The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-26
BUTTE News.
HIS INITIAL SERMON.
Rev. j. T.. AIbritton Addresses a Large
Congregation at the Mountain
View Church.

Rev. J. l.. Albritton preached his
initial sermon at the Mountain View NJ.
T.. church yesterday morning and was
well received. The morning was a beau
tiful one and the congregation filled the
church. Rev. Mr.. Albritton is earnest
and impressive and his delivery is very
good. He is suffering somewhat from "A
cold and did not do himself justice on
this %ccou Personally Mr.. Albritton
is "A very pleasant man. and Mrs. Al
britton is "A very interesting and charm
ing lady.
Mr.. Albritton took for his text: And
| am sure that when | come unto you,
| shall come in the fullness of the bless
ing of the gospel of Christ He said.
in part:
"PauIs one object i'm life, after his
conversion, was to carry the glorious
message Of salvation TO as many per-
sons as it was possible for him to come
i'm contact with. For their cause he
wishe to go to Rome. Rome was the
metropolis of the world. People from
all parts Of the world gathered there,
and where the people were, there Paul
wished to be. He had no desire to go
to Rome to become a metropolitan
bishop. but i'm the capacity Of an humble
disciple of His Master, an Ambassador
of the Christ of Nazareth. Having in
contemplation a journey into Spain, he
writes that he hopes he may come by
them ON his journey. Paul went to
Rome, but not as he contemplated. He
goes mp the Appian way as a prisoner,
bound to "A Roman soldier, but he goes
in the fullness of the blessing of the
gospel of Christ
My text is "A gem, polished on every
side and complete in itself. In 1t we
nave the gospel. of whom? Its bless
ings and the fullness thereof. First, the
--a.- L.. l. laae aVr.- a.v-V ala 40 NFAI
to man. 1t was conveyed to mar first
by an angel, who was joined by the
heavenly host chanting the chorus,
'Glody to God i'm the highest; on earth,
peace and good will to man. Some
news we 10 not have To think about,
other news we dwell upon and investi-
gate. We take up our paper and read
of a convention that has been held in
our state. We are interested in IL and
we note with interest the resolutions
adopted. the candidates nominated and
then we go on about our business.
Again. we read a great battle has been
fought: Santiago has fallen; CerVera's
fleet has been destroyed. the power of
Spain is broken. We read and we think
We inquire for more news of the battle.
Why? We are personally interested;
there our boys are in the fight. Have
they fallen? We investigate is news
of intense importance. The gospel is
news from heaven. 1t is news of health
to the seasiCk soul, of light to those IN
darkness, of liberty to the prisoner, of
heaven to the dying. 1t is the message
cheering to all that God so loved the
world that He gave His only begotten
Son that whatsoever believcth in HIM
should not perish, but have everlasting
life
Gospel and receiving, in Bible no.
m~enclatuTe, are synonymous terms.
Through il we recover our freedom
from sin: we are restored again to the
image Of God. The gulf separating man
from God is bridged and we can go over
and be Joined to the Father in an ever
lasting covenant. As man stood in the
beginning with soul and body, the gos-
pei is pledged tn open the graves and
restore to man his body and, in fine,
give to him all he lost in the fall.
'Second-This is the gospel of Christ
II is not "a man-made concern, but mas
for its author Christ, the Son OF God
All ages have had their leaders; king
doms have had their kings; armies have
had their commanders. reforms have
had their refoTmers. In every emer'
gency in all the past there have beer
men raised up to meet them, ant
through them largely the work has beer
done. The patriarChial age had Abraham
the prophetic had Isaiah, the apostolic
had Peter and John ana faul' the SIea
reformation had Luther, Methodist
had the Wesleys, Rome had its Caesars
Greece its Alexander. rance it's Ma
poleun. England her Wellington. In on
great crises we had. first, u Washing
ton and Jefferson and Hamilton. Late
we had Webster and Clay and Jackson
In the greater crisis we had Lincoln AM
stanton and Seward, and for our arm.
Grant and Sherman and sheridan, an
at present we have men true ana trle'
who will bring order out of our coniu
sion and establish our power whereNe
il should be. But God could have raise
up other men to have met all ines
emergencies. Another could have buli
the ark as well as Noah. There wer
many men who could have sunk IN
Merrimac as well as Hobson In ever
other men could nave nee
raised up. but not 50 with the gospel. !
exhausted omnipotence itself TO redeel
the world. No one could take the plac
of Christ: no sage or philosopher o
wise man could evolve a plan for man
redemption. but Christ the Son of Coo.
In conclusion Rev. Mr.. Albritto
dweIt upon the blessings of the gospe
and the fullness Of IL.