The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-25

REV. DIR. RESERVES SERMON
PREACHED YES1ERDAY MORNING
 PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
It Was an Excellent Discourse and Was Listened to by Full Congregation Love of War Not Christian. -

Love of War Not Christian.
 Rev. Dr. I. c. Meserve preached a very interesting sermon yesterday morning in Plymouth church before a large congregation. At the close of the service Dr. Meserve spoke in high praise i of the new church and said it was one l of the finest he had ever seen, in this country or in England. His text yes- l terday was taken from Mark K, 50, And he, casting away his garment, came to Jesus" Dr. Meserve spoke in part as follows:
 Bartimeus is a familiar name, and his story is equally familiar. His name is in the gospel because he was well known, being a familiar figure at the city gate, where he piled his business of begging. He was eager to get his sight restored, in spite of the fact of his blindness being his capital, upon which he depended for his living, and he made great noise when he heard that the Healer was near, so as not to | the. Master his upper garment-he had but two-was in his way, and he threw it away, so as to get as soon as possible to the Healer. This is type of a throw ing away which is necessary in our time.
 First. Property must be cast away, if it flinders coming to Christ. Jesus told the rich young man to sell all give the proceeds to the poor and to follow Him. The early Christians sold all, had all things in common and lived and worked together. The spirit of all this remains the law of Christian living. Booker Washington says of MT. Rock efeller that he is as careful in giving as in his Investments. That is good. Self must not rule, but God in all property matters.
 Second. Adornments that hinder com- ing to Christ must be sacrificed. Eng lands new sovereign has just opened parliament with medieval splendor. Female aristocrats crowded out the members of the House of Commons, while they blazed with diamonds in the chamber of the lords. That was not ac- cording to the genius of the gospel, nor
 
 England Is in sorrow for her queen, mo- ble and great, and in grief for her sons in bloody graves in South Africa. Less show would have been better and more humility would have been more becom- ing. So the adornment of the meek and quiet spirit is better than selfish love of display that flinders real coming to Christ.
 Third. Knowledge sometimes flinders and must be cast away. Of course it is not knowledge of divine things, for of that we cannot have too much. The beggar's skill and the thiefs and all such knowledge must go. Free-born sons of God are to know all truth, and little else matters. Do not fear the crit ics nor too sharply criticise them. They are adding to real knowledge, and that not little. Their conclusions that are not true cannot abide.
 Fourth. Carnality must be thrown | aside. Mankind has too much of 1t. To love nature is right, to love sin is wrong and to love self is wrong, for it is by losing self that the eternal gain is se- cured. St. Philip Is said to have come upon crowd of worshippers of Mars uHueT lHe IUIIl Ol oeIpeHI-lH q f Phrygian city. He held up cross be- fore the hideous thing and 1t crawled t missing away. Mars has many worship < pers to-day What a pity we cannot | get on with the half-civilized peoples | without fighting them It is not the Lords way. Peace! Peace! In China, Africa, the Philippines! The love of war is not Christian, and it must be torn out and cast away. Then, with Bartimeus, we can follow Jesus in the way"