The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-07
FOOT GUARDS SERVICE,
HELD LAST NIGHT AT CHURCH
 OF THE REDEEMER.

OF THE REDEEMER.
 Rev. Or. PhilIIps, Pastor or the church
 and Chaplain of the Company, De-
 IIvered an InIerssiIng Sermon on
 "The Conservative Value of Right
 sous maa"-EsesIIsnt HIusIeaI Pre- Eramme Rendered.
 ''The Conservative Value of Righteous Mem was the subject of the sermon de- liveredlast evening by Rev. Dr. Phillips, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer to the members of the Governors Foot Guard, of which Dr. Phillips is the chap lain. The Guards attended the service in a body as is the custom each year and the undivided attention of the men, and of the congregation in general, tes- tifed to the eloquence of pr Phillips. The evening programme consisted of the following:
 Prelude-March in D .."....... Schuber Sanitation to the Colors-'The Star Spaigled Banner" ................ Key Miss R. T. Barnes. Invocation.
 Authenticity to God' .Rosewig Responsive reading-Psalm 19, page SS. Hymn 72s-"Evening Confession"
 Prayer.
 aF NTa.aryS1 ChoyNa arI Male Quartette.
 Hymn 1,161-"America."
 Sermon by the chaplain-Subject, 'The
 Conservative Power of Righteous Men" -. solo-"The Shadows os the Evening Hour ..........:....."..... Barrl Frank S. Hamilton.
 Postlude-"Coronation March, ....... l. ................m...... Feyerbeer. Benediction. E........ Dr. Phillips sermon was substantially as follows: A3@' II Kings, iii, 14: And Elisha said, as Jehovah of hosts Iiveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that re- gard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, would not look toward Thee, nor see Thee" (The story: The saving presence of the righteous king of Judah won the flavor os the prophet and the help of the AL mighty. a... I wish to set before you another old picture, painted when history was still younger, man was groping for the truth Of things, seeking to adjust himself to | t,,r or,d n Iranx hfe nd a man among men. It is the picture of | city and Of man. City of such sin, wickedness so gross and defiant that it had provoked the wrath of heaven; it is known in the record as Sodom. Man | of devout and holy temper and chasten- ed life, felt his responsibility in the time of human need, and put his own right eousness as shield between the wicked city and the divine vengeance. Held back the arm of God and narrowed the margin of danger down to one.
 The value of the story Is in its teach ing of the function of righteous men. 1! The teaching Is true Tn all the rela- tions of men government, business, so- iciety-righteous men contribute the boise. clear clean thinking. the saving grace Of honesty, character, conduct. What do we mean by righteous as using the word tonight? It is right eousness with God and man. Harmony with the divine motive and will that is intelligent and free rather than stoical and forced; sympathy with the best ] things possible to man in his personal character and community life; a lesire to see the will Of God done and His ! kingdom come on the earth and man arrive at his best estate. That's right eousness. It is a broad, deep, divine principle of thought and conduct. It is not a petty precept-keeping, fussy ab- sorption in the details of the law of commandments contained in ordinan- ces; that narrows the intellect, sears the heart, and takes all the Iargeness, flavor and high ambition out fo life, and 1 makes conduct matter of measuring lines and scales. It is, therefore, some- thing more than paying debts, avoiding quarrels, helping In public charities. It is giving the world the advantage of ones straight thinking and clean living; examples of reverence for the things that are pure, etc.: throwing into the IcOIfilluIlIy He ytile tledVeIl or personal character, and engaging in an active propaganda of the principles that work welfare,
 Every man owes it to himself to be such man as that.
 Bust aside from his personal obliga- 1 tion every man owes 1t to the commu- nifty that he be righteous. Unrighteous man cannot do his full duty to the com munity. He fails at the point of ex- ample; fails to contribute to the con- servative and constructive forces on which the welfare of society depends, etc. He may succeed, be prosperous, get a show of place and power; but so- ciety will suffer and the future will hold him in contempt.
 One vote counts no more than anoth- l CT, but one man counts more than ! another.
 In the long run clean sentiment tri- umphs.
 l It is our duty to work to bring right eous sentiment to authority and right eous men to the majority.
 Righteous man is constructive force Helps preserve and strengthen those principles and institutions whose value hae hoo, fested and y,ro,ad sy, b,,,,oo,,