The herald., 1896-06-22

IL possessing the universal consciousness
that in some way or other society IL to
be saved. The way is the problem of
our age. AS Baldwin Brown has re-
marked, kings have tried their hand
at saving, the noble has tried, the phil
osopher has tried, the priest has tried.
commerce has tried. Caesar has tried;
and now Democracy, Of whose word Maz-
zini Is quite the noblest prophet, cries.
Your efforts are abortive; make way
for the sovereign people; the people only
is divine" And the people will try
what they can do in the strength of
mans wisdom and will right all wrongs,
to dry all tears, to hush all means. to es-
tablish order, peace and charity in
distracted world. We are entering on
another grand experiment. God grant
that the time may be dawning-the gray
sky fiushes over the eastern hills-when
men, weary Of their own kings and sa-
viors, shall bend before the cross and
accept from Him who still wears on His
glorious throne the symbols Of his gas
sion, the law of their duty. and the
bread Of their life." This is time when
the world needs a fresh spiritual power
at It's heart. 1t is time when the world
needs to know the source whence moral
power comes. Neither economic schemes
or religious formulas can furnish the
energy for the movement that Is just
waiting for the touch of life to run to
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to return to the simplicity of faith. It
Is time to get back to the idea of Jesus.
The real strength of Christianity Is
the passion for Jesus. Personality, not
precept, is the power in every movement
that history has seen. There is no
mighty reformation or revolution that
has not gathered around and drawn it's
inspiration from some person. The
guarantee Of the victory Of the Christian
religion does not lie In the logic Of its
theology but In the degree of its pas
sionate loyalty to its Founder. Faith
may languish; creeds may be changed;
churches may be dissolved; society may
be shattered. But one cannot imagine
time when Jesus will not be the fair
image Of perfection, or the circumstances
wherein He will not be loved. He can
never be superseded. He can never be
exceeded. Religions will come and go,
the passing shapes Of an eternal instinct.
the conscience and the satisfaction Of the
heart, whom all men seek, in whom all
men will yet meet"
So the pressure upon us today Is to
hear the call that has trembled down
the centuries: "If any man put faith
in me. he shall become power in him
self" 1t Is not time for the sitting of
metaphysical definitions, or the search
for philosophical grounds for our right
eousness. 1t is a time to go forth in the
spirit of the Master. with a complete
loyalty to Him, to redeem the world.
1t is time to catch the enthusiasm of
our own poet who cried:
'Tf Jesus Christ is a man,
And only q man, say
That of all mankind will cleave to Him,
And to Him will cleave alway.
"If Jesus Christ is a God,
And the only God, swear
/ will follow him through heaven and hell.
The earth, the sea, and the ARR
After the sermon the choir was again
heard in a select anthem from Kirk
This small chorus Is remarkable for
volume of tone and for the true sympa-
thetic unison Of voices. The quartet
consists Of Mrs. Lillian Fellows Bur-
dett, soprano: Miss Adele Stoneman,
contralto; J. H. link, tenor and D H.
Morrison, bass. The latter gentleman
is also choir master. Miss Blanche
Rogers is the efficient organist. Congre-
gational singing is also q power in the
services of this church.