The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-08
A FORCEFUL
SERMON
Rev. Wylie Spoke to a
Large Audience
At BRICK CHURCH LAST NIGHT
"Behold / bring You Good Tidings Of
Great Joy Which Shall Be to
All People,"

DESPITE an exceptionally warm
evening in June a large and interested
congregation filed the First PreSDy
terrain church last night to listen 10
sermon by the Rev. David G. Wyle
D D.. pastor Of the Scotch Presbyter-
ian church of New York CITY. Inc
service was conducted by the Rev.
| Albert Dale CAN'T. minister in charge.
After the invocation. scripture, open
ing HYMNS. responses by the choir and
a solo by Miss IneZ Harer. Mr.. CANT
introduced the preacher OF the evening
in a brief but affectiOnate manner. a.
one who. though young IN appearance
was his father in the pastoral worn
| from whom he had received all that
was good in his practical work OF the
ministry. Before coming to Walla
Walla Mr.. CAN'T had gone direct from
Princeton TO act for two years as
assistant pastor in Dr.. Wylie's great
church in the metropolis. The speak
or then arose in the hush OF eXpecIa-
ton and delivered one OF the most
fOrceful and stirring sermons ever
heard in the Brick" church. His text
was. Behold | bring you good tldlngs
of great 10y. which shall be to all
people" LUX 2:10. He took as his
general theme. What Christianity Of
fers to the world. and spoke in part
as follows:
This text is taken from that
charming chapter of the new tesla
ment which announces the birth OF
Christ. We find from it that the joy
bringing gospel. heralded in this an
them of the angels was destined to be
uniyersal-tO all people. Such was
the gospel at the beginning. 1t was
to be good news. full Of joy and offer
ed TO all people. Such it has been
through the centuries, and such II
shall be until the end of the world.
What does this triumphant Christian
ity offer to the world? First. it offers
to the world divine revelatiOn-a
book In addition to the volume Of
revelation which nature spreads out
before us in earth and sky and sea,
her great Author has published a sec
Ond volume. Because in the first vol
ume. which tells Of his creature wis
dom and power and majesty some
very important things are omitted.
Nature is silent as the grave with
reference TO forgiveness, redeming
love and life eternal. Christianity
brings to us this invaluable supple
mentary volume-that Book of books
the Bible. That Incompatible book
with its history, its biography, its phil
osOphy and poetry. An imperishable
volume. II has outlived the storms
and tempests of the ages. Men have
hated it. They have sought to con
fine its influence. They have chained
it and burned it. But it still lives.
God has said. Heaven and earth shall
pass away but my word shall not pass
away. Christianity offers therefore
TO an inquiring world a divine revela-
tion-the Bible.
The second thing which the relig-
ion Of Jesus offers to the world is a
redeemed sOciety-the church. 1t is
often spoken Of as an organization.
1t is more than this, it is a vital organ
ism throbbing with divine life. 1t is
adapted in its jollity to a world wide
need. and embraces in itself the pur-
est and best society Of the world.
Man needs companionship. The
church offers him the society of the
redeemed
christianity brings to the world.
in the third place, a peerless person
aIity-Jesus of Nazareth. holy harm
less and indebted. separate from sin
! nerS. The sentence Of the Roman gov
ernOr when Christ stood before him
and the mob was numbering at the
door with cries Of Cruelty him, Cru
| city him. was the clear unquestiOned
acquittal-I find in him no fault at
all. This Goldman is the worlds great
exception to sin. He is the chiefesI
among ten thOusand-the one ALTO
| gether lovely.
| christianity again offers to the
world a perfect system of religion A
| system which not only points out the
way of life but which warns of the
way of death and offers atonement
! and amendment for the mistakes OF
Ilife. 1t offers to the darkness and
| Ignorance of the world the light OF
| the knowledge of the glorious gOspe
of Christ. And it adds to the knowl-
| edge of right living, the power Of right
living, making possible to man the
attainment of the ideals which il
sets before his vision. because il
| breathes into a soul dead in sin, the
| Ilfe-giving spirit of living God.
| christianity offers. last of all. the
| infinite supply of all human needs
| both IN time and in eternity. The
hour will not permit us to speak OF
the wOndrous provision God makes fol
his people in time. How an under
standing of his bOuntiful love should
sweep away all care and ANXIETY fol
| the body. because of the Fathers
ample provision for all its needs
How God gives to the believer free
dom from the fear of ever coming tt
want. The hour will also fail to fol