The Penn's Grove record., 1906-10-26

~ ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON ~
FEY. b. ". HENDERSON.
Subject: Christian Character.

2Vttat EFeSD$JeE IAN LEtFCf
~ lae thaue Christian Character
t-e rev. w, Henderson, pastor
took as his text ! Peter 2:g; 'That
ye may snow forth the exceIiencies o.
Him WHO hcth called lou out Of
pagkaa5s Into H. marvellous ligbt
Tie said
Character is determined in the
J%rms OF al exercised neral and spfr.
Taai co1sct9u ness. Character at its
plEueSt IS conform 20 s1c best
moral and spiritual consciousness
that is within ls. Ii is both The eon.
summation and the limitation of the
viii of nan. It is not only a matte
Of the outward life hut 1t is also the
indication md The manifestation o.
an inwafa. Grace. Character IS the
sum Of any aaD's characteristics u
soul and soc liz
Motive is IL c.a last ANALYSIS
more Of account thaa the outward
act. Feeling is a fac53r in the human
lie ~fHtant1ns must be counted.
Desires may raw dowr or up. But
Rtta OF tEa in the tally. you are
That E23 vii 70 be. More than your
vii desires yu viii not become.
NnAr21Le1 Is not only what ven
wish 5oE wee, O cat lbe vc-Id
ahiUss you re-, nor ya. VIVA. 41I.
aasG5f yGGaelf 10 be. but what ro7
are 81 IS e 51en your reDut- ion
nor 13 tsord save Is those -va
align TO lac leisure os manhood ac-
cordins 20 tie rule OF God.
Character S The mark OF inner
Worth!ness 4 veil as Ike emblem of
3 good 3te yeiore the open ewes of
ca9u. C~aarSter 10 not merely aon-
esty, 1t Is Jre. IL is not only OUT
ward puriGt5 Sat aigo inward ~clesnlf-
ness Of hear It means not only 10
walk just win the statutes at the
pentl code and just Beyond he
Changing tro Cf 2 prison door, But
rather 10 Ice righteousness and to
practice upightnass because they are
right Chaacter Is virtue. honor, in
tagftty, g0ltlass. II is deserved
reputation % the glory Of a we'll
spent Mfe { IS q mark and the v.g
tory Of NOR worth. More to be de-
sired is it tRn great riches and-its
rtyes rlcb, s4,frtae fru.tage is a
and quietud aeart.
Chrissl5D iaracter is conformity
% the eha eT OF Christ. 1t is to
bear tEe e} ss image OF the saving
son Of Gc3n tie inner man and
-hIor7n aiShe problems of the so
aiat lie, Is the Saviour bore the
impress ONE divine will Of Il com
r1on Fathe ~ the faithful Friend
or men snEed forth the mind and
the manne Of our God, so must we
as true me aud women disciples of
oar org, g sea- ID with the evil
de4 ace glne saidance
and TOR F world beyond is hat
which anNIn Jesus Christ the i5eal
and harnl10us working Of the Wlll
Of ran wit the divine. cha .3c5er.
as we Crrisa1s view 1t, is concerned
not an.y wi he Christians conduct,
u9y O9Ly WINS 49,, = a~r5
oil human 30 bat also With his
trueness personality and TO his
God Chua#ar character includes,
for IL can ger exclude, a du5 and a
willing reisi for mans ooligati0ns
toward hsAfaBer 1t aflrGs th-
basic Leceky for absolute and an
sHerFiug Halty to sell. : Insists
an6 sssert.har motive IL more than
manner, vile demanding Ehat al So
ctai ~respoHbilitl re met squareiy,
honorably,nanfe}' ant Ia he feat
OK God,
The CIR r Of Christ Is positive.
Christ is narks0le not for the
things that4e RETAINED from doing
2ut rat1sr Be i1fas II the acts CT
a~a7bIelass, -irtue, g0o3-hsartednas5
EGic He lid his vas nc psEy
soul Cbying the words that came
Ont 81 Stars pighey gloiF, TIC VEN
beyond thu. Keepigg vel. within
Tile requirneats OF FhariSaic legal
ism. Ee psEed on ard ont al aP,
ABOVE andIeyond ant cad ol al'
the scl5-Co t~laeency a1d lGorai blind
ness cf ecelesias.ies. and DID
things b3s,k > and pov e~fsJ ~ men
and far CE Feeling Wit n Ills
he 1t the i Of imac.e duty ire
Christ exeIau6ed il MS Own b6e
aR0se luaalea CT acter Walch
nave ter q time sec Gin N ais
proud p'ae as me -- nla1 ana
proved Q atultil45 t5ts saa ana
stn1ing wGlt Hts Godaood aa1 His
grace q FiIa.
To voa ta0 TO ne lr- cali comes
0oEu the ,e4tUrlas 6l1atne as 10
hon fort IRE ag~celiau1 ian
ll 4a "a Is cut ot a. aesl
into His ga r7lods light. L-Flas
accepted de Christ AMI been seaisl
wish His aye. e must os ~ 2b'
lives TIE &zpHass image-t-at
say the stamp that % sa5
the charaoer-1f th Son e. ga
The chaacceI Of Christ res pts *
is a doytls slUdy ard preserves 20 81
a two-foi3 dat and example. N}t1
iO t1e earn leristic Htes @
holiness I'D Ugh agpsr ass are CEN
prised al. he q }ittzs that pertain
10 the Sari9ur H. His social sphere
Holiness tCwurd 600 eoHeAesi
toward sci, and s~noieey lese tive "a
the broad truths that cone lt t'o-
the eharae.er Of the Christ aaa al1.
summon US 3 show forth ais slot,
and His lcve Spirituality and noi
atty. A sanetiha3 sense @
with the Father, i couraa eou de
termination TO stand square 1eL0t
society and upright at the bar q n
own conscience, these are th9 ~.
great lessons for us from 1h lraC
ter Of ChYsst, and the misi.-y truth
within which all else in tne world q
human conduct is embraced
To be holy IS to be sanettteI- TIA
Is to say lure Not merely purify hf
fore ms1 but a radical pur{U tia
really goes back to the root Of tf-u-
aud that enables the man 10 As h
through grace OF Goa in ls5u
Chrie+ 30 before HIS Fa g
and h Naker nd be glad Furlt
Is not mercy 2 mater OF easp an
water huU OF inward n0Iesua mes.
Caris5 cares not Nlethe. yaur hand
are dirty with the molder3s a Fl
does weep over 3 soiled and suI3fe
soul.
What an a~ntisep-ic. sass Lo7
ell is a pure Ike WHal poss5 d
ties indeed for soCd and for ueh
and for GOO are ever within it's ,ove
But it must be h|aal.hfIlly hor0.
ABLY pure, vita tho rick Iess Of ho1
ness all about it ere L. can count IA
most and reap y heGFg harvest INT
God.
righteousness rs rectaude ina
IS 10 say e~reerness Bisatsouze e.
ii 4pri Illness. UDrlghtua
st aightness, nora ectiiHea mes;
Righteousness uleans not ani 3 pa
Four debs prompt 81. 10 keen we.
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