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DR. CHAPMAN’S. SERMON
A,SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
PASTOR.SVANGELIST.
Subject: The Seeking Savlnnr nnit s Seek
ing Sinner—The San of M.n.WIth Teen
in Bin Km and Sorrow In Hie Heart,
le Trying to Sere lirerr One of U».
, Nkv Yobk City—The sermons of the
Rev. Dr. .T. Wilbur Chapman are now
heard and read by more people than nre
those ot any American pulpit orator. Hia
style seem* to hrve made a deep impres
sion on that portion of the public which
like* to read it* discourse in the weekly
paper. For these admirers Dr. Chapman
bar prepared the following sermon. enti
tled “The Seeking Saviour and a Seeking
Sinne*." It is preached from the texts.
,, 7.nnrtYlone mol-n tisatfl mil MmA fiflWTl **
Zaccheus. make haate and come down,
Luke 19: fi. "The Son of Man it come to
seek and to aave that which was loit,”
Luke 19: 10.
These two texts form a part of the atory
of the meeting of two men. each very dif
ferent from the other. The one is Zac-
eheus. the publican, a rich man beeauae he
was the tax gatherer and had defrauded
the people. The other ia the Son of Qod.
who was rich, yet for our Bakes became
poor. The one comes from the presence
nf God and the company of the angels,
the other down from the sycamore tree
and from hia doubt, and the reault of the
meeting of the aeeking sinner and , the
seeking Saviour was the salvation of the
sinner. This hss always been the result.
If any one reading this message is not a
Christian to-dgvy it is simply because he
Has not aouglltjChrist in the right way.
Ye shall Peek Me and shell find Me when
you search for Me with all your heart. In
the book of Proverbs when men seek for
God as they seek for silver or for any hid
den treasure then He will he found for
them.
It was my privilege once in Colorado to
enter what is called a pocket mine. 1
saw a man engaged in work there who was
pointed out to me as a graduate of Har
vard College, vet he was toiling away so
industriously thst he did not hear mv ap
proach in the mine, and when I asked him
why he was thus working he simniy
stooped down nnd gathered up a handful
nf dust and held it out at arm’s length «n
that the light in his miner’s hst would
strike npon it. and there T saw the glisten
ing particles of silver. This was more elo
quent than anything he could have said,
and the wise man snoke truly. Put two
locomotives upon the same track, both
going in the same direction and nt the
same rate of speed, and if the track is long
enough one cannot overtake the other ex
cept in case of accident, hut if they are on
the same track headed toward each other,
and one of them is going with the speed of
the wind, while the other travels with the
proverbial mail’s nace. it will he but n
short time before they will come together.
The -Son of Man has been a seeking Sa
viour alwavs. with tears in His eyes and
sorrow in His heart. He has been seeking
every one of ns. The very moment we
turn toward Him that moment He will
claim us as His own.
The division of the Hew Testament into
chapters is sometimes embarrassing. Hot
infrequently the division is in the midst, ot
a story. Sometimes between an introduc
tion in the story as is the case here. Turn
hack to the alose of the eighteenth chapter
of Luke end vpu read the story of Earti-
maeus. Mr. Moody used to describe one
of his friends stonpmg to say, "T hare rood
news for you. I hswe seen the Galilean
prophet, and I saw Him cause a man blind
as yourself to see. and He is coming this
woy speedily.” We can only imagine how
Bartimneus listened for the approach of
the Saviour, but finally when He did come
near enough he began to shout, "Jesus
Thou son of David, have mercy upon me,”
and the Master gave him his sight instant
ly. Following this healing of the blind
man a certain rich man in the city hearing
of the approach of this notable character
determined to see Him, hut as he passed
out of his office and mingles with the
crowd he realises that the task is hope
less. He is a man small of stature and the
others tower head and shoulders nbnvc
him, but suddenly a bright thought strikes
TT- k.:n ' ...i iL. l;_i
him. He Ivill go out along the highwav
and climb some elevation and then behold
Him as He comes near. So he climbs the
celebrated sycamore tree and waits for the
apnroiciiing multitude. At last his eve
lights upon the Saviour. A strange fascin
ation must have held him until suddenly
Jesus standing underneath the tree looks
up and says. "Zaccheus, make haste ana
come down, for to-day I must abide at thy
house," and he made haste and came
down, confessed that he was a (inner, nnd
immediately tha Saviour said, "The Son
of Man is eojne to seek and to save that
which was lost.”
L
He is the Son of Man. Whatever other
interpretation may be given to this ex
pression in Scripture this at least is true,
He is presented to us in such a wajf that
no one need shrink back from Him. I can
well understand how men could be afraid
of God. He holds the winds in His fists,
and in the hollow of His hand the seas
wash to and fro. but we need not be afraid
of the Son of Man. Homer tells us that
when Hector was parting from his wife
with all hia armor on he walked by boi>
side through the streets of the city until
he reached the gates. Following them
came the nurse with the soldier’s little
child in her arms, and as he turned to
leave them putting out his arms, having
kissed his wife he would take bis little
child to hia heart and say good-bye. The
little fellow looked just an instant then
burst into tears, threw hia arms about bis
nurse’s neck and refused to be comforted.
Hector had a ‘father’s instinct. Lifting
bis hand he removed the helmet from
which the plume was flying, and when the
child could see the face of his father he
smiled through his tears, sprang into his
arms, nnd Hector kissed him and was
S ue. So Jesus comes not simply as the
n of God, but as the Son of Man, or, as
it were, with the helmet and the plume
laid aside. He was the Babe of Bethle
hem, the man of Haxareth, the carpenter
laboring at the bench. He was temptco
in all points like as we are that no ono
might shrink back from Him. Then let it
not be forgotten that He came to seek. It
would be a great thing that He simply
came from the lost to seek them, but thai
is'not Scriptural, and it would be good
news if we could say that He game simplv
to look for the lost, but that is not accord
ing to the word of God. He is the seeking
Saviour by day and by night. With tears
in His eyes and blood upou His brow He
seeks the lost, and as they make their way
finally out toward Bethany where He is
to ascend from them all He tells them that
they must begin their message of the risen
Christ and His forgiveness at Jerusalem.
This must have been startling news -to His
disciples, for His enemies lived at Jerusa
lem. hnt the message of the Saviour waa
that forgiveness should be proclaimed to
them first. This fas* always been His
R irit. Then He came to save the lost.
icre is something about that word that
touches every one. A lost woman, a lost
mac, a lost child. There i« no heart: so
hard ae not to he stirred under aftch cir
cumstances. If we could but.understand
what the word means there would not be
a dry eye to be found among all my read
er*. Il one could say it aa God felt it they
would be obliged to speak the words with
sobs. Without Christ we are lost. With
out holiness, by this I mean the old Saxon
word wholeness, that man is not complete
whatever may be his natural qualifications
until Christ is his. We are lost to happi
ness. There is no such thing as real en
joyment for the man who has pushed
Christ out of bis life. There are passing
moments of pleasure, but abidiug pesee ia
not his. We are lost to heaven. It ia
not possible to find a text of Scripture in
which there is the slightest indication
giveu, if this text be taken in it* proper
connection, which would indicate that a
man mav ever enter into heaven in any
other way than through Christ.
A mother took her little child into an
eye infirmary in the city of Chicago. When
tfw doetor had looked at the eyes of the
child he gave the child hack to his mother
and shook his head, and in answer to her
inquiry said. "The child would bo stone
blind in three months.” She drew her lit
tle one up against her heart and then fell
upon the floor with a shriek. “My God,
my baby blind.” and this would be an aw
ful calamity, but then the Saviour has
said, "It'is better to be maimed and halt
•mid b'md rather than to he .lost,” and
every me ia lost without Christ; for all
such, the Son of Man has come seeking.
II.
Zaccheus. When our Saviour stood be
neath the tree He looked un full in the
face of Zaccheus snd said. “Come down,
and he came down from the sycamore tree
and from his curiosity, down from Ins
nride and his doubt, down to the feet of
.Tesus, and he found salvation. The best
thing that Zaccheus ever did was to come
down, nnd so will it lie for everv one of
you. 1 What can I do to he saved? Rome
one is even now asking, and there is no
more important question. According to
the Scripture you can merely live because
of your good works, and while in the one
place it is said. "Work out your own sal-
ration with fear and trembling, two
things must be remembered. First, this is
God’s message to Christians, nnd second,
we can only work out what has already
been worked in.
“Working will not save me,
Purest deeds that I can do,
Honest thoughts and feelings, too,
Cannot form my soul anew,
Working will not save me."
We must fast of all come down if we
would be saved. It is only by childlike
trust in Him and absolute confidence in
His word that we pass from death to life.
With some there must.be a coming down
from pride. We roust reach the place
where we will not fear what the world will
A young man in a former congregation
promised me that he would give up gamb
ling and accept Christ. Ho assured
me that his difficulty was his
evil companions, and he would never
he able to live a Christian life until
he could leave them. He was afraid of
what they would say, but at last gave me
his promise that he would confess Christ
the next morning. With one of his friends
whose influence over him was always bad
he walked to his place of business the next
morning, trying all the way to make his
confession, until at last the store was
entered and the word* were not spoken.
Finally by great effort he made his way
into the store, called bis friend back and
said. "I have made up my mind to be a
Christian, and unless you will go with me
I shall have to part company with you."
Tears came into his friend’s eyes and he
said, “It is the best thing you ever did; is
there any hope for me." There is no one
reslly worth having as your friend but
what would any the same thing. If any
one whose eye lights upon this page should
accept Christ and confess Him the same is
a coming down from morality, for what the
world call* morality doea not say we are
not saved because we are good, but be
cause Christ is nnd always has been nnd
our faith is in Him, snd every so-called
moral man out of the church ia against the
preaching of the minister and may be a
dangerous friend for the man* who is
weaker than himself, for we are our broth
er’s keeper whether we will or not. With
the moat of us it is a coming down from
sin. and we must give that up, for if we
regard iniquity in our hearts God will not
hear us, neither can He save us, but the
very moment we ere ready and willing to
forsake all known sin He gives us the
strength to do it. Just as too man with
the withered hand had no power to stretch
forth his hand, thst is in himself, but the
moment he had the will to do it Christ
gave him the power and immediately be
was healed. /
III.
The result. When -Tesus went to the
home of Zaccheus as He entered He said.
“This day it salvation come to this house.”
The greatest heritage a Christian child
ever had left to him is a Christian home.
There must have been a great change in
Zaccheus before he met the Saviour. I
doubt not he was selfish. I know he was
sinful. After his meeting with Christ his
whole family came to know God. There
could bo no better position for any father
to take than that taken by Zaccheus. "I
will wait until my boys grow up,” said a
gentleman to me recently, "and then we
will all become Christians together.” I
told h'm what doubtless he already knew
that Noah took his hoys into the ark by
going in first himself. The saddest thing
in the world is to see a family divided, and
divided by the most sacred things in the
world. In George MacDonald’s great book
on Robert Faulkcner there is a story aaid
to be founded upon fact of the father of
Robert Fauikener, whose life was irrelig
ious. His wife had done everything she
could to lead him to the knowledge of the
Saviour. Finally just before she died she
had a dream. Bhe left the dream for her
husband, which resulted in his conversion.
She said. "I dreamed that I bad died and
entered into the other world, and I
searched everywhere for you, Andrew, but
I could not find you. At last I came to an
abyss that was, oh. so very deep, but not
so very “wide, mad it was tinted with blue
like the blue of the sky, when suddenly
on the other side I saw yon. I gave a cry
that all the universe must have heard,
when suddenly taming abont I saw one
coming toward me. He bad a wonderful
face. He had on a garment which came
down to His feet, snd as He cams nearer
I saw in Hia hands and feet the print of
the nails. Then I knew who He was. and
I fell at His feet and cried out, 'Ob. Lord,
my husband, my husband!’ and He took
me by the hand and led me out over the
abyss and put our bands together, and
then He led us back again and wa were to
gether." In the atory which she left for
her husband she cautioned him to meet
her, and to give her no such disappoint
ment, and It is slid that he came, but if
we are not united in this world we shall
not be in the next. Between the saved
and the lost there is a great gulf fixed, and
no man can pasa over it. To-day, however,
is the day of salvation, and we may know
Christ if we will.
•• Papa, Why Don't ’Oo Prayt"
There is a beautiful little incident re
lated concerning the conversion of General
Clinton B. Fisk of bleated memory
The night on which the little incident oc
curred the General and his wife, as was
their custom, prepared their little son and
daughter for going to bed, and at the little
girl knelt down to say her usual evening
prayer at the General’s knee, she asked
God to bless her' papa and mamma and
brother, and then looking^ up sweetly in
her papa’s face she aaid: “Papa, why don't
'oo pray?”
These words spoken by his little dtugh-
Itself,
ter, who to him was dearer than life itseL.
so affected the General ai to change the
whole course of his remaining life, and
thus ha was led to the Saviour.
Prayer tbe Christian’s Breath.
Having a steadfast purpose to win the
prize of the high calling, much may be at
tained. Pure air ia a first essential to
growth. Without bfeath there can be no
fife. Prayer ia the Christian's breath.
Without prayer it is impossible to live
spiritually, much leas grow. Prayer, then,
is a first means of growth that the Father
has given us.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
A new cutter for King Edward, de
signed by Watson, will be built on tbe
Clyde.
Eight samples of lemonade analyzed
at Leeds, England, have been found to
contain lead poison. '
Two torpedo boats of the Imperial
German Navy will always be stationed
In future on tbe Rhine.
The engagement between Archduch
ess Marie and Prince Siegfried of Ba
varia bns been broken.
Orders have been Issued for tbe dis
missal of 8000 workpeople employed in
tbe French military factories.
Tliere will be a delay of seven or
eight months In tbe opening of the Sim
plon tunnel, which was originally fixed
for May 17,1804.
An estimate is made that tbe rail
roads of tbe country this year will ex
pend $400,000,000 In betterment, cut
offs, rolling stock, etc.
Tbe Russian Government has ordered
prlvatn maritime companies to dis
charge all foreigners who refuse to be
come Russian subjects.
Within the last fifty yean 184,589
persons have emigrated from County
Mayo, Ireland—nearly as many as in
habit the county at the present time.
American canned lobster is wanted
everywhere in Germany, but there
seems to be no efficient connection be
tween dealers and American producers.
Tbe fact that native labor la now
harder to get than ever in South Africa
is retarding the work of reopening the
mining enterprises around Johannes
burg.
A Utica (N. >.) baker* has been in
dicted and fined Under a New York
State law for permitting one of bis em
ployes to work more than sixty hours
In one week.
Georgia is the peach State of tbe
Union, having 7,000,000 peacb-bearing
trees. Next is Maryland, with 4,015,-
000, then New Jersey with 2,700,000,
and Delawure, with 2,400.000.
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In Nutal, South Africa.
Tbe-e nre 20,000 unemployed Ju tlie
Province of Mutansas, Cuba.
Laborers on the aqueduct nt Croton,
N. Y„ have been granted n ten-hour
day.
Laborers nt Holyoke, Mass., avoided
a strike by milting with the Protective
Union.
Ogden, Utah, labor unions nre suc
cessfully agitating n Friday half-holi
day movement.
Rules of Ihcir international organi
zation prohibit bnrlmrs’ unions from
participating in polities. •
Union miners nt Lafayette, Col., hnve
won their strike, the non-union men
consenting to join the unlca.
A movement is on foot to establish
n branch of United Typographical
Workers’ Union In Lewiston, Me.
Sau Francisco, Cal., upholsterers have
received nn increase of .’ray cents a
(lay under the new wage schedule, the
former rate being $3.
The bends of the telegraph depart
ment of the different railroads In In-
ilinnn nre trying to find some remedy
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.Employes of the Yonkers, N. Y„ olee-
trie road were granted an increase
from eighteen cents nu hour to twenty
cents after a strike lasting only three
hours.
In order to prevent farther strikes
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tute a- day’s labor on all Government
work.
Striking pluinliers at Clarksburg, W.
Va., have gained a victory. The scale
providing for a three-quarter day, with
double pay for overtime, has been
signed.
Demands of firemen on large lake
steamers for more men lu the tire hole
Is being generally met by tbe owners.
The new order gives three shifts ot
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TWO LYNCHED IN FLORIDA,
Mob 1 akes Prisoner* From Deputies
and liiddlo* them With Uulleta.
Manny Price, the murderer of W. F.
Brunson, together with another negro
named Bob Scruggs, were lynched
about two mllea from Newberry, Fla.
shortly after 6:30 o’clock Monday af
ternoon by a party of about 300 men.
The negroes were being taken from
Newberry to Gainesville by special
deputies, and the party overpowerd
them and took the prisoners away.
They were given a chance to confess,
which they did, and were strung on a
tree and their bodies riddled
Manny Price, who was well known
to the police In many parts of Florida,
was arrested In Folkston, Ga., a day
or two ago for the murder of W. F.
Brunson, the superintendent at the
Buttgenback mines, near Newberry.
Brunson was shot from ambush. A
deputy carried Price to Newberry Mon
day, and he was taken before Justice
Barty, and, upon examination, con
fessed that he had killed the superin
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cated Bob Scruggs, who had been ar
rested as a witness. Scruggs had been
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Affairs of Atlanta lnv?*tmcnt Con
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Tuesday a bill vis fil'd In the ofllco
of the clerk of Fulton superior court,
Atlanta, and presented to Judge J. H.
Lumpkin, asking for an injunction
against further operation cf tbe Equit
able Loan and Security Company, an
Investment company which has been
doing a big busln s* In Atlanta, and
asking for the appointment of a re
ceiver. An order was granted enjoin
ing the further payment of dues by
certificate holders and restraining the
company from enforcing any fines ar
forfeitures pending the litigation.
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