The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-03-08
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.

eTeu III bIO'hls u idi SNot huuitN iuHi'
the Academy of Music, which was
Overcrowdcd Ii was estimated In ad'
vance that this subject would draw II
larger crowd than the Tabernacle
would accommodates The other meet.
ings Of the day were held in the Taber.
nacle We report Pastor Russcll's dis
course from the text foregoing. as fol.
lows:-
II Is difficult to please everybody.
The duty of a Christian minister is to
seek chiefly TO please the Lord. Let
the words Of my mouth and the medi-
tatlons Of my heart, be acceptable in
thy sight, o Lord, my strength and my
Redeemer" psalm xix, ~. Our min
isterial friends seem TO be annoyed be-
cause we preach the "d0CtrinCs" of
Christ. In substance, their sentiment
is: Brother Russell, To you not know
that In the fashionable topics of our
day d0ctrMcS are tabooed by the great
ministers of all denominations? In
stead. as you perceive from the news
paper announcements. II Is now quite
the thing to discuss political. scientific
and sociological doctrines. You should
give the public lectures on subjects
like these: Social Democracy; Rapid
Transit In Brooklyn, from the text,
MANY shall run to and fro:" Female
Suffrage; The Boys' Brigade; The Best
Novel of the Year; The Narrow Way
OF the Bicycle Rider; VIII the Conner
Sweep the Earth with Its Tail; Can
Football Survive, etc; or occasionally.
for effect. gently rake the rich on bet.
ter housing for the poor, or belabor the
Trusts for sOuifng prices OF food. Such
topics MS these, Brother Russell, inter
est the Christian public In our dny.
And the public constitute our principal
congregations when we lift our largest
collections. The only people who will
be interested in the doctrines you are
preaching are the old fogy. out-ofdate
folk, and you will find the majority OF
them poor In this worlds riches. For
PHYS sake stop teaching the "doCtrtaeS
of Christ! Doctrines were good
enough IN the days Of Jcaus and Paul
and Calvin and Luther and Wesley, but
the people are not accustomed TO them
nowadays.
J have no fault 10 find with my
Christian brethren In the ministry OF
the various denominations. II is not
TO me, but TO the Lord, that they must
give an account OF their stewardship
OF their grand opportunities for decIar
Ing the Gospel Of Christ 40 their
own Master they must stand or fall
II Is not for me to forbid them becau5e
they follow not with us. II IL for
each one who stands as an ambussa-
dor OF Christ and OF God TO follow his
own convictions faithfully. Besides.
am assured that many OF them are
loyal to the core.
1t Is my understanding that, M u
minister Of the Gospel, | should take
for my guide In this matter the In
gtructlons OF my ordination. Like st
Paul my ordination TO preach the Cos.
pei was from the Lord. I must preach
the message which believe he has
given me Il Timothy II. u, Az his
ambassador | must preach The Word
following the example OF the Lord and
the Apostles. As they avoided poll,
lies, 80 must l. Az they avoided vain
philosophy and "scicnce falsely &c
called" SO must |. AZ they preached
the doclriHcs OF Christ so must f.
whether men hear or fOrbear TO hear
! remember the words OF Sc. Paul /,
Timothy; Preach the Word,
with an long-suncrlng and d0oiriHc
For the time will come when they vii
not cndure @Hai dDcirige: but after
their own preferences they shall gath
cg teaclcrs 10 thomselyes; having itch
iae ears they shall turn away thalr
cors from ha Truth and SHAH he turn
cl un.o fatlcs" on Timothy Is, 2-D,
There Is a Reason.
There mu be reason why Clra
tign preachers ANA their hearers hay
abandoned tnt study of The Doclflac
~ Christ s,t forth hy the Apostle
and prsphetA IS 60 net because me-
DO longer believe tno-c d0cFmey2 I
Is not true tbat thc College md SOM