The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-26
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
TIE SECRET or HIS PRESENCE"
The Rev. Dr. j. wilbur Chapman pe,iv-
ers an Instructive Message Suggested
by one of the Most Beautiful Expres-
sions IN the Ribls.

The Rev. Dr. j. wilbur Chapman peiiv-
ers an In,tructiVe Message Suggested
by one Of the Most Beautiful Erpres-
sions ir the Bibie.
NEW York CIrY.-The distinguished
evangelist, the Rev. DIR. j. Wilbur Chap
man has never delivered a more eloquent
and convincing message than Is contained
IN the following sermon, entitled, The
Secret of HIS Presence IL was preaeh he'd
from the text; "He that dwelleth in the
secNt place OF the Most High shall abide
under the shadow Of the Almighty
Psalm xri.; /.
To me this is one Of the most beautiful
expressions in all the Bible; beautiful be-
cause IL Is poetic. but more than that for
the reason that IL holds up before US one
Of the greatest privileges that can come
20 the children al God.
There is difference Of opinion as 20
who the author Of the Psalms may be
We Get into the way Of thinking that
David wrote everything in the psalter.
but Moses is the author here. The Tai.
mud ascribes not only this one 20 him but
the nine preceding as well. The rule is
that all the Psalms without a name in
the title are 20 be ascrbed to the poet
whose name is given in the nearest preced.
ing title but this rule will not always hold
good. This is the Psalm quoted by the
devil when he was tempting Christ upon
the mountain. and il has ever been throb.
bing with comfort for every troubled
soul. Whoever wrote IL. IL is beautiful.
and all will agree that the lesson taught
is one touching our communion with God
and our fellowship with Jesus Christ.
IL is very true that all Christians do
not occupv the same position in this
world. All are saved, and " is hy the
same precious blood of Christ But
there is so much more 10 the Christian
life than simply being saved: that IL
only the beginning. The blessings here
offered are given in n very general way.
God is no respecter OF persons, and SO " is
as II He had said. any one who viii fulfill
the conditions may have the blessing; and
as there is only the one condition. namely,
that we rhall dwell in the secret place
of the Most High" YOU would think that
all would acceot, for the promise is that
we Shall abide under the shadow of the
are not for ell believers hut only for
those who live in close fellowship with
God. Every child of God looks toward
the inner sanctuary and the mercy seat.
hu. all do not dwell there They run 20
IL Of times and ENJOY occasional elimpses
Of the face OF Him who is there 20 he
seen: but they do not continually abide
IN the mysterious presence, and this is
possible for every one
IL is with the desire that | might learn
the lesson myself as well ns bring Il 30
you. and with the almost unutterahle
longing that we might know how 20 abide
ia the secret Of His presence" that
have brought You the subject Nav the
Lord help us every onel I have been on
the mountain tops OF Christian exreri.
ence when | have seemed 20 see the face
Of Him who loved me and gave Himself
for me. and ] am sure that YOU can saw
the same: hut the tcNt saws that we NAV
abide there in our thoughts while we may
he All the time in the very thickest Of the
fight for God.
I ike the verse. Every word 's swee,cr
than honey in the honeycomb II is so
restful 10 know that there is any rlace
in the world where we may abide There
IS also something very winning 10 me in
the fact that il is secret place for that
surely means that God has something that
is lust intended for me, and for me alone
When ] am there. I am awav from the
world. II is the place Mrs Brown dis
covered when she wrote the beautiful
hymn,