SUNDAY
SERMON
Theme:
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church
on the theme, “The Life Spiritual in
«Christ; the Fundamental in Chris-
tianity,” the Rev. Ira Wemmell Hen-
derson, pastor, took as his text John
8:5: ‘‘Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
except a man be born of water and
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God.” He said:
It is my desire, as the Spirit may
give me wisdom, to unfold to You
what, to my mind, is the fundamental
in Christianity. From the words of
our Master I conceive the truth to
be that, save as we apprehend the
spiritual verities revealed in Jesus
Christ; save as 1'e see the world,
man, our God, with the spiritual vis-
ion, we cannot become partakers of
the glories of the kingdom of our
Father. Only as we open our hearts
and minds to the indwelling Spirit of
Almighty God do_ we enter into the
promised land. of the new dispensa-
tion, to possess it, to enjoy it. Filled
with the Spirit we live, but if the
Spirit of God abide not in a man he
-is none of His.
In that beautiful figure of the vine
Christ cuts clear for us the nature of
the spiritual life. It is-our oneness
within the Author of the universe and
of us. It is the merging of our lives
into the life of God. The perfect
spiritual life expresses itself in union
within the Maker. Entirely within
the living Christ moves the flawless
human. Fashion a man according to
the stature of Jesus Christ and you
have a spiritual man. The spiritual
life ds that life within Christ which
will make you always ask, “What
would Jesus do?” The ethical judg-
ment always referring for its sanction
to the spiritual.
Spirituality and godliness are syn-
onvmous. Apart from the glorified
Nazarene there is, Christianly speak-
ing. no spiritual existence. Spiritual-
ity is no mere statement of philoso-
phy: it is a fact. A vital and a vivi-
fying reality is the life within the
Son of Man. The Christ life is not
merely a state of mind, but a mode
of action. The living of the man
within Jesus and for the Father, and
the Holy Spirit dwelling in him, that
is the life spiritual. As the late Dr.
Maitbie D. Babcock well said: ‘‘Spir-
ituality is seeing God in common
things and showing God in common
things.”
Now this spiritual life is not eso-
teric in its nature. It is not a life
for the few. It is a life for us all.
The economy of the good news of the
Master is worldwide in its application
and inclusiveness. To all men the
opportunity to dwell within Christ is
offered. To all the higher life has its
appeal. From Nicodemus of the San-
hedrim, to Onesimus the slave. From
the mighty in intellect, to the unlet-
tered and unlearned. To the banker,
to the beggar, without money and
without price, are givenall the wealth
at God’s command if they will.
The highest Christian life is in-
separable from the highest spiritual-
ity. We cannot understand the soul
of the message that the Master brings
to us until we enter into His point of
view. ‘The mightiest Christians of
all the ages were men of the deepest
sanctification. And sanctification is
the soul’s progress toward the per-
fectness of God. Witness Peter as he
stands before the wondering, poly-
glottous multitudes, on the day when
the Spirit filled the church. - Witness
Saul of Tarsus, as, ‘ringing down the
grooves of change” he sends the
watchword, “For to me to live is
Christ.” The secret of the success
of Wesley, of Spurgeon, is spiritual
force. The most helpful power in the
world to-day is the strength of soul
of consecrated men and women. Men
may come and men may go, but the
influence of the soul which is grow-
ing into Godlikeness is the influence
which bends hardest upward and
heavenward. To be truly Christlike,
we must be truly spiritual.
The greatest value of the spiritual
fife is that, through it, we are en-
abled, more and more, to understand
Jesus Christ Himself. The Christ
cannot be comprehended save through
the spiritual depths of His nature.
As true it is to-day as it was when
Nicodemus went through the sable
night to learn wisdom at the feet of
Jesus: “That which is born of the
flesh is flesh. That which is born of
the Spirit is Spirit.”” Save as we en-
ter into the Spirit we cannot enter
into the things of the Spirit. We can-
not grasp heavenly things until we
fet Heaven into our hearts. Only as
we discern the¢ soul forces which un-
derlie the activities of the Saviour
can we undenstand Christianity and
Christ. Only‘ias we are filled with
the Spirit can“, we understand the
Lamb of God. & 4»
The fullness ofithe promises of the
Prince of Peace gan come to those
only who are strongest in soul ser-
vice. Christ has lefy us certain prom-
ises. He has confetred upon us cer-
tain privileges... But those promises
and those privileges are realized, in
their fullest measure, by those only
who live the fullest life. Christ says
to us with reference te@ prayer: ‘If
ye abide in Me and My words abide in
you, ye shall ask what%ye will and
it shall be done unto yous’ A prom-
ise and a privilege. Butyto whom?
To us all indeed. But fully to those
of us only who live fully within
Christ. }
The promises of Christ §ire con-
stant. Prayer is the samg' blessed
privilege to-day that it was on that
fateful night in Gethsemane, To you
and to me Christ grants thelkame ac-
cess to the Father that He Him-
self. But we need the deepest spir-
itual~insight to learn the segret of
success in prayer. Read thaf peti-
tion of our Lord in the sevenf§eenth
chapter of the fourth Gospel #hd see
if it is not the spiritual feryor of it
which enthralls you. The Secret of
the success of Christ in His) earthly
career is the secret of the payer in
the grove by the Kidron ist has
revealed the secret to . is for
us to decide whether or nd ng the
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The Life Spiritual in Christ.
spiritual energy that we have, we
shall go on to further glories in the
life within our Saviour.
In our time the material needs of
men are, instead of being subordi-
nated, pushed into primary import-
ance. The mad rush for wealth and
power among the leaders in society
has its influence on those in the rear
ranks. Materialism masters all men,
save those who see clearly and think
profoundly. And in this there is
cause for fear.
Would that we might look less at
the world material and more to the
realm spiritual. Christ came not to
save the pockets, or the power, or the
position of men. The Saviour, cru-
cified on Calvary, died, not that we
might be enabled to gain riches or
honor or glory in this world. Rather
did He suffer that, through Him, we
might be led to discern the spiritual
realities of life. Rather did He offer
up Himself that, through Him, we
might gain an eternal weight of
glory; that, through Him, we might
gain spiritual plenty, power, peace.
Would that we. might discern that
the spiritual life that we are to live]
hereafter is the normal life now.
Would that to-day we might cease to
sear our souls with sin. Would that
we might, here and now, re-dedicate
ourselves to the spiritual service of
our spiritual God. Let us cease to
make the passing pleasures of the
present the motive in our lives. Let
us rather strive for the primal and
the fundamental in life. To the at-
tainment of the eternal graces, the
endless powers, the everlasting pos-
sessions, let us bend our energies. If
we are to live the life spiritual here-
after, then, by all means, let us gain
all spiritual wisdom now. ‘If, through
the aeons, we are to dwell within the
light of the countenanceof the Christ,
then let us become accustomed to the
glory of His presence here.
The student studies against his
life’s labors. The scientist devotes
his larger energies to his field of in-
vestigation. The disciplines of the
student subordinate all else to them-
selves. The scientist specializes. All
else is secondary. Not otherwise is it
with the Christian. The Christian is
fitting for spiritual specialism. His
duty it is to draw so near to God that
the divine life is within him and he
within the divine. His duty it is,
here and now, to subordinate all
things in this life to the soul’s devel-
opment.
Wealth, position, power, all are
secondary, all are incidenta. None
is primary. None is fundamental.
Poverty with purity is peace. The
true wealth is the wealth spiritual.
Real content comes from above and
abides within. The purest happi-
ness is the gift of the Spirit. The
power that persists is Pentecostal.
Do you doubt? Come then to the
hovel that. they call home who are
poor in earthly possessions but who
are rich toward God. Poor? No.
Rich? Yes. Unhappy? No. Happy?
Yes. And you ask: ‘How can this
be?’’ Listen to the words of our
blessed Master: ‘‘Let not your heart
be troubled. Ye believe in God, be-
lieve also in Me.” “I will not leave
you orphans, I will come to you.”
“These things I have spoken unto
you that ye might have life.” “I am
the bread of life.” A son of God un-
happy? A daughter of our Father in
tears?
The need of the church and of the
individual Christian to-day is spirit-
uality. The power of the Holy Ghost
the Comforter is sadly neglected. The
church relies too much upon the
might of man and not enough upon
the grace of God. We need to se-
cure, as a real and virile fact in our
own lives, the consciousness of our
being within God through Christ.
Thus may we be clothed with the
might of the Master. Thus may we
gain in soul energy. Thus may we
grow from spiritual childhood into
spiritual maturity. Leaving the mi-
asma of the prison house of the bedy
material, we may climb ever higher
to the spiritual heights where the air
is pure, and clear and vigorous. Es-
caping from the bonds of sin we may
clamber upward toward the pinnacle
of perfectness.
Beloved, we must lead. The posi-
tion of the church is at the front.
We must move up to our colors. Our
ideal is Christ. Our aim the spiritual
regeneration of the world. An
aenemic church cannot lead. We
need red blood in our veins. The
church of Christ must be filled, indi-
vidually and collectively, with the
deepest spiritual grace. The Chris-
tian man must be ‘one who measured
by the spirit level of his own ideals,
justifies.” If we are Christians let
us live the life. Let us place the em-
phasis upon the enduring things. Let
us bring men to the knowledge of
the spiritual truths revealed in Jesus
Christ. Let us teach mankind that
he is richest who is wealthiest toward
God. Let us live as we pray and
preach and teach.
And having dedicated ourselves to
the service of the Lord of Light and
of Love let us go out to men with the
truth. To the highest, to the lowest,
the cultivation of the soul's powers
has its appeal. The spiritual chord
struck by Jesus Christ can awake an
antiphonal note in the soul of every
man who wants to hear. 1
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The waves of the ocean spring up,
we know not where or why. They
come careering past us, the very em-
blems of resistless power. They sub-
side and are lost among the succeed-
ing waves. In like manner, on the
vast sea of human life, individuals,
then empires, mysteriously emerge.
They raise their ephemeral forms
conspicuously high, overwhelming
whatever stands in the way of their
march. They also subside and are
lost, but the unfathomable abyss of
humanity still remains, and God’s
eternal purpose moves on toward the
accomplishment of the determined |
end.—Draper.
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The Wonders of Cellulose.
By Professor R. K. Duncan.
HE commonest thing in the every-day vegetable world is cellulose
—the material of which are made the cell walls of every plant,
Cellulose, which makes up one-third of the plat life on the
sa globe, is capable, like gold and silver, of resisting the efforts of
a time. When pure, it neither rusts nor decays, but can endure
Hah, through all generations. Yet, common as it is, it is one of the
teast understqpd of substances, and its greatest wonder is the
fact that every tiny chip of knowledge we have been able to extract from it
has led to the establishment of some new industry, and has added enormously
to th: resources of mankind. .
Linen is almost pure cellulose, and So is cotton, and so is silk; yet although
the chemical substances are to same, their structure is very different, and
their qualities vary with the structure. The paper on which The Companion
is printed is made from cellulose—and this would be true whether it were
linen or cotton or wood-pulp paper. It can be extracted either mechanically
or chemically from the wood. Wood cellulose is not as good or as lasting
ag cotton cellulose. The chemist cannot distinguish wherein the difference
lies, yet a fortune awaits the man who can discover how to make the one as
good as the other. :
The entire cotton industry is based upon cellulose, and it seems. as if it
were a -nastered scence; yet so little do we know about the basic material
that even a simple discovery in connection with it can still open the doors
to enormous changes. John Mercer discovered that if. a piece of cotton,
which is pure cellulose, be placed in a strong solution of caustic soda, the
cellulose unites with water, the cotton shrinks twenty per cent. and becomes
fifty per cent. stronger, and it has greater dyeing capacity. But if it be kept
under tension so it cannot shrink, the whole fabric assumes the sheen of
silk, A great industry has sprung up in the manufacture of “mercerized
coda.
2 Linen, cotton, jute and hemp are cOMMON fibers of commerce, all pure
cellulose, which we have learned how to use; but there may be, in any field
of weeds, a dozen or a score of plants of equal value and utility could we but
master the secret of their chief component and learn thus to use them,
Cellulose will dissovle in a hot solution of vince chlorid, and makes a
sticky sirup. When forced through a tiny orifice into alcohol this sirup pre-
cipitates a fine thread, which, when carbonized makes a filament for incan-
descent lamps. Paper soaked in the solution asl worked up forms vulcan:
ized fiber” Dissolved in another solution cellulose forms a material which
renders goods dipped in it water-proof, and such goods pressed together form
bullet-proof sheets, such as were used for barricades in South Africa. Dis
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per's Magazine,
Japanese Morality.
By J. Ingram Bryan, M. A,, M. Litt. Professor
of English in the Imperial College
of Commerce, Nagasalxi.
APANESE observers assert that at present Buddhism has no
influence in China, and the statement is still more true of Japan.
. The average Japanese who has any conception of the difference
between one religion and another, feels that Buddhism has a
scant message for the twentieth century. The real religion
of Japan is Ancestor Worship—a reverence for, and service of,
: departed ones whose spirits are believed ever to pour their
mighty forces into the life of today. To a large number of the more in-
telligent Japanese, ihis creed is no more satisfying to the spiritual nature
than the anniversary of a funeral would be to us; and as for the masses,
they are slaves to tlie most blood-cardling superstitions, amounting in many
casas to a worship of demons. In a very able article in the “Shin Jin” (New
Man), Mr. Ebina contends that notwithstanding its philosophical excellence,
Buddhism is destined to be overcome ‘by the practical efficiency of Christi-
anity. Japanese Christians are now exerting a powerful influence at home,
and that influence has conspicuously followed the flag into Formosa, Korea
and Manchuria. When the main points of the ethics of old Japan, loyalty
and filial] piety, are consecrated by the social service of a pure and noble
character, a great and lasting leadership will be assured to Japan, not only
in statesmanship, bur in religion and morality.
In this most vital point of all—morality, Japan is weakest, and so long
as sha continues so, she will’ lack one of the most essential requisites of as-
sured .uccess. In assisting her to feel rightly on this ‘question, Christianity
‘must prove a potent factor. But at present Japan's social morality is the
greatest menace to her advance.
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