The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-13

the First Baptist church, TO large con
gregation. He will go from here to Bos.
ton To conduct services of n similar ma
ture. It is possible TINT he may return
later for few days His subject yestcr-
day afternoon was The Ministry of Our
Lord Jesus Christ" He said he did not
| propose to speak of our service TO Christ
or ministry for Him, but of Chrst's SER
vice and ministry for us. Christ made
| Himself the servant Of the people, for he
was the greatest among men. This was
what He meant when He said, lie that
Is greatest among you let him bo least
| He was the greatest because He made
| Himself the servant of all. Christ rem
dered us His most wonderful service when
He came down to eartn in human form.
He did us magnificent service In Ills
t,aching in His death. in His rcsurrs o lion.
in His gift of tho Holy Spirit and in ii is
coming again. Christ shows 10y His res
direction that is beyond sin and death
once for all, ana so are we through Him.
Christ has ever been busy calling men to
the Gospel.
III you are child of God. il Is because
Christ has called you, possibly through
some minister, some suffering some loss
no matter what. 1t Is Christ that called
you. No man can settle the question OF
his relation to God by his intellect
You can have no harvest without the
word of God. You may plough up
field and prepare IL AS well as you
please. but you will never get harvest
from 10 unless you plant seed la il. You
may stir up your souls and prepare them
i'm whatever way You will, but You will
get no harvest without the secd-the word
OF God As Christ called Peter so He
also changed his name God is not salts
fled with your natural name, He wants
You to have new nainc, you get it when
Christ reveals Himself to you.
The new name is not UNCONVENTIONAL
one, and Lere IL is fit 60 say that IL is
deplorabe that no large denomination of
the 10Th century embraces in its name
the real meaning of the Church Of Christ
As much as disbelicve i'm the separation
OF church and state would not lift my
finger Co disestnblish the church of Eng
land for l believe 10 holds in solution
mass of mind that without IL would be
prccipitated either into worldlineSs or
agnosticism. 60 IL does good. DO not
let the church usurp Christ. Keen tho
name Of Christ first. The church has
very largely taken the place of Christ, so
that II Is now the centre and no longer
Christ. The idea that a man can't bs "a
true minister of Christ without connec-
tion with any church is ridiculous. Our
natural name is sinner. Our new name is
Christian.
Christ not only called Peter aud
changed his name, but Hs went into his
home We must take Christ in To grace
our home. To smooth over difficulties
That Is where We should show the best
that IL is in Us. You will agree with mo
tDat 1t is folly for us to show our best side
To strangerS. We need Christ more here
on earth than we do in eternity. He is
the power OF our daily life and until we
cen realize this we have failed of great
keynote. We need Him TO help us keep
our todies in subjectiop, TO cast out un-
clean spirits. tempers irriiahilitv.
appetite. everything that does not telong
To the future.
You must paw the price of spiritual
MANHOOD. | sec n mother befors me. Has
Corist sent YOU into your home To preach
the Kingdom Tof CODY DO not shrink
from this because 10 has its duties They
seek excuses who do not want Christ.
o, tn, petty, paltry, wrctched. mise rable
issufs of this world when half a million
People 20 to tho Epsum races To ssc l3
horses v-nn around 10 track for 2ls iriuutes
and spend night after night ht whist and
oil that What are these nations coming
toy The power of nation IL ever that
deep spiritual conviction that holds its
people.
Then Christ gave us tho ministry Of
silence When lie told Peter that I'm that
night should no dcnv him. Pet r replied
that be- wOul never forakc Him. Behold.
Peters presumption In thus giving
Christ the lie. l'si'r denied Hin with
cnrsss. What did Christ do Gave him
one silent plying look nnd Peer went
and went. Christ went out 10 De- crucihed
and Peter had never had u chance 10 tell
Him how he was ashamed OF hinFelf
Dh what agonies wor~' than the tor
turns of hell must hr have suffered ~ tho
three days before Christ rose! Did Christ