| Show I WHAT TO PREACH Shall sermons deal with ic r human Interest 1 Is II a to nr ars give A tl A C son Jon ot of th the III Into to holl ot of Canterbury In nn an nr tide In II a Loudon publIcation the tho vi view ow lint sermons ermons not ho doctrinal They rhe are Ito ho too difficult hf he suggests ls l with lie tho common affaIrs ot of lit litIf life If It Is right its hll I to ho he nn and bold It III It is rl right ht to lie nm am ambitious and It It I is right to money to 10 taIl fall In love lovo to rill james to strIve II after Cle I equality or Sll It t Is right to 10 preach prone about Juell things There III I a riGht wn and andI tL I wrong wa way or cit doing mot of them a wn way anit III an unchrIstian vay would go some JOme to hear n ii by 1 a 11 anti parson ehn tutu lived nn an honest nt life It on making money or on Calling In love ION and ond the tho moro that sermons deal universal the for tor pester and flock aUk one not tant tier mons to aim nt at ono one Into a 11 different region one olle not desire to W be 1 into the file courts ot of nn art r anti not ven err In interesting to so touch Oil as to bt be brought taco to taco face Ih lbs ot of God all on onearth earth My h lIet Is 10 that most moat People arc lIro interested in morality and conduct not many In the development ot of Christian doctrine Another view is III h by Dr or at the tho f Episcopal Divinity 8 school at CambrIdge lie warns against t the tho supposition that are aro weary or of doctrinal sermons ermons wa a ho he a 1 time when tiia doctrinal ser sermon Cr mon was more than It is II at r ent or mol needed It III trUe that num nien Are Impatient nt ot of sermons dogmatic serf sec moo man Is Ig hael on tho ground ot of 11 tty thel th doctrinal sermon lermon ii 11 On ho ground n No 11 confidence itt In he of ot del pen de persons of years of at ex perl Inco to len will while young oun m men n In tell loll thom whAt thor they ought to believe without toiling I the hlll wh why tho ought to hollor hollo It People are ng r for tor doctrinal preach leg They desIre to bolle hut but not bUild not nol at not with ilk gills In place ot of their Ibis hlll we fO think Is strictly true truo ot of ot it the tho people who go to church rho ol office co of the tho itt III to quick II 0 time the conscIence ut it his hearers to lead thorn to Io higher Ideals to point the theIL IL to Ic and final reunion with their Heavenly Father What Whatever ever serves to obtain these n end civic be to tobt he bt mudo use ot of In tIm sermons It I is char har that lie he cnn can cannot not nol III doctrinal lie fie must his hearers the truth in III re regard gard to Ii their mills Ion In Inthe time the worM spiritual things as far faras liS as they haw have been revealed Scripture doctrine Is III lit at the Iho foundation ot of cor correct In life lite rite Gospel bl be Kino gills its 1111 enge 11 by unfoldIng Iho ho par dottIng mercy or of God Clod through tho death ot of Soil flon It exhibit Its lis doctrines ns nit motives to at whet when the truths taken possession or of the heart they timy teach us UH to the tho ot of obedience Correct prin diMs hen and applIed area are aren n a force torce that lieu millS Truth remains tIm tho sante alt all dl I anti nil ages The rhe Scrip Scriptures tures reveal reAal the Clod with till hit qualities Human con Itri It fir of mO may change but time tho COIl ot of ito ho remains the Iho same Ilme for tor forever ever The Scriptures sot set forth Gods Plans In hi limo Iho of the tho world I arid and time tho Issue ot of the pres ant ent between the tho principles ot of light anti Their teachings nature tiun happl arsie nod sIn a as the source or of human III p are aro always the tho lallie caine and these thelle teachings mire lire to ever every ego mind ever condition Pt It man n it I iS the tue of to 10 grasp these Imy the uld or of the Spirit line to explain to lila hili hear har harrr rr cre It Is the truth that will sIli sot I I I free A great of tho ho sermons ot of our Lord consisted ot of In which great truths were Ulu and moral emphasized Some ot of the Iho noted mormons of at the first followers of our nur Lord historical Such was WaH for tor tha address or of Stephen tue tho first r before his persecutors some Homo or of the tho sermons ot of the Ap Apostle Paul limit they wro cro given not lIot ns as lectures Their object was Vas Vasto to doctrines anti Illustrate moral precepts and there thero is III ito more power ful fiti incite cit It conveying such Hueh than the 1110 historical History Is 1 but 11 I A record or of the tho dealings of at the with his IlIa chIldren during and It Iii is therefore an Inexhaustible ot of information time the relations or of flint to his Maker But whatever torn torm the die course amy its 1111 object should ho bo hoto to 10 doctrinal truths In order that moral laity be that salvation may be obtained through ellis and obedience Grove questIons confront society nl at atlie lie tho present time llio author of claIms that people lit In the States are aro living a 11 hand existence with enough to 10 life lito Jacob lils Hila has demon that In the eight years prior to 1890 ot of the tho people o or Now York City recipients or of charity charityn n In the year 1903 peo ide wun weri aided b by the pUblic Ur Such conditions l do not C call ll for sermons on or games call caI fr on such auch doe trines nil as the tho Fatherhood or of God mind or it man anti the ion or of those doctrines to human life |
