The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-12
APPOINTMENTS WITH GOD.
In Settling Human Accounts, Men
Forget the Final Reckoning.
The Relative Importance of Engage
ments with Humnn Rulers and the
King of Kings Compared-A Not
able sermon by the Rev. G. r. Huss

! ments with Humnn Rulers and the
| King of Kings Compared-A Not
| able sermon by the Rev. G. r. Huss
| The pulpit OF the First Presbyterian
| Church on Four-and-a-haIf Street north
| west was filled at the IL o'clock service
| yesterday morning by the Rev. Charles
f. Huss. of East McKeesport, Pa. in the
absence of the pastor the Rev. d. C. Nc
| Leod The Rev. Mr.. Huss is a young
| man and an eloquent orator, and his ser
| mon Yesterday was regarded one of the
best heard in this church since the re-
tirement of the late DIR. Sunderland.
The theme of his discourse was the en-
| gagement which, he said. every human
being had with God. an appointment
| which many failed to keep. although they
! were ever ready to keep their engage
| ments with friends. and especially with
great men. An appointment with king
| or a queen he declared. would be kept
at all hazards, when engagements with
! God would be broken. The underlying
current of thought was that of punctuali-
| ty in all things. spiritual and worldly.
| and to this, he said, could the achieve
| ments of successful men be attributed.
| The text was found in Exodus xxxiy:2
and 3: And be ready in the morning
| and come up in the morning unto Mount
| Sinai and present myself to me on the
| top of the mount
| The Rev, Mr. Huss drew attention to
! the Importance of the conversations of
! distinguished men. and of the honor and
privilege conferred upon ordinary men
who have the opportunity to make an
appointment with men of prominence.
TT is an honor to confer with the
President of the United States and the
cause of frequent remark is the privilege
| our Ambassadors enjoy in comforting
with kings and princes, who entertain
| them in royal and luxurious fashion. And
| if men and peoples and governments will
| make such extensive preparation to meet
| WITH and entertain men in public life,
| what then must be the Importance, the
solemnity. and sacred responsibility of
an appointment with the Lord of Lords.
and the King of Kings. Almighty God?
And, yet this is the character of the
meeting between Moses and the Lord on
Mount Sinai, many, many years ago.
| There on Sinai's beclouded summit Moses
| was to come in the silent vigilS of the
early morning to behold face to face. not
rulers from foreign nations, not men
| either politicians or statesmen or philo-
| sophers, not angels or kings, but God
| alone.
1.-The words of Scripture suggest a wise
! advantage in that Moses was commanded
to meet the Lord early in the morning
| What a significant time for communion
| with God The business of all religion
| is to make business religious and God
must be duplicated before business en-
gagements are fulfilled. Commercialism
/ is a good thing for the country, creeds
are necessary to the understanding OF
truth, but neither can take the place of
God. We must put God before human
ambitions and achievements in life's
round of duties.
In conclusion the Rev. Mr.. Huss made
an appeal to his auditors as follows:
We'll may we speak of the exalted
| honor of meeting distinguished men, well
| may we acknowledge the supreme privi-
| lege attaching to business engagements.
| but it is my business To inform you of
and enjoy the presence of Your great king
| sooner or later. And the 81 latest enquiry
| is, Am l prepared to fulfill acceptably
my engagement With my immortal king?'
| How can | acqus.int rnySef with my God?
| How can you. my friend. whose spiritual
vision is beciouded by sin and guile,
crossed by the impression of sorrow.
Swallowed by the glamor of mercantile
pursuits and affected by the drive of BUSH
ness and pleasure. how can you be made
ready for this divine appointment? How
| can you VINO may nave IOrgOtten the
God of your youth, and wandered far
away. forgetting even to pray, how can
you come again into harmony with this
infinite spirit? II is of little note what
may be your temporal circumstances in
| life, or what your environments what
your avocations. How thoroughly are you
furnished with love. forgiveness, helpful
ness. and divine peace. Enter into thy
closet and pray to God in secret and the
Father that seeth in secret, will reward
thee openly.
My friends. you need the radiant :oun-
tenance of christianity to take before
your employer in the settling up of your
accounts at the close of the busy day
You need 1t in the counting house, in the
bank and store, in the wareroofn, in the
shop and office. You need that face of
congeniaIity in the home. which tells that
in all things you have been sincere, hon.
est, and unquestionably true to your
God. Then through you men shall see
Christ. and through ChriSt God, for we
are Christ's and Christ is Gods.
Men gazing upon this marvellous por-
traiture of the Gospel, men viewing in the
attitude of prayer the image of God, will
find as in Hawthorne's fables of the great
Face of Stone that even while their eyes
are set~upon it unconsciously they are
transformed into its image the likeness of
Christ