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THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR.. CORTLAND MYERS.
Theme: Sent From God.

we'll sermon SUNDAY HiSuI J IHe Lap
fist Temple, and brought to an end g
sixteen-year passionate of that church
DR.. Myers will assume the passionate
of the fremont Baptist Temple in
Boston, Mass, in the fall.
DR.. Myers said:
I am going to preach to you to.
night from the very text that ]
preached upon when I preached my
first sermon, nearly sixteen years ago
in this city. mot the same sermon,
because l have not seen it since, n
/ only care to remember the state
ment of Scripture as an Introduction
for this bit Of TRUTH. John l:6:
There was a man sent from Cod
That statement was made concerning
one of the greatest preachers OF Chris,
this world ever saw, and n who de.
serves to be prominently b pat
tern for every other man who stands
in the holy place of a minister Of
Jesus Christ. That statement was
made concerning a man who said that
he must decrease, but Christ must in
crease; that he was not worthy to
unloose the shoe latchets of his Lord,
and who said: Behold the Lamb OF
God who taketh away the sin OF the
world" That Statement ought to be
made concerning every ministry, n
I I'm very sure that it a truthfully
be made concerning this ministry. J
have never had n Interrogation
mark thrust against me all these
years in that relation, and so I stand
tonight, at this sacred moment OF
my life, and in my ministry, to say to
you once more that there was a NAL
sent from God to the life of this
church. The result of scientific re-
search as to whether other heavenly
bodies are inhabited has been tG
prove that this world is the n world
where Almighty God chose to work
out the problem Of human destiny
and human life, Of the creature made
in His own image and likeness; and
we are turning to-day even on scien.
tifc pages toward the Garden OF
Eden, where God walked in the cool
of the day with a man as companion
in hottest fellowship. I might have
a beautiful house full Of luxury, and
comfort, and artistic, taste, but one
great element in the life OF the home
is lacking. What is 1t?
The great feature Of a home is not
the furnishings or the comfort; the
great demand is a man to enter the
home, to use it, to live in it and to
be made better by it and to find
there his fountain Of JOY and happ1'
ness and comfort and rest and peace.
When God made this beautiful world
1t did not fulfill His idea until nal
came to live in it. The n supreme
element essential was the man, who
was the one factor, the n element
by which that which God had planned
should be accomplished. Man was
the agency through which the gospel
of Jesus Christ should accomplish its
purpose in the world. That Is the
great statement to be made concern
ing the man who stands in the king
dom of God as a leader in the minis
try to his fellow men. He must be
first, last and always a man; a mar
with every mark of the nobility and
loyalty of manhood about him; a
man who enters into every condition
of the life of his fellow men and ]
should not consider that this minis.
try had found its fulfllment unless
that statement could be made with
absolute truth concerning It. j
would not want to feel that any part
Of my life had been separated from
any part of your life. All that there
is Of man at his best, a natural, nor
NAL, God-marked man, should be at
the centre Of this Christian ministry.
Every sermon ought to have running
through it's veins the rich, red blood
that runs. through the veins OF the
minister who breaches it.. There Is
one requisite above all others, If we
are to be victorious, and that Is God.
felt nobility Of Christian manhood
in the ministry of Jesus Christ.
There was a man sent. 1t Is a
great moment in any human life
when we come to the recognition o.
our supreme mission; when every
thing else in life comes to be second.
airy to that which holds the first
place as the purpose and mission OF
life. Paul, C~hrysostum, Savonarola,
Luther, John. Knox. all felt the
mighty impulse Of the mighty mis-
sions on which they were sent Whep
following the holy command. on.
what splendid achievements would
take place in this part Of Gods king.
dom if the members OF this grea'
church would walk right up to the
light in recognition of their divine
mission to save this lost world. GOO
is waiting for you. He has waited
for some Of you half a century, Dut
He is emphatically waiting for your
-oung manhood and womanhood tc
reckon with the sent" element IN
human life. The one holy mission
for every man and woman IN the
kingdom of Christ Is never less thar
t. Island I think you will have to
hear me out that it has always BEEN
without a single exception, the one
ST. oreme purpose Of these years OF
nv ministry among you'll mas Deen
n thing less than to fulfill the mis-,
stu of Jesus Christ in this World
ard to seek and to save the lost. -,
IF any man has not the spirit OF
Christ he Is none of His" The spirit
of Christ pushed its way against
every broken heart, every battered
life. every bruised soul; against the
leper, the blind, and the lame; the
shirt of Christ took hold of Mary
MI gdalene and the Woman of sa,
ma:ia, and grasped thct wonderful
life of Peter and lifted him up into
the kingliness and glory of his man,
hood; and that Divine Spirit Oh ou1
Lord went out in every direction 1oi
the saving of His fellowmen.
Now, mark you, if His spirit is te
he mine and yours, then we musi
in the coming days and years fulhl'
His mission Ito seek and to save
that which was lost"-nothing less
than that. :,