The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-30

Rev. A. N. Keigwin delivered a
very instructive sermon in the West
Presbyterian Church on Sunday
morning, from the last clause Of the
18th verse of the second chapterM
Ecclesiastes: "For what can the
man do that cometh after the king;
even that which hath done already"
Solomon had stated. himself with
pleasure. He had gained great
wisdom, obtained great riches.
planted gardens and orchards, sur.
rounded himself with servants; and
maidens, great singers and playei Q,
OIL musical instruments, and upon
looking on all his hands had wrought,
and the labor he had labored to- do.
he declared all was vanity and vex--
alton Of spirit, and there was no.
profit under the sun. His expert.
ence showed the unsatisfying char
acter of the things of this earth.
and yet men and women continued
to initiate his conduct and reject his
admoniton that all is vanity. Men
made haste to get rich. AS shown in
the reports of the stock market they
behaved like maniacs, and the:
Bourse was little better than a pam
demonium. The women delight in
the adornmcnt of their persons,
and going to the theatre. All seek,
after pleasure in some form and
corrupt themselves. They soon find
that the things of this world are
unsatisfying. Life is only a vapor
and it soon passes and when death
comes, what then? He would rath-
CT be Mr. Gladstone in the prayer
meeting than in the British I'arlia-
ment, or Mr.. Dingley as leader in
his church, than as Trainer of tho
Dingley bill or n member of Con.
gress. He alludsd to the meeting of
a Observation-Disclosures with a young
man who had just been admitted II
practice law, when he said: 'Gec
your name taken off the church roll,
burn your Bible, and you may be-
come distinguished in your profess
SION" Insteadof following this adj
vice, the young man purchased a
Bible, placed it on his desk, and
read it in his leisure hours. What
is more, he retained his religion and
rose to eminence. Twenty-Five years
after he met the same lawyer near
the same place, dressed in seedy
apparel and approaching, he held
out trembling hand saying, "Give
me half dollar to enable me to get
out of this town. He had INDUCED
in forbidden pleasure and his life
had been failure.
Christ's life was not failure.
He went about doing good, clothing
the Naked feeding the hungry,
healing the sick and afflicted, pro-
claiming peace and good will among
men, and when dying on the cross
said, ut is finished. " His life was
a success, and Its influence will ex-
tend through eternity.
The worldling cannot take his
wealth with him, he must leave it
when he dies. The follower of
Christ, however, goes hence to re-
ceive crown of gold, eternal as the
heavens.
After noticing the portraits pre-
served in salon of Russia, each
of which contained some resem.
blance of the different features or
characteristics of the Empress
Catharine, he referred to an invalid
lady, who, in the course of her
twenty five years Of affliction never
referred to her suffering, but daily
expressed the desire to be morelike
Jesus. Her example was rebuke
to those who complain of trifling
ills. Those who follow Jesus will
far more happiness in
this world than those who follow
Solomon and will not exclaim at
death "All is vanity and vexation
of spirit and there is noproft under
the SUM-"