The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-07

going Is OF no DOUBT, because our nome
is in the hereafter. While on the voy-
age Of life we cannot make a stop. even
for enc moment. "Going, going" are
the woI DIS that are ringing in the ears
Of young and old, and so 1t has been
in the history of all nations from the
commencement of the world. 1t Is the
way oi God and II comes in harmony
with the highest nature of man as an
immortal being.
The fact that man is a tenant of time
and that his home is in the world
that time is unknown-should help him
to understand the meaning of the gos-
pei Of Christ AS the highest creature
of God, man needs time and eternity
to develop the richness of his nature.
And the man that makes the best use
of time and its opportunities cannot
but glorify God for his existence and
for the privilege of going through this
world and its trials to his eternal
home.
Some of you young people remember
when l became the pastor of this
church. 1t was ten years ago. they
have gone swiftly, so that | am look
ing back to the Sabbath l preached
my first sermon to this church as If it
was few days ago. Yet, we trust
that they have not passed without
having in their records some deeds
that may help us to enjoy heaven and
to glorify God in His Son Jesus Christ.
SEEN MANY CHANGES.
During the time we have been to-
gether we have seen many changes
in this part of the city and within this
church. Death has been here as a de-
stroying angel taking away fathers,
mothers, brothers and sisters, of whom
we have a strong hope that they are in
the tabernacle above a building made
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all who are in the love of God.
But, after all changes, we have rea-
sons to thank the Lord for His kind
ness towards us in His Providence
and also in His divine grace. From
those changes we should learn the les
son that God alone is unchangeable
and that we should trust more in Him
even than in the best of saints.
o! let me trust, my God, in Thee,
Because | know thy strength to be
The only rock my soul can stay.
When death shall sweep all things
away.
Let me give you an advice, my dear
young people: Prepare yourselves to
meet the changes of life. 1t is for you
and | to know and to realize that
changes are a part of mans life in this
world. The path of life goes through
the wilderness of changes.
The young and old that are in the
love of God are one in Christ; that is,
hey are working together in the same
| spirit and for The same object of saw
! ing souls, In this respect the young
! and the older people of this tabernacle
| have done good work together in the
| past. You have worked as one soul,
| which is to me a sign from the Lord
! that He has meaning to our exist
| enCe as branch of His real church
| on earth, which keeps the light of God
| in the world.
1t is of the greatest importance for
| the prosperity of the church of God To
! have the young and the older people of
| the church to love each other and to
| cooperate in all doings. Such has
| been a blessing to the cause of Christ
In this place. The young people have
| regarded the older portion of the
church as fathers and mothers in Is
rael. On the other hand, the older
people have respected the young peo-
| pie as sons and daughters in the love
! of God We need to have this, love to
continue in the future as wen as in
the past so as to be as David and
Jonathan in all doings of the church.
1T IS HIS DUTY.
1t is my duty to let you know the
| love l have towards you as young
| people of this church and for the ad-
! VaHcement of your souls in the grace
! of God and in the knowledge of our
| LOrG Jesus Christ. | feel it my duty
to thank the Lord for so many young
| people faithful to their God and Sc
| willing to do their best In behalf OF
| His church in this place May we he'll
| our young people to overcome all evil
| The aim of my preaching to the young
| reople has been to teach to them the
| laws of God the love of Christ and
| their duties toward humanity; and, on
! the other hand, to show to them the
grace Of the gospel which enables
them to be VictOrs over every enemy
that aims to destroy the honor Of a
! good character.
The preaching has its bearing upon
| your characters to great extent and
it seems to me that you have realized
| that life is worth to live, and to live
even in trials and tem0tations of this
world. The ministry of the gospel has
been intended by God to teach the peo-
pie the way of life and of the grace