The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-03
WHAT is YOUR NAME?
IS THERE MUCH II It?
cortiancc With Your Good
Deeds?
WHAT NAME WOULD You nKEs
These Are Questions Propounded by
Rev. DIR. Maclaciiian Last Night Mt
Conclusion of IA Strong sermon

q AbsHftuStOh IL
whats in Name? 2" was the topic
of q sermon delivered by Rev. DR.. II,
ID. c. Maclachlan at Seventh-Street
Christian Church last night. The i1ea
of the preacher was to show that, not
withstanding Shakespeare assertion
that rose by any other name would
smell as sweet" there is a great deal
in name. He referred To the
changes Of names by Jehovah and ty
Christ as significant of the gooG- s'iat
men do. and urged his hearers to give
the Saviour the chance to change their
names in accordance with tn" good
they may do the world aud them
selves.
He took his text from Genesis ;.
20. and from Matthew l6; IS. Dr.
Maclachlan said:
There is common idea that mere
names signify little. But that is only
partly the case. 1t is, of course. true,
as Shakespeare says, that
"A rose by any other name would
smell as sweet
II matters little whether we CAN The
constellation of the Northern skies
Arcturus, or the Great Bear. or the
Plough or the Dipper. 1t Is still Just
a certain number Of stars arranged III
a certain order.
But there are some things 10 which
name makes a great deal OF jill
ference. tor name is then an inter-
t.retatiea.E point of Nis&r--l- makes
a great deal of difference WhetAer We
call the creation of the American re
public by the name of "Amefifun
Revolution or American Rebellion.
The one is the point Of view of all
81 he oil
point of view of the ministers of King
George. The same movement may be
called either reform" or "muckr1k-
ing" and j, makes all the difference
in the world which We call II.
\ name is Il noun--tho verbal SYM
bol of a person or thing. ana its bust
ess is to express. as far as possible
the essetiaI quality Of a thing, so that
men may know its real-Naiu@ ana
worth. Human names are, ~ coursT,
AS fallible as the points OF view they
express. but when God gives name
to anything. In anybody, we have the
absolute. infallibie point of view--thf.
real meaning and value of that thing
or person
There are three OUTSTANDING cases
recorded in the Scriptures where God
gave "A new name to individuals iii
view Of some crisis in their life
Abram whose name was changed TO
Abra ham; Jacob, who was called Is
Irael, and simon, who was surnamed
Peter. Let us study awhile each of
these divine renamings
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