The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-06
DR. TWICHELL'S SERMON,
pRE1CHED IN BIITEL CHiPEi
 SUNDIY ! MOANING.
EvlI," and the Discourse wasn Very Interesting One - Many Outsiders PGeAenI

interesting One - M"hy Outsiders Present.
 Rev. Dr. Jos H. Twichell, of Hart
 ford. preached in Battell chapel Sun
 day morning before the students of Yale
 university and a large number of out
 siders
 Dr. Twichel's text was taken from | St. Matthew 16:21-23 From that time began Jesus to show unto His disciples
 and suffer many things of the elders
 and chief priests and scribes and be
 raised up. And Peter took Him and be-
 gan to rebuke Him, Saying, But arfrom | Thee, Lord, this shall not be unto Thee
 But He turned and said unto Peter. Get
 thee behind Me, Satan: thou art a
 stumbling block unto me, for thou
 minded not the things of God, but the things of men"
 DrTWichell spoke in part as follows:
 That the Lord should in the circum- stances be severe with Peter, especial ly that He should apply such an cpl
 thet to him as Satan" seems at first strange and very unlike Him. It must have amazed Peter. The protest that
 had sprung to his lips was, as Jesus knew, dictated by affection and by his serse of the incredlbility of the fate which he had first heard described-a fate which ran contrary to his whole idea of what was in store. which also Jesus knew-i. e., knew that with the views of him Peter held, of what he de- served and of what the issue of this ca reer ought to be and was to be, he could not help answer that protest.
 And then Peter was rot Satan, but great way from it-a dearly beloved friend; more than that, uneomprehend- ing as he was, none of the disciples was so far advanced in discernment of the Masters true greatness as he for he 1t was who Apparently in the same hour in which he fell under this rebuke) when after asking them all who were men, saying he was and getting their replies, Jesus put the question, But whom say ye that I amp had instantly answered Thou art the Christ, the son of the Living God.'
 And now he called him satan" and what does it mean? It means that what He said to Peter He said more to Himself-i. e.. then the thought Peter had expressed was thought that had already made duty audible in His own heart; that when Peter exclaimed. Be it far from thee, Lord, this shall not be unto thee" he sounded an objection, the force of which was not unfelt. It was as if He had said, You are thrust ing in My way a thing thou s',ould be putting from Me; do not you make it harder for Me? I want you on My side. There is something very pathetic when you think in His telling Peter that he was a stumbling block to Him, Peter who was His spiritual child and whom He was teaching to work. How could He have been so except that there was a possibility in the protest he had ut tered, plausibility that Jesus felt the power of, even while recognizing it's Satanic character"
 In closing pr. Twchell said, Where withall shall a young man cleanse his | way? By taking heed thereto accord ing to Thy word. Oh, young men and women, give much attention to the l word of God. Let it be your councillor. | Grow unto it's views. For you and for all of us.
 "The one and only rule of strength to say effectually in the hour of need. Get | thee behind me Satan is that laid down in that large gospel precept of our high | calling, so full of noble meaning in ev- cry syllable, Be not fashioned accord ing to this world; but be ye transformed | by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and &C., ceptable and perfect will of God"