The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-14
REV. MR.. DEANE,s SERMON.


| LpH' " ~ Ndih as CHlluEtu Oh lSAt'
| Rev. Mr.. Deane, in opening. spoke of the
| condition of those early Christians of the
time Of Paul. He told of the social condl.
tons OF the times, of The ascendancy oil
Sin, and the dangers that surrounded z
Christian life. Continuing, he described
how Christianity obtained its firm hold and
how one by one the uubeleVers came To- see
tile light. From that time on the path of
the Christian has been like that Of bllnd
man whose sight has been restored, lie
again sees the blessed light and knows that
he owes it all to his Creator"
with clear sight of present duty and
with assurance Of unfaillng aid the Christ
ian moves along in increasing confidence:
Just what does this mean in a practical
way! 1t means this. Life is crowded full
OF choices. Every day says to us You
and doing that. Not every choice can be
made in a moment. But the Christian
should be pre-eminenty the man of decision,
saving his energy by deciding promptly and
sticking to his choice. Hesitaring in choos-
ing Wuvcring in adherence to Il path once
chosen. belong to the children Of darkness
They stumble and they know not whittier
they go But the firm step of confidence
belongs to him who walks in the light OF
Gods grace
when / say that the child of light must
| be child of truth. | may seem TO turn
away from the practical to the subjective.
| But | mean TO use this phrase In very
practical way
Forget, if you can, the vague and rhap..
| SOtIt'I way III WHlCu AIuLu 10 llichtiShN'
by the followers of various lslns Of to-day.
Some men have SO dwelt upon the fact that
God is truth, that they have almost de-
throned the living working God, the Father
of our spirits, and have left In His pace
this abstract Truth, as remote from us as
the pole star, and with as little relation TO
our lives.
This DOES no alter the fact that truth
has its source in God. and therefore has a
claim upon us. Of His own will begat He
lis by the word of truth Are our lives the
worthy result of such birth Absolute
| fidelity TO the truth in every word and ac-
| tion,-it is no easy thing. But what less
can we offer as children of light
| THE day tests colors. What seemed at
| twilight dead black turns out by DAY
| dark blue or green; what seemed white,
| decided tint of some color. Can our .lves
stand the searching light Of Gods day
| How do they now appear to him who dwel!s
| in light unapproachabeG
"The habit of truthfulness is not. uni.
versal virtue to-day. 1t was far short of
| that when this letter was written by PAU:
| These early Christians had all the force OF
| when they tried to obey the command to
speak every man truth to his neighbor.
| But we may claim that we Americans
| need little admonition on this subject, We
| hold ourselves to be far better in this re-
spect than the continental nations of Eu-
| rope. We abhor a lie and despise a, liar
''Yet are we sure that we have got beyond
| the necessity of caution in this respect? In
| two ways especially do we all seem open to
| temptation in exaggeration and in nattery
"A good story comes to- us, one that we
enjoy telling. But it would be better II 1T
| were just a little different. Our sense of ar
| tistic completeness is surprised that one
| more detail is not present. Our sense of
humor demands slight change In the sltu-
| q ton Almost unconsciouSly in our pleasure
in telling an anecdote, the story rounds it
| self out to its natural proportions.
or as to fattery. know man who Is
| not especially susceptible to. fattery. him
in ia ba ron oh II and liSlikpS
it. But 1t is hard for him to resist the i'm
pulse to speak pleasantly to another, even
| though 1t urge him to compliment where
reproof or rebuke were more fitting, Not
n common failing, do you say? am not
so sure of that.
Now this may seem a trivial matter,
hardly worth such serious notice. Complet,,
ing good story, or complmentlng friend
a little more than the tru tn warrants, VIII
do no harm, you say. In the great majority
of cases probably it will do no harm to the
general The injury is to yourself, and it
is an injury that you cannot avoid.
You cannot afford to tamper with your
sense of truth 1t is as delicately poised as
the harSpring of watch. \ slight jar Will
put your watch out of order. A slight perver-
sion Of truth may lead you to careleSsness
to which you will at last open your eyes In
dlsmay There is but one safe way for the
child Of light If he would remain in the
light, and that is the path of perfect truth.
lone other virtue is suggested to us by
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