Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-07-23
HELPFUL And INTER
ESFING SERMONS

A very heplful and interesting scr
mon was delivered by the Rev. q. W..
Kirkby of New York at Christ Epis-
copal church Sunday morning from
the text Except these bonds, which
is found in the Goth verse of the 26th
chapter of the Acts of the Apostles.
Rev. Kirkb by drew a beautiful picture
of Saint Paul's defense of his actions
before the court of King Agrippa, the
last of the Herods The magniticence
of the representatives, of Rome, their
numbers and their retinue were con
trasted with the loneliness of the Dis
ciple. And yet before this assemblage
Saint Paul stretches forth his hand and
makes that wonderful defense which
was contained in the lesson from the
New Testament.
Rev Kirkby said that the people OF
this country look upon themselves as
free, and would resent any denial, and
yet there is not free person in the
land. There may have been a time
when we were free-when we We're
little children. But there came the
first sin, and then another, until now
we are bound down by the heaviest
chains of our evil habits. Speaking
less than the absolute truth, speaking
unkindly of others are chains that
hold US down and make Us slaves, and
separate us from our God. But Saint
Paul was free and we may be free a.
we'll. God Will give US the strength
to break these chains If we will only
ask him and he will also give Us the
light to tread the paths i'll which he
would have US to walk.
The Rev. j. +. Hutchison, pastor
elect, who comes to this city from
Irwin, Pa, preached to largo con
gIegations both morning and evening
at the Mahoning Presbyterian church
Yesterday. Rev. Hutchinson, who will
soon take charge of Mahoning church
is an eloquent speaker and combines a
common sense argument with a rich.
ness of language.
. The subject Eot Sunday morning s
discourse was "Compensations' with
the text from Job 2S 25 He MaketII
a Weight for the Winds. The sermon
covered four points, the first of which
was The Solution of the lneXpli'
cable On this point Rev. Hutchinson
said How often have you been disap-
pointed and been unable to discover
any satisfactory reason for your dlsap-
pointment? How often have you had
aggravating trials for which you have
never yet had a complete explanation.
There, there are the manifest inequal.
tiles in human conditions in this world
which we are always at loss to eX.
plain. " He cited many instances of in.
explicable things that are seen in
every community. The apparent sue.
cess of the ungodly the failure of the
honest and the faithful. The wealtl
of the wicked and the poverty of the
righteous. To this Rev. Hutchinson
| SAYS THE solution of all these veXcC
| problems therefore must be aud Is
with God. The cOmpensatiOns must
be with God and the evening up OF in
/ CAPABILITIES if not in this world then III
the next The second point, "ThC
| Weighted Winds of History was {
review of those nations in the past
who have in their way of living i'm.
| agined they were supreme and could
not realize that God was all powerful.
until He had curbed their wrath. He
| showed here plainly that God ha:
weighted the winds of history and
placed limits upon the wrath of man.
In the third point THE Weighted
Winds of Passion" he put much stress
on the moral law and the law of ma
ture. For each sin committed in de
fance of these laws mankind must
suffer, showing that even the
wickedness of humanity is limited, SC
heavy is the weight of the winds OF
passion. In the last point THE
Weighted Winds of Circumstances
Rev. Hutchinson said I've may not al.
ways be able to see the Lords com
pensations or comprehend them, but
that God is making all things work to
gether for good for his own we cannot
doubt. "
Lack of space does not permit a full
| review of the sermon. 1t was mast
| erly effort; one that made a deep i'm
preston on the large congregation pre-:
ent.