Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-25
lying OUR RELIGION
OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON
Service to Cod Implies an Intensely
Practical Employment Of Our Reli-
gious Faculties in Active Work.

Brooklyn, n. Y.-The Rev. Luther
II. Dyott, pastor of the United Congre-
gational Church, preached Sunday
morning on ''The Indestructible Foun-
dations.' He took his texts from
fRsalms xi.:3: 'If the foundations be
fstroyed, what can the righteous do?"
ebrews Kill (revised version: t"Faith
the assurance Of things hoped for,
ne proving of things not seen:" II.
Timothy i'll reyised version): Il
know whom I have believed, and am
persuaded that He is able to guard that
which I have committed unto Him
against that day." Mr. Dyott said:
We seek the solid and safe in the
things Of the unseen world. This is
of supreme Importance. Other things
in this connection are relatively i'm
poftant. They are to be thought Of,
and appreciated, and even sought,
found and kept. We must have them.
Room for the active life of a growing
belief is Indispensable. A place for the
sweet and sustaining comforts of the
larger hope of humanity is desirable.
The garniture Of refined and immortal
love is ever to be regarded as more
than mere luxury Of the inner life.
la comparative degree.
Tedious and temporary is the task
the theologian. Unsatisfactory is
the task Of the creed-maker. Small is
kthe task VIII re Earring sectaries"
learn their selfish interest to discern,
and. not unfrequently, to become ire
t.g-o3s in the name Of religion. Spas
ieiodic the task, and thankless the ef-
ort of the iconoelast. Feverish and
ktful, though somewhat sensational
and imperious, is the task of the sci
| enlist. But all who are concerned
about building character upon indie
| structible foundations and are actively
engaged in this work, are realizing thai
4 which is Of supreme Importance, as day
| by day, hour by hour, moment by mo-
4 ment, rises that "house not made with
hands" Here we must toll with cleal
understanding, magnificent courags
and unt!ring patience, Here We mus
be serious and certain.
It y q fine lntimation aud Aopefu
4 1ndicafion that, in some respects, q
/ least, we are equal to the demands
/ We do desire foundations which can
not be destroyed. Here we are serious
enough when we are serious at all
We do not wish to be deceived will
! reference to these things. We deiib
erately prefer not to have our fountain
Of life poisoned We object to th
destruction of the foundations of BE
Lief. Error, faisehood, deceit are bat
enough anywhere, but they do the mos
harm If admitted into the affairs Of re
4gion. He who poisons my body ma.
only affect the place where my rea
life sojaurns for little while, but b
who peisons my mind and my soul doe
me untold harm for eternity. He and
nay never be able to make satisfactor
repairs OF sOnae kinds Of destructiv
work. Most OF us think so. We d
desire the solid and safe things OF th
immutable verities OF truth which wi
stand the tests. IF the foundation
| be destroyed what can the righteou
do:"
The strongest emphasis of our time
especially in matters Of religion, is b.
ing placed upon the demand for th
! real. Notwithstanding the prevale1
superdciality Of our age, the quic
sales Of birth-rights for pottage, th
heated passion for pleasure, the gaud
show Of those who ssglory in appea
ance and not in heart;;'' notwithstant
ing the fact that we are living
"grievous tines when SO many al
''lovers Of self, lovers Of money, boas
full, naughty, railers, disobedient
parents, unthankfui, unholy, witho1
natural affections, implacable, slande
ers, without self-control, fierce, 10 10
ers of good, traitors headstrong. puffe
up, lovers of pleasure rather than 10
ers Of God, holding form of godline'
but denying the power thereof" no
. withstanding the fact that in the vel
church, itself, there are certain oscill
tory movements calculated to pertul
the life of some believers: .notWit
! standing all these things, and mar
more, still the underlying current is t
ward the fuller and freer life, and Il
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