The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-15
DR.. GRICE'S
SERMONS.
Morning Theme on The
Church of Christ and
Evening One on
1.-The Passing
Day." =

Mon Church was full of inspiration.
The text was from Timothy 3. II and 10:
'ihese hinps write unto thee. hoping
Ia come unio thes shortly;
know how thou oughtest to behave thy.
,sif In the house OF God. which Ia the
church Of the living God, the pillar and
ground OF the truth
lsr Griso said that one OF the most per-
plexiag questions Ia the people of the
world TO dag Isl how does man know that
hs belongs to God? But TO tie Christian
there Is no perpie1ity because The spirit
lts0reth witness with our spirit that We
nre the child en- of God Mr.. Griso sail
God had es ablished his church which il
the agspcy nv which The world shall bs
Impressed with Chris liness X she is true
10 her mission she will gather in the names
and asses with one hand, and will bring
down he great heart Of God with the
other
Tho church must be built on sound
d,c!rine. charity, sobriety and amiaGility,
iujunctons put upon us Ivy God. The
Pc ru;Lt o 10 vivid III bits OF charity
,nd uI tho gtacs which come, through
.tcsns Christ Then the world will be coli-
e,'ftle church's rhristani Y.
Mr, Grisa spoke OF those people who be-
liste they eau live for Christ outside O; the
urch, but he said. such an idea is II fall
| cy. He held that without relationship
with tho church no man could please God.
III the church going Chri tians, DR.. Grise
spoke of the joys OF salvation and urged
item TO be exceeding glal at all times
To the children d.. Grise talked of run
ring away from Gud and the danger
wh Oh conlr nts the men, wOmsn aud
children who think they are escaping from
Il ID tic told the slury of Jonah who re-.
p,nt D his sin in tho whale belly. 1t
wa an awful place t. repent he sad.
You and would rather repent OF our
s,us In he closet or at our mother knees.
wouldn't We:
lhtre q o some parents and som, chill
d en- " no will not 20 TO church. ihcro are
40 some parents ana chill will not
nd the Bl lie. Trey are trying to run
Il way from Go ~ d ono day in burning
'onv hey vii try to get back 10 ao4 Tut
h,y will no nu thec ance. -~
Mr.. Grise concluded his remarks b. tell
lug tho children 10 be christian, and to
not allow anyone toIell tn IN that they
do not K1ow OF Jesus. Thcrn il no reason
why child should not lie "a christian if h5
NJ she wants to be.
THE PASSING DAY.
In II eeyening Dr. Gri1c preached on
the sub ,cct The Passing Day" HIS t.xt
va, taken from Jeremiah Il. 1: "Nue
nuto US, for the day is passed, and the
had Jws Of night arr. come The obj 1ct
vi tho text, Pastor q rise said, was 10 show
Their cal c Milton to the pc pic in this
world, the people whom Col has mudo in
His own image. 1t Is expected that
Christians should have more power ana
ss moro no y than those who have not re-
,eiyed GJu. There is danger In relying
upon oar os iibili les. Ii is ono If the
whims Of human nature to think that
man has much time. TIE great surroy is
that maj y sit down Without even thlnk-
ing Of the possibility Of the day passing.
# Pastor G:isc said he did net think he
would be umiss in saying that it every
Christian man and woman wcui bagin
mt tho timo of rocking their children in era.
dies To instill into them, and continue to
ms i'll the word of God, no boy Or girl
would wander away into the paths OF ill.,
ilGity. Blu; the day OF opportunity is rap.
iliy passingaway and the shadows OF hight
are approaching.
Pastor Grise admitted there is-1oy in this
world, but Il is inOIllcntary joy But you
Gan't persuade the sinner TO believe this, or
that the Joy If the Lord is us continuous
ns she stock Of A gcs, the preachor added.
He said that as man does not like the
physical universe, So also will he not ike
Night Of horror. When the shadows be-
gin To come II seems almost impossible
for man 20 humila ehinseii to repent.
Past or Grise said he did not mean to he
construed us saying that person old in
sin co,i d not receive salvation. rs, 10 said.
hc could not conceive o. tho condition Of
n human being in hin who cannot be saved
81 he wills it, But tho chances are, MS the
shadows approach on the day Of opportu-
nifty, tina, the heart Of man gets So hard
that while not impossible ~ do w IL is
imporbabie he will repent,
In conclusion the speaker ug9d his
hsal ers Ia contrast their present pU,sibil-
t,cs when they could receive the Joys Of
ths csmng night in almost the twlnkiing
o! al ovu by giving them selves to God,
with the future uncertain and with tho
shGdoNs of the !ght Of horrors approach
tng May God help you TO escape tho
. dit II Of the eternal shadow he OK.
l,n.,u . tnd urged all to seek God and fol-
lew II 90 teps mil the approach VI
MI Il IN Il, Gny OF grace.
N OTHER PULrITA
At Cnntrat Presbyterian Church last
evening Rev. I. a. McUurly preached
an,th her Of Il series OF special sermons. his
subject being Moses Leaving the Red
Sea.
tov. 7 b Cabail prracho on "Rcdcmp-
t n at he Gnu CT OF the New JerusssA
last t.ciit"s.
in Ii. aus nra " Rev +. b. Sho Rev.
Joan WhIe preached at Epwo NJ +.
'Ghul ch last yo-l NJ MIR. short preached
t. rvcuiHg srrtnol Il. Delaware Avenue
lItnrtiIt hurch.
t.ldyr Is G. russell, president Of tho
Che 'apsh AXE Conference. preached for the
Srycnt"-Diy AdvcnistS III this city yes
tertay,
I,hn Nisnu lie au