The times., 1897-11-29
CHARACTER OF CHRISTIANS
Bishop Satterlee' Sermon at Trinity
Episcopal Church.
The True Follower of the Saviour,
He Says, Must Have i'll Him Ele-
ments of Heroism.

Bishop Satterlee occupied the pulpit t
Trinity Episcopal Church yesterday He
drew his text from the thirteenth chapter
of the epistle Of Paul. the apostle to the
Romans, He emphasized the eleventh and
twelfth verses, which are: And that.
knowing the time, that now it is high
time TO awake out Of sleep for now is
our salvation nearer than when we be-
Iieyed The night is far spent, the day
is at hand; let us, therefore, cast off the
works of darkress, and let US put on the
armor Of light"
BY way OF introduction, Bishop Satterlee
said that the words of the epistle to the
Romans had been ringing in the ears of
the Christian world throughout the ages,
| and would SO continue through an eternity
of time Let us cast off the darkness
were words Of especial significance, and
peculiarly worthy of remembrance 1t
was high time that we awakened TO our
duty as Christians, 50 many nominal
| Christians were asleep, and in ignorance
OF God
There were two sides in the character
OF the earnest Christian. One was the
side which the worldly man saw a. d
cursory glance THIS was the gentle, sym
pathetic side. This was most apparent for
several reasons, the most prominent being
that when a person of the world became
possessed OF the Christian spirit he re
nounced his former boastfnl traits and
| prayed where once he cursed. But beyond
| this gentle, sympathetic side there needs
| must be q heroic side. The growth OF
the Christian spirit was the development
Of eternal life. The typical Christian
Icharactpr as gentle on the surface, but
heroic beneath. Christ taught peace, but
the teaching Of peace had aroused blood
shed, anu even Christ died martyr. All
prosecutors who had assumed that Chris
tians We're only gentle had-round that tins
true Christian also had grir
Eishop Satterlee administered reprooi
TO those members of tie Christian religion
who were Christians in words but not il
deed. But he saw tie difficultyof putting
Christian principles into worldly pTac ice
4 man had to face the ridicule Of his world
~ fellows. To advance the cause Of Chris
tianity it was necessary to take up Z
cross. No man could be a succcessra
!
ia hts nature, for he must be possessed @
an unflinChing devotion to duty. Tit
night was far spent and the day was Il
hand. The bishop prescribed Bible moral
ity as the example which Christians shoIl,
follow. Christians had an unCeaSng war
fare tn wage. and the soldier facing Tea
rayonets on the field OF battle had nee
of no more courage than ala the Christian
" no sought to implant in every hama
heart the principles which Christ taIght
Men should be loyal to Christ-not gruI
bIingly, but gladly. BY far the larseS
class OF church going people were nomin7
Christians, ana these were self-chea ter
The most sorrowfuI sort offraId was wne
a man attempted to cheat everybody els
and wound UP his career only by cheatn
his own heart.
Bishop Satterlee referred to the comm
OF Congress by saying that soon Washing
ton would be plunged III a whirl OF gaye,!
for which no doubt many were expectantl
longing. He hade the people beware OF tn
temptations which this gayety woGld pre-
sent We should not toe drawn away fror
the teachings Of the Master. What Y
thought bat little OF we would SOON ucgi
to underestimate, aud what we began {
underestimate we would soon forget.