The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-04-02
SERMON IN
WEST CHURCH
Interesting Sermon by DR..
Keigwin on Sunday
Morning.

"And Moses did as the Lord
commanded him." These words
constituted the text of Rev. DR..
keigwin at the West Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning. After
alluding to the adaptation OF the
Bible to all men in all ages and in
all conditions of life, he referred to
the Importance OF obedience when
God commanded. Although Moses
doubted his ability to lead the chill
dren OF Israel, lie did not hesitate
to 60 forward when God commanded.
Every man should follow his exam
pie. The power of prayer was IL
lustrate by his course. The open
ing of the waters oil the Red Sea,
and the passing through the same
by the Jews in safety, and the swal-
lowing up of the pursuing hosts of
Pharoah with their horses and
chariots, showed the power of God,
and furnished lesson TO all men
that should never be forgotten
Passing on, DR.. keigwin related
incidents to show the influence for
good of the efforts on the part Of a
teacher of class OF boys N
Sunday school in England. She
found boy IN the streets, VINO was
unusually boisterous, and OH asking
him to come 10 the Sunday school,
he positively refused but OH being
offered a suit of clothes, he finally
consented. On his first attendance
he behaved very badly, and alter a
second trial, failed to attend. The
teacher then sought him out, and,
by giving him another suit, he WAS
led to attend, but then he stayed
away again. and a third suit was
given him with similar experience
as he declared there WAS no fun in
the Sunday school. The teacher,
however, determined to make an
other effort TO reclaim him, and al
ter asking him to come and assist
her to govern the unruly boys in
her class, he finally consented, and
entered upon the task Of making
the boys behave, After this he was
regular in his attendance and be-
came one of the most noted men en-
gagged i'll missionary WORK. His
name was Robert Morrison. lie
first translated the catechlsm into
the Chinese language, made the
first Chinese converts, and did much
towards enllghtening the heathen,
as he spent 25 years in thc Chinese
empire. Teachers should be en-
outraged to renewed effort by this
incident.
Dr.. kclgwin next referred TO
Moses striking the rock TO produce
water, and other efforts on the part
OF Moses TO comply with God 5 COM
mands, whether they seemed rca-
sonable or not. His success in
overcoming obstacles, showed God )
power to sustain and uphold His
people in all emergencies, even
when the wiscst men claimed such
things impossible. contrary to ma
ture, thus showing that their wis
dom was fooishness. He also al
luded to the staying OF Goliath by
the STRIPPING David by the pebble
taken from the book and thrown
from a simple cathern sling.
In conclusion he referred to the
question raised in regard to the
government Of the territories ac.
qnired by this country from Spain,
asking whether the raising of the
flag carried the constitution with it
and all the privileges of citizenship
enjoyed by Our people. OF one
thing he felt certain, that religion
followed the flag and the privilege
OF preaching the Gospel to sinners
Of every caste and condition. lie
thought the opening of these coun-
tries to missionaries great thing
and the door to that effort should
never be closed. Moses obeyed the
command of God; Garibaldi went to
Rome against the advice of his
friends, saying he would so there
even if 4 thousand G Garibaldis should
be imprisoned; and Luther went to
Worms, saying, when told his life
would be endangered, he would so
even if the tiles on every house III
the city were devil. God COM
mands. and every man should do
his duty,