The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-17
THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR.. CORTLAND MYERS.
Theme: Sent From God.

Brooklyn, n. Y.-The Rev. Cort-
land Myers, D. D., preached his fare
well sermon Sunday night in the Bap-
fist Temple, and brought to an end a
s~ixteen-year pastorate of that church.
DR.. Myers will assume the ~pastorate
of the fremont Baptist Temple in
Boston, Mass, in the fall.
DR.. Myers said:
/ am going to preach to you to-
night from the very text that I
preached upon when I preached my
first sermon, nearly sixteen years ago,
In this city. (Not the same sermon,
because l have not seen it since, and
I only care to remember the state
ment of Scripture as an introduction
for this bit of TRUTH. John 1:6:
There was a nan SEN from God"
That statement was made concerning
n of the greatestpreachers of Christ
this world eve saw, and one who de-
serves to be pre-eminently the 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
unlooce 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, and
[ am very sure that it can truthfully
be made concerning this ministry. L
have never had 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 nee more that there was a man
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 to
prove that this world is the one world
where Almighty God chose to work
put the problem of human destiny
and human life, of the creature made
In His own image and likeness; and
we are turning to-day ven 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 it?
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 1t, to live in 1t and to
be made better by it and to find
there his fountain of joy and happi-
ness and comfort and rest and peace.
When God made this beautiful world
It did not fulfill His idea until man
came to live in it. The one supreme
element essential was the man, who
was tae one factor. the one clement
by which that which God had pAsnaaC
shenid be accomplished Ran rls
The ageDoy through wcich she gosDsl
at jesus Christ should accom- Isl i8
purpose Ga the w0rid Ilat lg IRA
( great statement TO - made concern
ms LDs raa Tha stands in s1s Ein
aOm u God Is 4 leader Fl ere riliss
try 10 his yellow men MS must BE-
arst, last and always a man q man
wlth every mask % rb6 n1nliity and
man wAo enters mo every c11i mon
Of the life of his fellow men anu l
should not consider that this minis
try had found its fulfllment unless
that statement could be made with
absolute truth concerning it. 1
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 its 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 Cod
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 of
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 when
following the holy command. Oh,
what splendid achievements would
take place in this part of Gods king
dom if the members of this great
church would walk right up to the
light in recognition of their divine
mission to save this lost world. God
is waiting for you. He has waited
for some of you half a century, u
He is emphatically waiting for your
Young manhood and womanhood to
reckon with the sent" elemen- in
human life. The one holy mission
for every nan and woman in the
kingdom of Christ is never less than
this-and l think you will have to
bear me out that it has always beeE.
without a single exception, the one
supreme purpose Of these years OF
my ministry among you-it has been
nothing less than to fulfill the mis-
sion of Jesus Christ in this world
and 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
spirit of Christ took hold of Mary
Magdalene and the Woman of Sa-
maria. and grasped that wonderful
life of Peter and lifted him up into
the AluSllHCSS anu 6AOAJ liz
hood; and that Divine Spirit of our
Lord went out in every direction for
the saving of His fellowmen.
Now, mark you, if His spirit is to
be mine and yours, then we must
in the coming days and years fulfill
His mission ito seek and to save
that which was lost"-nothing less
than that.
l am expecting it of you. / would
have the disappointment of an en-
tire life If you fall in this holy mis-
sion.
The purpose of this great church
of Jesus Christ is to save men. to
help our Lord to redeem His lost
world; to bring the Gospel to bear on
the sin-stricken lives Of our fellow
men.
If you lower the standard I shall
be disappointed. l shall think my
teaching and my ministry have par
TALLY failed.
sTh1-o uroo -. eonf from God -