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r THE A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. ST. CLAIR HESTER. Subject: "Church and Family." Brooklyn, N. Y.?The Rev. St. Clair Hester, rector of the Church of the Messiah, preached the fourth sermon - K in the special series under the atfspices of the Men's Guild Sunday. His subject was "The Church and the Family." The text was from Ephey * sians v:23: "Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it." Mr. Hester said: It is evident to any one reading the accounts of the life and words of Jesus Christ while on this earth that it was Hi? docivA nod rmrnnse to found a SO ciety to represent Him, to preserve His memory, to make known and carry out His will. His mission was not intended to be meteoric in character?flasli , ' across the horizon of man's vision?astonish and puzzle by means of miracles and wonders, and then disappear, leaving the darkness as it was before He came. His coming and being in this world was intended to make and actually did make a difference, a great difference, in the views and hopes and motives and lives of those who came under His influence. And He planned that the moment He inaugurated the work He started, should not come to end when He withdrew from the .world, and was no longer present in the flesh to direct and superintend its extension. Furthermore, it was in His mind that His society was not only to continue, but also to grow, to enlarge, until it should be world-wide, until all men should have opportunity to enter its ranks. Therefore it is that we find Him solemnly addressing His disciples and. declaring that upon their confessed faith in Him as the Son of God, having power to plan "and execute as God, He would build His church and that the gates of hell, the combined powers of evil, should not prevail against it. They have combined against it and attacked it again and again, they are still in. bitter opposition to it, but there is no sign of yield. ing. I St. Paul says: "Christ loved the I church." What is the proof, the evik ?&ence, that this assertion is true? He BL founded and established it?a man does ^ not build a house unless he thinks that ^ it will be worth something. He se> lected and trained and appointed ofli4 cers to be His successors and as His parting instructions bade them go into all the world and preach His gospel to every creature. He instituted and ordained sacraments as pledges of His love, as continual reminders, as means - - t- -li? *.?i by which tiie souis 01 iue nuumu might be fed and refreshed. Finally, as St. Paul says, He gave Himself for it; as St. Luke says, He purchased it with His own blood. This is an absolute, conclusive demonstration. Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends, and this is what He did for His church. * . Oh, yes. He loved" it; of this there are many and infallible proofs. But how about ourselves?o't love, yours and mine? It suffers by comparison? Can your feeling for the church of God be described by any such words as love? Is it not the truth that there is indifference, cold, callous indifference, on the part of many and positive disbelief and opposition on the part of many others in their attitude toward the church? Any one of us could name a dozen illustrations of it. We must admit it. Thousands never enter a sacred edifice. * Other thousands only occasionally as > curiosity or whim moves them. There are some here to-night who, so far as any <;hurch connection is concerned, may be described as irregulars and neutrals, onlookers and outsiders. Lit me ask you in all seriousness, can you imagine that this venerable society, established at such a great cost, even the life blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, has no claim on your allegiance? The church is the institution, the organization of Jesus Christis it putting it too strong to say that to reject it is to reject Him?1 People who think or act in this way do not re. fleet or they do not realize the benefit oriil hlaccinff ChricHonitr 1C n CnilTl try, or the church to the family. No * nation or society of people have ever ? existed on the face of the earth without some form of religion. Statesmen, sovereigns, empire builders, economists have admitted and recognized its power, its value, have promoted it by every means at their command even when, in some instances, they did not believe in it because they saw the necesity of it as a civilizing, refining and improving conservating element in human society. Now, religion could not live and do its needed work among men .without an organization to keep it alive and carry on the activities. You Will understand and grant the importance of honesty and honor in our business and industrial life. Dishonesty, if the general rule, would mean the wreck of our whole financial system, the failure of banks, the breach cf trusts, the refusal of credit, defalcation and distress. You understand and will grant the desirableness of high character, of personal and social purity, the great benefit of goodness an the heart of citizens of any country or community. We know what it means to have desperadoes, cutthroats, adulterers and thieves the, controlling element in a town or city. You understand and grant that it is vital to a people of a state to be able to get justice in the courts, to be protected in their property rights, and vital to the existence of a state that there should be patriotism, industry and fidelity on the part of those who constitute its citizenship. All these things, all these fundamental virtues we need and must have in order to live together in peace and prosperity, the church of God is designed and persistently enJTIIA AVInrr>V? Io th/i ? 11 TO, YU15 IV piVUU^r. JLlIC i?v. , factory if I may put it that way, whose output is virtue, honesty, purity, kindness, fidelity, principle, impressed , ** and built into the Characters of her members, producing these things as well and as abundantly as our commercial factories and mills produce steel billets, cotton cloth or tin plate. In order that these moral necessities may exist and continue to be present and to affect our social, industrial, political and family life there must be an organization to create and train and bring them out. There can be no success without organization. Every success is organized before it is won, The success of the Japanese at the \ ' i . y J Yalu River and Port Arthur was perfected in equipment, training, supplies before it was accomplished on the lield of battle. Our civilization, culture, morality, high sense of honor, public spirit, refinement of taste represent and are the flowering and fruitage of seeds sown broadcast in the churches is Christ's organization. Now no organization can live or do its work Within* T t ni>a in fovnr uui muuxuci o. xi j vu tut iti ?V4 vi. and want to see multiplied these vital virtues and principles for which, the church stands are you not duty bound to enter her fold, enlist in her ranks and lend your aid in carrying out her mission? The church's value to civilization can be shown by a reference to historj\ Her triumphant march down the ages is the wonder of all history. Feeble as an infant in the land oC her birth, she grew and thrived in spite of opposition and bitter persecution, driven into hiding in the catacombs and caves under the earth she emerged at length with doubled strength to take her place with kings on their thrones until to-day she is the mightiest single power on the face of the earth, mightiest because a moral and spiritual power. Though mighty as an army she is harmless as a dove seeking only to help, to improve, to save. For 1900 years she has been indentified with and given impetus if not birth to the greatest movements and most notable reforms for the welfare of the human race. And next let me ask for what is the family under obligation to the church? She throws the arms of her protection about the divine institution of marriage, making it, and to the extent of her ability, keeping it pure, honorable, iudissoluable. She frees and uplifts woman from the bondage and degredation which are accepted as the lax* of her being in heathen and Oriental lands, and teaches that as wife and mother she is deserving of the best advantages, of especial consideration, of highest reverence and purest affection. She preaches the divineness of childhood, that the wisest and greatest must become as a little child in order to enter into the kingdom of heaven; that the care, the education, the moral training of the rising generation is that first duty of the parent, the chief concern of the state, the vital selfMUAOAMtrafmn Af CA/?lA+r Sh A fHvPSL piCOCl > aiiVU V4 OWiV IJ wv e. . herself earnestly and unreservedly to this cause, declaring that "honor thy father and thy mother" is a divine commandment, that "children obey your parents" is sanctioned by the precept and example of the Perfect Man of the ages. She communicates a spirit and sends forth a cheer that blesses the home and pervades the domestic sphere and harmonizes the hearts of those who form *the household. These things, taken altogether, would seem to be enough to dispose all men to be favorable to this ancient and honorable and useful institution. Jesus Christ established it; had the highest possible idea of its worth; gave His life in proof of it; as an organization it is the greatest producer of goodness and all virtue on the earth; it enters into and sweetens and sanctifies every human relationship; its history prophesies that what it has done in the past it can continue to do in the future, and yet there is bitterness and resentment felt toward it Why? Because many do not appreciate the reasons just'named for thinking highly of it for joining in with it. Does anyone here to-night share in this dislike? What is there in the church of God j'ou object to? If there be nothing, you are without reason or excuse for being on the outside. If there be some objection, the way to reach and right it is to come in; you cannot touch, it on the outside. Do not stand off and accuse and criticise. Come in and do . the work for God and man toward which the spirit prompts you. As an official of Jesus Christ's society I extend you an invitation, promise you a cordial welcome from fellow Christians, offer you help to carry out anything good you desire to accomplish and a place for meeting rent free. If you are willing to do anything to improve yourself, to serve God. to help others, you could not have a fairer offer, a more cordial invitation, a. better opportunity. The church and the family?you have no family? then you need th'e church all the more; come in and be a member of the family of Jesus Christ, the largest, happiest family on earth. \ou have a family? The church is designed to be in an inseparable part of it, to do a necessary work in it and for it. A family, but no home? This is the condition of thousands and ten thousands in our streets. Then let the church be your home. There is no home complete without it. It can supply much of the cheer, comfort, affection that belongs to the happiest homes on earth: it can fit us for a home eternal in the heavens. Our lives are set in the midst of many great dangers, trials, temptations; many remedies, palliations, panaceas are proposed for the evils that confront us, but I believe that the only sure relief for our troubles must originate in the church of God, impelled by what the spirit of God sayeth to the churches. It is not even the gospel, but the church by means of the gospel that is to reform the world. In view of what Jesus Christ did for His church the inquiry becoming to men is not what can I escape or shirk or find fault with, but, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?" In view of His demonstration of love, what is the proof in kind He has a right to expect of us? Is it not contained in this saying, "If ye love Me keep My commandments," and this is the fulfilling of them. Come in first yourself and then do what you can to bring others for their good, for your Happiness, ior xne giory 01 uou, in sign of affection for Jesus Christ Short Meter Sermons. Opposition cures apathy. Faith creates the future. Fatalism takes all force out of life. Rusty pipes do not enrich the water of life. A man may be loud and yet not say rauch. Happiness is never gained until it is given. Manufacturing sorrow is one of the worst of sins. Not Enough. t Then you think the Judge will be satisfied if you say: "Lord, I had so maiy names in my visiting book, and so many invitations I could not refuse, , thst it was impossible for me to attend > to those things."?George MacdonaJd. CASSIE SENTENCED= Term of Ten Years^Siven , Mrs. Chadwick by Court. J I NEW TRIAL WAS REFUSED I \4/a - ^ UAA.J r A^ v^vfiviuitu Tfvmcin ncai g ocrucnuc Pronounced with Stoical Indifference?Her Attorneys Prepare ta Take Case Higher Up. Unless the higher court interferes Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwiclc will spend the greater part of the next ten years, in the Ohio state penitentiary. A sentence of ten years was imposed on her by Judge Robert W. Taylor in the United States district court at Cleveland, Monday evening. The sentence came at the close of a busy day for the court in hearing arguments on a motion for a new trial which lasted all day. The motion was overruled. Mrs. Chadwick was convicted on seven counts and sentenced upon six counts. For four of these counts a sentence of two years each was imposed. Upon two counts a sentence of one year each was imposed, making a total sentence of ten years. As soon as the sentence was pronounced Attorney J. P. Dawley of counsel for Mrs. Chadwick, took exceptions to the sentences upon each count except the first count. The defense intends to make the claim that the court cannot impose a separate sentence for each count. No action will be taken by United States Attorney Sullivan regarding the ether six indictments against Mrs. Chadwick in the federal court until the present case is finally disposed of. If tlie present case and sentence are sustained by the last court, the other cases will be dropped, otherwise they will be used against the woman. Mrs. Chadwick was not particularly affected by the action of the court, seemingly she had resigned herself to any action that might be taken. The court asked her if she had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced. She looked around in bewilderment. Her hearing being very poor, she was not certain what was taking place and had not the slightest idea what the court said. She was then led forward nearer the bench and the court shouted the question. She then understood. "I have something to say," she said, "but I would like to consult with my attorneys first." "You may do so, but it must be immediately," the court enjoined her, "if you have anything to say you must say it now." > Mrs. Chadwick said there was nothing she cared to say herself. Her attorneys made no appeal to the court and the sentence was immediately imposed. Judge Taylor made no remarks except to explain the terms of the sentence. He stated that the sentence of one count should begin at the expiration of the one preceding it. By good behavior Mrs. Chadwick can reduce her time of imprisonment to eight years and four months. Mrs. Chadwick's trial began March 6, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty on March 11. GOVERNORS ENLISTED. Chief Executives of Various States to Assist Cotton Association. Governor Joseph ML Terrell of Georgia will assist the Georgia division of the Southern Cotton Association in appealing to the farmers of the state to jreduce their cotton acreage this year. Governor J. K. Vardaman of Mississippi has been stumping his state for some time past. Now Governor Terrell will join in the great fight. The governor's popularity with the farmers is well known in Georgia, and he will no doubt be of great assistance to the state organization. It is understood that the various state presidents will call upon their governors and request them to join in | the movement. MOTHER MURDERS CHILDREN. Puts Her Three Little Ones Out of the Way With Poison. Mrs. Mary Brockwell of Paducah, Ky., whose three children, aged 3, 4 and 5 years, died from poisoning under suspicious circumstances, last Sati urday, broke down Monday and coti| fessed she had killed them by giving I th^m morphine and coal oil. The woman said that her husband was in an asylum, and that she could not support the children. She also stated that George Alberton promised to marry her if she would get rid of the children. GEORGIA FLAGS RETURNED. Governor Receives Box of BattleScarred Relics from War Department. Monday Governor Terrell received from the war department in Washington an express package containing the old bartle flags of the state organizations which served in the confederate army and which were captured or surrendered with General Lee's army at Appomattox. I Cost of Our MedicinesTake all the cocoa and chocolate manufactured in this country in a year. Add all the blacking and bluing, the flavoring and extracts and the axlegrease. Take next a year's product of that beet-sugar industry which was important enough to hold up a great treaty for two years in the Congress of the United States. Throw on all the glue, the refined lard, the castor oil, the perfumes and cosmetics, and the kindling-wood. Finally put n top of tb.e pile the entire output of ink and mucilage. The total value of this accumulation will still be less than that of a year's product of what we call "patent medicines." The census of 1&00 placed the raiue ef "patent medicines" produced in this country annually at $5$,611,335. As the average profit is about one-third, this means that the sum paid over the retail druggists' counters, taking ne account of increased consumption in the last four years, is something like $80,000,000 a year, about $1 for every man, woman and child in the country.?Leslie's Monthly Magazine. Two Blind Brothers. A wonderful couple are the Barron brothers-, who live on Broad street Although they are both totally blind and have been so afflicted since birth, they are well educated and .well read. They are about twenty and twentythree years of age, respectively. They go arm in arm wherever they want to go, without the aid of a guide or even a walking cane. .They are familiar with the town and go about the streets, dodging teams and street cars and never jostle against .their fellow pedestrians. . 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