| Show IRE PRESBYTERIANS procoldlogs of he General Assembly Tots Morning CHIEF UKACI 01 1 CIIIIIM1lU1V 111 furs IS of Iho Srlnou by tile > nelirlogjaJodrrnlor HIT John L llbrolf EAOLE IMKB Inl i May 20Rav John L Wllbrow of Chicago Ihe retiring re-tiring moderator opened the proceed ago of the PrtBbyterlan general ai Stably this morning I DDRER9 By 111B RTIRINU IODEn ATOA The subject ol Dr Wlthrow was The Cbleleit Grace of Christianity mil be look as his text And above all tilings have fervent charity among yourselvejeJ I Peter 4 8 He Dill examined the nature of the trier laying that not a few confined the Ides of caarlty to alma Giving But there was more than alms deeds meant by lIe I Holy Bplrlt when Ho bid ui above all things have fervent cbintj among yiurselvas The tub itinllve term la me original trans liteil cuaiHy In Iho text nan Ono of two that stood lr love In our language It was not Iou > i defined In fucker philosophy not at described In Tennyioni grID fill verse Il was not such love that Holy icrlpiure extolled and cal ed upon Us to Leave amoDg ovrellvr Tno line 01 definition must be dropped many a latucm I lower to touch the bottom icneii of this divines term And when we did lake soundings lu the depth of Scripture What riches wore found reptBlui in that one little word love For It and It alone of the words of tbe language was ample enough to comprtuend complete and crown our conception of God fur God Is hive Eliminate from too Uoepel what It huB concerning the love of God and nothing left would serve a human heart more than an empty cupboard would n hungry man TJ wok the message ol Uoda love Im pretilvey plain wag the Supreme iBionilullity I ol Meals who knew It moio than tu do anything ole Here then discovered Ito source and spring of the charity whioj Ibo text demanded It was she due I it vulse ol tbe tile of llho Deity which mutt bo kept Uatlng lu cvtry one who wiuld loop to pane tbe great crliei Which were yet to come on CnrlstlaLS and Ibo visible church II was but a > wo loved one another that Ool ubldelb In ui Tlua the question of cocoa tolerance towards other ol oj > cello open log practice = and prlnol pf3aut ocW oCrI ogb plejwas made a ctllerlou of Christian cbanoler He next considered the greatness of tbe need ol this grace and said Ha I poi ttislon alone proved on In be a fat inter in-ter of the Lorn body Eloquence of I lbrlitlan pf < first 0 aid not prove the I pomitlou ol Jtarlillan principle though I be ihould subscribe hli billet la every vowel Points paragraph and portion of the Hebrew Scrlpturee nod to every accent and formation 01 too received New restatLeu and though be were ready to dUo out of the cburch or to put to death any who would not agtei In such an extreme coctrlnu tplrallon yet It ln > ntart were not gentle and loltiaut and tender 11 careful 01 tile faith auj fcelluiii ol others then he WhB nothing > < loa oftifill5f no account according to Pilot rillmalR ol wliat II took to make a Cntldlau Lit cunBoiinot do ha iricct work and place each where he belonged whether InMda or ouislJe tile Hue of believers We lived In the most restless age our eitlli has bad tlnci Adam came upon It Everywhere there was dli quiet and dissatisfaction with exletlng ilvll economic social and religloni 0 fat t 10139 Idolalrlei were dying and alhelim was succeeding In heathen i alia became nothing better than Ibo dlicordtd belief was oilseed LAI tUer tad And In countries whale the clots of Christ haj a supremacy or alloibtr 1 luilgula ol religion theta WM a wltbbuldlng of acceptance ol Christianity andes looieueia of loyally 10 inlay WilD did accot Which might well awaken apprehension for the fat u re mud there was enough evl dence to indicate mat the Intelligent Bud thought were appreboi live iorwbal plentiful devises were Invent elloln I > luoeth utichurouej to come filto the late Even the sobriety and solemnities ul religion was aaorltJced lo kvoiatlooallBm lu the Uope of catoblug Ibo careleia But the uoooy did not Encomia more than fairly well with I Uth am allowed a studied ibyuu of Ihechurcb What would draw Ibm Woold wider learning and Sharper crlllclim of creida multiply the lol loirenof Ubrlatlanlt Wit all the rvico ibat leirnlui had ruudurtd lo CorUtlanlty had never been out Ucientol itself to fill the empty p won w-on Suudajtnor greatly multiply name on tile laciamental ioil mill it WM a noittommou remark mat aomethtDg wis Meeting more than they had lo rtcommend the religion they rued 10 these who Were Pigsties It DY Waa theta any realsollable ground for onbllng tbat tbo topic refuted lo Ibe uFPIYuI the need Abova al Ibluiie ba Lye fervent lovo amuon yourelvos Could anyone titlmale tile NSUtkry 1 fleet It rjulii have upon ttame rnib II g no claim to luo Uhrlillan Damu II from this oy on Ibr join d never La beard Ono bursts word between those who protein to be brtbera lu Christ lAvargellagoot TIOVIN there mUll DO rising out of Constitutional I Hud educatlouil cauiiie But What Was r dedduD was quetifar vUt HM ° llll monit them that o6a Dicta between Cnrlttluna wquld L unknown Wheu ouch a touolllon 16ould irevall among Uhrlitlihi men 01 the world would not nuck at the ttxt Behold how wool and bow 0satatit It 10 for brethren to dwell ojlber In unity For they would 01 110 longer eee action pulling The half o fallen 99 ooeu ad tile Action ended ioPltbol Service happ3 I Of and Willett halcyon mud song day Which t hey wlgbt bopoIDr Ibp > orl lUld 0 the Church toa11 an the wtld So as Sol lib rUblooIooShLi II IlL Il-L I civil COUTllllOUB Would Ito such and dillon ot amity and calm within tile commollioo oalDla all wulJ Make ill u ititudell crave Admission DI ever a sailor d dB safe harbor Thus could the world be woo and by it I other meaD The toor li a art cl I human fly oVO beemo 0 bOIII me not lo bt Have lu lb powr 01 cbarlly and the felicity of fervent love to t lift it to U boiler Ills and Make li happy there And this It expected flr i aud mot irjra tried who claimed to be 111 who ealdl 11 command you that yo lovo one auottiir |
