The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-07

tober. He has for two years had
charge at East Berlin, Adams county.
He will reside at No us Gibson street.
Mr. Welshs initial sermon was on
"Christian DevotednesS," and from the
text, For none Of us liveth to HIM
self and no man dieth to himself -
Romans xiv, Z. He said:
The world is a selfish world and the
motto of the poet, The victor Is he
who can go it alone" Is literally car
ried out in many lines, not only to the
detriment of others. but to the detri-
ment of themselves. In this vast des-
ert of seltishness and egotism it Is
refreshing sight to see one who Is will
ing to give some of his time, talents
and goods for the benefit of his fellow
man are rarely found outside of the
circle of Christ's followers. Some In
deed who are unseltsh are not Chris
tians. But they are as the Goals in the
pit and need only the heat of the Spirit
to make them true followers of Christ.
MEANT SELF-DENIAL.
Paul wishes to impress the fact on
the Romish Christians that to follow
Christ meant sacrifice, self-denial and
devotedness to His cause. Christ hni-
self says that those who are not willing
to give up home, friends. yea. all for
Ills sake, ii necessary, are IlOt NoilHy
to be called Christians. AS Christians
we cannot live for ourselves because
of the interest we feel in His cause.
His plan of work is founded on unset
fishness and sacrifice and We as His
followers feel that to be like Him We
must follow these out. Not my will,
but thine be DONE" should be your con-
stant prayer. And in this praying and
working we must not only pray for our
fellow men, and preach to them, and
speak to them, but we must do for
them.
NO man can live to himself on
tirely and fulfill his destiny. There
must be the ego and nOn-egO, my
self and my brother for whom we
must live and move and have our be-
ing. One would think that when we
had spent the best of our days and
years for our fellow man th9t when
the warning would come that ,lr last
moments We're near we could feel that
our work was ended. but it is not so.
In these last moments when the spirit
is striving to disentangle itself from
the body there Is duty for us. For
Paul says. And no one dieth to him
self For in our manner of dying we
can glOrify Christ. We can set the cx-
ample by showing calm trust In that
All Powerful Redeemer to keep us af-
ter death as He has kept us in life.
THEY BRING JUDGMENT.
"Some men in their death bring judg-
ment on their slayers. This we find
in Christ Himself and Stephen and all
the apostles. Truly the blood of Christ
fell heavily on the Jews and their chill
dren, so that Christ died that the Scrip
ture might be fulfilled. This was not
the case. however, with Judas. When
the pangs of remorse came upon him
for betraying his Master they pursued
him more than the fairies and in mercy
he was allowed to go out and end his
days by Tiis own hand. There are
many today who are Judases and whom
God allows to die in many ways to
save double torment. Again there
are some die who are young and prom
lsing. They were only sowing wild
oats. So even In our dying we are liv-
ing examples for others and infiu-
ence the lives of all around US.
Therefore, whether we live or die
we are the Lords. AS the patent is
the property of the inventor so the
creation is the property of the Creator,
so by absolute ownership we are the
Lords, and therefore must serve Him
in life and death. And in His Great
ing He made them pairs. Even the
head of the creation was not complete
alone so he was provided with a part
ner. The lesson in this is that God
never meant man to be a hermit or
recluse. But the race is to live in
broad light of the sun and work day
by day i'm it's warmth for God and man.
What is the great end of life? Is
it to get rich, to gain power. to gain
friends. or any of the many things
which the world presents? No. 1t is
to please God. And in conclusion we
say that to fulfill His destiny ard end
our whole life must be given up to
forwarding His kingdom and helping
our fellow creatures and in our death
glorify Him to whom we are hasten
ing"
Previous to the sermon Miss Rogers
of Danville, who Is the guest of Mrs
w. II. Antrim, sang very sweetly in
strong soprano voice of rare purity
the beautiful hymn, Home of the
Soul" which was listened to with
wrapt attention by the large audience
which had assembled to hear the able
discourse of Rev. Mr.. Welsh.
MIR. DEGRUCHY's SERMON.
Rev. Thomas DE Gruchy created a
mild sensation last evening on the
West Side. when he preached his even
ing sermon to an audience which
crowded the large auditorium of the
Jackson Street Baptist church, of
which he became the pastor yesterday.
Mr.. DE Gruchy comes here from Wake
field. X. l. He preached a sermon in
the morning to the members of the
church or christians particularly"
His morning theme was taken from
Peter, /, 1-3: But the word Of the
Lord abideth forever" His treatment
of the text was not out of the ordin-
ary line. nevertheless 1t served to show
the new minister's ability for deep
thinking and argumentative sequence.
1t was at the evening service where
the surprise came, and when the meet
ing was over the several hundred who