The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-05-02
teaching:

Members Of Calvary church, call
you to bear witness today that have
tried to preach to you Christ and him
crucified. l have doubtless made mis-
takes; we all make them. l have Of
Tended the rich men and property own
ers In Milton. l could not help II. /
was obliged TO do so in order to speak
as l this moment solemnly believe my
Lord would speak. | have aroused op-
position because l. asked men into the
church and upon this platform who do
not call themselves Christians. for the
purpose of knowing their reasons for
antagonism to the church we love. But
the time has come, o my brothers,
when the church must welcome to it's
councils In these matters that affect
the worlds greatest good all men who
have at heart the fulfllment Of the
Christ's teachings.
But the cause which more than any
other has led to the action of this
church has been, am fully aware, my
demand that the church members of
this city should leave their possessions
and go and live with the poor. wretch
ed, sinful, hopeless people in the lower
town, sharing In wise ways with them
of the good things of the world. But
why do speak Of all this in defense of
my action or my preachingT
Suddenly Philip seemed to feel a re-
vulsion of attitude toward the whole
Of what he had been saying. 1t was as
If there had instantly swept over him
the knowledge that he could never
make the people before him under
stand either his motive or his Christ
His speech so far had been quiet, I'M
impassioned, deliberate. His whole
manner now underwent a swift
change. People in the galleries MOTTO
ed 1t, and men leaned out far over the
railing, and more than one closed his
hands tight In emotion at the sight and
hearing of the tall figure on the plat
form.
yes" he said, "I love you, people
of Milton. beloved members of this
church. would have opened my arms
to every child Of humanity here and
shown him. If l could. the boundless
love of his Heavenly Father. But, oh.
We would not! And yet the love of
Christ! What a wonderful thing 1t Isl
How much he wished us to enjoy of
peace and hope and fellowship and
service! Yes. service-that is what the
world needs today; service that is will
ing to give all-all to him who gave all
to save us! o Christ, Master, teach us
TO do thy will! Make us servants to
the poor and sinful and hopeless. Make
thy church on earth more like thy
self"
Those nearest Philip saw him sud-
denly raise his handkerchief to his
lips, and then, when he took 1t away,
1t was stained with blood. But the
people did not see that. And then, and
then-a remarkable thing took place.
On the rear wall of Calvary church
there had been painted, when the
church was built, Latin cross. This
cross had been the source of almost
endless dispute among the church
members. Some said 1t was inartistic;
others said 1t was In keeping with the
name of the church and had a right
place there as part of its inner adorn-
ment. Once the dispute had grown so
large and serious that the church had
voted as to Its removal or retention ON
the wall. A small majority had voted
to leave II there, and there 1t remained.
1t was perfectly white. on a panel of
thin wood, and stood out very conspicu-
ously above the rear of the platform.
1t was not directly behind the desk,
but several feet at one side.
Philip had never made any allusion
in his sermons to this feature OF Calva-
ry church's architecture. People had
wondered sometimes that with his i'm
aginative, poetical temperament he
never had done so. especially once
when a sermon on the crucl1xion had
thrilled the people wonderruliy. IL
might have been his extreme sensitive
ness, his shrinking from anything like
cheap sensation.
But now he stepped back-it was not
far-and turning partly around, with
one long arm extended toward the
cross as II in imagination he saw the,
Christ upon II. he exclaimed, Behold
the lamb of God that taketh away the
sin of the worldv Yes.