Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-12-10
THE PULPIT.
4 scHot ARly SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR.. 8. EDWARD YOUNG.
Subject: Mountain Taught People.

Brooklyn, N. EVERY seat on
main floor and in the gallery was
filled Sunday in the Bedford Presby--
terian Church, and chairs were placed
In every~ayailable space to accommo-
date the large audiences that wished
to hcnr the new pastor, the Rev. Dr.
s.. Edward Young. His subject was:
1Wanted-People Taught on the
Mountains Of God to Toll in the Low
lands of SIM" The texts were from
st. Luke 9:33, 81 and 38: master.
it is good for us to be here: and let
us make three tabernacles.
When they were come down from the
hill, much people met Him. And
behold, a man of the company cried
out, saying, Master, beseech Thee,
look upon my son." DR.. Young said:
Wanted-People taught on the
mountains of God to toll in the low
lands of sim Our best training, our
Eoblest service, is neither up there
altogether, nor down here altogether;
but consists in uniting wisely the
dreamer and the doer, the mystic and
the practical man. How many art
reprints cut Raphae1's sermon in the
middle by showing only the top half
OF his "Transfguration!" You may
well extol the composition of that
portion, its design, its expression, its
grace. Above the adoring trio of
disciples see that portrafture OF
Christ beyond which human genius
probably cannot go. Yet with you
| ought to 1inger quite as persistently
the scene Raphael crowds at the foot
Of the mount-the pitiable lad, the
| agonized father, the eager multitude.
the Knockers and the sorely harried
nine disciples-Raphael' way OF
| writing underneath "The upper glory
Is needed down here" Let helpers
come from the highland country. Oft
times OF the material hills men have
flashed into earth's valleys for daring
| :onquests. Their lungs had the ozone
land their limbs the litheness and
their Wills the boldhess born OF lofty
attitudes. From Sinaitic plateau
Moses will break into low-lying Egypt
and redeem his race. From Tabor OF
Olivat or some other prayer-moun1
Jesus will arrive every morning II
spirit renewed. The missionary en-
lterprise is never from dead level t
dead level. but always from thu
heights OF God to the quagmires O
men.
| To be most useful In the hurry AMI
I struggle O1 Jul tWO0t4O(A SOAkO4J AAA'
you require a Hermon Summit OF thu
mind, a spiritual sanctuary where
unto you again and again resort. NJ
mortal's steady work can be beautiful
|. or sublime enough to escape the nee'
Of this heavenly retreat. Would yo1
, not say that Charles Dickens SAN
. further than some of his character
and remained merely a character
! sketcher, not a character-builder. be
. cause he lacked the relief that come
by being away awhile from ones tas
} and ones self? He was buoyed u
1by the popularity OF his books, by tn
> thunder he made, by the moEey b
got, by the cheer of his friends
) these gone, his cup was empt.
Happy are those who find surcease {
1.-The worlds clamor in reading al
: 'thors who uplift and SO shelter in tt
sanctuary of literature. Blessed al
s such nature loving spirits as can
< ttain fine elevation and a serene ou
T look if only they catch a glimpse
blue sky or feast their eyes upon II
! tuster Of the stars. Most blessed a
: they Who, whereseever placed, ha7
: learned to meet with God. to kes
their tryst with Him, to see His Ia
). and be filled with His vision for thel
No recent religious movement proI
d ises more, am persuaded, than Il
s worldwide banding ogether CT fe
q dis. pies here and there to obser
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