THE QREbON i DAILY ' JOURNAL PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER - 28, 1903.
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PREACHES HEW
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' "Jletrospect ivc anil Prospect
. 'ive'SulijeetofDr.E.S.
ij JHuckley's Discourse.
TAKES WORDS OF ST.
PAUL FOE HIS TEXT
Forget All Jn Tour Past Pastor's Ad
': ; vke; the Good Because,. Yon Can
Do Better, the Bad Because It Is
,i a Handicap, ;
Ths servW at the First Christian
church yestsrday . were well attended
both iriornlns; and evening. Special
Christmas music was rendered ty the
choir undrr the direction of Kathryne
l.inehan Johnson. One of the) numbers
xrna a beautiful compoMUort of Mrs.
.lohnson's, to which was set Phillips
Brocks" poem. "The Little Town of
KPthlehem." Dr. E. 8. Muckley spoke
on a Christmas theme in the morning
and New Year's theme at night. The
Fiibloct of the. evening discourse was
' Retrospective' and Prospective," under
the text. "This one thing I do, forget
ting those things which are behind and
reaching forth unto those things which
ore before, I press toward the mark
for the prize of th high calling of
Ood in Christ Jesus." . .
In part Dr. Muckley said:
"In this third chapter of Phllipplans
the Apostle Paul is contrasting his ex
periences under the law and under
Christ. - As a Jew Paul had much to
commend him. lie was well born and
well educated. He. sat at the feet of
the great teacher Gamaliel and was
taught according to the perfect manner
of the law of the fathers. Religiously
lie had reached the highest the law hnd
to offer: for touching the righteousness
which is in the law he was accounted
. Iitamplers. As a Jew he had satisfied
himself and his countryman and. may
linve been regarded by some as a pos
sible successor to his great teacher.
"But on the way to Damascus he
caught a viaion of Jesus that ever after
gave him a new view of hlmftelf and a
new philosophy of life. With all the
attainments of the rtnst he could ha no
longer satisfied. The things that he
bad gained, his legal righteousness, bis
bieh standing, his reputation for ceal,
piety and learning, he counted but loss
for the excellency of the knowledge of
ls Lord. Christ Jesns,' even counting
them but refuse that he . might win
Christ and his new liarliteouBnens. la
this vision of Christ he was given "aft
larger outlook. Possibilities undreamed
of for himself, his people, the whole
worlds vividly loomed before him.
"Tliis is what Jesus does for every
. one who clearly sees hinw-gives him an
outlook so entrancing in possible at
tainments that the soul can never again
be satisfied with the past.
" "In Paul's new philosophy life bad
farther out reaches than he bad ever
suspected, attainments became a limit
less progression. . The hidden possibili
ties of the future loomed -no larire in
comparison with the attainment of
the past that he felt like consigning all
the prized achievements of the past to
oblivion. He wanted to forget them.
In this new philosophy of life he adopt
ed the only possible method f reach
ing the ultimate things attainable by
the human soul. lie did one thing that
bad two phases. He forgot the past
and pressed toward the goal for the
prize of the hi'h calling of Ood. That
this new philosophy is the true, phil
osophy Is apparent. The past must be
forgotten or we will become satisfied
with It and cease to unfold Into larger
manhood. '
"There are two classes of things we
want to zorget m tne past and these
comprise the whole of our past We
want to forget the worthy achieve
ments. - All of us hare done some good,
but it must be forgotten in our at
tempt to achieve -a greater good. We
must not , rest in easy, self-satisfied
contentment. The preacher - never
preaches a sermon bo great that he
cannot and should not preach a greater.
You have never done a deed so noble
that yau cannot and should not do
nobler. . No life has been so radiant
that it cannot and. should not shine
with a more far reaching splendor. ; No
year has been so well lived that an
other cannot and should not be better
lived.--So- it is well to forget the past,
that we may niake the future more
glorious. .
"Then wa warrt to. forget the mis
takes and sins of the nast, ana we can
only do this taking on the righteousness
or ennst or men uoa oiuia ui un
sinful past and wanta us to iorg.ee 11.
We will not" comnare ourselves to oth
ers whom wa think are not quite so
moral as we are; for as we compare
ourselves with Christ, we win aiscover
that thero Is but little difference be
tween the best and the worst man in
the world' and that both alike need to
have their past blotted out in the right
eousness of Christ. -
"Don't let vour sins so weight you
down with morbid fesr that -you cannot
see the clean white life toward which
your savior win help you struggle, for
get the old year Just fading nut and be
lieve that the New Year Just dawning
is full of blessed possibilities for you.
Enter it with your Dord end as you
pass through it he will discover to you
riches 'that -you can never aewlthout
him." v Sit :
SHOULD JOIN CHURCH
Dr. Dyott Talks on Duty of Religious
Man.';
"Ought a Religious Man to Join the
Church? was the question .asked last
night by Dr. Luther R. Dyott in his
sermon at .,' the First Congregational
church, and after discussing the ques
tion pro and con ha concluded by saying
that, although there are many religious
men who belong to no church, it would
be better for them if they would affllL
ate themselves with soma religious
body. - -r"- - . .
I)r Pyott said in part:
"Ought, a religious .man -to join a
church? In - asking the question It is
assumed, that there 'are religious men
who do not belong to any church. They
have either withdrawn from the church
or -they have never joined a church. No
reasonable person can think of the
church and religion as being altogether
synonymous. There may be a want of
parity between ecclesiastical organiza
tion and practical religion. It is quite
possible that eoma churchmen may put
churchlanity ahead ' of Christianity.
Churches may, sometimes, . become
selfish. They have been known to have
bigots and hypocrites among their ad
herents. They have, at times, perse
cuted those with whom ' they did not
agree. Now and again- they have been
known to oppose those things which
have contributed to the welfare of hu
man, society . and the progress of the
human race. But let it be remembered
that in spite of all these things, the
time has never been, nor Is It now, that
human society can .think of dispensing
with the church. To some it may seem
unnecessary: to others it may seem an
expensive luxury, and to others a bur
densome increment, out there always
have been, there are now, and there
always will be many who believe that
the church, its life and work, are to be
reckoned among the necessities of -hu
man society. .. .
"Many . other excuses ; are submitted
bv those who do not wish to Join
church. It is not. however, for the
church to censure the- religious out-
siaer, we ougnt to matte our churches
more necessary to the masses, We
ought to And the point of contact in
the masses. We ought to help the
people outside more than' we do. We
ought to help people Just where they
are. An extensive work depends upon
an intensive life. Then, when th
church is trying to do her part the re
ligious man outside ought to Join the
church because, in spite of its faults, it
is still the best institution Jn the world,
and has within it all of the agencies
for the great uplift of the human race.
"He ought to join the church because
it will place his life with an organized
opportunity of life, of growth, of serv
ice. The world needs the church." The
religious man outside Js needed by the
church as certainly as the world needs
the church. Ought a religious man to
join a church! Yes.
CHRIST'S LIFE HIS THEME
Jn
Dr. Benjamin Yona g Preachea
First Presbyterian Church."
' "The Man Christ, Jesus,:'; was the
theme of the sermon of Dr. Benjamin
Young delivered at the First; PresBy
terlan church last night, in the absence
of the pastor. Dr. William Hiram
Foulkes. Dr. , Young dwelt on the life
of the savior, bis teachings, his mar
velous doctrines of purity and simplicity
and the relation bis me Dears to au
history since that time. He said in
...Men nave marveteor at tne purity or
the Christ character, lie was a sinless
redeemer.' He was tempted but did not
sin. He is called the Iamb of God. This
conception was not evolved from the
inner consciousness or 'tne mscipies.
They did not rind it in contemporary
life of literature. If you have read
classic au triors you know that it could
not be discovered in their pages. Back
or the wnjte purity or this delineation
tnere is, as sianey ianier, our souin
ern noet. says, 'the crystal Christ.
"No wonder men marvel at the Christ.
Think of what he has put into our. civil
isation. Think of his , lnrluence over
modern life. He is the central figure of
history.' None has transcended him. He
is the consummate flower of. the race.
As Victor Hugo has said, 'He has
turned the blind alley into a thorough
fare.' Ha lives the 'mightiest- among
the holy ana the nonest among the
mighty.' . The pinnacles of fame which
stand on the plain of history are ever
and anon shadow and light, but the
lams 01 the ennst shines with unre
mitting splendor, his name glorious by
his ministry of service and of love. Let
us make it our business to interpret his
spirit to men. to live to upuit ana to
save and to disseminate bis message of
good win ana joy to an mankind.
TAXPAYERS HOLD
I.1EETING TONIGHT
. Teachers' and their- friends 4
4 from all parts of the city will be ' 4
in attendance at the taxpayers'
meeting this evening at .7:30 in ,
the auditorium of the West Side
High school,, when the men and
women who foot the bills will go
into session with the board of
education for the purpose of
fixing the "tax levy for the com-
, ing year, v As recommended by '
the board it will amount to 4.7'
mills.. This estimate covers the
additional expense of a 15 per
cent' advance, in teachers' saj-
, arles. , , , ' .
The financial condition of the
school -district is ' flourishing.
' Clerk Allen's report shows tha
? indebtedness to" be $642,49,1.18 e
and the yearly receipts $1,483,-
172.78. Expenditures were $1,475.-
664.61. The cash balance on
hand is $7508.17. '
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