Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-12
1.-THE ROYAL FAMILY"
Evangelist Black Preached to Large
Audience Last Evening.

| Sunday night the Christian taber
| nacle was crowded to the doors: all
! the aiSleS We're filled and many turned
away for want of room. Monday night
the audience was nearly as large. The
| sermon was strong presentation of
| the relationship existing between God
| and the men of earth as members of
| one family; and the way by which al!
can lay claim to royal parentase and
heirship. The evangelist is a plain
| preacher. and those that heard him last
| night We're unanimous in their verdict
of APPROVAL. The subject, The Royal
| Family" was based upon the words
as recorded in Mark iii 3-35: who is
my mother or my brethren?' And He
| looked round about on them which sat
| about Him and said: Behold, my
| mother and my brethren: for whose
ever shall do the will of God, the same
is my brother and my sister and my
mother.
The general thought brought out was
substantially as follows:
Jesus was the son of God. While a
| son of man, in the sense that all men
We're his brethren, yet son of God in
that God sent Him into the world to
! teach of the Divine Fatherhood. The
| mighty works He performed proved be-
You'd doubt His heavenly parentage
and the purpose of the works demon
strated not only the power but the love
of God. All His works were animated
by love. When men came to Him to
demand His authority, lie directed them
to God the Father. When His disciples
We're taught to pray, it was 10 God the
Father they were to address their sup
plcations and thanks
Said Mr.. Black: The question is
asked, Who is my mother and my
brethren?' The answer declares that
they are of earth, yet in order to be
recognized by the Father they must
do His will. No earthly tie, no social
ORDER no fraternal obligation, no act of
CHARITY or sympathy can make a child
of earth a son of God. To become such
he must do the will of God. He has
brethren among men; He came to es-
tablish brotherhood among men, but
IN order that that brotherhood can
stand before God, men must accept God
as their Father and Christ as their
Brother
he further went on to say that the
brotherhood had been established: that
since the day when the Church Of Christ
was set up on the day of Pentecost
A. ID. 33, the gospel has united men in
that relation with God through which
tneS can call upon Him as their Father
IN the name of Christ the Elder Brother.
The world in its growing powers ror
good demonstrates the fact of the power
Oh the gospel. Mr.. Black asserted that
the world IS growing better because of
that brotherhood. The promise of Christ
was that the kingdom should grow. and
the brotherhood is the kingdom of God.
1t all depends on the will of God, and
His will is Interchangeable
concerning the way by which men
can become members of the ROYAL
Family, he said: 1T is not a matter
of feeling, but of obedience Whose
ever docth the will of God. the same is
my brother and sister and mother AS
the kingdom, or brotherhood, depends
on the will of God, so must those who
wish to be ranked as members of the
same do the will of God This means
obedience. If you do the will of God.
you are the brother or sister or relative
of Christ. So all can claim God as
Father, Christ as Brother, and heaven
as home. The comforting promise to
the disciples upon the eve of His de-
parture was, In my Fathers house are
many mansions; l go to prepare place
for YOU The place is prepared. All
can enter in. whatsoever will, NAV
COME
The singing was excellent. The con-
gresation Joined with the choi. in the
grand Old melodies of Christian hone.
The subject tonight will be, The Com
ing of Christ