and oyerturn.ng, confoundng the
turning to His s' own account their mad devices Il
is easy for US to see Gods hand in the quiet gp-
Su hSg is full
e s %en England sss her
foot in the East, plants her authority in india in
msS not s S s uh e
how God used Judsons terrible suffer.ngs for ghty
b The hep great az G ime world S ad IS
reigns. Jesus shares the power. He shall see Of shS
travail of His soul and be satisfied.
In the evening the American Baptist Home Mis-.
sion Society conducted services in the Ocean Grove
RsS Dr. E J. Johnson. Of Pennsyyania;. he took
Ss % n ex ana Sse OF ss Ss0afn o
the Holy Spirit do for us?' the speaker asked:
s p e Saa come 10 d d
accomplished In US the work which Christ came to
% ss Ths s Is
in u.s. II is righteousness which lays hold on Inn
mortality: and Il Is the spEit inai now o"e"s 10
us who is to raise us from the DEAD