Evening capital., 1907-05-06
WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
Such Process Means PrOgression-Se Sermon
By Bishop Mackay-Smith.

TIE Rt. Rev. Alexander Maekay-
Smith. d. D.. Bishop Coadjutor az
Philadelphia, preached the sermon TO
the midshipmen yesterday morning Al
| the services in the Naval Academy
| Chapel. The services of Morning
Prayer were conducted by the Rev.
III. ii. Clark. Chaplain of the Naval
| Academy. The choir of midshipmen
sang very sweetly. The congregation
| was very large many strangers be-
ing included in the number of wor-
| shippers. Secretary of State Oswald
| Tilghman. and Mrs. Tilghman, Miss
Carrie Warfield. the Governors S
daughter, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the
Presidents daughter, were among
| those present at the services.
Bishop MackaySmith took for mis-
text the sixth and seventh verses of
the seventeenth chapter of Acts And
when they found them not, they drew
Jason and certain brethren unto the
rulers of the city, crying these that
have turned the world upside down
are come hither also; whom Jason
hath received, and these all do con-
trary TO the DEGREES of Caesar, saying
that there is another king, one Jesus
The Bishop said lin part that the
Jews did not want to see the world
turned upside down and another king
than Caesar, and in our own time
people do not want To see the world
turned upside down, but ii is just by this
kind of process that the world pro-
crosses. The world is revolutionized
bvsturning il upside down. The world
is entirely wrong IN many of its
ways and the manner in which it is
revolutionized falls into one or two
categories, yiz:: first by ideas second
by habits and customs and methods
OF life. Both are difficult to accept
Christianity involves both kinds.
The Bishop cited many changes
that had been wrought in ideas, one
of which he said was that the world
was once thought to be a star the CEN
tire of the vast universe, but King
Science came and changed all this. lie
said the revolution of customs and
habits is stupendous and can only
take palce in steel and blood.
The Bishop said there is a kingdom
in every human heart. The king of
Mammon reigns and the all-absorb-
ing thought of the human heart is to
be getting, getting, getting-to get is
the object of the kingdom OF Nam
mon, but the object of everyshuman
heart should be giving, giving, Civ
ing. Begin to treat all your property
as something God has given to you.
You yourself are Trust from God.
The kingdom of pride reigns in
every human heart. The feeling in
each individual is he must impress
others with some kind of power, or
some kind of terror, and never give
in 10 Hs
abolished got to be turned upside
down. What a wonderful turuiI.s mp
side down the judgment day is goinp
to see. People who are honored and
distinguished now, whose names are
on every tongue and in the public
press, viii not be mentioned in the
Kingdom of God. but those who for
righteousness sake endured to the end
will be the bodyguard of the King
dom of God. Only as we make this
tremendous fight are we to overcome.
The Bishop spoke of the kingdom
of death, the last to be overcome. lie
said the grave was no longer a pit,
but pathway. The first Easter sun.
shine lighted up this pathway. Jesus
Christ has TUNED upside down the
kingdom of death and we thank
God for life an immortality. Chris
has come to overcome the gingdom of
this world and all are enlisted in the
fight against the kingdom of Mann
NOR, Pride, Self and Death. Be thank
full and join your voice in 'fThanks
be to God for His unspeakable gift
the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Bishop has pleasing person
ality, commanding presence and
speaks in a clear, distinct voice. His
sermon was without notes and was
presented in an earnest, forcible man
ner that impressed and pleased his
hearers. Last night the Bishop spoke
to the Young Mems Christian Asse-
citation of the Naval Academy and
delivered pleasing address in Rec
reation Hall of Bancroft Hall before
a large audience of midshipmen and
naval officers.