New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-02
GOD SERVICE AND MAMMoy WORSHIP.
SERMON OF THE REV. WILLIAM ALEXANDER
WATSON AT ST. ANDREWS CHURCH.


The Rev. William Alexander WATSON. OF Mill
burn. ~ j.. preached last evening In ST. Andrews
Episcopal Church. Harlem. OF which the Rev Dr.
c. r. Van De Water IL rector. Mr.. WATSON has one
OF the successful Bible classes In the coun-
try, numbering upward OF one hundred and hity
members in n town Of 700 inhabitants, pelhs
probably the largest class Of its kind In the coun-
try relative to the population. He took for MS
text last night st. Matthew Vi. "a. NO man can
serve two masters ye cannot serve God and Man,
mon" and ne said in part:
The underlying relation between the laws that
govern the material universe and those that gov
ern the moral and spiritual life Of man - exceed
ngly useful in helping to right understanding
OF our relation TO God and 20 our iei,ow-H. .n
multitudes the laws and principles OF the Kingdom
OF heaven made such extensive use OF paranles
drawn from the natural world and from human re-
atonships the Master led HIS hearers UP 20 heav cav,
is single service and the impossIbili;y Of double
service While men recognize and in large measure
live up to this principle In their various ear,niy re-
cipe obtains in mans relation to God. How Inn
peTyed both %f the United States and spain; is
equally impossible for man to serve Coz ann 10
The first question put to the candidate for bap-
tlsrn "Dost thou renounce the devil ana az nis
works. This remuneration Of pas, sins and c sv''
whether in worship or In prayer. Ctne'",sc u.u
tons II IL because men forget this condition Of
true worship and prayer that so much of our wor-
ship and so many pTGvg the Sorms and
tions OF the religious life for years don't MAKE any
is DSS Ms sss Of
the business world. in politics In society aha ~
live up to the ideal Christian life at the present
time. and so they lower the STANDARD 20 pyan'
only little above the average morality o. the dsy;
has subjective rather than an objective cn ma az
ter It represents the idol that Ia set up not OF
somewhere on a pedestal. but In the heart IL rs
the heart that creates the idol; Mammon worship
is simply sef-service. Self as over agaihst nou
these are ;h nes Two les hs great moral gulf that
separated Dives from Lazarus and over wnion
neither men nor angels could pas, III SINS ,h ns
root I'm some form or tnother OF self-worshp-seit-
Indulgence, it matters rot whether IS phy sr,a,s on
motto. Il live for self Is the un-Christan motto
And IT is nconceyate that hose TWO no't 10
should be reconced snd both made ,he rule OF ia
mans HE The philos ,phy of this principle OF SIN
gle service is found IT, the essential unity or one
a ality = am not mite combination Of functions
and forces and passo so that can Id a' and re-
Down beiow ali the stinctions that we draw , Pc
tween the secular M and the reliS,Ous and
ndivisble ego. You divide the body oil, man,
but not his soul The fundamental me OF nan
must he here or there II cannot be here AMI mere
our Sav!oUr's work in the worli has twoLoh
aspect: He came to harmonic NE and 70 au bor-
dinate life In the case of the individual 10 mar
monte the whole organisr-al the interests OF n
mans life secular and religious, and then 20 sunot-
dnate this harnonized life to the service fnd loNe
OF God: In the case OF mankind as whole 20 ar
monte the interests and relations OF an n one
larger organism. or brotherhood snr ny rs s. -. 70
sent this body. which Is the spiritual hu W ~ ~
His Fa Their glorihed body without spot or ~. m
sh When this wondrous process ot ntr ,hs in
dlvidual and In society at large. when mas WORKED
It's way through the social Industrial ana po,',csai,
life OF the world then the kingdom ot uoo VIII
indeed have