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MAN WITHOUT GOD. DR. CHAPMAN'S SUNDAY: SERMON Pitiable Condition of a flan Without a Country Beauties of a Christian Ufe. New York City. The Rev. Dr. J. Wil fhm Chapman, the noted pastor-evangel-f&t, continues to excite popular interest hy the series of remarkable sermons he is delivering in the Fourth Presb3terian "CBiurrli. Apropos of patriotic celebrations ?&e has prepared the following discourse tar the press, entitled "A Man Without a 'Country." It is preached from the text, Ephesians 2: 12. "Havinar no hope and 4thout God in the world." . This is one of the saddest texts in the $Te Testament, for while it describes qur wn condition when we were aliens from Christ and strangers to the covenant and -promise of God. yet I take it, in my pre--sentation of this subject to describe those whn have wilfully, reiected Christ and xnho have deliberately decided that thevi ... , . , tt .. ci ; TTtTii-U I mil not accept Jtiim as a oaviour. vvim -this interpretation , put upon the Scripture -we have in the text the saddest expression possible in human language. ;I suppose feere is no one of my hearers to whom the 4Fords may be strictly applied, for if we -fake hone out of a man's life it is not -worth the living The , young man may ftave failed yesterday, but he has hoped that he may succeed to-morrow; the busi ness man who has lost ,his fortune in the -wreck of past days is not discouraged be aue hope buoys him up. and he is confi dent" that prosperity will be his once gain. Take hope from our lives and we mre of all men most miserable, and if in addition to being deprived of hope we "twtve no God we are not only hopeless for time, but hopeless also for eternity, for nee we were made to be filled with God mad all our being was so adjusted as to be t tune to His nature, there is no sadder ptctnre than to be without Him. Some pears ago I came across that interesting and pathetic story written bv Edward Ev erett Half entitled "The Man Without a Omntry." and it has furnished for me an illustration of this text to which ydlir at tention is invited. I found in the man who drifted everywhere across the sea -without being able to enter a harbor a presentation of many a man who has bur wed Christ out of his life. The man was JPhflip Noland by name. Whether the story be truth or fiction it does not mat Car, for the illustration is the same. This 5omig lieutenant in the army had come ander the influence of Aaron Burr, and he &ad fascinated him. The young soldier. -wrote to tfurr long letters expressing his ""Slopes and his desires that he might serve &hn, but had no letters from Burr in re--gilyV' At last he came one dav to see the $ronng man. and then his. hold noon him was complete. The regular life of the sol dier became tame; he was utterly un fitted for service. There came a time when in company with others who were also under the. influence of Burr he ..must , Appear before the army court to be 'tried for misdemeanor.. The others for one rea ot or another escaped sentence, but "Philip Noland was pronounced guilty. "He was asked by the judge if he had any lhtng to say why sentence should not be Tossed upon him because he had been fEalse to his country and had sinned against the United States. His reply j was an oath, and in the presence of the I court he cursed his country and said that he -wished he might never again hear the onnd of the name United States; that he Waited his native land. The judge, with a white face, answered, "It shall be as you ay and subject to the approval of the President of the United States, you shall never acrain hear of your country." At 3Ehi& Philip Noland laughed, but no one islse did; there was a deathlike stillness ver the court. He was taken to New Or reans, given over into .the charge of a Mrmnacder of one of the vessels, with the -lwtinct understanding that no one was ver again to speak to him of the United States, and he was to be allowed to speak to no one of his old home. He was at Jfc&t put upon a Government vessel and Tivem quarters befitting fans late rank." It - was expressly stipulated that he was to fee exposed to no indignity; he was not to Jfcev reminded of the fact that . he was a pfJsoner, and while he could wear the uni ffiorm yet he must not have the buttons of fehe United States Government upon this uniform. Indeed he was to be a man anii.hn.ut a country from this time on. He "was permitted once each day to dine with 4-Yr.n -iTi love idnt. AlA J- 1- ' 1 v- uiuvtio, uui tucv uiu uui jai c to nave - Eiun. because when he was present they aoiald not talk of home; under no circum tances was he to ever see his country - again and never was he to hear of it. He "v3ra? axot permitted to go on shore wher ever the landing might be. If he read &Ia5 at all they must contain no refers, enee to his home, and if he read the for ragn papers it was only after some one Ixad carefully cut out every, reference to -tins .United States. If the vessel upon $ueh he was a passenger camg near ' fris country it must wait uhtil it would be overtaken by another vessel going sea--card. Philip Noland became a passenger -will Jbis face set away from his home. It Saras Jever been to me one o the saddest frustrations I know, and yet a perfect pic txrc of the man who has deliberately re jected " Christ, has saidj "I will .not have ifcTals wan to rule overVme." and who is, text. as "having "no hope and without God in the world." ! . ' , : I. , - - - "We have reiected .Him. He has said in lies word. "He tbat is not with Me is lisyainst Me," and not, to accept is to re ' jeet. It is true ..we have never said in" so many words that we would not have Hira our Saviour, but w;e have resisted the entreaties of the. minister and spurned tissc prayers of our loved ones, and what xwR&ave not been bold enough to sav with Cjwc Tins we havesaid in our hearts, and Gad know3t.h the language of the heart sat3F men know the language of the lips. 3 aura very sure that Philip Noland did mot TffiEan what he said. He had, spoken in (a jaacsstaa, .. and I am perfectly positive that twv one here could for a moment reject jgkrifit if he felt' that Christ would take rnrer have a chance again.' Mr. Moody traiift to say that no one wanted to be ex cnaciV "Would you sign a letter like thttK,?" he said. 'Sitting in the house of CEowl this Sunday evening I received a prjceerag invitation from one of yoUr serv- s-u ,v uc jjiescut at me xviarriage oup twnr of the Lamb. I pray thee, have me ceased." No one would" sign it. Then, . -wwacld you sign this? "Sitting in the ttfvase pf. God this Sunday evening I re cets7d a pressing invitation from t one of - r?GEr servants to be present at the Mar- ias5e feunner of the Lamh TW'tfc , of Ood I will be there." It you could but . r --v viicAc a woum soe joy in' neaven joy in your own heart. - . IT. - 1 We arc by nature afar o. Onr heart- are deceitful above all things and desper ately wicked. Our minds are carnal ana therefore at enmity with God; our wills are stubborn and will not yield to . the touch of His power: we are in midnight darkness, and it is in this condition that He comes to us. In the 13th verse of the second chapter of Ephesians we read, "But now in Christ Jesus, ye who some times were afar off are made nigh by the blood of Christ," and to all the unsaved it. is my privilege to say that by the grace nf CinA vnn nr broil arh nich to Christ. This is true because you have been under the influence of the Spirit, and you may be saved if you will, but if you reject Christ no word can describe this sin of which you are guilty. In theOld Testa ment the man who despised Moses jod died without mercy among two or 'three enemies, of how much greater need of mercv shall he be that hath trodden un der foot the Son of God. hath counted the blood whereof He was glorified a common thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace. In this picture of Philin Noland. a sailor on the sea without a harbor--I .find ap illustration of the man who in spite of God's grace has rejected the offer of mercy. . . . in. ;V: We begin to break away, not by, great sins, but by small sins. Have you ever noticed in the three verses in the first chanter of Romans' that wonderful de scription of sin, indeed the most remark able of any the world has ever seen. In the 24th verse we read, "God crave them tin to nncleanness;" in the 2flth verse. "God gave them up to vile affections while in the 28th verse we read, ' pod gave them up to a reprobate mind." jTbe uncleanness may have been sin of an insig nificant character; to be riven up tofvile affections is to be permitted to set four hearts upon those things which arefnot riicht, and draw them to us as with hoks of steel, but to be given over to a Tepro bate mind is to be boneless. I mak? an nnpeal to-dav in ' behalf i of those wiose lives are in the least touched by siri;, it is a dangerous position. IV. . Whfc is the createst sin in all the data logue as written in God's word? If Ithis ouestion were put to men there would be almost as many answers as there arenen. Tt is not impurity, nor dishonesty. TheM thines are not even to be considered m the light of thf greatest sin of all,' which is unbelief. When we read in the gospels that the Holv Ghost is to come, it is fsaid that He will renrove the world of sin, and that sin is described as- not belieyirsf on Him. To reiect Christ, therefore", is the chiefest of all transgressions. V. Havinjr no hone. I cannot imagine that anv of my hearers would for a . moment think of giving way to unbelief or J:acing refuo-e in infidelitv. That is. indeed, hopeless. It is said that Adoniram .Tud son when he was a student in Brown Uni versity came under the influence of a : fej low student who was an infidel. On his return to Providence at one time he, iwas oblieed to ston at a country inn. The inn keeDer told him he had but one room, and that was next to a man who was sup nosed to dying. .Tudson cared nothing for this, and said he would take'jthc room. All through the night he her.vd this man crying out to God for mercy, shrieking in tarror because of his unbejfief. and at lat Judson utterly worn out (fell asleep. When the morning came all jwas quiet in the adjoining room, but the man was dead. What was the student's hdrror to find out that the dying man waif his companion in infidelity, and when he rjame to the end there was no hope for him, and infidelity nrevailed him, nothing.! It is an awful thing to be without Christ in the world. VI. TTT 1 mm v witnout uod. it yon could imagine God taken out of your life for a monfent it would be a position of terror. No'lone would ever again say no to Him if they realized that they might sav no for jf he last time. To have no help in temptation and no comfort in the hour of sorrow, and no support in the day of death would indeed .be an awful thing. A friend; of mine told me of a man in the West who had been constantly besoucht byijhis friends to come to Christ, and had resisted all their entreaties. He had been en treated by God Himself ps He called. him in prosperitv and in adversity, and! at last the calls became so marked thai it was as if God had actually spoken to ijim. and at last in a heat of passion he cried out as if he were speaking to God. "Pn God, let me alone," and He did. and until the dav of his death it is said he never aeain had eyen a faint desire to go; to Christ. It is dangerous to resist. 1 God pity the man who says no to Christ and speaks for the last time, and then comes to the place where he had no hope arid is without God in the world. ! "Was True to Her Colors. A beautiful instance of Christian fidel ity was that displayed by a distinguished Christian young woman who was spending a few weeks of summer at a certain hotel in a favorite resort in the" East. , ! An effort was made to induce her to at tend a dance, in order that the affair might have the prestige bestowed by Jier. presence, as she stood high in society. She declined all the importunities of her friends. ' - t ; j ; Finally, an honorable Senator tried; to persuade m her to attend, saying: "IVEtss B this is quite a harmless affair, -and we want the exceptional honor of your presence." i- "Senator," s-iid the lady, "I cannot! do it; I am a Christian. I never do anytHing inmy summer vacation, or wherever Ifgo, that will injure the influence I have qver the. girls of my Sabbath-school class." -f ' The Senator, bowed and said: "I honor you; if there were more Christians like you, more men like myself would become Christians." ---. I l . i . :.. God's ork Must Be Done. A poor field negro with a wooden leg hobbled up to the collection table to lay his offering upon it: He took from a pock et a handful of silver, and said, "That's f br'me, massa " from another pocket,' an other handful, "That's for v my wife,, massa," and from still another pocket, yet another handful, "That's for my child, massa." The pastor remonstrated With him for giving so much. "O massa!" Said he, "GodV work must be done, and I will have a part in it." j ,- Commenting on this incident, Ida Q. Moulton says: "You and I want a part in it." .Heaven's treasures will ! be given us throughout the eternal ages, for a brief fife of self-denial and self-sacrifice here, but of love for our dear Master. Take this motto to your strong, true, loving heart, fellow-Christian: ,'God's work must be done, and I will have a part in it " j Cultivate Patietace. j . Never be discouraged .because good things et on so slowly here, and never fail todo aily that good which lies next to your hand. Do notlbe in -a hurry, but be dili gent. Enter iilto. the sublime patience of , the Lord. George MacDonaid- . i ON A WHEEL ZSSSSSSS i accident happens is a bottle of Mexican Mustang Liniment. . tt rri 'A. rairraiios: bores ' : need not become body. If they do MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT 1 --I.;.' ... ; will thoroughly, nently cure tnese amictions; i nere is no eueas work about it : if this lin iment is used a Vnh nflM'T IWnW lUU UUN I llllUlV Mustang Liniment. As a IhttTV naed Rlpans Titralet with to much t atts teeUoa that I can cheerfully recommend them. Bay been troubled for about three years with what I called bilious attacks coming on regularly once a week. Was told by different physicians hat it was caused by bad teeth, of Ohich I had sereraL I had the teeth extracted, but the at tack! continued. I had leen adTertlsements of . Rlpans Tabules In all the papers but had no faith In them, but about six weeks since a friend in duced me to try them. Hare taken but two of the small 5 cent boxes of the Tabules and hare had' no recurrence of the attacks. Have nerer glren a testimonial for anything before, but the great amount of good which I beUere has been done me by Rlpans Tabules Induces me to add mine to the many leaumomais you aoubuess hare m your possession now. .T.DiWm. I want to Inform yon, la words of highest raise, cf the benefit hare derlTed from Rlpans Tabules. X am a professional nurse and la this profession a clear head la always needed. Rlpans Tabules does It. After one of my cases I, found myself completely rundown. Acting on the adrlce of Mr. Geo. Bow er. Ph. O., 6S8 Newark Are., Jersey City, I took Rlpans Tabules with, grand results. ' UiSS BU8JK WrxonAJL R-I-P-A-N-S The modern stand ard Family Medi cine: Cures the common every-day ill of humanity. Mother was troubled with heartburn add sleeplessness, caused by Indigestion, for a good many years. One day she sar a testimonial In the paper indorsing Rlpans Tabules. 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