The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-11-16


New YoRK Cry. The Rev. DR.. j. Wi.
pnr chapman, who has recently resigned
me passionate of the Fourth Presbyterian
Shureh IN this city In order to devote him
sen TO evangeilstic work, has PREPARED the
following sermon for the press 1t is enti-
tied HE Power OF Great Ideal. 2 and was
preached iron the text, Il have set the
Lord always before me; because He is at
my right hand, shall not be moved. /"
Psalm l6 s,
Il you look at the top Of this Psalm You
VIII read the Aiiehtam Of David. There
are differences of opinion as to the mean
ing Of this expression. Some have said
that 1t means victory and this would seem
to be true, since there is a particular
Psalm bearing the same ttle, whose sub
]eet matter Is on various themes. but all of
which end IN triumph Psalm Sc. s'Thou
mast delivered my soul from death y
Fsalm 81, MY heart is fixed. / will sing
and give pralse, Psalm So. There is a re-
ward FOR. the righteous" Psalm SO, God
Is my defense and the God of my mercy"
hantly"
There are others who say that the ex-
preston means golden, and so we might
infer IRON The margin, which means that
It IS worthy OF being written in letters Of
gold, and may have been in some conspicu-
Gus place in the temple At any rate we
know that its truth is better than gold !;
yea than mnch fine gold. There are still
others who declare that its meaning is
precious and certain it is that it is a pre-
clous privilege to walk with Christ ever
before US.
SO on 60. not knowing,
| would not if l might,
I'd rather walk in the dark with God.
Than 20 alOUp II, hp limit
ID rather walk by faith with Him,
Than 60 alone by sight"
Some teachers say that the meaning Of
the expression is secret, and what follows
It Is hidden truth Certainly II is true
that the secret of the Lord is with them
that fear Him. and there is a secret place
OF the Most High. The first is learned
when we walk with Him. the second is
reached at the end Of the Journey. But If
you put all these interpretations together
you have the golden Psalm of the precious
secret, which would seem to be a 6ttinU
introduction to all that follows. This
Psalm is about Christ We know it. be-
cause Peter said, For David sneaketh CON
corning Him. | foresaw the Lord always
before my face; for He is on nv right
hand, that I should not be moved" Acts
2: Is. II David could have strength bv
looking forward to Christ, what NAV not
have as look back at His history and life
n The power Of His presence by the Holy
II is the instinct Of a human soul to have
an ideal. Every child has The boy longs
to be like his father The girl has a desire
to resemble her mother What a RESPONSE
bility rests upon each Men and women
have rhether they win acknowledge it or
not. They. long to be like some one else.
The musician has his Mendeissohn the
poet his Shakespeare, the artist HIS Da
Vanei. the preacher his Spur9eon David
knew this and so he said Il have set the
Lord always before me; because He is mt
my right hand. shall not be moved" To
initiate any one else in the world is to be-
come ridiculous but it is remarkable that
people all over the world may seek to mi
tate Christ and be the better for it. Let
it be noted that this is O definite expe-
rlence o. conclusion which David has
reached. / insist upon the definition Of it
becarse IT IS scriutural. Notice Romans G.:
-. Neither yield We your members as in
strnments of unright eousness unto sin, but
yield yourselves unto God as those that
are alive from the dead, and your members
as instruments Of Righteousness unto God. /"
And also Romans -: !. 81 beseech Won,
therefore, brethren, by the mercies Of God.
that We present your bodies q living sacr-
fee, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service" The tense Of the
verbs N both verses indicate definite ac-
ton. It IS really putting ones self over
into the keeping and control of Christ.
A man has 0 threefold nature. spirit soul
and body, ard in this order I Cor 6: 20,
For We are. bought with price: therefore
glorify God in your body and in your
spirit, which are Gods" Romans 13: i.
Let every soul be subject to the higher
powers, For there is no power but Of God !:
the powers that he are ordained of God"
Romans II: /. 81 beseech YOU. therefore,
brethren, by the mercies Of God. that We
present your bodies a living sacrifice holy,
acceptable unto God. which is your reason
able service" All Of which indicate that
He will fiji the spirit, inspire the soul and
control the body Il given the right to do it,.
Then everything has become sacred in our
lives and living itself is a sacrament. | do
not much believe in the worlds division
Of all things into sacred and secular. for
all things ought to be sacred to the child
Of God, and all days ought to be holy and
they would be did we but hive in the spirit
Of the text. Some people meet temptation
and hv to Him. It il infinitely better to
iy to Him and then meet trial IN whatever
form it may come. There is great power
in the word because" in the text This
is not lust a fash Of an experience, it is
the deliberate outcome Of long and va
ried retrospect, and viii not in any true
sense be before our face until we set Him
there. It is first decision and then prac-
tice, and the text must become the habit of
our lives 1t certainly was in the expe-
rience Of David, for be said. II have set
the Lord always before me" There are
certain Old Testament characters which
furnish US an Illustration Of this text.
First. Abraham. Christ said it, John s:
So, Your father, Abraham, rejoieed to see
my day. and he saw it, and was glad
The Seribes and Pharisees about Him when
He spoke Of Abraham answered with
sheer, and the Jews said John S: 81,
Then said the Jews unto Him. Thou art
not yet fifty years old. and hast Thou seen
Abraham When the answer Of our Mas
ter was. John S: So, Jesus said unto
them, Verify, Verify, say unto you, be-
FORE Abraham was. / am"
There is something pathetic about these
words of the Jews, Thou art not yet fifty
years old" In TACT, He was only about
thirty. His face must have been marked
with pain and suffering. How old is He,
do you ask? There are different ways OF
answering By the record He was thirty;
in looks He must have been a thousand;
according to His work He 10 ages old The
inspiration Of Abraham's life was that the
Lord was ever before Him. Genesis II: J,
We deny ourselves for success in business,
apparently little caring whether this husi-
ness viii help or hinder us in spiritual de-
velopment. See the lesson in Lots case
He pitched his tent toward Sodom and
then moved into the city. His family be-
came identified with the life of the city,