The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-29
DIR. CHAPMAN'S SERMON
A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
sAsToR.gvANceuS
Subject; The seeking saviour and Seek
ing sinner-The SON Of Mar. with rsar
in His Eyes and sorrow In His Heart
.. Trying To Save Every One OF Us.


in His Eyes and sorrow In hi. Heart
I. Trying to Save Every One OF rs.
NEW YoRK Cry The sermons OF the
Rev. Dr. J Wilbur Chapman are now
heard and read by more people than are
those OF any American pulpit orator HIS
styie seeIrs TO have made a deep lmpres
SION on that portion OF the public when
likes to read its discourse IN the weekly
paper For these admirers DIR. Chapman
has prepared the following sermon. enti'
tied The Seeking Saviour and Seeking
~Siune-" liz j. preached from the texts.
"ZNccheus. make haste aud come down.
Luke 10 The Son of Man - come e.
seek and 20 save that which was lost
Luke 10 To-
These two texts form a part 81 The story
Of the meeting OF two men. each very dii'
ferent from the other The one - Lae'
cheus the publican. a rich man because he
was the tax Satherer and had detrauded
the people The other Is the Son NJ God
who was rich. yet for our sakes became
poor The one comes from the presence
OF Col and the "ompauv OF the angels
tho other down from the sycamore tree
and from his doubt. aud the result Of the
meeting of the seeking sinner and the
seeking saviour, was the salvation Of the
sinner This has ALWAYS been the result.
II anv one reading this message i not
Christian TO-DAY " is s,mp'v because he
has not sought Christ IN the r'ght way
Ye shall seek Ne and shall find Me when
Won sea ~ fN~ Ne with al vour heart. In
the book of Proverbs when men seek Tor
Cod As they seek for SILVER or for any hld
den treasure then He will be found for
them
II was nv privilege once n Colorado 10
enter what Is called 4 pocket mine. ]
saw man engaged IN work there who was
PORTED out 20 me rs a graduate ot Har-
ward COLLEGE, vet he was toilinc away SO
industrious'y that he did not hear my ap.
preach IN the NINE and when | asked him
wdy he was thus working he slmnly
stooped down and gathered IN n handful
of dust and held It out a. arms length 60
that the light in his miners hat woulC
strike unnn IT, and there 7 saw the glisten'
ing particles Of silver This was more elo
auent than ANYTHING he could have said
and the wise man smoke truly. Put two
locomotives upon the same track both
going IN the same direction and at the
same rate OF speed and " the track is long
enough one cannot overtake the other eN-
cept ia case Of accident. but n thev are on
the same tract, headed toward each other
and one nf them vs. going with the sneed oi
the wind while the other travels with the
prove. hal snaiPs mace. " will be but =
short time before they will come together
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v.ou~ alwavs. with tears in HIS eyes and
sorrow in His heart lie has been seeking
every one Of We The very moment we
turn toward Him that moment lie will
claim us az His own.
The division of the New Testament INTO
chapters IL sometimes embarrassing. Not
infrequentlv the division Is IN the midst oi
A story Sometimes between an introduc
ton in the story as ~ the case here Turn
La.,l -. Nh. o1a tl,,a at,lt al.a nigV
OF Luke and YOU read the story OF Barti
maeus. Mr. MOODY used 10 describe one
% his friends stopping 10 say, ~ have good
news for YOU | have seen the Galilcar
prophet and ! saw Him cause a man blind
as yourself 10 SEQ. and He IL coming this
wav speedily" We can only imagine how
Rartimaeus listened for the approach of
the Saviour but finally when He did come
near enough he began 10 shout. Jesus
Thou son Of David. have mercy upon me"
and the Master gave him his sight instant.
ly. Following this healing OF the blind
man 4 certain rich man in the city hearing
Of the approach OF this notable character
determined 30 see Him. hut as he passed
out OF Lis office and mingles with the
crowd he realizes that the task is hone.
less. He - man small of stature and the
others tower head and shoulders above
him. but suddenly a bright thought strikes
him. He will go out along the highway
and climb some elevation and then behold
HIM az lie comes near. So he climbs the
celebrated sycamore tree and waits for tho
approaching multitude At last his eve
lights upon the Saviour a strange fascin-
alton must have held him until suddenly
Jesus standing underneath the tree looks
up and says. "Taccheus. make haste ano
rome down. for TO-DAY must abide at thy
house ard he made haste and cam,
down. confessed that he was n sinner and
Immediately the Saviour said. "Thc Son
Of Man IL como 10 seek and to save tha,
which was lost"