The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-21
ADsooAT 4's EDITOR spRAKs.
pr. Buckley at Grnce NJ. b. Church Yes
ft5 Ierday.

X ~. Buckley at Grnce NJ. 3. Church Yes
1Nt IeTday.
The Rev. J.. M. Buckley, the editor OF the
Christian Advocate of New York, occupied
the pulpit of Grace M. e. Church yesterday
morning and evening and preached two
able sermons. The morning sermon was
particularly interesting. DR.. Buckley took
as his text part Of the sixteenth verse or
the third chapter of First Timothy. He
spoke particularly Of the mystery OF rell-
gion.
Or. Buckley said that the person who
tried to make all OF the portions OF the
Bible agree would have very large con-
tract. The Bible consists OF slxty-six
books in all and was written by different
people in different ages and under different
conditions, and the Bible itself in the later
portions speaks OF the imperfections OF the
earlier portions. Had 1t not been for TINS
the latter portions would have been I'M
necessary. Yet all portions of the Bible
4 agree upon one thing aud that Is the mys-
terry which surrounds God and religion
4 child, after it had been told of the great
things which God has done and told that
H God has made everything on the earth Will
inquire: "Who made God?" That question
is one which is asked by philosopher as
well as a child. Follow out any expert
4 ment infinitely and to the end, search out
A anything and in the end you will come to
something which cannot be understood;
something which is mystery; you will
reach a point beyond which you can not go.
BIBLE TEACHES TO DO RIGHT.
Lord Kelvin, the great electrician, whose
Jubilee was celebrated a short time ago,
told the people who assembled to do him
honor that the results Of electrical ex-
periments and the extent OF electrical de-
velopment had been wonderful and yet no
more was known Of electricity itself, the
power which was behind all these things
than there was when lie began to teach
fifty years ago. There is enough in the
Bible to teach man to do right, to do his
duty and to be saved. He cannot under
stand God, he cannot comprehend the
whole plan Of salvation, but if he has been
converted and been born again there is
something within his heart which tells
him that he is right and which tells him
that some day he will understand all and
will be happy.
Or. Buckley said that he had heard some
ministers attempt to explain the ways of
Providence, Some ministers will preach
the funeral sermon of child who has been
born into Christian home and say that
the One above took the child that it might
be delivered from temptation, Willie around
the corner will be Il number Of children
who are being raised in sin, who will live
and grow up. Baptist minister who had
the reputation OF never baviug preached d
sermon without having had a conversion
went in bathing at a sGashore resort and
was drowned. while twenty-five other men
escaped. Providence could have saved him
had It so desired, and why it did not no
one can explain. Daniel Webster, when
speaking of God, said that he did not want
q God whom he could understand for then
man would be as wise as God
RELIGION A MYSTERY.
DIR. Buckley said that while religion was
q mystery, and The Bible says that 1t is,
he did not want any mysteries in religion
which were not in the Bible. Some
ch3rchns have added mystery the founda-
lions for which are not to be found in the
Bible. tIe therefore did not accent them
He spoke Of The disciples and of their
teachings and at what they said OF thc
Hereafter Religion and science, he said
moved on different lines They do not in.
tertere with each other. Like the trains
On double track railroad they can move
in opposite directions without interfering
with each otter. That is because they are
on different parallel Inns lie spoke 0I
soIue stuGets saying that they could not
harnorIze silence aud religion, but sait
that If they had lecn converted AMI har
been born again tEere wOr,d be re~!tn4