The herald., 1896-08-17
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Interesting Services at
Christ Church
ORDINATION TO The DIACONATE
Albert B. Weymouth, NJ. D., Ad-
mitted to Orders
REV. Mr.. LINCOLN'S SERMON
An Eloquent Discourse Appropriate to
the Occasion
n. Rev. Bishop Johnson and Others Of the
Clergy Present
Rev. Hr. HcLean OF Simpson Tabernacle Re-
sumes HI, Labors After His Vacation.
East Side Baptist Church.
Other Services
An Eloquent Discourse Appropriate to
the Occasion
n. Rev. Bishop Johnson and Others OF the
Clergy Present

The ordination of Albert B. Nvey-
mouth. NJ. D., to the diaconate took
place in Christ Episcopal church yes
terday morning, being the sixteenth
Sunday after Trinity. A large congre-
cation was present.
The order of service was al follows
Professional hymn 412; morning prayer
read by the Rev. Henderson Judd of the
Church of the Angels, Garvanza; the
lessons were read by the Rev.B. W. r.
Tayler of st. Johns, Los Angeles; the
creed and prayers were read by the Rev.
Mr. Dyer of Pasadena; hymn 2S7 ser
mon by the Rev. Prof. James Otis Lin
coin of San Mateo Cal. hymn 465: pre-
sentation of the candidate by the Rev.
A. S. Clark, rector of the parish; the lit
any, said by the Rt. Rev Joseph H.
johnson, d. D., bishop of Los Angeles
hymn 4S5; the holy communion, said by
the bishop, in the course of which the or
dination was completed, the gospel be-
ing read by the Rev. DR.. Weymouth; ;
recessional hymn 412.
The newly ordained deacon is a grad
uate of Harvard and a doctor of medi-
cine, highly esteemed by his brother
clergy and by the church people gener-
ally. He is in charge of ST. Barnabas
mission, Vernon.
Following is the sermon of ordination
as delivered by Rev. Mr.. Lincoln, from
the words found in Isaiah XXx:21;
thine ears shall hear a word behind
thee saying, this is the way, walk ye in
1t; when ye turn to the right hand and
when ye turn TO the left
The Urcchet is SpGa king on behalf of
the God OF judgment, and he declares
the double truth, of divine anger and of
divine mercy; anger against sin and
& mercy to sinners; anger against sinful
Judah, and mercy to those who should
listen to him and repent. The anger is
manifest because OF their kinship to
Adam, the first sinrer, and the mercy is
promised because of their kinship to
Abraham, the friend OF God.
- So it is now. The message of God s
prophet is two-foid: it is 70 declare the
results Of sin and of penitence.
Sin is the feature that marks us as
children and imtators OF the first Adam.
Mercy is the blessed privilege, that
SHOWS us to be Christ's own children
and his true followers.
In this prophecy of Isaiah, the Jews
are told of the time to come when their
teachers should not be removed into
corner, but their eyes should see their
teachers.
The time came wH,n Messiah app ear
ed and spake with authority and estab
lished the teaching church, and to this
day the teachers of the people of God
nave been accessible There has been
, difficulty in reaching them, and in
earning the word of truth.
Throughout all the last days" the
teachers have been visible and the voice
has been unmistakable. The ecclesia
tn, oil Of itSt fnyN-
spoken, both informally by personal ut
terences of the Father. and also delib-
erately in the conciliar declaration of
faith and discipline.
At occasions of solemn ordina ton Of
its ministers, it is fitting that the indi-
vidual teacher shouH speak to the con-
gregation, declaring the word that his
church declares. I<r we are living in
time that tries the souls of US all, and
we cannot keep up spiritual-minded-
ness unless we hearken to the mind of
the spirit To be carnally- minded is
death; but we seek the direction of the
Holy Ghost. He speaks not only in the
heart of the individual Christian, but
also in his church
This is an hour of religious eXaltation,
when we strain our powers to catch the
divine message. In this hour we are In
\ the world but not of it, we live above it,
we are elevated By the worship of AL
mighty God, far from the madding
crowds igncLle strife" and we listen
The church has words of might for
us, her children. The first word of your
church today is: "All scripture is given
sb by inspira ton of Cod This word, ut
tered in no uncertain fashion in the past,
is proclaimed anew and with especial
force in the midst of a windy contro-
versy over the holy scriptures, wherein
q simple mind may easily be puzzled to
know what is the meaning of some
learned and leading writer's. They pro-
fess themselves believers in sort Of
inspiration and yet it is rather eVasive
and disappointing to him who would
firmly grasp it.
A few years ago it was the New Testa-
ment that was the object of attack by
skeptical critics; now il is the Old Testa-
ment The intellectual brilliancy of
these attacks Influenced some Chris
tians to waver in their earnest and deti-
mite hold upon the divine word, but the
first onset was repulscd and tne argu-
ments were overthroWn; the New Tes-
lament stands triumphan Juday, over
its enemies. And so will il be with the
Old Testament. The attack upon that
is more recent. and even now we begin
10 see the close of the danger. The
holy book stands firmer today than ever
before.
Because of such wrons-headed proc
lamations of weak brethren and because
of the crafty attacks of real enemies
10 the faith, this Teassuring word is
spoken and it's utterance is meant to
help and to comfort The Holy Scrip
lures are the Word of God.
Now this entails Il duty upon us-a
double duty. lest We turn to the right
hand or to the left in our course w
are not on the one hand. at liberty to
exalt the Bible into fetch. an object
l.:,. 10 ,1t-ff t,.t
cry We are required to use its
various portions, but to use them differ
emily. From the Gospel story we re-
ceive one sort of benefit while from the
spatriarchal narrative we receive an
other: the lessons of the epistles of the
New Testament differs greatly from that
of the Kings and from the Book of job
Still less are we al liberty to view the
holy book as a secular collection of dis
,cordant writings, only inspired as Nir-
iii and Homer are. This may suit some
men who profess themselves Episcopal