The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-10
a SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY BIS boz
E. G. ANDREWS.

Subject; "Christianity and Lovo"-Chhrch
NIinistrattons Should BE Dirdcted
Toward Freeing tho Human Sobl of
That Selfishness which is Inhert nt.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.--Bishop f. G.. An
drews, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
preached Sunday morning in the Central
Congregational Church. His subject Iwas:
from Timothy is; Nov the end Of the
cofhffdnd6seut is charity out of pure
heart hearrt, and Of a ep19G conscience, AID Of
Every. careful reader Of the English
Bible Rs;t takes lnswiedgge OF the fact th}t the
language, is in process of change. He
knows the Significance of words, as well
as their form, rand occasionally their order
changes. He read, for instance, in the
het is and he hSG Tene@bSr on so tha{ h
that word fixed" at the time our VI trsion
was made had the meaning, which VIE still
retain in. our colloquial speech, "to be
fixed up" and so he reads: My hdart is
He reads in the Epistle to the Thessa.on-
ians that they which are alive at the sec
ond coming of Christ shall not prevent
them that are asleep, and he remembers
that the word prevent" originally meant
to precede simply, and came to havc its
present meaning because he that precedcs
another is likely to get in the way of that
one and obstruct enothcr who follows, and
SO he reads that at the second coming of
Christ they that are alive shall not preceGe,
or shall not have the advantage over them
tiat sleep in Christ, for both 2,i';c shall g
called to meet their Lord in the air.
SO In this text we have the word Char
ity," a word which to-day signifies eithe"
9aimsgiving or kindly judgment OF others,
meaning to which the new rcvisers have
returned. viz, Cove" OF "hcnevocncc,"
and in tlis passage W. read this statement:
The aim of the commandment is Eenevo-
oience, good will, cIcct.vc love, even as We
fpc2k of the love tf nan TO GCl, then also
Another Bibic criticism IS worth orr
while. The word "oommandmcnt," like
the word law, may have either a narrow
or broad significarce. The narrow sig
tended by particular sanction" a broad
or meaning i3 that of z holy, ordained in
ctituoon and systcm,' and that broader
meaning evidently should 6e here used be-
cause OF the context. We come then TO
the entire statement: "Tnc end or aim, OF
the whole Christian institution is love out
ci pure heart, and OF good conscience,
and of faith unfeigncC.'
1t originated in heart of boundcss love
toward man IN an act of love unparalleled,
we may suppose in all the ages of eternity
even the gift OF Gods only Son. All its
precepts turn in this direction. Church or
CARNATIONS and ministrations OF every
kind, if they be rightly directed, have sim
ply this purpose TO discharge the human
soul of that selfshress that belongs to it
by nature, and to enter into it all the love
OF God.
Now all familiar with the New Testa-
ment know that this is no solitary utter
ance-it is but one of many broad and
comprehensive statements. One came 70
the Master saying: (Which is the first and
great commandments V And He answered.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy ramd, and with all thy
strength; this is the first commandment,
Scond is like unto il: Thou Shalt
"a go lcighbor as thyself. On these two