Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-27

ris, Pastor Of Central Church, Pre-.
sidine-colieetien For The Poor
Amounts to $50.
rnree hi1rdr .people today attend
ed the union T. nksgiving services of
the churches a. Central Church of
I Christ, when Re h Isaac N. Rich. the
new pastor Of tn. Friends church, drew
present-day lessons from the deferred
hopes of both ancient and modern days.
Dieffrent pastors of the city took
part in the service, Rev. c. H. Morris.
pastor OF the church where the service
was held, presiding over the meeting.
Music was furnished by a choir from
the different churches and Miss Ruth
Haines gave a solo, "One Sweetly So
lemn Thought"
Rev. C. E. Pilgrim offered the invo-
cation. following which Rev. r. C.
Westenberg read the Thanksgiving
proclamation OF Governor Clarke. Rev.
G. E. Albright led the responsive read
ing. Rev. R. F. Hurlburt gave the
prayer, Rev. C. G. Zeigler the scripture
reading, and Rev. B. F. Martin the plea
for charity. The sermon by Rev Mr.
Rich followed.
Rev. Mr.. Rich's Sermon.
Rev. Mr.. Rich spoke ON Hopes De-
ferred For Which to Be Thankful"
based on the text found in Proverbs
1912, Hope deferred maketh the
heart sick" Mr.. Rich said in part:
Amidst the shock Of Eden's fall, the
throes Of sins first pangs. hope was
born. tho it was hope deferred. Thou
sands of cycles must roll by before the
seed Of the woman shall bruise the
serpent's head.
Noah preached and builded for 12o
years. and his hope deferred perished
in the food, but his uncounted pos
tertty has not forgot the lesson ne
taught
'Abraham's faith and hope claimed
an inheritance full Of blessing, and a
posterity unnumbered as the stars. His
deferred hope was Jesus who brought
life and immortality to light. 1t has
made his descendants to possess the
gate of their enemies. the golden gate
thru which flows earth's treasures.
"Josephs deferred hope saved his
own people, put his bones in hallowed
ground, preserved the worship OF the
one true God.
Kadish- -Barnea, yet while this long.
grinding delay broke his heart. he
found time to formulate those funda-
mental laws which shall rule all civil
lied peoples unto the very end of time.
His death song has no equal in litera-
ture. David's hope deferred shone in
his greater sons temple, with a glory
transcending ali earthly limitations. a
fitting type of the one made without
hands.
"David's hope shall be consurnmated
when the fruit of his BODY shall sit up
ON MS throne and rule the nations in
one universal dominion of peace and
righteousness that shall cover the
earth as the waters cover the sea- and
shaN project itself into eternity. Then
David's hope shall bring in a thanks
giving cay not annual, but eternal.
Ihen shall be assembled not the few.
put the innumerable throng which John
the divine saw. David and jeremiah
were men of hope and vision, but they
mad to pass on before their hopes were
realized.
Isaiah's visions were not for his
ase,yet they We're gospel revelations in
spiring hope and JOY in the heart. OF
his people, and call for our thank<giv.
ing today. How his soul must have
been sickened as ne looked upon his
sin-cursed nation, saw her imperd,np
doom. and hoped against hope for the
coming Of the rod out Of the stem of
Jesse
Jesus. weeping over Jerusalem, saw
its hopeless future, and saw what tho
rejection his own people gave him must
bring to them when his blood should be-
upon them. Paul. bound, going un 20
Rome, was to realize his cherished hone
to see the saints Of that city. But what
limitation that chain put upon him. ana
thus deferred his hope OF preaching the
sospeI everywhere. Yet We. today.
shouH thank God for such divine
proVloence intervening and giving him
the time to write those epistles which
were TO inspire, guide, and instruct the
church in all coming time.
John, the beloved apostle because
o1 ms delayed hope in his translation
gave the world his gospel Of love and
.nose letters which have no equal in
the sacred writings. He also gave us
>i"i1S, tic story OF Jesus and hia
churches militant and triumphant.
The deferred hope OF the apostles
and the early church as to the speedy
coming of Jesus. gave them a holr zeal
and inspired a rushing CONQUEST OF
this old world, to make ready for the
triumphant return Of their master.
That host Of heroes who freelv rave
up their lives for witness to Jes,.
and for the increase OF his KINGDOM.
made their sacrifice on the altar Of de-
ferred hope. and enrolled their names
on the archives OF the earth and hea-
ven.
George Fox, behind prison bars,
round time to write the thoughts he
had been proclaiming from haystack
to steeple house, in markets and in
fairs, and was thus able to put in
permanent form the openings his mas
ter had given him.
John Bunyon. from Bedford's jail,
blazed the christians highway from
the City OF Destruction to the Beulah
Heights OF the Holy City.
The Pilgrims on bleak New En1.