Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-11
ARE SUSCEPTIBLE
To APPEARANCES
REV. J. M. NEWELL breaches
INTERESTING SERMON
Tells Presbyterian Congregation Tina,
People Are Far Too Prone to
Judge Man by His
Dress

Rev. j. NJ. Newell, pastor Of the Be-
thesda Presbyterian church, preached
yesterday morning from the text, 1
Samuel, 1912, "And the Lord said. arise
anoint him, for this is he" He said
in part.
God has glorified these old-time
stories. They are his great parallels.
They thrill the thoughtful mind because
they are being re-enacted always here
before our eyes. Is Samuel sent out of
God to find king and anoint him?
wen, that is just what the preacher
Is sent here for this morning. Their
is an unused crown here and an empty
throne, even as there was then, and
God says to his prophets now as he
said to his prophets then: Go to that
congregation, fill their horns with oil
for l have provided you king among
them
MY friends, we are here on gres
business. We are ambassadors of
Christ. Through us God beseeches you
to take a crown. 'Tis more glorious
crown than Samuel had to offer to the
sons of Jesse at Bethlehem. Let us
see how the search for king went
on over there in Bethlehem and we will
have a picture of Just what is going
on here. Quite a congregation was that
company of brothers. the sons of Jesse.
king must be found right here and
now; who shall be the king? Alas!
only God knows that. Samuel knew
good many things, but he must not
pick out the king. He was a God
taught man, and yet he can't help set
ting overvalue on outside appearance.
Here first comes Eliab, the biggest
of all the lot by a foot or two every
way; a towering fellow! What wonder
that Samuel, being after all only a
man and judging a S man judges. should
set his eyes ON this great physical
enormity and cry out: Surely this is
the king ] am to seek Many q time
were the modern preacher fooled Just
the same way. He sees the likely
looking man I'm his congregation, tall,
stately, high -browed, royalty clad, with
courtly manners, proud of his character,
a success in life and the preacher says:
Behold the king!'
But God says: Stop Samuel. stop
preachers, I care nothing for looks. 1
see the heart. That tree is rotten at
the core If Eliab failed because he
was big outward and little inwardly
his brothers failed perhaps because
they were Indifferent, unambitious,
timid and did not have energy to rise
up and take a throne; men and women
living merely to eat and sleep and do
life's common drudgery and satisfied
with life's trifling joys and too unambi-
tious to care whether there is any
crown of glory or not. Will God throw
away crown on a man who cares
nothing for it?
But among all the brothers there
was one whom man might look on and
God might look through; man OF
faults. sinner to be sure, but a man
of penitence and faith and aspirations.
not big opinioned and big bodied like
Eliab, nor Indifferent and earthly in
his tastes like the rest. but a man of
lowly and contrite heart and yet ready
to take the blood purchased crown of
glory and live for it and fight for it to
the last and wear it forever and ever.
If such is your mind, by Gods author
ity hand you a crown this day. You
will take it and wear it after all earth's
glory has turned to ashes"