Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-01
"CHRISTIAN CERTAINTY"
A Brilliant Sunday Sermon by Rev. Regi'
maid J. Campbell.
Tells In Beautiful Language Of the Assur'
ancc of Devine Mercy Which Bnoy
the Hearts OF Believers.

OCEAN GROVE. N. J.-Nt rly 10000 reo-
pie flied the. Auditorium here sunday i,,
morning to listen to the Rev. Reginald
John Campbell, pastor of the City Ten,
pie, London. Iii, subject was The Ground
Of Christian Certainty" lie said ga,
-1y text or rather. my two texts, Will he
found, one in the third chapter and tour.
teenth verse and the other in the fourth
chapter and nineteenth verse of the First
t'pist.e of st. John: 1--WE knew that we
have passed from death unto life, because
we love the brethren. lie that loyeth not
his brother ahidcth for death, 1--WE love
Him because He first loved us.
The thought is not one of simple graft
tude The text teaches us hat the power
OF loving comes from the fact that God -
love. The writer CT the fourth gospel,
whether he was or was not the Apostle
John, was prob; DIV one OF the greatest
thco'ogans that ever lived, because his
| spiritual insight is 50 pro. und, and the
inwardncss of his master mind so com
plcte The writer of the Fourth Gospel Is
| plainly the writer OF these cpISties. lie
was undoubtedly John the Divine. He
never refers to himself by name, but onIy
As the disciple whom Jesus loved. None OF
US would be willing to spare out OF our
| ter Of St. john. In this the disciple sets
| forth what we believe to be the profound
est and most beautiful truth concerning
| the relationship Of the sanctiiied soul to
| the Eedecmer What beautiful phrase
is this: "The disciple whom Jesus loved"
| This man of wonderf ability, who re-
| members all that Jesus SAID and writes it
| down for our benefit BY that he did not
/ mean that he was the only disciple whom
! Jesus loved. but he meant to say that he
| got his own spiritual experience from the
same foundation that we get ours.
There are signs in the New Testament
| that the disciple whom Jesus loved was at
one time a passionate, ambitious lLi. i.
| Mark that occasion when James and John
were called the Sons of Thunder: when
| they came TO Christ and said. Master,
/ shall we command fire to come down from
| heaven and consume these adversaries;
| yours and ours?' And Christ replied,
| Eye know not vet what spirit We are OF.
Again. the mother OF James and John
comes TO the Ma 5cr and says, Master,
| grant that these. my two sons. may sat the
one on Thy right hand and the other on
! Thy left, when Thou contest into Thy
| kingdom" She thought and they thought,
and they all thought that the kingdom
was to be an earthly one; that Christ was
| to grasp the sceptre of the Caesars and
rule over the world, and that those who
stood nearest Him would occupy the
| places of greatest honor in His kingdom
| Without rebuking them the Master turned
to the two men and said: Are You able
drink of the cup whereof / shall drink.
and to be baptized with the baptism
whereof | am baptized" And they an
swcrod eagerly and with confidence, I'VE
are" Then said the Master. "Nc shall IN
| deed drink of Nv cup. and be baptized
with the baptism whereof | am baptized. y
The other discipl-s were mucn dispIcascd
! with James and John. Thy could have
| spared themselves the trouble. The Master
| knew at once-Coming as a Master of the
truth He very well knew-what was in
! their hearts. The one was seeking the
crown that was corruptihe, and that fad
! eth away; the other was TO live in history
as the apostle of love. What long way
John must have Travelled before this pas
| sionate, ambitious man was abe TO de
! serve this tito, "thc Apostle OF Love.
| John gave the greater part of his Young
! lie to the preaching of the gospel of love-
! Toward the close of that long and wonder.
| full career the beloved disciple was carried
ne Sunday morning to the congregation Of
! the faithful. 1t was his last appearance
at any earthly gathering. His parting
! hencdiction to t. t little flock comes down
! to us through the history OF the ages;
/ Little children love -ne another"
We know that often the words Of our
! text were On the lips OF the Apostle john:
! eve know that We have passed from
death unto life, because we love the
brethren" Aud again, the higher cXney-
fence which makes possible the other, eve
+ love the. brethren because Christ first
| loved US
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