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I . " THE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. W. H? BURG WIN. Subject: Sowins and Heaping. i Brooklyn, N. Y ? For the hist sert. - mon in his series on "The Substance of Christian Doctrine*' the Rev. W. II. Burg .Tin, pastor of th#e Eighteenth ? r Street M. E. Church, preached Sun- j day morning on "Sowing anil Reap- j ' ing.*' His text was chosen from (Jal- j Inti.nifi vi-T-X* Tinr : ('Oil is 110c mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth. that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to the llesli shall of the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting." Mr. Burgwin ! ? said: j Our statement of the substance of j Christian doctrine in the four preced- i ing discourses has presented the Crea- ! tor of all things as a merciful and j > bountiful Provider for Iiis creatures, i Man. because of unique relationships I to God, is the object of His particular and peculiar favor. Insisting that 4 Air have sinned and come short of the glory of God." the divine love finds a. way to satisfy infinite justice and to redeem for eternity every sinv iter who will be saved. The nature of the sinner, as created, precludes the idea or the possibility of compulsion, j There is, however, a too general ten- \ dency to discount Scriptural teachings ?to feel that God, having done so much for man, will do more, that, in some way, a comfortable and blissful future is assured us. even though unbelief and disobedience mark our conduct here. The apostle combats such a conception. Jesus IHrnself contra- j r * diets it: "Ye cannot ^?rve God and j Mammon." The Scriptures uniformly I i oppose it by precept and example. It is my task this morning to enforce this thought: All men are redeemed by Christ; but we are* not saved from our guilt and its fixed penalty until we are in accord with Christ and the divine plan. What the sowing is the harvest will be. This is the truth as taught us. j Our text is a warning?an unmistak-1 able danger signal. This warning is | | t given in view of real dangers appar| " ent to all observers of human nature. It assures us that God does not make ^ spiritual or moral paupers of men. 6h* Men cannot be redeemed without God: Kn4- ;? frit** divino Arrmrmiv <iod does ; not save the man without the man himself. ' The man, in addition to God's work, must work out his own salvation. For man there is a sowing and there is a reaping. There is good ir v seed for sowing in moral and spiritual soil; there is other seed which develops degraded human character. Man selects his own seed and sows it. The seed proceeds to folljow the law ? of nature. It brings forth after its kind?noisome weeds or golden grain. It is an eternal harvest of "corruption" or of "everlasting life." Even t. if man be deceived, God is not mocked. This Scripture warns us that every | mortal has freedom to direct his own career within well known fields, for good or evil. Above the human actor is 'the Divine Governor, who will not compel human loyalty, but who. rul/ ing in more extensive fields than the - merely finite and human, invariably directs the mortal to the future his own freedom has chosen, to the reaping of the harvest his own life has sown. Thus it is clear that man's < destiny is in his own control. It becomes apparent that this uni- j v versal governor in administering his ; government is not anarchic. He is the j supreme exponent of order and law:! Ke, the arch-opponent of confusion, j * ** 1 * 1 -? ? AAnfnciAU in I AU cusyruer iKtd IU a** | particular as in universal dominion. The human sinner is a begettor of confusion in that he interferes with ; law and order. He thus .challenges the divine wisdom, power and will. He is a rebel against the Creator and Buler of all things. Were all nature to follow him, the original chaos and anarchy would prevail in ail realms. Perfect order in human life would ^ bring man to the perfect destination for which he was originally designed. That perfect order becomes a real fact ; \ for man through .Tesus Christ, who is s ~ the exemplar of thai' order. "Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sin. should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."' If we encourage sin iu our lives, if we do not persistently resist the devil, we are sowing accursed seed: we are not dead to sins, we do no: live unto rightI - eousuess; consequently, that perfect order is not an actuality for us. though it remains a possibility, because of the divine mercy and our ability to sow the seed of repentance, by God's help. r if we will. Evidentiy, then, the glorious destination of man as described in Scripture, bringing the creature back to his lost estate, where he is conformed to the image of Him who is the express image of God's substance, is not an arbitrary goal to which every creature move whether or no. The attainment of that destination is a matter of choice and decision on the part of the creature?that decision and choice indicating his accord with the will and plan of the Creator. Man has a goal. 1 - - ' a great purpose ior uviug. :sti unuic him, the "life everlasting" of our text, toward which it is his personal re* . spousibility and duty intelligently to direct his way. He is not like the cricket. If you have ever noticed this insect in an open space, bound for somewhere. you will remember that ho spriug a foot or so into the air, turns a somersault or two at each jump, his course being zigzag and uncertain, as likely to terminate in one place as another, so far as you can determine. Many mortals do resemble the insect. { with this exception, that the unintelligent zigzag course cannot possibly bring them to the right destination. * That this zigzag course exists indicates that the truth has been perverted. Jleu have been deceived. In their confident intellectual self-conceit they have proclaimed various modifications ' of the Christian plan as we possess it. j In their reasonings and speculations | they have argued that a loving God I would nor do this, that He would not . ? * do that: that a just God would act i thu$ and so. and would not act in cer- j tain ether ways. So tney have announced their conclusions that all will j eventually be saved, whatever their iives: sowing may have been; or that * immortality is conditional, that the in* corrigible "will not suffer eternal punishment. but that finally they will be annihilated, utterly destroyed; that there will he a future probation, an opportunity beyond the grave to accept the divine mercy. All of this is attractive as speculation. The truth is, there is no adequate warrant in the Holy Scriptures for any such hopes. God says, "Be not deceived." God insists that the eternal life is a harvest following a seed sowing. In practice, too, there are dangerous theories, for "as a man tliinketh in his heart, so is he." If he makes himself believe that everything is coming out all right, irrespective of his conduct, his belief will affect his conduct If a man argues himself to feeling that if Gcd cannot receive him into heavenly realms, Ke will put him out of 1 * : V? 4-/% h'm rv +AT1 1US UllSfl'J . <? Minima IV 11UU, mcr V i?dency will bo for hi in to throw himself into the flood of activity, whatever its character, which promises him the fullest and most satisfactory return to'his present selfish ambition. Such attitudes of mind, with their baneful results. are all too common. The thought of the judgment of God in absolute equity in the eternal existence of the soul is a most admirable and effective check upon all such human presumption. Well may we pray with the Psalmist. "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me." The baneful results referred to have illustrations in every field of endeavor. In no other way can I account for the astonishing attitude of people whom I am meeting often?not bad, vicious people, either?but folks who are utteriy careless and indifferent in relation to this duty or that: the moral and religious instruction of Their children, Sabbath observance, the payment of bills due, the speaking of the unblemished truth, yie holding of malice against fellow Christians; in perfect ? * 1' Avfrtmiof'nn C3IH1D^58 lilt?LI Will ?11 ^uc in CAicuuuiivu of any sin in the catalogue. Then, there is a popular feeling that a man to get along must have a "pull." Character, ability, the whole moral and practical capacity of The individual, are discounted. This feeling is so current that you may hear it expressed anywhere. It has come to me recently from different sources, in one case expressed by a man, in the other by a woman. In both instances, children are being reared, reared and trained by professed Christians in that atmosphere. Most emphatically, I resent and condemn such an attitude on the part of "any, especially Christians. It is specious, vicious, disastrous. "Pull" may secure place among men. but character and ability only bring honor. Some men may be tardy in recognizing worth. God is not. His judgments are based on character. Again, in business it has come to pass that too often any legal means is considered justifiable. "According as you put something in, the greater will be your dividends of salvation," one man of enormous wealth and extensive business interests is reported to have said. That "something" which you put in is not money, or words, or deeds. These, one or all, may be a symbol of that "something." The thing put in must be a self-surrender to God, an acceptance of the Divine will .is our standard of conduct. If Mr. Rockefeller is destitute of this disposition of moral selfsurrender, all his great gifts are not sufficient to win Divine approval. None can buy the gift of God. God is too rich to sell, and man is too poor to buy. Any man's gifts may indeed be- j come an obstacle to favor with God in that they may promote a conceit of self-righteousness such as certain ancient Pharisees had. It is worse than useless for a man to make the church | his hobby if he gouges his fellow-men in business every chance he gets. "Be not deceived." Remember the harvest J and be heedful of the sowing. There are men active in political life, professed Christians, who, according to rumor?in some instances the rumor has been proved fact jn court?are the recipients of peculiar favors popularly known as "graft." It's custom. Others do it. they say. Yes, ar.d it's illegal, dishonest; it's perjury, too. Secretary Bonaparte does well to insist that this species of dishonesty is a grave menace to the nation. The book says, "Be not deceived." I speak to young men. "Some of you may hold political position, as yen now hold business places of responsibility. I speak forcefully, for I know your possible temptations, r.bhor any moral compromise in politics, in business or in social life. The man who leads a double life is a doomed paau. He may not be condemned to prison by a jury of his peers; his integrity may escape question because of prevailing laxity or personal shrewdness. But. "Be not deceived; God is nor mocked." "Be sure your sin will find you out." All souls reap, gathering as they have sown. Thank God, there are men, many of them here and everywhere, who are above reproach. May their tribe increase. So we deceive ourselves. In our selfdeceiv-d state, we may find a sort of comfort; we are with the crowd; our chances are as good as another's; we'll turn over a new leaf, now or hereafter, j "God is not mocked." VTe cannot treat God contemptuously, as we may our ! fellows. As truly as seed brings a like harvest, so truly our derision of God j * " * ' 3 A {noulf I resolves itscir lnio aespuu-. xuc mcun. ( to Deity always reverts to the in suiter. Men must not find comfort in the thought that such willful disorder on i their part can produce order hereafter. If the sowing be sin, disorder, the reaping must be confusion. Christianity offers humanity its greatest conceivable opportunity, but humanity must embrace the opportunity. | Victory. j The joy of resisting temptation is the highest joy men can feel. It is a moment when our little life here grows larger, and we feel ourselves lifted into a wide sphere; we have a sense of fellowship with higher beings, and are somehow conscious of their sympathy. All God's creation smiles upon us and aopears made for our joy.? A. B. Davidson. A Prayer. O-God. who art the truth, make mo one with Thee in everlasting love! I am often weary of reading, and i weary of hearing; in Thee alone is the f sum of my desire! Let all teachers be silent, let the whole creation be dumb j before Thee, and do Thou only speak i unto my soul!?Thomas a Kern pis. i WORKINC I Their Hard Struggle Mad? ments by a Your and One in N I ' * ! Jlllllllll^ ! All women work; some in their homes, some in church, and some in the whirl of society. And in stores, mills and shops tens of thousands are on the never-ceasing" treadmill, earning their daily bread. All are subject to the same physical I laws; all suffer alike from the same i physical disturbance, and the nature of j their duties, in many cases, quickly | drifts them into the horrors of all kinds of female complaints, ovarian troubles, ulceration, falling and displacements of the womb, leucorrhcea, I or perhaps irregularity or suppression j of "monthly periods," causing back-1 ache, nervousness, irritability and lassitude. Women who stand on their feet all I day are more susceptible to these j troubles than others.' They especially require an invigorating-, sustaining medicine which will strengthen the female organism and i enable them to bear easily the fatigues of the day, to sleep well at night, and I to rise refreshed and cheerful. How distressing to see a woman struggling to earn a livelihood or perform her household duties when her back and head are aching, she is so tired she can hardly drag about or stand up, and every movement causes pain, the origin of which is due to some derangement of the female organism. Miss F. Orserof 14 Warrenton Street, Lytfia E. Pinkiiau's Vs&ta'de Coaij] | Don't Get Wet! TOWER'S SLICKERS will keep you dry as nothing else will, because they are the product of the best materials and # j seventy years' expertj ence in manufacturing. | ?VCWEA. J. TOWER CO. ! ! jBoston. U.S.A. I ' TOWEB CANADIAN CO., Ltd. Qjf Toronto. Cm. 381 I I I jlsn't Very Hot. ! It has been my fortune to visit j j some of the hottest \.'ices in America ; ! at the hottest period of the year; and I the reader may be incredulous when I I say that I have been vastly more un! comfortable in Boston, New York, j Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washing- j ton in summer than I have at Yuma : or in the heart of the Mohave, Cali- ' j fornia or Apache deserts, or any of ; I. the great pseudo summer deserts that | I reach away in a general line from { Yuma to San Antonio, Texas, j "I recall entering a restaurant at i Indio, on the edge of the Mohave, \ j when the heat called to mind proxim- I j ity to a furnace. I suggested to a citi! zen that it was hot. 'No,' he replied, | 'yesterday was hot; it was 120 degrees in the shade; today it is only 115 degrees.' Yet I have been more uncomfortable in Boston with the thermometer at 90 degrees. In Boston the i heat was humid; one perspired. / At j Indio, or on the desert, the heat was i absolutely dry and at night the chances were that a blanket might * be required, nature giving one an opi portunitv to recuperate, which is not j always the case in the great cities.? j Country Calendar. Webster as a Farmer. Webster was a scientific farmer; he believed thoroughly in the value of blooded stock. At Marshfi.eld he had a herd of sixty or eighty head of cattle composed entirely of thoroughbred animals?of Alderneys, ?.vr! shires and Devons. He had several j yoke of Devon oxen which were his I particular pride. Besides, there were | blooded sheep and swine. I All in all, Webster was cr-sidered | by his neighbors the best farmer of the country. He was, moreover, a friend generous and considerate. There used to be a saying down Plymouth way that a stranger could always tell when Y'ebster was a-t home by the cheerful looks of the people tea miles around?Oliver Breason Capen in Country Life in Amer| ica. To cure, or moi 3 ?1/ G Mi E i Easier?interesting State-! ;g Lady in Boston ashviile, Tenn. Boston, tells women how to avoid such suffering; she writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? " I suffered misery for several years with irregular menstruation. My back ached; I had bearing down pains, ana frequent headaches; I could not sleep and could hardly drag around. I consulted two physicians without relief, and as a last resort, I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and to" mv surprise, every ach9 and pain loft me. I gained ten pounds and am in perfect health." Miss Pearl Ackers of 327 North Summer Street, Nashville; Tenn., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? " I suffered wich painful periods, severe backache, bearing-down pains, pains across the abdomen; was very nervous and irritable, and my trouble gyew worse every month. " My physician failed to help me and I decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "I soon found it was doing ma gool. All mv pains and achas disappeared, and I no longer fear my monthly periods. Lydia E. Pinkhara's Vegetable Compound is the unfailing cure for all these troubles. It strengthens the proper muscles, and displacement with all its horrors will no more crush you. Backache, dizziness, fainting, bearing down pains, disordered stomach, moodiness, dislike of friends and society ?all symptoms of the one cause?will be quickly dispelled, and it will make you strong and well. You can tell the story of your sufferings to a woman, and receive helpful advice free of cost. Address Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. loaad Succeeds Where Others Fan. Block Island. Block Island is grassy green there are no snakes there. The Celtic residents of Worcester, Boston and Providence have found this out and furnish most cf the summer visitors. The natives are the purest of New Englanders. There are about 1200 of them. Mackerel are now running. The fishermen get thrte cents a pound for them. Swordfish, the next great catch, fetch four cents at the dock and about SI per pound at the hotels. There is a grave marked 1CS7 in the ancient cemetery. The birth-date ?that of a woman?is of the year before Shakespeare died. The First Citizen of Block Island was born the year of Shakespeare's death and lived to be 102 years old. The men live and die on the sea. "Lost in sight of home and loved ones" is a line on a recent tomb. Modern wrecks are of steel vessels and they refuse to break up. There is little in a wreck nowadays for the nomilace exeent excitement. For transportation the island is up to New York. It still sticks to horse cars?has two of them.?New York Press. ABOUT THE SAME THING. 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