The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-04

afternoon at Grace Church, this city.
There was present large congregation.
The minister took as his text: Jere.
miah 1875. Then how wilt thou do in
the swelling of Jordan, and as his SUBJ
ject, "Your Hiding place" In his dis
cussion of this subject Rev. Mr.. Taylor
discussed the lives of tour classes of
men, namely: The Unbelieter, the
Moralist, the Hypocrite and the World
ing. Under the first class he gave a
graphic account of the history of inf
deity, in the course of which he stated
that he could never understand the
viewpoint from which an unbeliever
read the profane history of each nation,
to say nothing of the sacred history.
There is no nation that has existed, the
speaker declared, during the world q
history, that has not looked out, for Q
better life to come than the preseat life,
no matter how low or ignorant that ma.
ton might have been. He alsoa6atder
this topic, gave brief account u the
swelling Of the river Jordan; there being
certain seasons of the year when 1t rose
to such an extent as to make it unsafe
for travellers to pass within its territory
because wild beasts inhab ited the wood
ed banks during this season. This his
torical reference, recorded in the bible,
| he applied to human life and likened it
to the time of trial and tenn ptation in
each mans life, because every man
must, sometime in life, meet the swell
ing of the Jordan.
Under the second topic, or moralistc,
Mr.. Taylor compared the religion of
John the Baptist to the philosophy of
the eminent Greek philosopher, Plato.
The latter, or Plato, said that we pos
sessed all IN our material bodies, that it
was mans duty to do right, but he
did not promise better life to come
The former, John the Baptist, and Plato
Mr.. aylor compared and plainly showed
that the philosophy of Plato had not
done much for the world, while that of
John the Baptist laid the foundation
for the greatest good in this life and
promised q life to come
The hypocrite, Mr.. Taylor said, was
the worst man in the world He who
would pretend to be friend to his fel.
low man, but secretely would try to
cheat him out of that which Justly be-
longs to him. Mr.. Taylor stated that
he admired frankness, and that when .
man was not Christian he wanted him
to be frank with it and say so, and not
pretend that he was, simply to gain the
confidence of his fellow man, in order |
that he might gain some advantage in
his worldly pursuits. He then COM
pared the hypocrite with other men.
In the last topic, or Worldlings, he |
discussed very plainly the delicate |
points of sin in mans life. He divided |
them into two general classes, sins of
avarice and sins of lust. J,
The avaricious man is the man who
sells human souls for money. He
values human soul less than the dol !,
lar. For this reason capital ia invested |
in the saloon, the dirty show and aii !
dens and dives where men visit to.6nd !
the low. MIR. Taylorgave ggaphisf
tration of q ship loaded with gold "a g
babies. In the midst of severe store1!
the captain said that the ship must be |
lightened of its cargo or else it would !
go down. Whereupon the avaricions
man said. "Throw over the babies;
So in this world men will make money
in the traffic of human souls. i
Under the head of sins of lust the
speaker declared that the man who
would ruin a human soul for human i
passion valued human passion more
than he did human soul. The man
who lives simply to crafty his appe-i
tites and passions will sooner or later !
find himself their slave. Gin the swell
ing of the Jordan" he will endeayor to |
make his escape only in vain. He can |
not extricate himself from the paws Of
the lion.
He closed his sermon by relating an
incident that happened in his own city, |
where lust got the best of a man. and
with all the horrors of the demon he
shoots his wife, the mother of his six
children.
At the conclusion of the sermon q |
short revival service was held and there
were several professions of faith.