The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-09
SERMON AT TRINITY,
Rev. G. w. King Fays His Respects to
InfldeIs and Their Work.

Rev. George w. King, Phi. D.,
preached the first of series of SER
mons relative to "Infdelity'' in Trinity
church last night. At the opening of
his sermon Rev. DR.. King announced
that he will preach Sunday evening
from the subject Worse than an in
lfidel." The subject of last evenings
sermon was "Shall we condole the work
of infidels?" The discourse that fol-
lowed furnished much for reflection in
the minds of serious and thoughtful
Christians.
The text was taken from Revelations,
xxi. s. Rev. DR.. King said in sub
stance
Unbelief, according to Rev, xxi, s, is
a damning sin. Whatever hell may be,
unbelief leads to it. Notice the class
with whom the unbeliever Is associat-
ed, murderers, whoremongers, sorcer-
lers, idolators and liars.
There are other things in the scrip
lures said of this class of persons In
Psalm xiv, we have: 1.-The fool hast
said in his heart, there is no God. They
are corrupt; they have done abeminable
works; there is none that doeth good"
According to Luke, xiii, 46, the worse
fate of the unfaithful servant is to
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With these things in the scriptures.
what ought to be our attitude toward
infidels or unbelievers?
Whom do I mean by unbelievers? All
who through sin or selfishness deny the
gospel of Christ, or any part Of 1t. A
distinction, however, is to be made be-
tween sincere doubters and unbelievers,
Thomas was a sincere doubter, and
there are such today, who through lack
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be said to be believers
The Pharisees were unbelievers,
through sin and selfishness, ard there
are those today like them, who for sain
or other sinful interest, will not believe,
though they have the opportunity.
What, then, should be our attitude &c
Christians toward unbelievers?. 1t
ought to be Bible attitude no more,
no less. 1t ought, therefore, to be an
attitude Of unsparing hostility toward
their teaching and toward the tendency
and results of their teaching
At Gettysburg the confederate and
union soldiers drank water and washed
their wounds from the same spring The
night before they were engaged in a
terrible combat. We have no enmitv
toward the infidel as a man, but he and
we are fighting for opposite principles,
like the confederate and union soldiers,
and in the battle we can show no quar-
ter and be true to our principles We
fight in love for those who are being
ruined by the infidel's teachings.
1t is a false sympathy to feel sorry
for the criminal, while we forget the IN,
dividuals and society against whom the
crime is committed. So 1t is a .alse
sympathy that we expend upon the in
fidel, While we forget the souls that are
ruined by his infdelity.
Our attitude ought to be one of l,val
devotion to the truth. 1.-THE offepse OF
the cross" has not yet ceased, and. If
need be, we ought to be willing to SUI
fer for the gospel.
Third-Our attitude ought 10 ha an
aggressive or missionary attitude, low
ard the dupes of infidelity. We must
rebuke them, If this only will show
them their condition. We ought 10 81.
pose their associated sins. We must
show them what infidelity means. W.
must show them, in contrast, what faith
means. We must show them that nm.
belief destroys, and that left to itseif
would destroy the very fabric of soo:etv
Itself. We must show them that faith
Is constructive, and leads to purity ana
nobleness and everything that is good:
that 1t leads away from gambling and
lying and wrong of every kind.
Fourth-We should put away all nm
belief from ourselves, and seek to afow
in faith and in the knowledge and lifa
of faith. ''As
Fifth-We must not overlook the bad
ness OF the infidels life and teachin..
because OF certain good, or, as we say
redeeming qualities in his life. doubt
not Guiteau and Wilkes Booth had good