Evening journal., 1907-03-11
LIVES
IN MEN TO-DAY
Pastor of Washington Heights
breaches Powerful Sermon
to Large Congregation


Before an unusually large congrega-
uon at Washington Heights NJ. j..
Church last evening powerful and
eloquent sermon was preached by the
Rev. W. L. s. Murray. The speaker
selected as his text "Christ Liveth In
Ne"
The sermon. reported verbatim, was
as follows
Charles Lamb. an English poet and
essayist said: III Shakespeare We're TO
enter the room men would rise, but II
Christ were TO enter men would kneel'
Shakespeare appeals ichead Christ 90
the heart "rho Greek lxi0n the Arab
Karshish. tho savage Callahan, the
Catholic Guido, the Hebrew David, ana
the modern English Browning himself
each seeks TO find through the shadow,
and the thunder, and the earthquake
the God of love and compassion-the
God, not of the head. but of the heart
Christ is the God of the heart. He
might be in His church, but not in the
heart. He may be in the service m
the sermon and iu the song, and yet pe
standing as he stood in revelation at the
door of the heart sayings Behold /
stand at the door and knock, IT any
man viii hear nly voice and open the
door ] viii come in to him and VIII
sup with him and he with me- Here
the heart is mans home, his castle
where he lives. Christ will not break in
but will enter when man opens. Ihe
heart is also represented as a temple.
A temple originated and designed for
God. without Him IL fills itself with
vice and viciousness. Christ enters to
Illuminate and cleanse a. The apostle
saws. eye are Gods farm heid
without The farmer does not remnia
barren but fills itself with weeds,
briars and bushes A heart neglected
lans ITSELF with evil. Grace like grain
must be cultivated Christ enters the
heart not only for Illumination but for
lrevivication. Christ is the life OF the
soul. i'm source and essence. Because
In live We shall live also" The human
soul Is Gods truest temple. Man mas
I been consecrated as the dwelling place
of the most high. II Is a great Chris
/ tian fact that God is present every
I where but he is most clearly and most
lconvincinrlv manifested in humanity.
/ Christ became flesh ana dwelt among
men. now he dwolls iu the flesh OF men,
lincarnates himself anew, yea goes deep
or than the flesh or the soma or the
Ipsvche of the Greek philosopher he
Is never fully at home nor Is man ever
fully satisfied until Christ enters the
pneuma-the spirit. Man is the habi-
tation Of God through the spirit. This
Christ does through faith. Unbehef
lbars Christ out. Doubt persisted IN
arrives Christ away Faith invites. wa q
comes and causes him 10 abide. Christ
enters the heart 70 give strength Tho
inner man is weak. His responsible
ties and duties are great His tempe
tations and trials are numerous. His
/ discouragements and deprivations are
distressing Christ enters 10 strengthen
/ with might by his spirit the inner man
II There is no comfort like that OF the
Comforter the Paraclete. Christ Is ID
the heart not only to be an abiding
guest in this world, but 70 fiji the
heart with the hope Of glory. Mater
Iialism holds out no hope beyond death
Death Is the black river which mas
no bridge 1t Is the silent chamber
where there Is no companion but chrisl
enters the heart. the hope Of glory. IL
declares death Is not an end, it is on
a beginning. II is'not bondage' pu'
freedom 1t is not loneliness. but con-
genial companionship. It is not cossa-
ton OF effort. but increase and better
/ activity" Christ holds out this hope
lit is a glorious hope. 1t is Immortality