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fHE PULPIT.
E |!Je Q SUNDAY SERMON BY
AN REV. j0EL B SLOCUM.
t -
ggbject : The Church and the Men.
ofnriav J Church morning by in the the Rev. Greenwood Joel B.
r, Em, whose appeared text was in Ezekiel the cherubim 10.-8:
nd there man’s hand under
form of a
their imons wings, Mr. Slocum said,
other things:
It is significant that in the midst
f the complicated celestial forces re¬
galed to of Ezekial man’s there hand was v»tder the the ap¬
pearance a
Supporting of the cherubim, as though
their Hlght.
There has never been a time when
the multiplied machinery of Chris
t anity did not disclose, somewhere,
the hand of a man. Never was the
presence and power of that hand,
and all that goes with it, more needed.
o,iin tn now. No reflection is intended
upon the great host of faithful
women and earnest men who, in all
ages, have carried forward the bur
dens of the church; but the need of
the hour is more men. I saw, the
other dav, in the window of a grocery,
this brief but pressing request:
“Wanted— A strong boy.” And the
thought flashed upon me that we need
In our churches strong boys who will
crow up to he strong men. Not
strong hoys to tarry awhile in the
Sunday-school and then graduate
away from it and from everything
else connected with the church, but
hoys who will stay and put their
manhood where it will continue to
count for the most.
We are facing a somewhat startling
f ac t_the fact that, as a rule, men
do not go to church. Vastly more
serious is the fact that the church no
longer enters into the serious con
eideration of most men. Mine is not
the mission of the alarmist and the
pessimist I do unpleasant not seek truth. to over¬ It
emphasize an of this
is the purpose the speaker
morning merely to look this condition
squarely in the face as he passes to
some other considerations. It is
enough for our present purpose to
recognize that the men are not with
us; and, without discussing the rea¬
sons for their absence, hasten to con
icern ourselves with the all-important
business of bringing them back.
The church that succeeds in this
great restoration will be the church
whose all-absorbing objective is the
kingdom of God. “But,” exclaims
teome hearer, “do you mean to imply
that any Christian church could have
|any other goal than the kingdom?”
[Most assuredly that Is my implica¬
tion. Have you not known a church
whose aim was centred, not in the
kingdom, but in the church, the local
organization I itself?
There is great danger lest we miss
the proper point of view. It is one
thing to be so absorbed in the pros¬
perity which of the Individual members church to lose of
bight we are as
of anything beyond its advance
pent. feee, with It. is clear quite vision, another the thing majes¬ to
so a
tic opportunities and obligations of
the kingdom of God, that we shall
never fall into the error of supposing
lor on instant that even so sacred an
Institution as the church itself can be
pther than a means to that sublime
nd.
I would not leave the impression
hat the Christian is to be a vision
try, and, fixing his eye on some tar¬
iff glory, succeed in neglecting a
learer duty.to his church. But I do
nean to suggest that the church
hat accomplishes the return of the
non from their exile will be the
ihurcli that is so moved by a spirit
if devotion to the great ultimate pur
>ose of carrying forward the kingdom
0 'ts earthly culmination, that non
ihurch men will catch the irresistible
icntagion of such a motive and join
'anks with the advance guard of the
loldiers of the cross.
There is recorded in, Chronicles a
Much of patriotism that has always
Bade mv blood course a little quicker
"'hen I have read it. I refer to the
lathering of a mighty host of war
'lors, veterans all of them, who came
kom near and far, animated by a
soreraon purpose that made them one.
[hat png. purpose The brief was to make thrilling David
(arrative and yet
is thus concluded: “All
fcese men of war, that could keep
P n h. came with a perfect heart to
Bebron, to make David king over all
Fnel; and all the rest, also, of Is¬
rael were of one heart to make David
png.”
The members of the Christian
narc h 'will one day come together
r .‘ ■' a Perfect heart to make Jesus
And when they do, the cita
® ls of sin will topple into dust and
“ 9 royal diadem of the world’s sur
snder will be put upon the brow of
11 r Lord. There is yet much to be
ane - The forces are only gathering
r the final advance. If all who
n keep rank will take the field, not
° r self-glory and not even for the
O r >' of the special church, but for
o glory and triumph of king,
our
rp ■‘prehend victory is assured. Then will ruth, we
a the imperishable *
i ; men do not now p. our
hi Ir °v! es are nee ded by these same
Unof es - D °t primarily to swell the
MObership f Ses and meet the current ex
- hut to enlarge the* army of
L. e w po with singleness of spirit
L Moving on to make Christ king,
t Us take our inspiration and our
Im 6 * rom Him who made no at
PTh t to found visible church, but
rL-^ a
V0 His very life to inaugurate
L; | -ady i Ual ki n "dom. The church is
P duty organized; it now becomes
»use of to fling it into the great
' is the subduing the world to Him
living head of the church.
, ! s leads me* to say that the
, •will _.that be secunes the the return develops of the
"tense church that
enthusiasm for humanity.
aot merely because they are men
U e "ant them back, but because
L.j v ar f. among those for whom
died. I am not filled with
■ - at the prospect of a manless
n It would still be an effective
"ion committed to a great
, «Q, I am not so much afraid
‘ at win happen to the church
I am concerned will
about what
1 '.J 1 t0 the men who thus ignore
privileges of their life
we some hopeful signs of
8 ! nd * cations f avor the lm<
presshm fh J! at t he church is awaking
closed to her P th° rtUnity * lf
at th ' you l00k
Jesus vm, ,f. record n0t 1)6 long of the in d,scov Bfe of
ering that He h not satl sfled with *
the conditi nd JL t,ons that everywhere
vailed 8 W ^ 0le stren pre
lutelv rnrfcI Kth was reso
a samst the tide of igno¬
red%o m,!!! n iL * WOrl(!liness 6 ? men t0 that destruction. thrp at
He B CC ^ e ^ ed as no since
hn<! i‘V»5 in ’ one ever
ng Personal Illustration of
we fnrm!^ do not 0 a,? ow 63118 ourselves by advislng to be that
[° ?. € J ^ this con
r world, but transformed
within SUred by thS spiritual forces
uB
The mission of the church is not
ormed to the customs and
fn in tbA the midst ° f of this this age ’ but to effective stand
agency for age as an
the regeneration of so¬
ciety. Not to be a lump of clay to
be molded in the fingers of every
w passing ta trickster, but to be an artist
a great ideal and a trained eye
and hantl to execute his will on the
waiting marble.
The work of the church does not
grow more easy, but when she comes
into her rightful heritage—the con¬
viction of her divinely ordained privi
n? i? s tbe i° ver of men—then she
will begin to realize her mission. But
first, last and always, she will gain
her adherents in the ratio of her
enthusiasm for and devotion to hu¬
manity.
Finally, the church that brings
back the men will be the church that
takes Christ to the needy world. It
sometimes seems as though there are
so many other voices that the cry of
the church and her Christ will be
drowned in the din of materialism.
But there are still some listening ears
that will not be stopped. Into the
midst of this wild storm of buying
and selling, of loss and gain, of cry¬
ing and laughing, of sorrow and sin,
will come, once more, the humblq
Nazarene, and His voice will turn
the tempest to calm: “Be still, and
know that I am God!” Jesus left
an unanswerable argument to His
interest in humanity when He gave
Himself to men. Anything else that
He might have given would have
been criticised; but when He gave
Himself, that softened the hard heart
of the world because they saw that
only love could do that. The fellow¬
ship by which Jesus is to unite men
with Himself in His everlasting king¬
dom is the fellowship of love.
The duty and opportunity of the
church is to put forward the kingdom
of God, to make sure the enthrone¬
ment of Jesus Christ in the affections
of men; to cultivate a fervid enthu¬
siasm for their souls; to take to the
world’s sicknesses the matchless
Physician who never lost a case in¬
trusted to His care. When men know
that the church is praying and long¬
ing and laboring, with a divine pas¬
sion. for their souls, they will come
to the Christ and to the church.
The hour of victory seems long
delayed, but every soldier must ke«p
his place and by and by the warfare
will be accomplished. We must re¬
member that not only was the man’s
hand under the angel’s wing, but the
angel’s wing was over the man’s
hand. God and the church will work
side by side. The human and the
divine will supplement each other.
It is said that Napoleon once ap¬
pealed to his guards in the interests
of a forlorn hope. He made request
for only a hundred men. But they
miist all be brave. Every man would
be exposed to the enemy’s fire, and
nothing but death could be expected.
“Let a hundred men step forward out
of the ranks! Forward, march!” At
the word of command, not a hundred
men, hut a regiment sprang forth as
a single man and were ready for duty
and death.
And shall Christ ask in vain for
volunteers? Has His cause come to
be a forlorn hope? Ah, not to die,
not to die, but to live for Him, is all
He asks. To the front, O church of
the victorious Christ!
What Dove Owes to Love.
A missionary was preaching to the
Maori tribe of New Zealanders. He ,
had been telling them of had the poured suffer- j ;
ings of Christ—how He
forth His soul unto death for them,
and as he concluded the hills rang to
the thrilling question: all who
“It is nothing to you, you
pass by? Behold and see if there be
any sorrow like unto His sorrow.’
Then stood forth a plumed and
painted chief, the scarred warrior of
many fights, and as his lips quivered
with emotion he spoke: the Highest
“And did the Son of
suffer this for us men? Then the
chief would like to offer Him some
poor return for His great love. V. oulrl
the Son of God like to accept the
chief's hunting dog? Swift of foot
and keen of scent, the tribe has no k .
such another, and he has been to the
chief as a friend.” him tnau I
But the missionary told ,
the Son had no need of such gifts.
Thinking he had mistaken the gift -
he resumed: “Yet perhapss He would
accept my well-tried cannot rifle. Unerring 5 ac ® u j
of aim. the chief rc P - |
Again the missionary shook his . head
For a moment, the chief paused;
then, as a new thought stl ' l } ck ll l[V’
himselt . 3
suddenly despoiling M W j
striped blanket, he cried, with child¬
like earnestness, “Perhaps He who i
had nowhere to lay His head wnl jet j
accept the chieftain's blanket. The
poor chief will be cold without it, yet .
Touched^ brieve's persistency, the j
“LfnTure oTthe 0 Son P rf eJS/Juat ’it I
was not men’s gifts, hut men’s hearts,
that He yearned for. cloud of gnei t
For a moment a of the j
darkened the rough features
old chief; then, as the true nature ot ,
the Son of God slowly
2ft hTcufpedhfs hand's, and look- face j
ing up into the blue sky, his
beaming with joy, he exclaimed: ;
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Artisan.
A Warning.
When you begin to grow lax j
keeping in communion with God, j
when you begin to neglect your Bible. ,
and when you get too busy about ,
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will bring sad surprise and ham Ilia ,
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