New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-25
HOW SAUL BECAME PAUL
THE REV. DR.. HILLS RESUMES HIS
WORK IN PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

What Is Salvation? An outlook Upon inc HueS
ton How Saul Became Paul" was the suplect o,
the sermon preached ny the Rev Ut. .''"'''
Dwight Hollis in Plymouth Church E'''-"'
morning. II was his first sermon since ",7 "a
There was no evening service. The minister S"''
in part
1t is a proverb that the measure OF whose
greatness is the quality of the iolo%e'ss stand
confidence he conqlers nes,eu ,bc worlds leaders.
I'm view Of their achievements lot n"r ~ NOR
tas Setting forth from Ovet. they move M ia
beautiful civilization over our tatt, 81 The slave
i az, Iinge' naiaces they set tyrants trembling
ar S thrones totforing In their eager. passionate
doeire 10 right wrong correct abuses and STAY Inr
49, ~ ,ca ond Gin fhev iourneyed into distant
nooos "i HDG d d dirrkoncd lands moving forward like
c" 91gn'S tbrourh ABANDON OF devotion TO their
Master all save John achieve violent nea an
by the cross, some 10y me o7,nver Greater
even than these disciples whom lie trahs ~! mn
from fecb,ngs into sanIt was Us His conquest OF
saul Measured bv any standard. Paul was one OF
me S gresf ae hero or rcformcr. or states
man; but Paul swept al these hlt" 4Inrene gifts
up 10 an excellence hitherto undreameo OIL ,tadai
Is the company Of the statesmen. hIs 1tiroe" US
DESTROYED ny tau4 WiI9S c.-esr e. Inc company OF
sonal liberty But an liberty Of though ana SpeeT
ro of himself 70 COD translated into terms OF
CODE and nnnetifufion Great is the influence Of the
aufhors, But Pauls ode 10 Love as the creates
1bi1c i'm he world and his thoughts upon I'M
rnorfalifv as mans inalienable right revealed IN
Tbrisf have been more frequently quoted than all
he rnartvrsi But this man. VINO At length died oy
T 3or6 score Of deaths No cansmen have over
so loved their heroic chleftan no pnpl mas ever 80
rovered his noble master no palrIois ma Sr ubo
worshpped the Saviour Of the people as Sa W s Wno
Of genius all compact loveG ms Giei'c ,ir
What manner Of man must TINS divine cdt p S
have been who conquered such mea sure OF deNo-
4on ron cons Of infeec Weld Him, What
erence have the heroes felt in His presence what
knight errant Of the poor ana weak tnrlS' moves
iusirlQns nat .o,,,gnees are golden through and
Ahbev in which none bat the great do sleep
SECRET OF HIS DEVOTION.
And what was the secret Of This mans passionate
enthusiasm for his Master? Fortunately. the an
swcr is not far seek. This hero worn 10 a
shadow hv his extraordinary devotion. felt that he
was bu+ measuring back 70 Christ service that
FIRST If all Christ had melted ont TO him Far back
I'm Paurs career there lay tragedy. For a time
thar tragedy threatened ~ poison permanently
The deepest springs of his being. He was indeed
the child of opportunity and culture and OF vast
native zifts But he also the child or colossal
pride and Unsuitable ambition. And when this
Youth entered the company ~ the rulers who de-
sired n destroy the Disciples and their followers
brt were themselves roo cowardly 10 risk leaqer-
-fi, the 80 crafty designers pushed Young saul fOf-
v.ard into the place Of leadership ana danger As
countries later the Spanish leaders involved Young
Torquemada and made him the mead or ihelr IN,
ouIeir0n soon the gifted youth was involved IN a
w. nwOrk ~ plots, when u WAS too late Young
saul awakened 10 md ms hands stained WIN
human blood
RFACTIONARY EFFECT OF MANSLACGHIER
Nevertheless # ie a singular fact that the sin
into which David and Saul and Macbeth fell car
RES a power chiefly reac'ionary Sometimes the
explosion n gun I'm ts recol involves the de-
sfruction Of carriage and cannoroer. being more
fatal in the rebound than I'm The forward movement
Of shot and shell And not otherwise did Mac
bath's sn rebound to destroy his life and happl-
ness Duncau's death cleared the pain so ina ne
Prince might 20 unhindered ~ his throne: Net IN
M rccou thar sin henumhed Macbeth MS mana
that he had no skill with his weapon 80 Devil
d,rcd his intellect that reason loSf JUS 'uhlh so
enfeebled his win that b." who had once nt'h ~
firm as rock became unstable as wafer iidS .IS
first lost his happiness through nls sln. MatD'l n
ioef mis- kingdom and aft'rward his lire. But ny
was So constituted that his remOrse for the Saying
Of stephen brought about agony ana anguish IN
ufrer4ble Not the "InfernO' itself contains huch
ristllre Of woe and desolatiOn as Paul hints was
his during that epoch when conscience mac" MS
davs desolafion and his nights anguish for A
while seemed as II his sin were 10 lie across tio
,,lars a mark viqo and black and ineNpunGahle
And when al last ne mot his Master in the way,
and knew His an foTgivirg, all cleansing IpN" ~
became again the child Of liberty ana happiness
he passed from the utermost % dafKhess anu SOL
row 10 the uttermOst Of light ana or JOY