The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-28

While the physical and intellectual par
are dependant upon the cooperation o
man 30 Is tho moral and spiritual parts
dopendant upon something and the aid
they have is the corporation Of God
therefore there Is working together Of
e-~Diyine aud human. The result OF
this cooperation 10 salvation. God gives
his Co operation in many ways. He in
cites and encourages man to do good. He
puts tho idea into him and then leaves
upon man the responsibility TO achieve
tho. result. Gods spirit is poured out
oil flesh to mnke iran dissatisfied with the
way he was living and urging him to do
better. In this way all can SEQ the
Divine working with Tho human.
God never accomplishes anything by d.
rect VOL king that He can secure through
human instlumentulitly or other snbordi-
nato agencies. Bishop Walden then dc.
ecribed in foreeiul way the Bible, saying
that it was one of the agencies through
which God works to reach man ,snd incit-
Bible what he should 10 bo better. An
other agenef is&i6Cburch 1t Is tho shin
7 ing examnlRf every thing that is good in
[ lilo. He alSo works by acts Of providence,
which acts can be seen every day By these
! acts he Is VI arning, adnionlshing and en-
| couraging man to work out his n.sal-
vation. God also works in each individual.
i Flo inspires some thought or some action
\ in each person and in this way shows hem
| how to work out their own salvation.
In closing Bishop Walden spoke Of char
acter building. Successful char ,cter
building is The result Of the Divine work.
ing with the human, and oil should strive
TO build a character that will withstand
the test Of lime and also meet with Gods
approval
CT med at the pulpit many of Lis old
friends in the congregation. He p"eached
at Grace Church yesterday morning.
GODS LIFE IS MANS SOUL
Rev. Alexander T. Bowser preached in
the Unitarinn Church yesterday morning
from tho text John 10; 10; II am come
that theymiaht have life and have it moro
abun;anily." Tho subject was "Ihe Lifo
Of Sod ls-the Soul Of Man"
Mr.. Bower said the meaning Of the
Christian doctrine of incarnation Is, that
Jesus derived his spiritual nature from
God. as child from u parent; that he was
.'begotten and not, made" He himself
says, LAS the Father hath life in himself,
SO hath he given to he Son to have lifo in
himself"
Our faith in the sonship of Jesus, Is
worthless If it docsuot lead us to see that
we, too, are sons and daughters Of the
same Heavenly Father, in u. similar inti-
lnatc and personal sense. Our rOllgiuus
cullurei is meaningless except rs 1t aims to
bring us o ourselves and convince us Of
this relationship with God. Herein, also,
Is the foundation of faith in immortality;
for the children must partake OF their
Fathers eternal nature. Zach human
soul coming out of the Infinite Soul has
in It's very nature. not only the capacity to
receive Divine inspiration. but tho pro-
mise and potency" of endless existence.
And here, too, may lie found the under.
lying principle in the Gospel teaching
about the new BIRTH"
Except man be born of the Spirit, he
cannot ente: into tho kingdom Of God"
Unless the spiritual power OF tho Sonl DO
developed, we cnn no more enter conscious.
~ into tie heaven of Gods presence than
caterpillar can rise into the upper air
before its wings are uufolded by which it
must fly from the ground. Moreover as
the wings Of The caterpillar are evolved &C.
cording to tho law Of Its being and by
means Of n force resident its nature, 60 the
power that changes man from IN earthly
10 heavanly being resides with the soul
and his spiritual faculty is developed in
accordance with q law of lifo as natural
anduniversnl in its methods and results
a. any law of the outward universe. Each
human spirit coming fresh from the heart
Df God has within its very natnre the root
from which the Christ lifo will spring I'D
and blossom and lear the fruits of imnor
!al destiny.
We read that Jesus rot only grew In
body, mt in spiritual powor also. "He
increased in wisdom" says the quaint
Gospel narrative, land in favor with God
md mans" During his ministry ho fire.
luentiy retired from public duties and
vent clone into mountain or solitary re-
reat to commune with God. Sometimes
'e spent The whole night in prayer, re-
lewing his spiritual energy, at the uniyer.
al fountain ofLifo. This without doubt
vas and had boon his constant habit {
Trough nll his mature years. For we must /
eleve that then us now. with him as with
49,, tho spiritual consciousness was only
evsloped by long and regular communion
nth God
And we may think Of him as young
Ian who had 10 overcome many doubts =,
nd fears. subdue many physical nppetitss \
nd dcs r.s, Get as;d, many ambitious and d
and only slowly and by de-
ross coming into perfect harmony with "
10 divine will and an abiding conscious 6,
ess of the indweliing Father to whom In
tor years he ascrlbed the power By which
did his. works, tho inspiration from =
hich he spoke, the lifo that wclled up in =
a soul. He bad to learn us We are learn I,
2; to struggle and aspire and pray rs We u
now; else the apostle was mistaken is
hen he wrote Of Him as made perfect =,
rougl, suffcrings" and tempted in all ~
ints Ike as we are" Moreover ii his =,
perience was human ard natural, we y
oin him perfect illustration of the u
" Of spiritual life in accordance with
lich soul-pcwer Ia evolved and the vision
The pure heart attained.
We must simply open tho door Of tho ST.
art and admit the Divine Spirit as our aq aa
lest who will sup with us and abide
tn us, not only while we pray. but In
tho experiences OF cur busy life. This :.
can do ut once by beginning to live In VI VI
) thought Of God as Tho Father Of our Z, Z,