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v . - V' v pp -- ' > - ??? ????nan?za I 77?g Pui/o/t 1 ? 1 n.rnr-fTiMji. " *"' """J A SERMON' #f?a S/TAerevC \ggfc*? < '[JRA. V/kNDE^^^^F" Subject: The Church a:ul the World. Brooklyn, N. Y.?Preaching at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church, o nH hp I v/ll IUC lUClliC, JL ac VUU1 VII U**u V..W World,'' the Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson, pastor, took as his text Is. 2:3, "Come ye, to the house of the God of Jacob." He said: . The "work of the church is properly definable in universal terms alone. The church has no partial mission. It has no restricted message. Its fi#!d is the world, and its opportunities are as wide as the universe and as diversified as nature. The wide expanse of the earth as it stretches eastward and westward, from frozen j land to frozen land, is the sphere of the church's activities. Only as the church of Jesus Christ accepts her universal responsibilities and honestly engages to transform the world is she true to the commission that she has received- under God through Jesus Christ. Just in the measure that her message is partial the I church is a partial failure. For the universal concepts of Christian truth are the strength of the church. Her universals constitute her compelling appeal. It is only because Jesus had a world wide, an eternal vision of the needs and the possibilities of humanity under the providence of God that He has any claim upon the world at large. And it is only because the church has a treasury of truth preserved to her through Jesus that today she has a claim to universal attention and to a universal hearing. The moment that /he church ceases to declare truth that^is universal in IIS application liiau luumeui. tec; church ceases to be a universal fac tor. We must be unconfined by na tional boundaries or by geographical divisions or by ecclesiastical distinctions if the church of Jesus Christ is to do Christ's work. We are capable of securing and of retaining universal sway over the lives of humanity because of our universals. For they appeal to men in every age and in every land regardless of their color, their creed, their caste. The Christian church has a universal revelation, a universal message, a universal mission, a universal opportunity, a universal responsibility. The church has in Jesus Christ a universal revelation that is the fundamental upon which all else in the Christian system is upreared. Everywhere and always, men have recognized that there are limits to the comprehension of divinity by the finite mind when unaided by a reve- < lation from on high. Men have been conscious that while they were able to know God partially through the media of the senses and to formulate j in some measure ideas of divinity 1 through the power of human intelli/ gence, they have been finitely unable to know God to the entire satisfac- *; / tion of their souls until God has re.vealed Himself to them. There has always been a desire upon the part of humanity for a revelation of Himself to them. And the desire has been met. Humanity has not recog- , nized always the full content of the divine self-revelation, but it has ; never been without a revelation from i God. Before the days of Jesus men had only a partial consciousness of < the character, of the personality of i divinity. Multitudes have no full i /mmnrohensinn nf flod tn-dav. And it Is to the world that has the light of half the truth to which the church today must address herself. For the revelation of God in Jesus Christ is a universal revelation. The truth that is revealed in Jesus is supplemental to all that humanity outside of Him now kno*\*s. Wherever there is a soul that is longing for a knowl- < ^edge of the truth concerning God 1 thpre is the field of the church. The revelation of God in Jesus Christ .is universal in its outreach because it meets a universal need, is universally i satisfying, is universally intelligible, i is universally the culmination of revealed truth. i The church has a universal mes- , sage. The sense of sin is a universal consciousness. Likewise the realization of human incapacity to deliver < self from the bondage of sin is universal. Everywhere men acknowl- ; edge the need of a Saviour. The longing of every heart is that it shall , experience a salvation from sin that is satisfying, sufficient and eternal. ; / The church of Jesus offers just that. , Its message is that of the universality 1 and the reality of sin, its consequences and its woe. The church . declares that humanity cannot un0 '' aided from above free itself from sin. 17s proclaims the necessity of a Re- . ,fc ceemer. It offers a sure, a comfort- j ing, an everlasting salvation by the ( gift of God in the personality of Jesus . Christ. And this salvation is not ; restricted. It is not conditioned by any captious commands. It is not . confined to any class. Whosoever will may come. It is for all men. 'And if the church will declare this .. universal message the church will " receive a universal hearing. We cannot do God's work with any less message. It is useless to trim it or to ; pare it or to endeavor to change it in - any essential manner. It is God's message in Christ. It is universal. ' The universal mission of the church is to carry this universal message to LilC ? I1U1C V\ UHU. JL JLIC VUU1VU umu w national mission to the land to which it goes and to the land in which it is; but it has more than this. It has a mission to all lands, a mission that shall lead it to fit the Gospel to the peculiar necessities of the peoples to whom it is declared. But it.has a larger mission even than this. It has a mission to all lands and to every people to declare unto the nations the truth of God that we are all of one flesh and blood and that the interest of each man is the interest of the i world; that the welfare of one people is the concern of all the peoples; that individual and national lives are to be transformed by the grace of God not for the mere sake of individual and national salvation, but for th?. > f . ' ~ larger purpose that a racial salvation may become effective. All of which is to say simply this, that the mission of the church in the world is to lead j individuals and nations everywhere j and in all times to a proper under- \ standing of the truth that salvation j is in the last analysis racial and universal. The Lord Jesus Christ died j for the salvation of the world, and a j gospel that does not declare the plan of God to save the race* as the ultimate in Christian truth has fallen short of the whole counsel of God to the world. The church has a divine call to spread this message to tho whnlp world This is the uni versal mission of the church. The opportunity of the church is i universal. The church has a chance to do the work for Christ at home. It has a chance also to do valiant | service for the Master abroad as well. J The influx of aliens into America pre- j sent a foreign mission problem and | opportunity to the church in the homeland. To our shores there are rushing millions of men and women and children from, the four corners of the earth. The list of the nationalities that have come to make their abode with us is startling. They are of all classes and adherents to a multitude of creeds. The languages that are spoken round about us remind us of the confusion of tongues at the tower of Babel. The nationalities of the peoples remind us of the famous congregation that heard Peter at Pentecost. And all these peoples flocking to our shores provide the greatest opportunity that any church can conceive or that any church has had forced upon it. If we can so mould these diverse peoples into the unity of the Christian fellowship and suffuse their minds and hearts and souls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ so that they shall seek righteousness before all else in life, then shall we have accomplished the mightiest work that any church ever undertook. The. opportunity of the church at home is sublime. It is no less stupendous abroad. The very evils that in an economic way are afflicting the peoples on the other side of the world are the opportunity of the church of Jesus Christ. The awful famine in China and the like catastrophes in Russia and in other parts of the world are the opportunity of the church. Heretofore altogether too largely in the heathen (socalled) mind Christianity has been j inseparably associated and linked with opium and whisky and beer and infidelity and aggression and aggrandizement. The nations of the East have felt the curse of the Christian civilizations of the Occident. And mistaking the wickedness of civilization's representatives for the simple truth of Jesus Christ they have had very little sympathy ^vith Christianity. And we cannot be too harsh in our judgment of them. But happily this feeling of antagonism is passing slowly away. And if in this hour of their need America and the Christian nations of the West shall show the Chinese the spirit of helpfulness and of disinterested service in the name and under the ministry of Jesus Christ we may open the way to the conquering of China for Jesus. And what ; is true of China is true of 6ther lands. The conditions may be different,'but the opportunity Is the same. The whole world is awaking. We are on the threshold of a universal awakening the like of which the world has never seen before. It is the opportunity of the church and it is universal. In the face of this opportunity the church has universal responsibilities. It is impossible for us to fold our hands in selfish ease and be true to the command of our Master. The re- j sponsibility of the church at home is ; so to transform America that it shall be a safe haven for the oppressed, the ambitious of every land. We must make America fit to do the work that God has destined her to perform. The church is under a divinely imposed obligation to transform the world. And first of all we must transform the individuals in | the world. We need also a social j transformation. But no social trans- i formation is at all possible until we ! shall have gotten the individuals J right with God. No man will have a realizing sense of his social obligations until he has had his soul thrilled with the salvation of God in Jesus Christ. Contrariwise, while we are saving individuals we ought not to relax our efforts to reform society so that we shall ha^e no evil economic or political conditions. This transformation must be not only moral; it must be also religious. No mere system of ethics will ever keep the world straight. Men must have a firm grip on the religious verities before than can be sure of themselves or the world be sure of them. The universal responsibility of the church Is under the guidance and the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to effect these transformations. The church must accept these responsibilities. She cannot do other wise. Fossessea or ner vision ui mo | Lord and blessed with an experimental realization of the effectiveness f His Gospel it is her duty as it ought' to be her joy to accept the opportunities for eternal service that the Lord has prepared for her and measure up to them. "Knowledge PnfTelh Up; Love Buildeth Up." We may be able to tell how many stars are in the Milky Way; we may be able to count the petals of every flower, and number the bones of every bird; but unless faith leads us to a deeper understanding, a more reverent comprehension of the significance of the universe, God can no more be pleased with our knowledge than the painter is pleased with the fly which touches his picture with i its feelers, and sips the varnish from j the surface, and dies without dreaming of the meaning, thought, feeling, J embodied in the colors.?Van Dyke. Man's Chief End. The older I grow?and now I stand I on the brink of eternity?the more j comes back to me that sentence in the j Catechism which I learned when a child, and the fuller and deeper its ' meaning becomes, "What is the chief i end of man? To glorify God and i enjoy Him forever."?Thomas CarJyie. V.; V .. - j. ,;s '. . . ' ' ' ' . */v " .'"T" . V. A Lazy Liver May be only a tired liver, or a starved liver. It would be a stupid as well as | savage thing to beat a weary or starved ! man because he lagged in his work. So ! in treating the lagging, torpid liver it is i a great mistake to lash it with strong ! drastic drags. A torpid liver is but an j indication of an ill-nourished, enfeebled body whose organs are weary with over j work. Start with t?u: stomach and allied * 9-9 - - T\.. X organs of digestion una nuir.uon. nit them in working order and see how quickly your liver will become active. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has made many marvelous cures of "liver trouble'' by its wonderful control of the organs of digestion and nutrition. It restores the normal activity of the stomach, increases the secretions of the blood-making glands, cleanses the system from poisonous accumulations, and so relieves the , liver of the burdens imposed upon it by j the defection of other organs. If you have bitter or bad taste in the morn- j Ing, poor or/Cariable appetite, coated tongue, j foul breath, constipated or Irregular bowels, j feel weak, easil* tired, despondent, frequent j headaches, pain ?r distress^ "small of back." ; gnawing or distressed feenog In stomach, perhaps nausea"risings" in j throat after eating, and symptoms j of weak stomach and torpid lira^ no medicine will relieve you more promptly or cure yyij more, permanently than Doctor Pierce'? Golden Medical Discovery. Perhaps only a part of the above symptom's will be present at one time and yet point to torpid liver or biliousness and weak stomach. Avoid all hot bread and biscuits, griddle cakes and other indigestible food and take the "Golden j -1 .Medical inscovery rey ui?i i_> aim 3111 iv iv/ 1u? use until you are -vigorous and strong. The " Discovery ? is non-secret. non-alco-? holic. is a glyceric extract of native medicinal roots with a full list of its ingredients printed on each bottle-wrapper and attested under oath. Its ingredients are endorsed and extolled by the most eminent medical writers of the age and are recommended to cure the diseases for which it is advised. Don't accept a substitute of unknown composition for this non-secret medicine of known composition. It is hopeless to get a woman to think about saving her soul if she believes her hat is not on straight. ? I Every grocery store should carry Argo Red Salmon. If th? salesmen have not yet called on you, drop a card to the Alaska Packers Association, Atlanta, Ga., where our temporary advertising offices are located. A STEPPING STONE. "Couldn't the president give you a job?" "Well, he offered to make me chieh engineer of the Panama Canal until I could get something better."?Washington Herald. ECZEMA COVERED BABY.,. Worst Case Doctors Ever Saw?Suf~ ** A lerecl UniOlll .nisery ? rcncvi, Cure by Cuticura Remedies. "My son, -who is now twenty-two years I of age, when four months old began to have eczerna on his face, spreading quite rapidly until he was nearly covered. The eczema was something terrible, and the doctors said it was the worst case they ever saw. At times his whole body arid face were covered, all but his feet. I used many kinds of patent medicines to no avail. At last 1 decided to try Cuticura, when my boy was three years and four months old, having had eczema all that time and suffering untold misery. I began to use all three of ihe Cuticura Remedies. He was better in two months; in six months he was well. Mrs. R. L. Risley, Piermont, X. H., Oct. 24, 1905." It is mighty hard to convince a man that there is a hell if his life has been such as to make it certain he is going there. BORAX IS NATURE'S MINE OF PURITY FOR JJAIRY UTENSILS. Eorax is first, a cleanser that removes dirt and grease with surprising ease; second, it is a sweetener that makes fragrant any surface that has grown musty or stale from neglect; third, it is an antiseptic or destroyer of germs. It prevents the development of bacteria or mouldy growths. With all this it is perfectly free from uai ill IU uo i COU111U5 CUCVLO. The farm churn is kept free from that stale odor if it is washed with borax in the following proportions? one tablespoonful of borax to a quart of water. The dairy room has nothing about it but the pleasant aroma of fresh milk and cream and sweet butter if it is kept clean with borax. There will be no soapy smell and no lurking hint of something gone wrong. The cream crocks take on an extra freshness when washed with borax and water in the following proportions?one tablespoonful of borax to o n 11 o rt n f tit itnr TMifo riTOaorroo i V* a a 4uai t vi naici. i uio pi vavi v vo cuv fresh flavor of the cream. The farm cream separator can be kept thoroughly sweet and'cleanly a wash of borax and water in the following proportions?one tablespoonful of borax to a quart of water. i Be sure that you get pure borax. To be sure, you must get "20 Mule Team Borax.If you are unable to get "20 Mule Team" brand send us your dealer's name and we will arrange to supply you. Booklet free. Pacific Coast Borax Company, 100 William street, New York. % ALtL HE KNEW ABOUT IT. Knicker?You can't paint the lily. Subbubs?Never got a seed catalogue. did you??New York Sun. Because of t'n ' Needed His Horse Chestnut. J. G. Simpson, v.ho had been arrested yesterday as an alleged book-, maker, tearfully begged Lieut. Wheeler. after he hau been released for want of evidence against him. to re -t- - t_ ? i? 1; turn a iiorse (nest nut wnicu u;e ueutenani had taken from him. ' ; "Please let me have it." he pleaded, i "I might just as well try to play the races without money as without that, horse chestnut. I can't lose if I carry : ; it." When it was restored to him he j seemed more glad to get it back than j he was to obtain his discharge from 1 custody. | Simpson and W. G. Martin, a sailor ; j on the cruiser Washington, at League i Island, were arrested at Twelfth and . i Commerce streets. Simpson had a i racing book in his hand, in which he had made a record of a $3 bet on a horse running at the Bennings track.' As the police had seen no exchange of money between the men. Magistrate, Gallagher allowed Simpson to go with j a warning.?Philadelphia Ledger. I Worth the Price, i An English jury has awarded $1,230 j damages to a woman who before an j accident could reach high C when she j sang, but after it, could get no fyr- j - - - - .vi. i. ?~..i J ! ther than B liat. f rom mis n wuum i seem as if they though: :he poor girl { had been damaged. But this is doubt- I ful. As a general thing reaching i high C is much- like what Dr. John- I son said about a dog's walking on his hind legs: "It is not done well, ! but you are surprised to find it done j at all."?Boston Herald. ( DOMESTIC ORGANIZATION. '*Every household should be organ* ized, the same as a business," declared the" serious-looking man. "Right you are. Ours is organized on the lines of the national House of Representatives." ! "How is that possible?" I "My wife's the speaker and I'm the appropriation committee."?Chicago Journal. . I I Dr. IMozley' / Lemon Elixir "Oi The force of dynamite is about eight times that of gunpowder. Argo Red Salmon is standard in Quality, quantity, color and price. Misunderstood. Islington Coroner?Was tne deceased in the habit of taking drugs? Witness?Yes, sir. The Coroner?What kind of drugs? Witness?Oh, I thought you said grubs.?London Globe. To be on good terms with human nature, Be Well! Garfield Tea purifies the blood, eradicates disease, regulates the digestive | organs and brings Good Health! Manufacj tured by Garlield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. j Sold by druggists. TOO MUCH OF AN ADVANTAGE. "Why don't you invite Mrs. Spiggins to your bridge whist parties? I understand she plays remarkably well." "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "She does play remarkably well. That is the reason we don't want her."? Washington Star. BACKACHE IS KIDXEYACHE. I Cure the Kidneys and the Pain Will Never Return. I I Only one way to cure an aching I back. Cure the cause, the kidneys. jtrgtfr. Thousands tell of gsfrj cures made by Doan's 2* Kidney Pills. John C. Coleman, a prominent \ merchant of Swainsjboro. Ga., says: "For j b^b^bIp raff severa* >'ears m>* kid- j BSkJSeBbRJ&W neys were affected, I ' and my back . ached j day and night. I was j I laneuid. nervous and ; lame in the morning, Doan's Kidney j Pills helped me. right away, and the i great relief that followed has been permanent." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. i Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. THE OLD GAG. Fred: "I hear you have taken up j the study of palmistry. Do you really i believe jin it?" Jack: "Not on your life! But it j gives a mighty good excuse for hold- j iug hands."?Somervilie Journal. 03b ugly, grizzly, cray hairc. Use " L * Nothing I Ate HAMER. Mrs. Lenora Bodenbamer, R. F. D. 1, i Box 99. Kernersvillo, N. C., writes: "I suffered with stomach trouble and ! indigestion for some time, and nothing 1 that I ate agreed with me. I was very ! nervous and experienced ^ continual J feeling of uneasiness and year. 1 took medicine from the doctor, but it did me no good. "I found in one of your Peruna books a description of my symptoms. I then wrote to Dr. Hartman for advice. He said I had catarrh of the stomach. I took Peruna and Manalin and followed his directions and can now say that 1 feel as well as I ever did. "I hope that all who are afflicted with the same symptoms will take Peruna, as it has certainly cured me." The above is only one of hundreds who have written similar letters to Dr. Hartman. Just one such case as this entitles Peruna to the candid consideration of every. one similarly afflicted. If this be | true^of the testimony of one person what i ontrh't to be the testimony of hundreds, ! ves thousands, of honest, sincere people? [ "We have in our files a great many other ' testimonials. Dr. Mozley a new a More than 1-3 and health-givinj * that it has no eq iousness, Indigest arising from s tor Being strictly harmful effects, cleansing the stoi and toning up the ?leaving the peri gan is made to pe 50c and $1.00 6 Mozl< 736 E. As 111* . I have been using I for the past seventeei find nothing equal to stipation. I ch.erfu Tonic and Liver Regt Le Dose Will Conviu THE BIG HEAD. "What's this exaggerated ego?" "It's a new name for that, morning after feeling."?Cleveland Plain Dealed. I YOU CAN KEEP DRY COMFORTABLEl-^^ IN THE , HARDEST STORM BY WEAR I NO \ ^1#/ / A' ' rW/'T\ f^Mi *>mv0 MiM hi*WATERPROOF Mil OILED 7 fl r/7f CLOTHING / //>/7 WAC* M VCLLOW / If' p Clean Light Durable fyf\l .1 / Guaranteed Waterproof,/' / j , Low In Price _/7 / I 1 WRITE TODAY FOR FRCC / I L JfOtm DOC H LET OESCRIDINQ MANY f lr i/M| tTf . KINDS OF WATERPROOF IT ?WTl >f OAKMCNTt ?* Z?4| I ? J Tcwf (O B04T0M, US*- I ?,WW* Vft? 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