Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-01
CONSIDERATION.
Able Segmon BY Rev. A. D.
Mcclure Of Washington, N. C.
Preached At The First Presbyterian Church
Sunday Morning Text: land Who Then
Is Willing To Consccratc His Service
This Day To The Lord'- Chrou, MIX. ..

Rev. a. D. Mcclure, of Wilmington,
n. c.. preached an able sermon on
Conservation" before large congre-
cation at the First Presbyterian Church
Sunday morning. selecting as his text
Chronicles xaiiN:5. He said, in part:
And who. then. is willing to conse-
crate his service this day unto the
Lord ?'-Chron. xxix:5.
Conservation is the meaning of three
words used in the Old Testament to re-
quire the setting apart of the tribe of
Levi and the priests to the service of
the sanctuary. the Standardization of 4
.Nazarite and the FILLING the hands" OF
the priest with the offerings to the
Lord. Holiness and sanctihcation are
equivalent terms. The temple was set
part to the worship OF God. 1t was
thereby rendered holy, and in being ac-
cepted was sanctiiied. SO were the Lee
vites as Il tribe, the priests as n class.
the sacrifice with which they nlled their
hands and the vessels they used. The
act. or the ceremonies OF setting these
apart was their conservation. and when
God accepted them and used and bless
ed them, it was written as of the Naz-
arites: The conservation of their God
Grafton Is separation. The temples the
priests. the offerings, the vessels, were
separated from all former relation and
associations TO lie wholly the Lords.
The people brought their blessings and
filled the hands of the priests with
them. In doing this they dedicated all
to the worship OF God. The text is
taken from the words of David, the
King, when he called together the rul-
erS and representatives of the people to
undertake with his son Solomon the
building of the temple. Twenty-seven
years before David desired to build tho
temple God said he might not, but Sol
ONION must. All these years David
gathered materials. Now he calls the
people together. tells them what prep
arations he had made. and what mate
rails he had to offer Besides these, he
gave of his personal property iron
stones and wood. and of the gold of
Ophir 1000 talents, equal to $2,52S, 900,
and of refined silver 5000 talents. So
100000 Then he called on the people
who of You is willing to fill his hands
this day with offerings to the Lord.
Christians are the temple of the living
God. and should consecrate themselves
to him. They are priests and should be
separate and dedicated to God. They
are vessels sanctitied and made meet
for the Masters use. They should pre-
sent their bodies as living sacrifices
which Is their reasonable service. Je-
hova-Jesus is their Lord, and they
should serve Him. In everything, II
every department and detail OF domes
tic duty. in every kind OF work. in al
the conduct of business. In all profes
sional labors. in all occupations an6
recreations. their conservation should
be to serve the Lord. Their Lord is
Jehovah-Jesus. He will accept and
bless all service. He will make every
service n success. There is need OF the
service of every one. that all the Sle-
partments of church work may prosper
and all secular things may be made
sacred. If any one fears failure. 1t Is
better to fail trying than to fail be-
cause we do not try. Besides the Mas
ter will not let any one fail. as the
story of the pictures OF "The Folded
Hands" by Albrecht Durc, shows.