Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-05
'THE CHURCH BUaE Call.
THE TITLE OF A SERMON PREACH
ED IN THE INTEREST OF
THE
| 10Th CENTURY MOVEMENT
BY the Rev. c. b. Graham Yesterday
Morning in the North Street NJ. e.
Church-A Summary of the Sermon.

Yesterday morning in the North
Street M. E. church, the Rev. C. B..
Graham, the pastor, preached an in
teresting sermon in the interests of the
Twentieth Century Fund movement
The title of the discourse was THE
Church Bugle CALL" and his text was
taken from the 34th psalm, 18th verse.
Mark We well her bulwark, consider
her palaces, that We may tell it to the
generations following"
This is a song of praise for the
church and its blessed influence on
man, and presents to us among many
other things the thought of an appeal
to the members of the church to study
the nature of the church, the duty of
building it up, and the chief purpose
for which this is to be DONE This
David shows in figurative language but
in terms perfectly understood by them
Mt. Zion as David calls the church and
a term frequently used by him in con-
nection with the church, has passed
through many dark and testy places,
who would not bow the knee to Baal.
And, although history represents the
church as the waves of the sea, some
times up and then down, she is to have
the victory over all enemies and go
forth Bright as the sun, fair as the
moon, and terrible as an army with
banners"
The first point taken by Mr.. Graham
in his discourse was the clause, Mark
We we'll her bulwarks." He said that
the words had a spiritual as well as a
literal meaning, and urged the people
to study the nature of the church. He
also urged them to learn the real value
Of the church.
The third point was "The increased
love for the church" He said: "All
who study the church will have an in
creased love for it. Its nature de-
mands it, it's value demands it, its cost
demands it, as this time demands it.
While man cannot understand many
things about it, yet the things that
can be comprehended call forth all
the love of our hearts. Love for the
Christ who brought to it perfection of
the Christian. Love for its ordinances
and holy sacraments. Love for its fell
lowship and the blessed communion.
"The church is the best home this
world can give, and the millions Of
people in this world who will never
own foot of land or an earthly home;
but in the church they have the best
of all homes. The church should be
made such to all, and it is the duty of
all to help make it so. 1t is to be re-
membered by all that every member
is under obligation to do his part in
making others feel at home in the
house and services of God. There are
members of the church who want to be
They talk about the church and say
that the members are not social and
don't do this and don't do that. And
say they don't do this and that as if
they themselves had nothing to do but
receive the attention of others. Such
don't love the church or the members.
The member who loves the church and
has a good word for all the members
in the church or in the home and takes
delight in commencing its services and
its officials and it's members to others,
they can say with Timothy Dwight:
love Thy kingdom. Lord,
The house of Thy abode,
The church our best Redeemer saved,
With His own precious blood.
love Thy church, o God.
Her walls before Thee stand
Dear as the apple of Thine eye,
And groven are Thy hand.
For her my tears shall fall.
For her my prayers ascend;
To her my cares and toll given be
Till toll and cares shall end.
The next point taken up was the
duty to build it up. He said that we
must elevate the standard of spiritual
life above the standard of the worldly
life Among the methods to build up
the church, he said, was the Twentieth
Century Forward Movement of the
Methodist church. Here is not only a
call to elevate the standard of piety,
but suggestions how to do it, Some
say, yes, but the standard should be
kept up all the time. Why is not this
theory applied to everything? few
weeks ago the political parties sent
out a call to their followers to enter
upon a special campaign for votes Did
that mean that the people had no pol
itics prior to that? Oh, no; not by
any means; but they want revival
of party politics for party votes. When
the church sounds her bugle calling
for a revival to save souls, does it
mean that the members have no re-
ligion? Oh, no; not-that at ali-it is