The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-14
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
IA CHANGED NAME
rhs Rev. Dr. J. wilbur Chapman Draws
Some Comforting Lessons From tho
Story o. the Angel and Jacob-Every
Act Shapes Our Character and Name.

story OF the Angel and Jacob--Every
Act shapes Our Character and Name.
NEW York Cry The following SER
mon, entitled "a Changed Namen has
been furnished for publication by the dis
tlnguished and eloquent evangelist, the
Rev. Dr. j. Wilbur Chapman. IL was
preached from the text; "And he said unto
him, What is thy name? And he said
Jacob" Genesis 80: 81.
This IS an angels question to a man
from whose embrace he was trying in
every possible manner to break away.
Locked together after the manner OF an
cient .wrestlers they bend first this way
and then. that, and the angel cries, Let
me go, for the day breaketh.n Jacob re-
spends, 4 will not let thee go except thou
bless me, and then the words Of the text
were spoken. And he said unto MIN,
What is thy name? And he said Jacob"
Jacob might have answered the question
IN different ways at different times. He
might well have said at one time. my name
is Jacob. for he had deceived his father
and supplanted his brother, but he might
have said at another time my name Is Re
vealer, for he has given us @ vision Of the
open heaven. In his dream we have heard
the. voice of God. He might have said on
still another occasion, my name is Teacher,
for under his tuition we have made pill
grimage. into the deep things Of God, and
ne could truly have said as he came to The
end OF his career, my name is Israel, for
as prince he had power with God and
with men had prevailed. You win notice
the divine order, power with God 1rst and
with men afterward. Oh that we might
soon learn that the way to influence earth
Is by the way Of heaven. 1t is singular
question in the text, for In the olden days
name was given not merely to crafty the
passing. whirn of the parents, nor for the
sake OF euphony, but because OF eharac-
ter; a mans character was his name and
his name was his character Al changed
name indicates a changed character Abram
in the Old Testament, is changed to AbraA
ham as he steps into closer fellowship with
God. SAUL of Tarsus, became Paul, the
apostle. after the heavenly vision Thou
shalt call His name Jesus because He shall
save His people from their sims, and He is
Emmanuel, which signifies God with us. It
is most singular question, what is thy
name? in the sight Of God He certainly
knows what it is. It is said that our
names are written on the palms OF His
hands; that they are also written in the
Lambs Book Of Life, but what name Z
Hardly the name given to you BY your
mother, but rather the name that you
have made for yourself under the direction
OF God, by your patience, by your meek.
ness, your brotherly Kindness II il a sol
efnii thought that every act al we'll as
every word Ia shaping the character and
st the name ny Wnion we snail ne Known
throughout eternity.
This story Of the change Of Jacobs name
Is interesting. / do not forget that he
lived 1900 years before Christ, but still it
is interesting for the reason that human
nature has always been the same. Inter
esting, TOO because be was typical jew
His life was The life Of Israel in epitome;
that people found in every country and be-
longing to none; that people which have
supplied to us the iyeliest religious litera-
lure and are themselves a by-word, which
have given to us the liveliest ideals in life
and are themselves an object OF ridcue;
that people which have supplied the
world greatest characters, for Paul was q
dew and Jesus was a jew. If you under
stand Jacob you will understand the jew
always, but while he began as supplanter
his character was purified ut the last The
furnace was heated seven times hotter than
it was wont to be heated, but he comes
purified. He is very much like ourselves,
too, and for that reason is interesting
Abraham was d hero, Moses a great leader
OF men, Elljahwas prophet, David was a
king. All of these men discourage us with
their greatness, but Jacob was q plain
man dwelling in tents. We find our like
ness in Peter in the New Testament, and
in this man Jacob in the Old Testament.
His feelings appeal to us, for whether we
will acknowledge it or not his sins are in
us IN germ whether we have permitted
them to develop or not; his aspirations ap-
peal to us. Where is there the man who
has not had his Bethel, giving him views Of
heaven and permitting him to hear the
voice Of God. His sorrows appeal to US;
in his ljmping away from Jabboks ford, in
his sorrow at the lonely grave where mis-
beloved Rachel was buried, and in his
agony over his lost Joseph many Of us have
the deepest sympathy because we ourselves
have suffered, but it is great comfort at
the end to see him coming forth more
than conqueror. when leads me to say
that there is hope for every one.
IT. /.
"What is thy name, and he said Jacob"
Look ut him by his fathers side as he de-
ceives the old man in his blindness, telling
him that he is Esau when he is Jacob, and
the old father saying to him the voice is
the voice of Esau, but the hands do not
belong to him. How he must have trem-
bled.. can see his face get white and hear
his heart beat quickly. What il God
presence Of the old patriarch? In this
part Of HIS history | learn that one sin
leads to another We cannot commit q
single sin and stop with that.
M. Spurgeon used to tell of the king
who commanded his subject to make a
chain Of three links, and then told him to
make it longer and still longer and with
the chain bound hin. and cast him into
prison. How like unto Satan that is.
Graces and vice go with linked hands, No
tice in Pauls Epistle to the Galatians con
corning the works Of the flesh, Galatians
3: 1921, Now the works Of the flesh are
manifest, which are these: Adultery, for
nication. unceanness, lasoiviousness, idol
airy, witheraft, hatred, variance, emula-
tions, wrath, strife, seditions. heresies, en-
wings, murders, drunkenness, revnhngs
and such like, OF the which / ten You be-
fore, as have also told gov iii time past,
that they which do such things shall not
inherit the kingdom Of God And also
notice his description Of the fruit Of the
spirit, Galatians B: 1928, But the fruit Of
the Spirit is love, Joy, peace, long suffer-
ing, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
temperance; against such there is no law"
Yet this man who deceived his father and
defrauded his brother became prince
What il thy name2 put the question to
you, and il you answer correctly some
would say MY name is Impotence, or
mine JIG ufSihdness, or mine is selfshness.
OF mine IS pride, for these are the doInin-
ant factors 10 our character / bid you
take hope this morning becauseayour name
may be changed.
IT,
What Is thy name? and he might have
eaid Revealer. ! can see him as he burries
away from his old home when his mother