The Washington weekly post., 1899-12-19
DR.. Talmage Talks of Church's
Duty to Outsiders.
REV. M'LEOD INSTALLED PASTOR
Special Services Of Censecration and Wei
eeme-Fermer Pastors sermon ON the
sheep that Are Net Of the FeId-They
Should Be the Minister'S First and Dear.
est Care-skepfics shsuid Try Religion
Why Men Leave the Church.

OF the historic fIrSt PrtSDl terrain tuuiShf
On FOur-and .a-half street, between and
ID streets northwest. was formally IN
stalled last Suncay. Rev. DR.. Thomas
Chalmers Easton presided. Prayer was
offered by DIR. Gordon.
DR. T. De Witt Talmage delivered the
installation sermon. Upon DR.. Sunder-
land deyolved the duty of delivering the
charge TO the new pastor. He faced the
young pastor, who stood in the chancei,
and spoke to him. in part, as follows:
II am constrained to think you have
come to this people IN answer to many
feryent prayers. From what | know OF
them for a period OF nearly half CEN
tury, ! want TO tell you that with all the
changes that have swept over them
through great period in the history OF the
church, 1 do not believe that anywhere
has there been a more loyal and warm
hearted people. l trust they will be to you
in the future what they have been TO me
in the past. There is a great work to be
done here. There are some conditions
which will make il difficult to accomplish.
His Great Opportunity.
You have come in the freshness OF
your young manhood TO this field You
are putting on that harness Of the war
fare which some Of US are compelled,
through advancing years, to lay down.
You are here at the Capital of great
republic, the seut and center of immense
social. political, and religious interests
and transactions; the fountain-head of ma
tional laws; where assemble representa-
tives of all great powers of the earth;
where many of the great actors on the
stage of time sooner or later appear. and
where each day the marvellous story of
the closing century is written. You are
IN a community of some 100000 souls OF
all ranks, stations and conditions, but
all presenting a cosmopolitan phase of
character impressed upon them by their
peculiar positions and modes of life.
'You aye here where great churches
are cuIturing the worship Of the people
and giving shape to public opinion on
burning questions of the day. Study
Paurs letters - Timothy and Titus, es-
pecially the one from his Roman prison.
when Nero held the scepter Of the world 5
power Nothing can be more appropriate
in our time Be man of prayer. IN
tercede at the heavenly court FOR heay-
enly things If you have large executive
and organizing ability. use it for all ii IS
worth In your visits among the people
lies the true secret of uDbuiliing the
church. Sermons from the pulpit are
often powerful. but sermons in The house
hold are likely TO produce the desired ef-
feet.
Your good sense will prevent you from
making your pulpit rest of yellow opin-
ions. of the learned nonsense of would-be
directors of popular sentiment You will
rather make it the firm fortress of doc
trines of the old faith. In doing this you
will not need to indulge in any kind OF
clap-trap when you stand here fishing for
wondering souls This is too serious busi-
ness for pantomime or the harlequin S
tricks.
cultivate a kindly, fraternal spirit
toward your brethren, not only In our
own. but in all evangelical churches,
and all who are Protestants. Protestant
churches should hang together l wish 10
say right here and now, IL is my belief
| that the day is coming in this country
when a conflict with the church of Rome
will prove to be the most grim and dole
| full ever recorded in the book of time
With the doctrine she holds and is striy-
| ing by every means TO make dominant
| and with our Protestant and republican
| ideas. there is not the slightest shadow
| W
come, and who shall prepare himself for
| tie battle?"
| Rev w. c. Alexander, pastor of The
| West Street Presbyterian Church. deliv-
| cred the charge TO the congregation. The
| closing prayer was offered by the pastor
DIR. Talmage's Address.
DR.. Talmage's address was upon the
subject, Invitation TO Outsiders" H,
spoke as follows:
"On this congratulatory occasion at tn
| installation of the new and cOnsecTatet
and brilliant pastor, and in this historic
| church. presided over SO long by the Illus
/ trious and renowned preacher and Chris
tian patriot, DR.. Sunderland, / take Iol
my text John, x:16: Other sheep | have
which are not Of this fold
There is no monopoly in religion. Tn,
grace of God is not little property tha
| we may fence off and hare all TO our
selves. 1t is not kings park, at whie:
We look through barred gateway, wish
ing that We might go in and see the dee
and the statuary, and pluck the flower
and fruits in the royal conservatory. No
IL is a Fathers orchard, and everywher
| there are bars that We may let down an,
gates that we may swing open.
III my boyhood, next TO the countrv
| school house, there was an orchard o
apples, owned by very lame man, who
although there were apples in the piac
perpetually decaying, and by scores AM
! scores OF bushels, never would allow am
of us to touch the fruit. Sometimes III
lads of the school, in the siGfulness of
nature inherited from our first parents
VINO were ruined by the same temptation
invaded that orchard, but they soon re
treated, for the man came after them at
speed reckless of making his lamenes
worse and cried out: Boys, drop thos
apples, or will set the dog on you
Gods Orchard L. for All.
"Well, my friends, there are Christial
men who have the church under sever
guard. There is fruit in this orchard 70
the whole world, but they have a rougl
and unsympathetic way OF aecosting ou,
siders, as though they had no busInes
there, though the Lord wants all to com
and take the choicest and the ripest frui
on the premises. Have YOU an idea ths.
because you were baptized al eigh
months OF age and because you have a
yoar life been under hallowed influence
you therefore have a right TO one Who'll
side or the Lords table, spreading youI
self out and taking up the entire room
tell you, no. You will have TO haul
your elbows. for / shall tonight place o
either side OF you those whom you neye
expected would sit there: for, as Chris
said TO the Jews long ago, 50 He says
you and 10 me tonight: Other sheen
have, which are not OF this fold
| Cameron. the ScOtchman, has thot
sands OF head of sheep Some OF the,
are browsing on the heather. some Z
them are lying down under the tree.
some OF them are In his yard. They an
scattered around in eight or ten dsnerer
places Norman. his neighbor. come
over and says. L sea you have thirt
. sheep. / have just counted them No
: says Cameron. i have a great man
more sheep than that. Some are her
. and some are elsewhere. They are sea
, tered all through the glens and over N
highlands. ! have four or five thousar
in my fiocks. '-Other sheep / have, whIe
/ are not OF this fold SO Christ says
Tus. Here is a group of Christians. an
. there is a group OF Christians: but the
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