The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-05

A splendid sermon on Faith" was
preached last night in the Penn ave-
nue. Baptist church by Rev. r. q. Sey-
mour y. D.. of Philadelphia, who took
his text from Acts Ill: 16:
And his name through faith in his
name hath made this strong, whom ye
see and know: yea. the faith which is
by him hath given him this perfect
sonndness in the presence of you ALL"
He spoke in part as follows
In June of this year in the Academy
of Music in Philadelphia | watched the
graduates of the University of Penn
sylvania file in on the stage and take
their places and as | watched them my
heart was stirred as ! thought of the
great possibilities wrapped UP in those
young men and | wondered what the
message was that the orator would
bring them,
Il was fearful that it might not be
what it should be. but I was pleasur-
ably disappointed. The orator was
United States District Attorney Beck
and he made a magnificent address.
The points he made were four.
POINTS HE MADE.
First. the young men must have
faith in themselves; second, they must
have faith i'm tho work they take up;
third, they must have faith in their fell
lows, and fourth, they must have faith
in the Infinite God. | thank God that
such n message was given to these
young men, for there could be nothing
better said TO them than that faith is
| the principle that lies at the basis of
every mans life.
Faith is common principle of our
daily life. We exercise it all the time.
| If we did not have faith in our friends,
| the social fabric would give way 1t
| is only because we trust in one another
| that business can be successfully car
ried on. Faith is principle by which
| we are guided during our entire life.
| "rheologians define faith as the as
sent of the understanding and the
consent of the heart to the belief that
Jesus Christ is Saviour and Lord.
! There are many, many persons call
! ing themselves Christians in every
community who believe in Christ with
their head, but not with their heart.
"ro have true faith in Christ, or in
other words to be a real Christian,
! Christ must be supreme. The qucs-
| tion-What would my master do
must he put before the question-What
shall | do?-is answered.
| I'm the text we see the source Of the
| wonderful power of faith. The apos-
| ties have healed the cripple at the
! temple gate in the name of Jesus
| Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ
| Of Nazareth. rise up and walk" said
the apostles and the cripple rose and
bounded with joy. This teaches us
that in Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ
alone is there salvation.
WONDERFULLY USEFUL.
you know what the coupling pin on
freight train is. It's a worthless
piece of iron out of it's place, but in its
proper position it's wonderfully useful.
1t attaches one car to the other and
makes it possible for the wonderful
power of the locomotive to be trans
mitted to all the cars Of the train.
Faith is the coupling pin that attaches
your life to the Divine life and brings
YOU into touch with the Divine move
ment
we should all be transmitters OF
! Divine power rs we'll as the apostles
mentioned i'm this chapter. We should
be co-Workors with Him in securing
the salvation of the race. = If
you have faith YOU will have power"