Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-06
Z He PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON By
DR.. w. S. LEWIS.
Subject; The Secret Of. the Lord.

Brooklyn, N. Y.-President w. S.
Lewis, D. D., of Morningside College.
Sioux City, Ia, is the vacation
Church. He began his services there
Sunday morning and had good au-
dience. He is an excellent preacher.
His subject was "The Fear of the
Lord The text was from Psalm
xxv.:14: "The secret of the Lord is
| with them that fear Him, and He
will show them His covenants" DR.. |
Lewis said:
Words, like men, are affected by
the atmosphere in which they live. A
word spoken 5000 years ago, but to
another people, and in another cline,
may fail to represent its highest and
best meaning to those born In anoth-
er age and under other skies. Many
years have flown since this word was
spoken, and at least one Of these In
the text needs a word OF explanation
fear The good Book says: ''The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of
WISDOM" but reference is made in
the New Testament to the fact that
perfect love casteth out fear. Thanks
to the cross, the broken tomb, the de-
scent of fire which spoke on cloven
tongue, for changed atmosphere, In
which our text may read: "The secret
of the Lord is with them that love
Him."
The problem of knowledge is not
that. but how, it is. A few small
' philosophers have doubted the fact
that they knew, but that is carrying
5 doubt to the point of insanity. We
know, and we know we know; tht
how that we know Is the problem
: That an idea may be passed from ont
I mind to another, may even by crys
t tallized into word and remain pen
o up there from century to century, tt
break forth into another mind, to b.
. reflected on, and on, through tn
: ages. How this is, is more than w
know. How that the mind may ge
Il a voice from the rocks so that tn
l. mountains shall speak and max
a themselves understood, and from tn
h sky and from the sea. We know the
- speak, but how? That is the Ques
- tion. Do you think that God, VIII
. has expressed His love in flower, !
brook, in sky, should have exhauste
Of all His resources to make Himse
I'd known as He speaks from nature
le God speaks to the heart, the innt
world is His realm. This is H
throne, and He leaves His secre
7o there to become the seed Of though
lg of inspiration and Of action. III
el great problem Of hearing His wol
m, and then to translate 1t through tt
~ tongue, the finger tips and footprint
so that it shall become the livil
word to other folks, is the problem
- the hour.
Ike To whom will God speak? '
an raise this question to answer It
ID | asking you to whom do you comm
the secrets of your heart? Do y
SO tell those who revile you. who ha
-. no faith in you, who speak i'll OF 70
- Do you tell these the secrets OF yo
le. heart? It's a great thing to be
no friend, to know how to awaken
1es spirit of friendship in others.
ito, whom do you commit your secret
I The first quality of friendship is
M. capacity for faith. You cannot tr'
80 those in whom you do not belle
9eu You cannot inspire In them the q
est note Of friendship. The captie
to critic has no friends. The teacl
on who asks his pupil the hardest gu
tions and criticises him because
fails to answer; the preacher who
gins his service and ends 1t witt
spirit of criticism. will not avail
'ro- In the heart the deepest, the best
uSs
ing: II believe in you" We N
r, y have the capacity for seeing the
and the truest in people. We
cold ! commanded In the good Book t
tha we should love one another. an
~ trust we do, but am thankful
'ece that does not include that comm
sncn that we must like everybody,
tten there are some folks whom It is b
dow to like. and OF these are the Z
voiced. pinched-faced, noilow-e
isre- critic. The first quality, then, Is
:, \ of inspiring people with the idea
{. we believe In them, and If we /
pro. faith in others. they will
may faith in us, for faith in the heart
nal. gets faith in one another. It i
with God. If weewould know
size, and awaken within Him the pe
wing even of committing to US His sec
we must believe, for with the b