The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-05-22

I | Calvary. The crucifixion is the place at which the sweeping declaration was made, "Is it finished?" The cross has
 ever been the fitting emblem of the church and will ever stand for the deep- est things in our religion. Christ cru l cified" is to them that are perishing | foolishness, but to the saved it is the power of God What does the death of
 Jesus of Nazareth signify? And let it 1 be said, right off, that the fact is too
 big in it's dimensions to be crowded into any human system of thought or
 scheme of religion. Like the radiance
 of the sun, no one on earth may inn | prison all it's influence.
 Some things, however, are measura-
 bly, certain and beyond gainsaying. The
 death of Christ, for one thing, is the ] reassurance of an open door to God. I He came primarily to unvel the Father. Mems ignorance and sin and wandering had divorced them from God, not God from them, and the su-
 preme mission of Jesus was to reveal to
 their blinded consciousness the nearness
 of Him who ever had loved and yearned | over His creation. This message from | the skies, writ large in the work and words of Christ, comes as the stimulant | to the Jagged and dying sensibiites of
 men. For church to embody the idea of Christ and Him crucified," it is that l it shall speak to men in the terms of | its Master. A love that knows no limit in it's sacrifice has ever a cheering word for lost and sinful men, Such a love re- veals the God who Himself is love, and
 a church shot through with the spirit of Jesus proclaims inevitably the open door to forgiveness and sonship; in short, eternal life.
 A step further. The Christ yielding
 up His life on the cross is the revela- tion of Gods appointed way of ap-
 proach to Him. ''There is none other
 name given under heaven, among men, whereby we must be saved" In lesser degrees, men of old had demonstrated
 the nearness of God and it has always been true that ia broken and a con- trite" heart God did never despise When Jesus the fullness of this revel- ation was come He became the way
 the truth, the life. Henceforth men
 would approach the Father through
 the Son and the high prerogatve of the
 church, called by His name, is to be the ambassador to suffering and erring
 men of this royal decree of love. The life of any church is measured direct ly by the fidelity with which it pro- claims this message of the cross. Then the cross of Christ reflects the only royalty possible to God or men. As scheme of life, sacrifice alone appeals
 to the highest and deepest things in
 us. He gave up His life that He ;al We might live I do not know how to adjust it all into system, but it must be true that Christ upon the cross did somewhat for men which they could not have done for themselves. An ex- ample, and, yes, an atonement His church, to win the world, must spend itself in sacrifice as He did. 1T, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto Me This church in the coming time will gather strength to itself, only as in the spirit of its crucified Lord it lays itself out for humanity.
 Let the motto be graven upon every department of the church life, Christ and Him crucified." Let every individ ual live the sentiment of my text and all about them will be coming the king dom of God
 Tn the afternoon there was a general mass meeting, at which all who were desirous of being present could be ac- commodated. Addresses giving eXperi- ences relative to the matter uppermost in the minds of the members of the church were made by the Rev. George H. Ferris of Calvary Baptist church. the Rev. Addison E. Moore, pastor of the. the Rev. F. w. c. Meyer and Gen. eraI Y. M. C. A. Secretary Lotze. Sev- eral hundred dollars were raised at this meeting In the evening the pastor of the church preached a short sermon, in which he said that he didn't like to do the easy things in life, but that he was desirous of undertaking the hard things and that he was sure that by the help of God all things undertaken and car ried on in His name can be successfully accomplished.
 At the conclusion of his remarks testimony meeting was held, at which a large number of those present told why they were grateful to God. H. O. Price of the University Glee club sang an effective tenor solo.
 It is the intention to continue the work of securing funds and begin the erection of the building at the earliest possible moment.