The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-25
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.r from the pulpit ol the Plymouth
.. brooklyn. a.ivi-s tho danofni-
'u e more literal with the view.
..r, O." the end that all seeker. after
.... may - able to rrconcil. church
,blp and individual oonscienc.
..... ~ ro, they Relieve ir the divinity
...,. ur the infAlhhility % creeI He
thor" are multituds~ of good
.. .,siir the church. not because of
..... .vu thoughts 50 much - the narrow
,-- r' other peoples opinions
r.,.. was the man Or Rairsforri took
- .Nsmpl" The sermon was basel
.. ,i. ra,hbsI scere % Davil telling
= mon hls son and heir. To do his part
.. ..,arCIng the work he hal begun.
o.. E.lrsfOri went on to tell how David
BE-. bone his work and endearet himself
.. GOOD though possessing most Of the
~, %" ssii. the old Biblical story 81 q
r,. not Of an sngcl OF q devil but man
....l,'-.ating all the higher aspirations 81
b., time To such men. he intinnsted. the
,s.r.h must hook for strength and a us.-
o. aggressive life.
.pu away he said. with the mawkish
.-rr,msntalty that surrounds the church.
IL J" say that the church 10 out OF touch
NTH the time. The real religion of God
demands contact with the thought OF
'ua tame David could not build the
temple hecause he was man OF blood,
vet ms ideas led up to the thought OF
..acr that has become the essence OF the
7.hgion II Christ He left the work To
as son
You recognize what your forefatheru
dli IN scsnce. ART and literature. but
val Also realize the necessity OF carving
OPT" work on Growth n the central idea
o. religion and u can reach its full develop
nent only a. each e-neration adds to Il
me u the hest people In the church
interfere With the growth Of religion by
PIP slng changes. To cease to grow i
g. DIE
What has been accomplished 10y narrow
Moss N me generation. according to Or
kansf0rd. - accomplished by other
things when the need Tor narrowneas has
pass-d As an example he pointed To the
Pilgrims men who had wrought well.
bat he added. we could not live with
me - them to-day"
After speaking OF the multitudes who
are outside the church DR. Rainaford
.Ai that he believed there were too many
-rstrctions on church membership. He
sad that this will be eliminated largely
- the church comes To see more and
more hight
All who geek the truth he said.
should be able TO join with US We
need 70 remember that God L. revealing
himself 90 many outside the Church Of
tGrlst
pr Rainsford then suggested that all
seekers after truth who believe In God
p" admitted to membership. leaving their
belief in the actual divinity OF Christ out
NJ the question He said
Whatever our forefathers' duty was
IRA - % bring in those who are seeking
~" truth though as yet not numbered
10 christian fellowship We must do this
q We wouh build the Church 81 God with
living stones.
Dr Rainsford said that the day Of the
evangelist IL past. hut that there IL other
hat his absence from this country had /
made him conscious OF vast improvements I
~ its moral tone The changes had been |
arnaEing. and he prophesled a religious |
,"tNening. not because the Young men /
.r' going to church or joining the church.s /
more than ever but because they are /
shakluS themselves free Of creeds
h for creeds. he said that like old /
.F'u"- lHtl are merely nahesniItA tne /
'mreri""t short OF men 20 express truth. |
and that lt ~ the man. not the creed that |
counts
They must pass he said They were
rsf ~-sary IN thsir time. hut are hurtful |
nov The danger in America |
mat We are too easy going. too optim- |
st7 II We are going 20 serve God in this |
STRENUOUS age we must do 81 strenuously. |
and not take things too easily on the ,
sIpp"-Ition that they will work out ali /
1Er' IN the end