The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-01
REV. HR. BROWNS SERMON
DELIVEREDBEFORELARGECON- GREGATIoY SUNDAY MORNING.
Importance of she Book of Rsbrsss-It Should Rank WIth the Gospels and Letters 0fPauI-Authorship 0f Unknown -ChFIsI's Example Is she Great and Noble One.

-Christ's Example Is the Great and
 Noble One.
 A large congregation assembled in the First Methodist church yesterday morning to listen to a sermon by Rev. Burdette B. Brown, of Hartford. The sermon was one of special interest and was delivered in an eloquent and im- pressive manner. Rev MT Brown took his text from the second chapter of Hebrews the 18th verse:
 For in that He himself hath suffered being tempted He is able to succor them that are tempted"
 The sermon, in abstract, follows:
 "The book of Hebrews, one of the most important writings of the New Testament and containing distinct l type of Christian thought. should take it's place with the gospels and letters of Paul. It's authorship is unknown. It is sufficient that the witness bearer 1 having declared his message and bld- ing us listen to God is content to be un- known if only his message may live. The book speaks for itself and we are to consider one of it's messages.
 "Among the Hebrews there existed a very high conception of the office and ministry of angels. They were the ser wants and messengers of God, his min istering spirits, Their words were true and steadfast. and every trans gression received a just recompense of reward" The epistle to the Hebrews tells us that Christ is even higher than these, that he is one with God and that the angels minister to him also. If the salvation which he offers is neglect ed how shall we escape?"
 Christ is a perfect deliverer in that he hath suffered being tempted" His completeness came from an experience of the two extereme forms of tempta- ton. First, of success when the tempt CT appealed to his ambition with the of fer of royal diadem in the possession of ownership of all the kingdoms of the earth. The temptation to which men yield when they become infatuated with success, love of power and of place. Second of failure when he shrank from drinking the cup to its bit- ter dregs and felt, like giving up. or breaking down under the burdensome l had aa n rf success and of failure, the crown of the perfecting process came in his death an experience which brings him close to the heart of every mortal man and makes him feel a common brotherhood.
 Christ died but he rose conqueror of the power that would have dragged hm down. perfected by suffering. He touched life in its extreme forms-suc- cess and failure, elation and depression, victory and defeat, and in that he him- self hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are l tempted. la
 | Christ has conquered the tempter and has power over His realm. Through | Him there is free and unrestricted ac- cess to God. The evidences of it have been manifested until no sane man can doubt either His power or. His willing ness. The nations which have relied upon Him have triumphed by other | forces than armies. It was this power of christianity as given through Christ which aggravated the Roman rulers in their prosecutions of christians in the east. Almost before the fires of death had died out the power of His influence was felt In the capitol city and in high offices. Men and women refused to counsel the ways of sin and advocated the christian ways of righteousness.
 "In these days the. astonishing pro gress of medical science has rendered possible the preservation of mans | physical life under very adverse cir cumstances With this progress has come better popular understanding of thd hygiene of life, better knowledge of diet, habits and of simple treatment | for disease. The value of life renders | this increased attention of great im- portance provided it is accompanied by a corresponding increase of emphasis upon the development and nurture of the spiritual life. We sometimes sing "Thow out the lifeline across the dark | wave
 There is a brother whom some one l should save"
 "As you sing you may picture the rolling wave and the struggling man in the sea, but the picture is not as heart rendng nor Is the saving of his life as important as that of saving the spir- itual life of a man drowning in sin. He can be saved if he wishes to be saved and if some one has the boldness and courage to tell him what to do to be saved. It may be that she is falling saved. It may be that
 She is fall'n
 Into a pit of ink that the wide sea
 Hath drops too few to wash her clean again,
 And salt too little which may season
 give
 To her foul-tainted flesh.
 But 'twere far better to drown be- lieving and reaching up toward bet ter life than to live without believing and to be descending to lower life Christ is the life-deliverer whom drowning men often fail to see or see R-sT l,.,l