Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-21
INSTALLATION OF THE
REV. NJ. S. WHITE.
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| life brought under religious influence
| has to do with the. whole of life,
| wholly of the Lord. Not only must
| the priest be holy, but the people.
| The blessings of the Gospel are for all
Christian people We do not believe
in a spiritual democracy; distinctions
do not obtain in religion. God lays
down the same standard for all mems
lives, and the same God is going to
Judge all men alike. We make mis-
takes, said the preacher, in associat-
| ing religion with certain things. We
have habit of dividing life into
sacred and secular, judging one by
the one standard. the other by
another Life is either all sacred or
all secular. He referred to the text
BELLS on the horses" should have up
on them Holiness unto the Lord" He
said this meant commercialism should
be holy The day is coming when peo-
| pie will be just as religious in the
| home as in the church. The ideal
! Christian life was lived by Christ both
as a carpenter and when He became a
preacher. He made plows before He
made parallels, but He brought into
| both the holiness of living. There is
coming a day when the religious life
will permeate all things, when man
will do penance because he has look
| ed angry upon his brother man, or has
put the largest berries on the top of
| the basket The day is coming, said
| Dr. Coming, when religion will per-
meate the deck and bridge of a bat
tleship as it does a church, and each
will be as sacred.
He spoke of the conditions of the
present war and asked HAS there ever
| been a time when a whole nation was
ready and giving itself willingly to
subdue unrighteousness? p to fight for
the Brotherhood of Man and against
the principle that might makes right.
If you are going to get religion into
| the home, into the municipality, you
have to carry it there The day is
| coming when righteousness is to be
established IN ,the earth He said in
| closing: We may exalJ that righte-
BUSINESS. and we may Grown Him Lord
of Ar
= Charge To Poster.
The charge 10 the pastor was de-
liyered by the Rev. John w. Douglas,
| pastor of the Roland Park PTesbyter-
| ian Church. Baltimore The pastor,
fRev Maurice s. White who occupied
a seat in the congregation, arose and
was recognized by the speaker, who
said it was poor grace to give advice
to a minister Il was saying "Physi-
clan, heal myself" but the charge he
would deliver could be comprehended
| in the words of St Paul You are an
ambassador of Christ"
The preacher defined ambassador rs
a representative, as a messenger, and
said the minister is a Heavenly repre-
sentative, a Heavenly messenger. An
ambassador is of the first rank Moth
ing brings man so near to God rs a
good man. An ambassador is the high
est of representatives, he is first in
Gods consideration. He stands SUI
premely for the personality of the
King. An ambassador is a reconciler
so is a minister. He hears the cause
You cannot keep the people together
unless you understand both sides, and
hear both There is nothing to be
gained by lowering the standard OF
Christ An ambassador must be q
diplomat, he must exercise diplomacy
1t is not possible to bull-doze anybody
into religion There is nothing so in
vulnerable in the world as the true
minister of Christ. No man can lay
hands on him. The eternal God is his
witness, and under him are the ever
lasting arms. Men who will moi
listen to diplomacy must listen tC
force. A minister is Gods first repre-
sentative, backed by His Grace. Hc
leads, you are sure to follow.
DR. Douglas spoke earnestly and
forcefully and his remarks in the
charge to the pastor made deer
impression.