The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-30
MANY PEOPLE HEARD HIM
TRUTH" AND GATE OF JUDAS
HIS SUBJECTS.
THE TABERNACLE REVIVAL CLOSES
The Rev. Or. Needham Leaves After Two
Weeks Of Most Effective Preaching
Many New Members Added
10 the Churches.
to the Churches.

Two Of the ablest and most eloquent
sermons to which the people Of Raleigh
have listened in long time were deliv-
cred here Sunday by the Very Reverend
III. Martyr Hart, Dean of st. Johns
Cathedral, Denver, Col.
At the morning service he preached
at Christ church to a very large con-
gregation on Truth" His text was
Luke XXI, 1898: Verify l say unto
you, This generation shall not pass
sway till all be fulfilled. Heaven and
earth shall pass away, but My words
ahall not pas away"
No synopsis of the discourse can do il
Mstice. Certainly none can give the
dose reasoning. the wonderful word
painting and the deep rich tones in
which it was delivered. BY way of in
as>iuCtion to his sermon, DR.. Hart said:
cit was Tuesday Of Passion week. 1t
Was holiday. Christ was in the temple
With his disciples. They had been
watching the people casting their gifts
lnto the treasury. Now the priests and
scribes and chief people had gone away
and left him the ear of the multitude.
He took the opportunity to deliver the
most scathing denunciation Of the evils
sf the day that his hearers had ever
hptened to-
"On their way up to the temple some,
says tie Bible, had spoken of it-how it
vas adorned with goodly stones and
gifts; had, no doubt, pointed out its mas
sive architecture and solid foundations.
Ii was, while commenting upon these
things, that he said: The days will com.
n the which there shall not be left one
stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down. Then further ON in his
remarks the words OF the text were used
remarks the words of the text were used
Heaven and earth shall pass away.
but my words shall not pass away"
Even his disciples We're filled with the
vastness Of this terrific prospect, and
they began to question:: Tell u.s. said
they, when shall these things be and
what shall be the signs of thy comingT
ALREADY they were realizing in some
sense that he was going away. They
realized more. They realized that
the end of all things was coming
some day; that there was to be a wind
ing up of all things; that, as he said,
Jerusalem was to be destroyed. tell
rs what is the sign"
''They felt that this righteous man
come; that he was the person who was
TO bring righteousness; that he was to
reign forever. So they asked, when
shall these things beY
His answer, like all his answers, in
velres principle. The same power that
would bring about his coming would
bring whole change In the affairs of
the universe. There must be mighty
upheaval. Before there is any great
spiritual change there is always a loos-
ening Of bonds. All effects, could we
trace them to cause, would be found to
be the result of materialist changes.
This is what the present scientific gem
Grafton says. But who brought about
these conditions? Intelligence and vo-
ltion, you answer. But whence comes
this intelligence and volition? You know
that great fires produce winds and that
CONTINUED explosions cause rain, But who
has made 11tse conditions possible?
Who has gathered the winds and dis
titled the showers?
do you think that when once you
have crossed the waves of this life,
energy will cease-that we shall lapse
into a condition of desuetude and inert
ness? There is, says the Bible. war in
Heaven. Once, it says again, there was
silence in Heaven, but it was only for
half an hour.
"On the cross he declared, 1T is fin
ished,' and indeed it was. One of the
worlds greatest changes had Overtaken
it. All ,-ings were made new, and from
that day to this no Jew has offered
sacrifice When the next change comes
there will be a new heaven and a new
earth. All things will be put under
him-he will reign supreme. But st.
Paul tells us that all his enemies are
not yet subdued. Now here is mighty
conflict going on for us. To us falls the
work of overcoming this opposition. We
must work and pray for the final COM
ing Of his kingdom on this earth. This
il the legacy he left us.
'You may rest assured, that as this
earth had beginning SO it must have an
ending. Even science teaches that.
Some day he will come. You and l
seek a sign, but see it not. Yet he
will come and he will come seeking
faith. Will he find it in you and me?
"We can hasten the coming Of Christ
by doing good; by abiding in the faith
by uplifting ourselves and others; by
turning away from that which is sin
full
"There are your personal battlefields
on which you fall or win. See in these
that you are on the right side. Lister
ever to the voice of your own soul call
ing you away-calling to higher ant
sublimer things. Here then is our only
hope: Heaven and earth shall pass
away; but may words shall not pas
away
'"The only imperishable thing ON eartl
h truth, and truth is found only in thu
lids of this Bible. Then l say unit
you, as a stranger passing through you
city and whose voice you may neve
hear again: Take to you heart its teach
inys, treasure them in your memory, b,
them direct your steps and form you
hfe-and We shall be accounted worth
70 stand before the Son Of Man."
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