Category: Sermons

The letter killeth ; but the Spirit giveth life.—Paul. Last Sunday the attempt was made to point out some of the results that have come to society from the long and powerful administration of the letter of the Bible. History was asked to come forward with the facts bearing upon the case. A somewhat hasty […]

Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service.—PAUL. When one contemplates some great object in nature it is difficult to analyze and describe his emotions, but he realizes that he is brought into relation with something greater than himself and by this conta& he is drawn into a […]

While I was musing the fire burned; my heart was hot within me. Hebrew Poet. There was a time when a large part of the pulpit’s task consisted in instruction. That time has gone by, because the necessity for that kind of ministration no longer exists. The schoolhouse, the public libraries, the magazines, and newspapers […]

My Father worketh hitherto and I work.—Jesus. The knowledge that will hold good in working, cleave thou to that.—Carlyle. Having considered man as a being possessing thoughts and feelings, it is almost impossible to avoid seeing him as a being capable of many and varied actions. In the former survey, attention was held by the […]

Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them —Jesus. A few years ago it was predicted that our world was about entering an era of great physical and social tumult. The prophecy was largely based upon the fact that this planet, for a group of years, would sustain […]

“The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. We are saved by hope.” —PAUL. The doctrine of evolution possesses a two-fold merit. It is a rational explanation of the method of creation in the past and it is an encouragement and expectation for the present and the future. […]

Till we all come into the unity of faith, that we be no longer children tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine. -PAUL. The writer of this sentence was not only an ardent reformer, but he was also in part a philosopher. Beneath all variations, he saw a fundamental unity. […]

“Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. “How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts.” —Hebrew Poetry. One of the marvelous qualities of the world and the life of man is that of the beautiful. Difficult to define in exact terms, it may be partly described as something pertaining to nature and the […]

Whose fan is in his hand and he will thoroughly purge his floor.—New Testament. History is a record of names and dates and events, but it is something more than a mere record. Going deeper than the fact, it seeks for its cause. A true history of the Greek Republics and the Roman Empire gives, […]

“And the Lord God commanded man, saying, of every tree in the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat.” —Hebrew Writings. The story, of which these words are a fragment, is not peculiar to the Jewish writings. With some variations it appears […]