The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-02
MORAL MAN HAS NO HEIGHT
Or. Breeder Says Ideal Person
Lacks One Dimension
RELIGIOUS REGENERATION NEEDED
DIVINE DESCRIBES CORNELIUS
FOR EDIFIcATIoN OF
CHURCH eoERs.
RELIGIOUS REGENERATION NEEDED

Religious regeneration as well as
moral conduct is an essential requisite
of salvation. was the central thought
in the sermon of Evangelist Breeder.
yesterday evening.
DR.. Fowler of the Baptist church
sang a solo which added greatly to the
effectiveness Of the service at Central
Christian church.
DR.. Breeder took for his text the
18th, 18th and 18th verses of the 18th
chapter of the Acts. He said in part:
This issan account of how a NOR
alist. a devout man, a man of deep
thought, of honor and integrity, was
copied the truth in all its purity
Cornelius was a centurion, or a cap
tain in charge of a company of Ro-
man guards, called the Italian band.
He was every inch a soldier; a man of
great bravery and superb courage, and
in every part of his character he had
the bearing of a good, loyal soldier.
But he was something more than a
soldier in the ordinary meaning of
the term, especially as soldiers were
in the days of Rome, for he was a de-
vout man, a man who believed in
prayer. And he was an exceedingly
benevolent man. something that the
soldier was not in those ancient days.
1t is gathered from the facts of the
case that he was a proselyte to tho
Jewish faith. He had been heather.
but being converted he became a de-
vout and consistent adherent of Juda-
ism, obeying the law in every particu-
truth, as ne saw it.
Measured by modern standards,
Cornelius was a really good man and
a great deal better than the moralist
of our day, for the moralist of our
day does not pray, neither is he par
ticularly benevolent, and l defy him
to measure up to the standard OF
that glorious man. The moralist OF
today may be a good citizen, but Cor
nelius belonged to a class by himself
He had all the requisites except the
one fact of conversion, and it was nee
essary for God Almighty to visit Peter
in a vision in order that the honest
brave. devout and loyal man should
have his eyes opened and receive the
truth. Being honest he desired that
he be instructed in the right way, for
he had an inward consciousness of the
fact that something more was needed
TO make him the perfect man that ne
struggled to become. And the angel
commanded him to send for Peter TO
come and instruct him, and this com
mand was no sooner given than it was
obeyed
"He shall tell thee what thou art
commanded to do the angel told Cor
nelius. What is the latitude and long
itude of a moral man-life? The moral
man is like a cube going out laterallv
to those about him and his relations 70
the world outside are perfect, but with
the latitude and longitude of his life
in perfect shape only two-thlrds OF the
man is developed, for the moral man
has no altitude; the one that looks uI
and takes hold on the things OF COO
Moral life has a good deal OF LATITUDE
and longitude: it has a broad and ex
tended field to operate in, but 1t Is
&c
hopelessly devoid of an altltude' IL l.
of the earthy. earthly. Moral lie Is
ono of accretion; it gathers from With
ont but the spiritual life is germ
which grows, expands and develops
from within.
"Cornelius was a beautiful crystal N
lovely setting; one that all HAL
bind oan admire: but as Henry Drum
mond said. the dead crystal lncreas
ns While the living organism grows.
He had not the germ which grows 1li'e
vigorous life and is capable OF ABSORB
ing the food that sustains ana eN
hands spiritual life. The morahst Il
in the mechanical world. increasing
o,,,. hecause he is compelled by Ms
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extarnal relations to increase. He
governed by fixed and immutable laws
but the Christians world is a vital one
growing. expanding and developing
He was a splendid moral character
and I would not ahate one Jot OF villa
was due him, and 1 only exalt MIN u
show YOU that even with his glorious
uualities, how sadly deficient ne wa
in the fact that he was not conVer'eu
when Peter preached his sermon
If was one that had all the essentia
features that belong to the plan o
salvation. He taught faith repe"'
ence and obedience to the niahua' e
IF Christ. and after the Roman cen
turian had heard him he eApreSse'
himself as ready to be baptlzeo VIII
oil his house. After the preacnihs
Peter. the Holy Ghost was Sent W"
nnon them all. thus showing Una 'ii