The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-25

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was next to the thfunef Who was high,
than the throne, because he was counsel,
and adviserS DiGaeli, Jew. What we
We celebrating In all our churches az We
as synagosaes only few years agof IT
one hupdredth birthday Of Aonteflore, Il
great Jewish philanthropih Intoleran,
never yet put down anything
But now, my friends, having shown 70
the origin Of bigotry or sectarianism an
having shown you the damage 1t does,
want briefly 10 show you how We are
war against this terrible evil, and thin
We ought to begin our war by realism
| our own weakness and Our imperfection
| II we make 90 many mistakes in the CON
mon affairs Of life, Is it net possible thu
we may mako mistakes In regard to on
religious affairs2 Shall we take man b
tho throat or by the collar because he cal
not sec religious truths just as we dor I
the light Of eternity 1t will be found on,
think, thsro was something wron
In all our creeds and something right Il
oil our crecds, but since we may max
mistakes in regard to things Of the world
do not lot us be so egotistio and so puffe,
up Us to have an idea that we cannot max
any mistake In regard to religious theories
and then think we will do q great dea
to overthrow the ssctarianism from on
heart and the sactarianism from tn,
world by chiefly enlarging In those thing
In which we agree rather than those OF
which we differ.
Now, here Is great gospel platform
A man comes up on this side Of the plat.
form and says, II don't believe in baby
sprinkling." Shall shove him Off Here
Is man coming up on this side of tho
platform, and he says, II don't believe in
tho perseverance Of the saints" Shall
shove him Off No. Twill say: "Do you
believe in tho Lord Jesus as your Saviouri
Do you trust him for time and for eter-
nityP" He says, Eyes" do you take
Christ for time and for eternity" "Yoa "
say "Come on, brotherl One in time
and one In eternity. Brother now, broth
er forever" Blessed be God for o gospel
platform 80 large that all who receive
Christ may stand on 1t.
Noble Institutions and Noble Men.
I think we may overthrow the severe
sectarianism and bigotry in our hearts and
In the church also by realizing that all the
denominations Of Christians have yielded
poble institutions and noble men. There
10 nothing that 30 stirs my soul as this
thought. One denomination yielded q
Robert Hall and an Adoniram Judson;
another yielded Latimer and Melville;
another yielded John Wesley and tho
blessed Summarized, while Cur own de-
nomination yielded John Knox and the
Acknowledgement Of whom the world was
not worthy. Now, say, II we are honest
and fair minded men, when we come up
In the presence Of such churches and such
denominations, although they may be diff
ferent from our own we ought to admire
them and we ought to love and honor
them. Churches which can produce such
mon, and such large hearted charity, and
such magnificent martyrdom ought to win !
our affoction-at any rate our respect. So
come on, ye 600,000 Episcopalians in this
country, and ye l, 100000 Presbyterians,
and ye 1000, 900 Baptists, and ye s, 000, 900
Mothodlsts, come on. Shoulder to shonl.
der we will march for the worlds conquest,
for all nations are to be saved, and God
demands that you and / help. Forward,
the whole Nne In the Young Mems
Christian associations, in the Bible society,
in the Tract society, In the Foreign Mis-.
sionary society, shoulder to shoulder all
Perhaps l might forcefuily illustrate
this truth by calling your attention to nm
Incident which took place IS years ago.
One Monday morning at about O'Clock,
while her 900 passengers were sound asleep
In her berths dreaming of homo, the steam
VT; ;rk
hundred souls in ten minutes landed in
eternity Oh, what soenel Agonized
men and women running up and down
the gangways and clutching for the rig.
ging, and the plunge of the helpless steam.
", andthe clapping Of the hands Of tbs
rNerciless seq over the drowning and tho
lead threw two continents into terror.
But soc this brave quartermaster pushing
ut with the life line until he gets to the
ock, and SEQ these fishermen gathering
Up the shipwrecked and taking them into
he cabins, and wrapping them in the
annels snug and warm, and see that
minister of the gospel, with three other
nen, getting into lifeboat and pushing
ut for the wreck, pulling away across the
urf, and pulling away until they saved
no moro man, and then getting bnck with
lin to the shore. Can those mon ever for
ct that night3 And can they ever forget
heir companionship in peril, companion
hip in struggle, companionship In awful
catastrophe and rescued Neyeri Neverl
n whatever part Of the earth they meet,
hey will be friends when they mention
he story Of that night when the Atlantic
truck Mars Head. Well, my friends, our
'orld has gone into worse shipwreck
in drove it on the rocks. The old ship
as lurched and tossed in the tenipests OF
900 years Out with the life Incl do
OF care what denomination carries it.
tut with tho lifeboatl / do not care what
enomination rows it. Side by side in the
lemory Of common hardships and COM
ION trials and common prayers and COM ,
ION tears let us be brothers forever We !
ust be
One army Of the living God, .
To his command we bow;
Part Of the host have crossed the dood Z
And part are crossing now.
And expect to SEQ tho day when all de- Y
of Christians shall join hands {
ound the cross Of Christ and rceite tho :,
eed: ~ believe In God the Father AL y
lightly, Maker Of heaven and earth, and .
Jesus Christ, and in the communion of y
ints, and in life everlasting. Amen" y
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