The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-04-17
SERM BY
DR.. SHAPE.

Sermon at Delaware Avenue Bap-
tist Church April Ia. 1901. Text;
"Shew We \ + the proof OF
your love. II Cor. S. "a.
No man is his own master Tor One
is your master and all We are
brethren. There are no self made
men, for the material out Of which
such so-called men fashion them.
selves, is the experience, the wis
dom, the knowledge, the successes,
the failures of other men. Sell made
men (talsely SO called) are seltshly
made men. Every man is the pro-
duct of every other man whom he
has ever met. The world is eter-
nally related and mutually depend
ent. Wetouch elbows in the crowd
of life and the touch Of elbow is the
touch of responsibility, and of in
terdepeldence. The naughty mil
lonaire is the brother Of the miser-
able mser, and the stylishly dress
ed woman OF the finest street, the
sister of the sinful Magdalene OF
the slums. The negros skin is
black. but his blood is red, and
since "blood will tell" it tells us
that he and we are blood relatives.
Even the hermit is dependent on
others though he subsist entirely
on the abounding game OF his for
est home. for the gun with which he
kills the game, was made by anoth-
er S hand. He alone is not depen-
dent on the world. who is out of the
world. He who is dead to the
world is either in the gutter or in
the grave, and neither has passed
beyond the need OF human help and
attention, for one needs patrolman
10 lit and the other gardner.
The druukard can t walk alone, and
no dead man can NOV the grass on
his own grave. at more blessed
to give than to receive but every
man is obligated to do both. TO
hestow kindness obligates the be-
slower equally with the recipient.
God is no respccter Of persons, not
even of the most respectable. In
the millennium there will be no ar
istocracy On earth and there is none
at present in Heaven. Exclusive
ism should not supplant humanitar-
ianism, nor aristocracy destroy PHI
lanthropy. The Upper Crust OF
Society is usually an ice crust,
formed when the ethermometer OF lite
is only 10 degrees abovezero. friG-
idity is not conducive to fellowship
for il means isolation. Just as there
is warmth III human bodies, so is
there a warmth in human brother
hood. The grip of the hand is link
ed fraternity. We are not mob,
we are family.
Elijah under the JUMP tree is
the picture of isolated helplessness
unworthy Of any Christian. There
were 1000 other faithful beside him
self, and he thought he was the only
man left. The monastic said ITO
be free from the world, get out OF
it,. Jesus SAID Il pray not that
thou shouldst take them out OF the
world, but that thou should keep
them from the evil one. 70 love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart
soul, mind and strength, is but half
OF duty. as It is but halt CT Chris
tianlty. The other halt is to love
the other man. 1t is idle to speak
of loving the invisible God, when
there Is no love for the visible broth.
er. The masters man who serves
him aud indicates best his claim to
beipg greatest, by being servant
of all. That Jesus taughtthis fun-
damental principle OF love for
neighbor and the interdepcndence
and iuter-rclatlon oi neighbors Is
everywhere exemplfied and anpli-
fed in the gospels.
The order of the day is the world
for Christ. We cannot get rid OF
the obligation. The Christian who
doesn't believe in missions isn't
Christian. and he who SO thoroughly
believes in homo missions, as to dis
believe in foreign missions, proba-
bly, disregards both and gives TO
neither.
Jesus lifts his nail pierced hands
above the heads of Christians and
bids them thrust their hands INTO
the visible proofs of his love- and
with look that breaks the hearts
of ALL bids us show proofs OF our
love. He died for us, he would have
us live for Him, by living for others.
He was among us as one who serv-
cd. We serve Him, by serving
those for whom He died.
The Baptists have done much to
shew proof of their love to Jesus.
The American Baptist Missionary
Union was organized in 1874, with
three missionaries. Now there are
Az American missionaries at work
in II countries, with 3,4oO native
preachers and other workers.
There ATE 500 self supporting native
churches and 1908 out stations.
The first baptism occurred in 1919;
since that time 800, 600 have thus
obcdlently followed the example ol
their Lord. In one year $500 there
were l-,02l baptisms.
The Baptists now have in foreign
lands 1900 village schools, several
High Schools and Academies. two
Colleges and four Theological semi.
naries: 1900 Bible school with l0O,-
600 children enrolled; l3 hospitals,
% physicians, Is dispensaries where
5000 patients are treated yearly;
has translated the Bible into 80 dlt-
ferent dialects aud scattered leaves
of tracts like leaves from the tree
of lite, tor the healing OF the ma.
tions.
All of this we have done, but oh,
how much there is yet to be done.