The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-07
THREE POWERFUL SERMONS
Editorial Correspondence

Presbyterian church was packed to it's
to hear the concluding sermons of DR..
G. Morgan Campbell. There were
plenty of folks here who went to re-
sorts and played golf on Sunday, but
wonderful preacher was heard for the
last time before he sails for Europe.
He has produced a profound impress
sion here by his clear-cut and incisive
expounding of the Word. Here are
some striking sentences from his Sun
day sermons:
Il thank God every time I see a pO-
llceman, but l remember that he is a
sign that the millennium has not ar
rived
1.-THE hosts of evil are always about,
even in the place sanctified by the
benediction of an Episcopal bishop"
IF every church member in New
York had seen God and was working
with Him, it would be possible to
check, halt, hold the progress of
vested interests which now roll over
them without impeachment"
IF God were King in New York,
NOulu l. nave seen SUCH Il Specldcle DIS
witnessed of two armed policemen
following wagon, guarding a branch
of the city'S commerce."
Every mother whose heart breaks
IN Japan can tell you that the glories
OF victorious warfare are illusions"
If man is casting out devils in the
name of Jesus Christ. it matters not
in what communion he may be-
In his first sermon, preached at II
a. m, Dr. Morgan took for his text
the thirtieth verse of the twelfth chap
ter of Matthew:
He that is not With Me is against
Me he that gathereth not with Me
scattereth abroad"
This verse of the Bible is too often
read without feeling, without intona-
ton as though it were a commonplace;
as though it had no particular signifi-
cance," said DR.. Morgan.
ut must be read SO that it rings
rs the final cry of humanity. 1t is the
greatest, the most magnificent utter
ance that can be called to mind. 1t
eliminates all idea of neutrality. 1t
marks the fate and destiny of man
There is no middle course between
the two great alternatives here set
forth. Either you are with Christ
working with Him. gathering with
Him, or you are against Him, scatter
ing abroad; destroying the work Of
Christ and those who are with Him. -
Upon the word gather DR.. Nor
gan dwelt, giving it significance and
meaning usually neglected by students
of the Bible. He treated it as
meaning all of the work of Christian
ity in bringing mankind into univer
sal brotherhood; in gathering them
into a community of interest, of pur-
pose and of feeling and in making
them so completely interdependent
upon each other that no man might
stand alone without affecting the en-
tire structure of Christianity.
He then dWelt upon the development
of the solidarity of humanity.
1.-THE expression solidarity of hui
manity is said to have been invented
by the Communists of France" said
DR.. Morgan. "but the idea is not new
at all. We hear it often among think
ing. reading men these days, but it Is
the idea that Christ expressed. He
that gathereth not with Me- is he that
opposes and helps make impossible the
attainment of the ideal solidarity of
humanity for which Christ Iabored.
I'm this all may aid, and he who
does not aid 'scattereth abroad Mere
ly by refusing to become a part of
the great brotherhood which Christ
preached he makes it impossible of
the Master
There are too many churches In
these days and too little gathering with
Christ among the churches. The re-
buke administered to John when he
protested that a man was casting out
devils in the name of Christ may Welt
be administered to many in these days.
If man is casting out devils in the
name Of Christ it matters not to what
denomination he belongs.
You may say he is a High Church
man, but if he is doing the work he
is with Christ, and not against.
have heard ministers denOunce work
done in the slums of your great city
because it was being done by a Cath
Ollie priest. Remember, you may not
wish to work with that servant OF the
Lord, but you don't have to. Bid him
God speed, and remember that as long
as there is much work to do and few
to do it you may not quarrel among
yourselves, but remember that each
man who is casting out devils in the
name of Christ is with you.
.'TheSe minor diSSentiOnS in the
churches. the wars between nations,
civic corruption and the spread of evil,
cause us to believe there is but little
of actual solidarity of humanity today,
and that it is a mere dream. Is there
dIyIHlUS quite 81 Sciu do lIIC opCClcIClN
of war in the East? Yet the pain in the
East is reflected in the West. All
must suffer together until the solidar-
ity of humanity makes war impossible.
Most terrible of all is the spectacle
of all Europe looking on while Russia
battles with Japan, each suspicious OF
the other, filled with the greed tina.
has been their curse for centuries,
Watching GENEROUSLY for the moment
that shall give them the chance to step
in and grasp some of the spells of
bloodshed.
Nevertheless solidarity is not a
dream. 1t will be realized when the
world is ready for ii"
In the afternoon DR.. Morgan took
for his text the first six verses of the
seventh chapter of Judges, and from
this story of the manner in which the
Lord enabled Gideon to select the three
hundred men out of thirty-two thous-
and who were to destroy the Midian-
ties he drew a picture Of the soldier
of the Lord of today.
f'WhoeVer is fearful and afraid, let
him return" read DR.. Morgan as the
words of the Lord to Gideon. and ne
pictured the weakness and Ineffective
ness of the Christian fearful ana
afraid
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