The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-01
AT DWIGHT PLACE CHURCH.
Sermon on "Faithfulness' by the Rev.
DIR. Leete.

The bright sunlight and warm atmos-
phere of yesterday caused all of the
city houses of worship to be unusually
we'll filed. This was at any rate the
case at the Dwight Place church, and
the congregation in the morning was
one which filled the church to its ca
pacity. The pastor, the Rev. Dr. w.
w. Leete, preached very able sermon
taking for his text the 18th and 18th
verses of the 18th chapter of st. Luke
eff therefore We have not been faith
full in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true
riches? And if we have not been faith
full in that which is another mans,
who shall give you that which is your
own?' He said that faithfulness is a
condition of trust Personal righteous"
ness is a grand thing which meets with
the approval of everyone. Our own
standard of righteousness is within us,
and it is for us to fix and maintain
that standard Men get back what
they give: at the hands of justice
they receive in like measure to that
which they give. This is aptly illus
trated by the echo. If a boy stands at
one side Of a barn and says wicked
things he hears in return the same, but
when he changes the sayings to good
he hears good in return. We sometimes
say that national matters are not right
fully recognized, and that we allow
things of great Importance to pass by
unnoticed The speaker referred to the
splendid victory achieved by Admiral
Dewey In Manila bay just oae year
ago to-day and also that of Missionary
Whitman, when he saved the greater
part of the northwest for the United
States. These men We're heroes of sac
roes. Speaking of the reward of life
he said that the question is, Does the
world care for us?" Sa criice is the
ground of approval, and approval is
what everyone wants. There are ways
in which we can receive the desired APP
proval and this depends much on the
manner in which we deny ourselves.
We should cultivate love for national
affairs and show our sympathy and
soul power in the same, That which a
man wants he should sometimes omit
and purpose for himself not only what
is good now but that which will so
continue, and will not later be empti-
ness We should so use our lives
that others may have faith in us,
and entrust their possession to
u.s. We should dwell on the thought of
that which will be of advantage to us
in the future What constitutes the
spirit of possession? Man only has
possession when he appreciates 1t; it
soon owns him as is often the case
where money owns the man, instead of
man owning the money. Some people
look upon the tree and consider how
many feet of lumber or how many cords
Of wood can be gotten out of it, but the
poet, scientist and botanist find beau
ty and liveiness and they appreciate
the character of the tree We can best
receive the things from God by being
of God, A young child of God
Is full of impulses and duty toward
him and the result is that it has peace.
In the evening the retiring organist,
Willis A. Alling, gave an excellent con-
cert
The church may well and hopefully
rejoice in the responsiveness of its
newly selected pastor He ably and at
tractively presents to the congregations
the force Of gospel teaching His SER
mons are marked by pleasing quaint
ness Of thought accompanied by liv-
ing Inspiration of personal power. I'm
trammeled by written record of his
studies he addresses his hearers through
the influence of the eye and by the
ntonation Of voice in words and acts
IN such a manner as to secure and
maintain the attention of all and i'm
press the value of receptive truth and
righteousness
The monthly meeting of the Woman's