Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-23
Church News,
Sunday, March p.


services at four'different churches
and the pulpits filled by the regu
lar pastors, and evening services at
St. Pauls Episcopal church, where
DR.. P. E. Chrlsnan, of Mounds
vile, preached a very interesting
and eloquent sermon.
At the morning service at the
Baptist church, the Rev. Hatch de-
liyered an interesting and insiruc-
tive sermon, taking for his subject,
"Principal or Party, Which," and
his text from Matthew nth chap
ter and FL and IS verses. and Mat
thew 23rd chapter and 37th verse
"Woe unto thee. Chorazin! Woe
unto thee, Bethsaida! for If the
mighty works which we're done Ia
you had been done In Tyre and
Sodom they would have repented
long ago In sackcloth and ashes.
And thou, Capernanm, which art
exalted unto heaven, shall be
brought down to hell; for If the
mighty works which have beer
done in thee had been done In
Sodom, 1t would have remained
until this day."
20 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou
that kilIest the prophets and stonest
them which are sent unto thee, how
often would I have gathered thy
children together, even as ia hen
gathereth her chickens under her
wings, ard We would not. Behold
your house Is left unto you desc
late" He said In part:
Jerusalem was called the center
of the Great King and the Holy
City. It had the honor of having
the first temple and was the center
of worship for Christ. The people
of Jerusalem were the people of the
covenant and In Capernaum Christ
did mighty work, aud from there
he called his disciples TO continue
his work. But Capernaum received
all these blessings only to be cast
cut In the end, because she neg
lected Gods work and Christ's
teachings. Thousands of dollars
ha1 been spent In the building OF
that magnificent temple, but God
said that not one stone should be
left. All the Israelites felt because
they were the children of the cove.
nant they could do exactly as they
pleased, that they could reject all
inducements to live In higher life,
and do so with impunity. They
were In land honored BY the royal
entry of our Lord. Yet even the
sanctuary itself had to be cleansed
by him. Instead of receiving him
In all his glory and for the grand
work he came to do they received
from him his just condemnation.
While God established them In the
land OF Palestine, yet they turned
from him In their unfaithfulness
He gave them the ten command
ments, They were laws to fulfill
all the needs of all people In all
times. They were given these
people so many hundred years age,
they are given to US today, they ap-
ply to the world at large. All
christian people are under devine
law, the law of love. and because
he gave them Jerusalem or Pales-
tine or Iseral cannot presume on
Gods benediction. Just so with
breakers OF the law today. They
can 60 on only until Gods people
rise up in revolt. We must as a
community heed these laws. Don't
believe we can 60 on In sin and
vice. When Capernaum rejected
and renowned Jesus he said "woe
to Capernaum," where this mighty
work was done, Jerusalem was also
blessed. She became the capital
God honorei her by his sons bres-
ence when the Iseralites rejected
God, when Jerusalem refused the
temple for worship then God cast
them out cf that sacred holy city.
Gcd sald"your house Is eft I'm o you
desolate, this applies to all cities
and oil people.
He uDbraided Jerusalem much
the same as the law makers of St.
Louis Mere upbraded, think Of the
shame and disgrace so lately ex.
posed In that city by one man, who
wanted to fulfill his Office, that he
was elected to lawfully. He alone
exposed lis government. San
Francisco Ia the forties was so
covered with sin. disgrace, and
wickeiuess that committee was ap-
pointed to op erthroW the corruption