The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-24
ADDRESS BY DIR. J. B. YOUNG
BISHOP WARREN, OF DENVER, ALSO
SPOKE TO CONGREGATION.
Beautiful Decorations and Special
Programme of Music Added to the
PIeasure-The Night Service.


there to be attended by the greater part
of the congregation and many visitors from
other churches of the city. The pulpit dur
ing the morning service was filled by the
Rev. Jesse Bowman Young. ID. D.. pastor
OF the Walnut Hills Methodist Episcopal
Church, of Cincinnati. The choir had ar
ranged programme of especially pre-
pared sacred music. including solos by Miss
Grimm and Mr.. Reagin. The church was
decorated with palms and the service was
in the nature of a Thanksgiving. The pray
ers were all in praise of God for the sue
cessful growth and prosperity of the church
I'm the past ana prayers for continued
growth and prosperous times in the fu-
ture.
Dr. Young spoke in praise of the work of
the church and it's ministers. He congratu-
lated the congregation on Its beautiful
church, the well-conducted administration
and the splendid ministry Of Or. Kellogg.
Taking his text from the gospel of st.
Matthew: when they had opened their
treasures they presented unto Him gifts,
gold, frankincense and myrrh." DR.. Young
said in part:
DIR. YOUNG'S SERMON.
81 invite you to study with me the gifts
OF the wise men, not the gifts which they
brought to the manger, but the larger
gifts wherewith they have enriched the
world. One Of these gifts is involved in
the fact that they were star gazers and
star led them to Christ. The revelation
of Gods grace came TO them by the ave-
of their daily commonplace life. In
deed, one of the most striking lessons OF
this passage lies in the fact that God
dealt with these Magi, impressed them
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them to himself and revealed to them the
Savior, by means of and in Connection
with their ordinary vocations.
This is a principle amply exemplified
throughout the Bible. To Moses, while
attending to his duties as keeper of the
fiocks in his charge, God spoke out Of the
burning bush. To Joshua, when man OF
war and attending TO his duties as SOL
der. spying out the weak points in his
enemy's defenses, and making his plans
for attacking the walled city in his front,
courage. To Elisha at the pillow, and to
Gideon threshing grain, as well as to the
shepherds at Bethlehem: while they
of the Lord came down and glory shone
around. To the priest Eacharias the an
gelic messenger spoke while in the temple
offering a sacrifice, but God was no nearer
TO the priest in the temple than He was
TO these wise men on the plains of Baby
lOnia, studying the stars and wondering
and praying In regard to the new star
not shut up to one avenue of approach to
men. He speaks to them with many
voices. in many ways. through many lines
Him is to pursue the line of duty that
Gods providence has put before you. In
that line of duty you will find Him guard
ing your path, anticipating your needs,
guiding your feet, taking hold of your
hands enlightening your eyes and bring
ing you into fellowship with himself. The
student at his books, the merchant at his
cd in
the engineer in his locomotive, the house
maid at her toll, the mother numbered
with the care of her little ones. the lad at
college, the girl at her studies, the toiler
at the pillow, the digger in the ditch, the
patient in the hospital, the soldier in his
camp, the slave in his cabin, the washer
woman at her tubs-all these if they want
to find God can do So He will come to
meet them, comfort them, speak His mes
sages to them, not merely in the sanctu-
airy or through the ministry of the Word,
or not alone In the Bible. He will approach
them by the pathway of their vocations
and they will thus come to learn here on
earth the meaning of that wonderful vision
which John had of the holy city, with three
gates on one side, north, south, east and
west.
LESSON IN FAITH.
What did that mean? Why. this-that
wherever a man may be, in whatever line
of honest and dutiful toll. he will find right
in front of him gate entering into the
city-a pathway out of his regular vocation
leading to the skies; door out of his trade
opening into heaven. He need not go
searching far and wide. on this side and
| on yonder of the city. to find entrance.
Right before him is door of entrance.
Another gift of these Eastern sages is
| afforded by their faith, which has become
| an example to the world They had no
| Bible with it's array of promises; indeed
| they had but little religious truth on which
| to build, but they trusted God, and fol-
| lowed His guidance, and were led TO the
place where the infant Reedeemer lay.
| Their faith did not waver during their
| journey of a thousand miles across the
deserts and the mountains, nor did il give
| way when the star disappeared and they
| were left in perplexity to inquire of Herod
| and his scribes concerning the king that
| was to be born. They gave us noble ex-
| ample of unwavering trustfulness, of duti-
| full and heroic faithfulness Studying their
| history and example we note that the life
| of faith is liable to Interruptions periods of
darkness and depression. times of trial and
| waiting, of uncertainty and doubt, during
which the soul can do but one thing-hold
| on TO that which it has gained and wait
| The star of hope and JOY may grow dim
| in the sky, the light may go out of the
home, the foundations may give way under
| our feet, the guides who have led our feet
may disappear, the old landmarks may be
| swept away by modern changes, the old in
| Expectations may grow obsolete, the things
| held sacred by our fathers may change
/
far going TO be swept by the
/ changes of the hour from our old mornings
1 Under all these difficulties and in all these
| perpleXitieS. we have one thing to do-fol-
| low conviction and wait for the reappear-
/ ance of the star. Do not despair because
/ the star has gone out in the night time
/ because the scribes are in doubt as 10 the
meaning of the word. because modern
/ Herods put on the garb of sanctity and
| say, Il, too, would come and worship the
| young child Hold fast to your confidence
/ in God and in due time the star will shine
| out once more in the sky
| MINISTER'S TALKED.
| The afternoon service of the church was
a fraternal denomination meeting. and &c
| IL were invited a number of the minister:
| of the city and members of their congrega.
| tions. The various ministers who had beer
| invited TO address the meeting congratu
| lated the pastor in a general way on hi:
| and the excellent results OF his ministry
| The service was entirely informal. anC
| members OF the laity voiced their senti
/ ments and praise in asides and remarks e
/ the ministers who were on the programme
The Rev. NJ l.. Haines, pastor OF the
| First Presbyterian Churched talked fol
| few minutes on the good will OF the min
| listers or the two churches TO each other
| He said the associations OF the two congre
cations, ministers and members, were pleas
ant and had always been so. Their worl
| lying in the same field had been co-opera
HNWma.