The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-16
AT DWIGHT PLACE CHURCH
PULPIT OCCUPIED BY THE REV. DE.
 W ". LEETE.

He Preached Able Sermons at Both
 Morning and Evening Servtces-Is | One of the Most Prominent Candidates for the Vacant Pnstorate to Succeed | the Rev. Dr. Twitchen.
 The Rev. Dr. William w. Leete, pas
 tor of the First Congregational church
 of Rockford, Ill., occupied the pulpit at
 the Dwight Place church yesterday,
 morning and evening. Dr. Leete has
 been prominently mentioned as a can- didate for the vacant pastorate of this
 church. A number of those who heard
 him were heard to express themselves
 as being very much pleased and inn
 pressed with the sermons delivered. He
 has a commanding appearance in the
 pulpit splendid, strong, an excellent
 delivery, and causes his hearers to give
 the closest attention to his expounding
 of the gospel.
 Over eight hundred persons attended
 the morning service yesterday and they
 heard one of the best sermons ever giv- en in the church The speaker took his text from the second chapter of Ezekiel and the first verse, which is as follows;
 And He said unto me, Son of man, stand on thy feet and l will speak unto
 thee.' He said in part:
 When God did speak to Israel, the law -giver, He did so through the ourn- ing bush. The common method of re- viving divine blessing by all the proph. cts was in very lowly and humble manner. Daniel put his face to the ground John, Paul and others were humbed when they conferred with God. Leprosy mounted to the forehead of Isaiah when he offered prayers for which he had not been consecrated. Ezekiel longs to flash Gods truth to the heart of man when he hears the words of the text He does not turn his face to the dust, but to the stars. He is to be Gods messenger. Jesus said I walked among men and had My dlscl- pies about me- After His death and resurrection He said unto them Handle Me and see. No spirit has flesh and bones as l have
 "We are in an age when men do assert themselves. Man is told to array him. self on Gods side and not to labor for himself alone. All physical creatures are under God. and have been forever. What shall it profit man if he wins the whole world and loses God? Be worthy of this world as God intended that we should be, as He revealed in the person of His son, Jesus Christ Wisdom is the principal thing; there | fore get wisdom. It is greater than gold, silver or even rubies. To attain | this is to be of the greatest service to God. A great commandment is, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as myself | Love of self is commended, but it makes difference how much we love our selves, as to how much our love of the world is. To fulfill this commandment | men must also love God. There are, it is acknowledged, verses to the contra ", such as He that saves his life shall lose it, but he that loses his life for My . sake shall find it. Self-denial is neces sary.
 This kind of man is a servant of the world This is the kind of a man that God can use, He would have chosen vessels. Many are called, but few are chosen We shall be chosen and set apart for His service in the world. Is it not true that God has des- tined certain races to become powerful? Have we no lesson brought to us by the little country of Greece which is scarcely larger than Connecticut? How they kept back the hordes of the Per t.x. 4s, ,,f, have given to the world in literature, art and sculpture such things as have not been surpassed by other nations"
 The speaker then gave numerous ex- ampes of men who have startled the world by their ability, and all this be- cause they have fulfilled this great com The day and age in which we live is recognized as sociological. We must serve the world and it's busy We are vexed sometimes in our very sides. We should not get weary in well doing. We should fill ourselves with God and realize our selves for God. In this way we will not disappoint the world. The greatest needs await the greatest personality For the needs of to-day we want men, and to be strong it is necessary that we be built up of God. We ask for peace when we should ask for power. It matters not how we work and live, but it does matter as to when we can be called the true representatives of Him. There was a completion of this idea in the apostles. The love of God is that which passeth knowledge and so should we be filled with the love of God.