The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-16
SERMON ON LIFE ETERNAL.
REV. c. II. sTRONG's LAST DIS
COURSE ON THE CREED.

Prefers the Translation "Life Eter-
nal" to "Idfe EverIastIng''-"Pu
Your Greed Into Your Deed" the
Iden Running Throughout the Sc
ries-Rey. Mr.. Strong VIII Embody
His Sermons in Book Form-Dio-
cesar Convention This week-PrO-
gramme of the brotherhood of st.
Andrew for Tomorrow Night.
Rev. Charles H. Strong Of St. Johns
Church preached the last of his sermons
on the subject of the Apostles Greed at
the morning service yesterday. The night
services at st. Johns have been discontin-
ued, and that was the reason why the
sermon was given at the morning SER
vice. This being Ascension week, Rev.
Mr. Strong combined the two ideas in one
and preached a sermon appropriate TO both
occasions and topics.
The subject taken by Rev. Mr.. Strong
was Life Everlasting or Life Eternal
The translation in the creed IS life ever
lasting, but Rev. Mr.. Strong doe5 not
consider that thoroughly correct, in that
it does not give the proper idea The
translation, he thinks, should be life eter,
nal, since the term life everlasting does
not suggest the character and quality of
that life. There Is sometimes a great deal
of life that 1t is not desirable to have ever
lasting. Life eternal is to know the only
true God.
In the next place he said life eternal Is
in our possession now and is not alone
| something to be looked forward to. Life
eternal was then described as being the
highest moral and spiritual life now
known. Happiness comes from obedience
to the win of God and unhappiness from
| disobedience. The life eternal, which is
row ours, is deepened, enlarged and en-
riched when we pass into the other world.
Rev. Mr.. Strong then spoke of that life
eternal In its enlargement in the other
world. On the negative side there is an
absence Of sin and sorrow and of death,
and there is a freedom from all things
| which bring affection In this life On the
other hand, on the positive side there is
Joy, their Is faith, charity and love, ana
eternal peace. Rev. Mr.. Strong called at
tention, too, to the fact that almost all
men believe in hereafter, but many of
them live as if they did not
The formative basis of Mr.. Strong's line
of sermons on the Apostles Greed is sum
med up in Emerson's phrase, Go put
your creed into your deed" a phrase
which he used in beginning his line of ar
gument. The creed should be made a mat
ter Of practice; it contains essential facts
| and not opinions about facfs
Rev. MIR. Strong will soon enbody his
line of thought upon the Apostles Creed
| in book form. He has given much study
to the subject. and his exposition of 1t has
been along the liberal lines of thought Of
the day, and it has been one that has &C.
| Cured 70 others, as IS shown by the fact
that since Rev. Mr.. Strong began his work
on this subject there have been announce
ments of two publications treating of The
Apostles Greed in a some what similar
manner. One of these books is Just from
the press, the announcement of It havins
been received only a day or two ago The
circular indicates that the treatise is some
what on the line taken by Mr.. Strong,
This week will be most interesting one
with the Episcopal Church In the Assem-.
bling of the convention, which will or
Wednesday, though much of the importan
work in connection with 1t Will be done to
morrow The delegates VIII begin TO ar
rive on the early morning trains to-mor
row, many of them coming early on ac
count Of the important committee meeting.
to be held.
From 125 to $50 visitors will be in thc
city during the week, and ample arrange
ments have been made for their reoeDtlor
and ontertainment. There will be severa
church services on Wednesday and Thurs
day, and on Tuesday night the Brother
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