The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-27

their hand and that stone is to be
thrown at the Carpenter Son when
they rise from their graves What
terrible bitterness What fearful
spirit to exist in the midst of a Chris
tian civilization. The church cannot
expect to make converts of these
people in this generation but if it
can SO uphold its cherished love for
Jesus so as to soften and temper this
spirit it has laid the foundation for
future evangelistic work. Its out
ward increase must precede its in
crease inwardly among these people.
During the Christmas time the child
rem of a near by mission learned to
sing the songs of the Nativity; songs
of the infant Jesus, the Babe of
Bethlehem. Sometime afterward
one of the Jewish children entered
the settlement house singing "Stand
Up, Stand Up for Jesus;'' suddenly
he paused and said to the resident
worker 81 mustn't sing that song
my mamma won't let me. And
then his face lighted up and he cried
out but will stand up for the little
Jesus. This IS an indication of
what is being done and may be done !;
the strict antagonistic spirit may be
broken down by quietly and unwav-
eringly presenting the Gospel of
Jesus in its simplicity and purity
not with expectation of immediate
conversions but in anticipation of
commanding a slowly growing re-
spect for the Christ and His Gross for
which the Church of the Living God
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Furthermore it is necessary to
maintain that standard in Christian
communities because there is an
good works still in the world there
right" people. In St. Johns vision
OF the Eternal City no mention of
these people is made; when the elder
asked who those were that stood about
the throne, the answer came back,
"Slr, thou knowest; these are those
who came out of great tribulation
and have washed their robes and made
them white in the blood of the
Lamb. " The way to the Throne of
God is the way of the Prodigal Son ;
each one must wear the ring on his
finger the best robe must be about his
shoulders; the fatted calf must stand
before him for he must have said
Father have sinned against heaven
and in thy sight and am no more
worthy to be called thy son. He
who has not come to the fountain of
forgiveness and confessed his sin in
deep repentance has not drawn near
to the Kingdom of God. We are
saved by the grace of God through
faith in the cross of Christ and not
by trying to do about right.
And secondly, the church stands for
Gospel of Divine Assistance. o my
friends, it is hard thing to be true
man or woman; it is the hardest
thing in the world and the uoblest.
1t is hard thing to live so that your
fellowmen respect you entirely; it
is infinitely harder to live so that
you respect yourself; what is it,
then to live so as to win the respect
of God? You know it is not easy ;
you know that you cannot do it ;
why then try to imagine you can and
try to deceive yourself? You know
that it is not in human nature to do
it. Thank God that we dom have to !;
thank God for the Gospel of grace
for which the church stands. Paul
called it the mystery of Goodness in
this same chapter and it is a mystery.
No man knoweth how the grace of
God strengthens man but we
know that it does. We do know that
Christian men and women have done
things impossible to human strength
and they have confessed and wit
messed that they did it by the power
of the grace of God; they have not
tried to explain how we do not need
to know how; we only need to know
that there is a fountain of eternal
strength upon which we may rely to
make us honest and pure, patient and
brave, unselfish and true. Deep
down in your heart you know this
and you respect the life that is lived
by it, then why not make your life
steady, straightforward and
strong" by the same power? Suppose
the church were to give up this faith
and proclaim to the world that the
Gospel of Divine Assistance was
false; that there was no rightful ex-
pectation of our becoming any better
than we can make ourselves by our
own efforts. 1t would be a dark
day for the world and the light of
hope would go out of multitudes of
human hearts. Then help the church,
stand fast on that traditional faith /;
help it uphold the standard of the APP
ostle "My grace is sufficient for
Thee help it uphold the and
louden the plant of the Spirit eye
would not come unto Me that ye
might have life. -
The church of the Living God is
glorious; it used to be patent of
nobility to say. "Civitas Romanus
Sum-" it is our pride to say II am
an American citizen;' the grandest
confession we can make is 81 am a
part of the "Church of The Living
God" We began this service with a
chorus with which close it;
City of God, how broad and far
Outspread thy walls sublime,
The true, thy chartered freemen are
OF every age and CLINE.
One holy church one army strong,