The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-06
SUNDAYS SERVICES
Rev. Edward ROndthaler
breaches Two Strong
Sermons.
RALLY DAY At CENTRAL
NfFyrHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOlI
WAS A DELIGHTFUL
OCCASION.
RALLY DAY AT CENTRAL
NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


Rev. .. K. PfohI, Moras;an Minister
is Happy IN an Address Before
the Y. NJ. CA.
Three remarkably fine diseeurses were
delivered here Sunday on the personal
characteristics Of Jesus Christ-all OF
them sermons by Young men about a
Young man. The speakers were fro1'
T O. Atkinson, of Elon College, and
Rev. Howard Rondthaler and Rev. j. X.
Pfohl, Of the University.
AT EDENTON STREET.
"Jesus, the same yesterday, to-day and
forever" was Mr.. Rondthaler's text at
Edenton Street Methodist church Sum
day morning.
I'm the face OF all change the words
of this text, Jesus, the same yesterday,
to-day and forever" comes up. If we
look about us we are impressed by the
changes that are ever taking place. The
trees. the flowers, the grass-all mature
is changing-changing, in one endless,
everlasting circle. Nothing remains the
same. All is change, constant change.
We ourselves are no more the same. As
the centuries circle by the minds Of men
all human MISUNDERSTANDING. But
Jesus is the same yesterday, to-day and
forever.
te, aaf I'm
Of God and his everlasting promises ON
which you can put your hands and say
that it is the same it was a century ago
and will be the same a century hence
''This text teaches the unchangeable-
ness of Christ. This is a great truth-a
truth to all the world. But what does it
mean to us? is it bare, cold, hard
fact that stares you in the face with the
relentlessness of the sphinx's gaze, or is
it comfort, a solace, refuge?
what was it that interested Christ
when he was on earth? 1t was the small
things Of human life-the fisherman in
his boat, a man collecting taxes, another
blowing, another sowing seeds, the boys
and girls playing at their games, a wo-
man busy with her household affairs.
"He is the same to-day. He is inter-
ested in the small things of your life. The
unchanging Christ is interested in the toll
and grind Of your daily existence, inter-
ested in the work that is wearing out
your life, interested even in the merry
games and perplexing tasks of the school
child. His interest in all this gives them
a holy glow and they cease to be COM
mon-place and hum drum, and irksome
duty becomes a divine mission. If our
work is to be inspected by the Lord
Jesus Christ, isn't it worth while doing
it well, doing it cheerfully. 1t is not in
Spected for the purpose of criticising
but to cheer and help you. It is am
active living interest that the God of
Nations takes in your daily affairs, small
and insignificant though they be-"
AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Prof. Atkinson preached at the Chris
tan church Sunday evening. Jesus, the
true man." was his subject. His text
was taken from Jeremiah: run We to
and fro through the streets of Jerusalem
and see if you can find man." Among
other things Prof. Atkinson said in the
course Of his sermon;
Il love man wherever / find him, be
it in q palace or howell, educated or I'M
educated. I love to look down into his
pure soul. There is something magnetic
about manhood. God himself loves and
honors true manhood. AS long as ten
men who had true manhood about them
could be found even wicked Sodom could
not be destroyed.
"a woman touched even the hem OF
Christ's garment and virtue leaped forth.
Christ loves manhood and womanhood.
Christ was a mana gentleman.
eff there is one element of the human
being that stands out in Christis life
it is his strength-strength of character,
strength of body. We admire it. His
life is a record Of strong man, a strong
man for thirty-three years, fighting and
combating the wrongs, the sins the sor-
didness Of the world.
1.-THE world to-day is seeking for men
and women-those who will stand in
spite of opposition. Everybody despises
a weakling, failure. The church
wants men; the political and the social
worlds wants men-true manhood, char
acter, strength, power.
''The potentiality Of true manhood and
true womanhood has been implanted in
every heart. There is something divine
in every breast. 1t remains for each
one to say whether it shall be nurtured
and cultivated, or stifed and killed. 1t
is the divine spark that lights to life, to
heaven. It may lie like the diamond in
a rough exterior. 1t is developed and
polished we call it great man; if unde-
yeloped we call it failure.
God never made a failure. Are you
failure in life? If you are, God is not
responsible for it, There is in you the
potentiality, the power to become man
or failure. t4od has implanted the
sparkle in your breast-will you make it
a fame or extinguish it into ashes?
George Washington was no genius.
There was no particular strong charac-
teristic of mind about him,
except this that he possessed
in the highest degree. all the ele'
ments of man, strong man, good
man-and to the last syllable Of time his
name will be handed down in grateful