The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18
SERMON BY REV. E. W. STONE
PREA CHED At GRAND AYE. B4P-
TIS1 CHURCH YESTERDAY.
His Subject: "Why Men Should Go to
Church"-speaker Said "Men DO Not
Go to Church Because They Do Not
I'm In,

Go to Church Because They Do No
Want To.v
Rev. e. w. Stone, at the Grand ave
nue. Baptist church last evening
preached toa large congregation on the
subject, "Why Men Should Go tt
Church." His text was Luke 4:16. He
said in part:
when L speak Of men going tc
church I do not mean simply an occa-
sional, or even constant attendance
upon the church services. This, OF
| course; but more. I mean an intelli-
gent membership in the church and a
participating in its great work of revo-
lutionizing the life and thought and
conduct of men,
Much is said in these days as to why
men do not go to church. Explanation
after explanation of this state of things
| is offered, now by those who do not go
to church and again by those who do.
| Excuses are many, but the reason is
one. Men do not go to church because
| they do not want to. am not lightly
brushing aside the excuses men make.
or limiting at the insincerity of those
who make them. Many a mans difficult
ties are honest. But this say, that first
there is disinclination to go to church
and then men seek some reasonable eX-
cuse that will justify their course to
tIa;., r,,l t,t, ,1,r W
can offer to the opportunities of friends.
A man made feast. He bads many.
He sent servants to call than. One
said, have bought land and must look
at it. Another, ! must try new nair
of oxen. And still third. + have en-
tered the blissful state of matrimony
and cannot come The excuses are in
divideual and many but the reason they
did not go was one. They did not want
to. Men fail to go to church to-day for
the same reason.
But men should go to church be-
cause the Lord of life established it. 1t
was the custom of Jesus Christ to go
to the synagogue on the Sabbath day.
Its services ministered to His mental
and spiritual growth. In human nature
'teie 10 heeu "h'Nii 'aA oiiy ~ Pup
Piieu NY the uiVineiy iiis'i'uteu
oiiuicn. Nhiisl uiu iiot puiiu pe''ei
tfah ne knew. ne hne" WHa' was III
man.
THE difficulty of living Christian
my outsiue .ne cnuicii 10 aiio.,iei ieasoi
why men should be found in our
ciui ches. viz eah hiiiuie hie WI
iia.eh anu sreeh S'ich VI "oou 90
easily as ne can i've sucii ny VIII
OUT tne neip ne setS III 'i'e ieiio"ship
Oh ohrlstiah cnurcn.
but oesioes these reasons Wnich are
scrlptural there are others that ought
10 appeal " tile inquest impulses u NJ
man nature. Meh ousH' 10 Ne louiiu ~
our churcnes' ior they ihahe any pre-
seiN Tue pest anu iiopiest moran sian.
uaru III d coiiiniuhi'y' are .iie sa,'
Oh tne earth iake Tue church WIN
ihorai s.ahuaru anu ihiiuehce OUT VI
community anu you nave ihiiic'eo this
possible olsaster' 20 out on the lroif-
TIER huhureus Oh niiies peyoiio any
churcn' 0ee eiie ueVii cnapeis tiia' i''ie
the streets-protnels, sannllhg uens anu
.he ihe' opseiVe tiie lesiuehtS' TNeiy
man Walhihs alseiiai pei.eu Will
poWie hhiVes anu reviewers Iiiis ~
town without churcn' Is that PIC
ture one can contemplate WIN coihpia-
cency? Blshop Whlttle L thlhk IL was
VINO was an intelligent man ana was
toid by MIN ne hau reau an the DOCKS
against Chrlstlanity ne could get hold
OF ana would pe an lniluel put 1or THESE
thlhgs; he hao soui immortal tiia'
was gong somewhere ana tife relislol
OF Jesus Christ oiiereu hiiii the oniy
satisfactory light on tne hlatter. ne
saw MS wire enter the uarh Vailey ol
oeath with composure ana JOY IN tne
ialth OF Jesus ana ne iiau Father MI
imam SEM OUT III the Woriu those Hiolh-
erless whom ne hau rather XIII IMAM
send out IN the world Wlthout the pro-
tectloh ana pressing OF reHgloh.
sympathlze WIN the man. speak
after careIul thought. speak LOT pro-
round respect TOT the law OF Iou anu
man. nave TWO llttle slrls Would
rather XIII them ana Jake the conSe-
quence mere ana hereafter imam TO suIler
them TO I'VE IN community destllute
of the moral influence ana standard OF
Chilstlan church'
Men should be IN our churches pc
cause they Keep awe IN the world the
noblest IDEAL OF IRE. Inc very CRITICISMS
the world passes upon, the shortcom-
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