The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-08-22
A SERMON
ON FAITH
Rev. Mr.. Hunter, Of St. Annals,
New Orleans, at st. Peters

Delivers Strong Discourse from the
Great ApostIe's Words" Without
Faith 1t Is Impossible to Please
Christ ON Tabor Heights
His Sympathy for Sufferers at Its
Base.
The following sermon was preached
in st. Peters Episcopal Church last
Sunday by the Rev. E. W. Hunter,
rector of St. Annals Church, New Or
leans, and Secretary General of the
Church Endowment Society, who is
acceptably occupying the pulpit of
ST. Peters during the summer. Mr..
Hunter is man of pleasing address
with a musical voice and fluent
delivery.
st. Anna Church is one of the i'm
portant parishes in the city of New
Orleans. 1t is a large brick structure
situated in the Esplanade, "a lovely
avenue in the Crescent City and the
abode of the old French aristocracy
1t is, in organization one of the old
est of the city parishes and has very
large number of communicates and
members.
The Church Endowment Society is
an important institution of the Epis-
oooo1 Nb1roh fouOda1 fo cooY1ro on.
dowments for religious, charitable
and educational institutions. In this
good WORK the Society has been emin-
emily successful. The officers of the
Society are: Patron, Rt. Rev. Il. M.
Clark, D. D., LII. D., Presiding Bis
hop; President, Rt. Rev. W. f.
Adams, D. D., D. @. L., Bishop OF
Easton, Md; Vice presidents, Rt.
Rev. 9. Whitehead, D. D., LII. D.,
Bishop of Pittsburg; Rt Rev. W. O.
Gray, D. D., LII. D., Bishop of
Southern Florida; Rt Rev. O. P.
Anderson, D. D., LII. D., Bishop of
Chicago; Secretary Generals Rev. E.
W. Hunter, rector st. Annals Church,
New Orleans; Treasurer, W. A. Duer,
New York City.
The Church Endowment Society has
its central office in The Church Mis-
sion House in New York City, the
building largely devoted to societies
within the fold of the Episcopal
Church. Lewis S. Rich presides over
the New York Office and here clergy
from all parts of the United States
meet to attend to their correspond
ence.
The text for the discourse Sunday
morning was from Heb. xi 60" With
out faith it is impossible TO please
God" "
When one first hears this statement,
from st. Paul's epistle to the He
brews, he says to himself, "pretty
hard lines. Notwithstanding the
fact that Theodore Parker has said
of the Bible, "The literature OF
Greece, which goes up like incense
IrOm UIldh lduu Ol l6Mpl6s, mas uOt
half the influence of this book of a
despised nation, it is true that there
are many statements in the Bible
difficult to understand and that ap-
pear very unreasonable on their sur
face.
There is reason for these Difficult
ties and for all apparent unreason-
ableness in Biblical statements. In
allowing these difficulties and these
apparently unreasonable statements
to be recorded in the inspired Word,
God has paid mighty tribute to the
intellect of man. 1t is in this way
God recognizes in man something
more than dull clod and gives him
credit with the posse ession of a brain.
/ class this declaration of st. Paul,
Without faith it is impossible to
please God, ;" among the difficult and
apparently unreasonable statements
of Holy Writ.
Evidently God has allowed this as
sertion to be a part Of His revealed
word In order that it might strike the
mind of man as "pretty hard lines,
so that man would not rest satisfied
with this statement as it appears on
it's surface but, in reverent, earnest
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