The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-16
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Sunday Sermon :
A Scholarly Discourse BY \
Rev. |. w. Henderson.

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on the theme. THE Christ Life" the
Rev /. w. Henderson. pastor. took
as his text Philippians i:21. For me
10 live is Christ" He said in the
course of his sermon
It is my desire to convey to your
minds and to press lastingly upon
your hearts some homely. vet help
ful. truths relative = the Christ life.
Persuaded OF the similarity Of your
c2res, trials, difficulties. problems. to
my own, and recognizing the COM
moa needs of all men, / would talk
20 you about this text.
Horace. the old Roman poet. sings
the praises of him to whom 1t is
sweet and honorable to die for his
country | bring to you from the
EOo6 Of Books no note of death, but
psalm of life. For ne to live is
Christ and to pass beyond the veil
is but , enter into life more abund-
ant Thus says Paul For him and
for us there Is no death. To live the
Christ life here is to dwell within the
glory OF His presence there. For
Ila TO 1--we Is Chris''-a plan Of self
dedication 10 His services mere. al
earnest OF our entrance into 10y
''Ht s-At 'ttt 70 tbt apart llOnl We
Ne can 90 nothing satin the Lord
s.. Paul the most strenuous of
Christians. cpiJomizes the Christian
life in these words to the church at
Pnilippl. His utterance states the
sum and substances of the complete
spiritual life Our aim and our
pleasure it should be, as f. is our
duty. as men and women who love
cur Lord, TO so live that men, look
ing upon US. may view in us the
risen Christ
The text presents to our minds
iouriold thought. Broadly speaking
We may say that men have four rsla-
tions in this liie-to God. TO society.
10 he home and TO themselves To
set fortA the same thought different
": Nea have spiritual, civil, lomes-
Tie ald personal duties Relation
might De multiplied upon relation;
drty upon duty could be indefinitely
remarked Bur that would be to
suggest subdivisions rather than fun
damentals Indeed / am cognizant
that the moral duty to the home lay
easily be Included under the head Of
social relations. But for the pur-
pose of the moment we will resolve
the ethics Of the Christ life into the
~lorem enJiOaed divisions.
The first, the greatest, the noblest
imperative in the life of the man who
desires to conform to the pattern of
the true Christ life. who wishes to
make the words OF Paul his motto
for right living, is TO love and to
serve and obey our Heavenly Father
: may say that the whole duty of
man is bound NJ in this declaration.
For. Christianly speaking. there is
10 department of life into which the
service Of our God does not enter
Loyalty 10 God is the basis of all
purest living and highest thinking.
TO be true to the Father is TO be
loyal to society and strong for self.
We may not be true to God and un-
true to the social, civil and domestic
conditions with which the mere fact
of life confronts us.
The earth is the Lords and the
fulness thereof sings the psalmist.
10 be a traitor to the world is t. be
craven toward the Maker. We MAJ
not praise God with our lips and dis
obey Him in our every act. Our
words, honeyed though they be. will
count naught for us unto righteous
ness. The test of fealty is I'm action.
We must measure true to the ideals
thar we preach Prayer and praise
are worthy, but they ara not service.
Prayer pleases God and it strength
ems rs. Praise. no doubt. makes JOY
among The angels who surround the
throne But it is the service which
does things the prayer which re-
solves itself inuo action; the praise
thau IS fouEJai upon the knowledge
Of a task, through Ills grace, well
done, which makes most FOR pleasure
and for Joy In the heart of our King.
The CA-.5t was true to God and 10
man and to self The happiness Of
Ills Fathers universe was His hope
aad care To His home, 10 His
n- ghbors, 10 his country, 20 all
trusts, the Saviour was faithful. He
had an eye siu5ly toward holy and
hallowiug service. Preaching gos-
pei Of life Ho lived n life of love
And SO. 90 be like Christ we .lust
live like Christ HIS hopes must be
our hopes Ills pleasures must be
Our pleasures The motive in His
liie must be the force which, in our
lives, vii. make for goodness and
go5.inc5s. And godliness Is but
goodness raised to iuhnity.
As the Christ was. so mast the
Cnristian be. truly spiritual His
Guide and his guard must be the
Comforter who cometh from above.
Divinity. deep down in his heart. win
be the power and the mainspring I'm
his life
Christianity is pure politics. clean
business methods sturdy honesty
and noble purpose, all rolled into
one. A clear conscience means a
brave ballot, and. conversely. a dirty
ballot means a smeared soul. Up
right business methods earn their
own reward: perhaps not in uude-
.7"yad dividends and wrongly diyid-
ed or diverted profits, but In happi-
ness Of heart Honesty is but o step
toward holiness, Nobility and sim
certify are mighty forces And these
facts the civic and the business
worlds are recognizing more and
more Dishonesty IS a bad asset;
ana the Christian man, who stands
four square TO tho world upon the
rock Christ Jesus, is to have the call
iime-seryiug politicians may scofi,
tlos3 who fine character in the
terms CT preferred stock, and who
prefer gold TO goodness. may CON
tinue TO misiudge what IS hiShest in
life; sin may seem stlll TO have the
stranglcAold upon the world Chris
tians may stumble, yea fall, upon the
Kings highway, be derelict TO duty
aad TO faith. may initiate poor, fore
warned Peter and deny the Christ
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