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M FULL 'REWARD'! ii - - , t ' 1 M. CHAPMAN'S SUNDAY SERMON. A Full Go5pel Fxposition of What the Finally -Faithful M y Expect In th.; (ireal Dav of Accounts. sena mm who would teach at thia ever he eot never again church. But New ions elist. the van; City. The distinguished Ilev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chat)- 1 M F 4-lift -frtllMtri t r n a-m t titled l ie xua ieniu,, wmun was rvrcacheu trom. me ttJtt luau'taat tstrivctli tor vne uwmci.v a vcuipyiaic in ii it.: , "T-.iv flipv flfi it. to obtain a rn-r illl tliiiifa- v- it w j ruptiblc crown, but v.e an incorruptible. But I keep' my body Aihder, and bring it Into-subjection,- lest tliat. by any means, when l nave preituieu u i iujeu !d be a castaway. i tor, . ix: 27. rice course. Uc u striving to reanu the Jo3. an! win the prize. Here, therefore, it h not a question, oi lire, but. entirely a micstion of awards. He is not writing to the unvoKenerate. imfc to the children of firvi Ho aavs: "t will keep under mv hnlv )oit I shall become a castawav." The word "ca snou awav m rra.lv dis:i')rovt the Greek is lit- d." Paul is teaching to win t. tie-crown that is mrt deny himself, he that even it no is must put forih heroic effort,- he must be faithful until the very end, , ; v v e. .Hied an uicr churcJ pose 1 He i.ocf : j 7, -. v "uaii-nsseci i-ysiwu, ami, tnOUCilt that- Jf 01 the h muK oi any work in the anally he renberl ? "Weil: if fir elt" " "u a-aun mm my- There was somerhi fc?,0118 voiee-which touched ounuay lie will be there." ' lie came nc.wno fv..',. t . class-and : whn t Via u! ' j im the storv of Jpsn nhof i,- ,1 verted ' niiou vaa cuu As he told nc tKo cf ,ti W,- j tv'4J' vears were in his eyes, and he said: l0f nve l you the rest. Jrst; before I left New York I was called to the room of linju wh? rin?- As 1 entered he cared me to his hprlsidA rd ca. i . just as near as vou can T tnnk hi and pillowed ifc taiked. He said: 'Tm.pKpi-. hna.fkJo r,- been a wonderful ivnrl-v r'n;a j . ,. -.v. -I 1.1, 3 VUllt .was ulmos'- cone, hnfc ho RtJll tUA naUy his wife sprang up and cried, 'He is ayinff. I hold him. n'r-nr anri i-,',,n,i lor i .oyed him as though he had been mv own child." I Shall never forot hrtVS Via Innl-flfl added: "That was the boy T led to Christ. Ho was my associate in Sunday-school work. This spirit 's nr'-Hiea an-uie cimrcJi. J tV, tircf. crown h 1'or I no I ii, n tn-M, i iur tiie enitiusiastic ox Glirist. and next to the baptism of the. Holv U host the eumva to-aay needs the bantiVm ol out imsiasni. It is a preat mis take for men to allow their prejudices to lead them against the methods of church work upon which (iod has set His seal. There is a cry to-day against new methods, nnd people say the need of the time is. for Ike old methods h our fathers. There is som." truth ia thn. but the trouble with the advocates of this proposition is thai hey do not make their methods old enough. We ousrht to t osinl methods (he discip.es v'e led hundreds of souls to Christ " Then he said with great emphasis and m. tears: Vi had rather have had the sat isfaction of leadinz that onp W tn riirwf. i uic? church. If than to have conquered the who'e world." S?5,SvhV.stian SucJl a' "work -as this is possible to ad "vwu, men evprvu-nprp. ath ho w m to fi.c faithful has awaiting him a crown of re joicmg:. lhe hymn "Mast I go empty- handed t: was written bv one dvin in hi youth, without one single'soul to'his credit. When the suadoAV of death fell across his face some watcher bv his bedside ex pressed concern for his happiness or his icar of death. He quickly' answered: "Oh, no. not that. I am not troubled aoout that, but must I go einntv-handed?" Alas! many of us may be ' obliged to stand in the presence of the Master, and to be crowmess in this resiiect. back to Pente- ot giving; for in those davs gave nil they liad. We oucrht to go back to J-'ente.costal methods of preaching; the early preachers had just !wo iheines in mind namely, .Testis and !he l;esurrec-tio. We ouglifc to ero back to TVnte -ostal living, for in the' olden times tne di-rcipls lived in the cxneetat'on that; t -' a uew day would bring hack the T.ord Tlumeh, and having this hope in Him their live.? herame pure and their testimonies powerful. Ever cnurch ought to chance its method every Sun dav, if the methods in use do not compel the peple to accept the gospel. we nive no resuonsiouitv lor conversion the Spirit ot God takes care of that.-but we do ha.ve a tremendous responsibility resting noon us to make every man. wom an and child understand that the Son of oc: uieci 10 set-inem iree trom the pen- ;uty oz sin. and that lie ever pleads at Cod's right hand to liberate them from its power The church, is not an end, but rather a means to an end. .If counted an end, the membership becomes satisfied with" the church in itself, its preaching. us music, its social standing, its abihtv to influence the minds of the people, and in all seriousness I dare to say that such a church will be a curse to a community, in t he thought of God, rather than a bless ing. Ue have this to remember: when counted as a means to an end the church foses sight of herself and realizes that sIicl sinner tne message ot tne gospel. ro Jour as there is one soul in the world unsaved Cad calls His children to carrv the raes- L I f ivJ vv lieu uuv m luuuif. life, just taking his 1 rsi steps When mv lit he girl first be -sage of peace and glad tidings oi great joy j.iicre is a scriptural warrant, tor this frequent change of method. Tt is all snmmen up in one Avorri: until, now ionr did the father wait for his son. "Until" he returned, now Jong did the woman search for th lost niece of silver? "Un til'"' she found it. How long did the shep herd look for his sheep? Until he had it in his arms and was; bearing it back with rejoicing to the fold. How often ought we to change our methods in the church? ' Until" we have a method upon which Ood will set His seal, and to which the Holy Ghost will give His approval, because that method compels the Vieople to hear the gospel and to known that Jesus Christ died to save all mankind. Paul, was willing to be counted a fool if nly he might better influence men. To the wise he would be wise; to the' ignorant he was willing to be counted ignorant: to tho weak as a man of weakness if only liy all means he "might save some." May a y IT 111 .-1l 1 1 t t the Jjord uod nil tne church with this spirit! We could -shake the cities and move the World with the power of God. And when the great day of awards should -come, pinVily because we had been dead in -earnest, had counted personal ease as 'nothing.1 had labored incessantly bv day Jind bv night, in heat and in cold, we should receive the crown that is incor-nipt ib!e. Place to Tell Their Troubles. A clever Londoner who has been traveling about the world has noted that nearly every Englishman or American he meets has always some symptoms to complain about, and therefore he purposes to start ' in London, a periodical called Symptoms, which will give descriptions of r all kinds of, aches and pains and offer prizes for new symptoms or remedies for old symptoms. There is a bon anza in the Hea. ' r rT A17V OF REJOICING. THE , i - Thcss. Ti: 19 "For what is our hope, Lord Jesus or joy or crown ot rejoicing. TO in the presence of our Christ; at ins coming Wher Paul remembers the Thessalon iana whom he had won for. Christ, he im mediately replied: "Ye are our crown of reioicing." and" so this third form of the lis properly called the souiwm- 0vn. : is the crown that the sainted Spur wear. It is said that 13,000 peo reward ner'.? c This ceon is to wear. It pie joined his church in his ministry, and this was only the beginning, ot the multi tude . of others that have been influenced 2)V his life the world around. It is the orown that Mr. Moody is to wear, because in all parts of the world he has pointed men to i the crucified One. It is the crown Hhat faithful Sunclay-sehool teachers and -devoted' workers are to wear. , I ha1 in my home at one time a very celebrated Sunclay-sehool worker.- He told ;mc how he became a servant of Christ. He was coin verted as a l)oy before the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor was known. Ho wanted to do something for Christ, and all he could think' was to teach U Sunday-school class. He went to the superintendent -with a request that he might be made a teacher, and was re fused. He went a second tirae, with a like result. He went a third time, and "proposed to bring in a class from outside, and- this time he secured, the consent of -the superintendent. When he went out to find bovs his first visit was to a great "Thrown stone mansion. He rang the bll imd tpe servant opened the door. He nsked if -the . lady of the house, could be - fi'con. Tic was shown into the parlor, and soon the mother of the boy entered. He said: "I have come to ask if your ' bov can come to Stinday-sehool." ' - I Her! face Hushed and her eyes flashed as she replied: "My child has been to Sunday-school and has had such miserable teaching that T have made up my -mind that'- he shall not go again, until cither I ran teach him myself or get s'omc one .who. can." " ' -, - ' : ' r - - After a little waitiug'she asked: "Sap- I 1 Peter v: 4. "And when the chief shep herd shall appear ye shall receive a crown ot giory that tadeth not awav. Peter seems to have a special message here for officers of the church, Sunday- school teachers and church members, gen erally, for in fact we are all of us shep herds. A shepherd is one wno looks after the sheep, and the sheep that requires most oi his attention is the one most late ly to wander and fall bv the wavside. We have a way of looking at the people, espe cially those who ' are new born babes in Christ 'Mid saving: We will see how they hold out," and if they stumble we hot in frequently excla'm: "It is just as I expect ed." A most un-Christlv speech, and one most deserving the censure of God! The fact is, we are called into the church to be laborers together with God, and He has placed before us - the privilege of helping to hold up the weak ones m Christ, ihere never i a time whn one needs a warm hand clasp or a word of sympathy as the time when one is beginning his Christian steps toward bod. after she had taken one step she started to fall, and I had to put. my arms about her and hold her up. She walked in this wav for days, but now we never think of holding Iter up;" ' fjhe can run along( and not be weary the who'.e. day long. To all those who are faithful in this especial min istry God has promised a sure reward. The crown oi righteousness. J limothy iv: 8 "Henceforth there is laid up tor me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,' the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all them also that love Ilis appearing." I ha'-e never yet been able to figure out just when the Lord shall come again. lor fc .v- 11 il 'll the 15io:e contains no record, out wan an , -r 1 TT" i T 1-., rev heart, l am lOOKing ior mm. i mh. not but that He may come to-day. He may come to-morrow. 1 am perfectly sure tuau 1ta irrpjitp-st hlcsinrr that could ever come to this World would be the visible presence of the Lord Himselt. Jle weuld lilt up the down-trodden. He Himsell would relieve the oppressed, and He womd appiy the whip to the oppressor. 15ut there is'sometinng oeiter stiu. ami that is the full reward m Kevelation iv: iu. This is a picture of the glorified church. V nro told that the four and twenty eid ers came in Avith crowns upon their heads. 'clothed with White raiment, seated about the throne. Suddenly the King ot Kings appea-s. At once the four and .twenty elci era fall down before Him. and-taking oft their crowns cast them before the throne, saying: "Thou are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power." The best reward of all, then,-is to be with Him. .' M . - , . That was a1 glad da y in England in 18o. when the soldiers came back from the Cri mean war, and the Queen gave them med als, called Crimean medals. Galleries were constructed for the two houses of Paraa-f ment and the royal family to witness the presentation. Her Majesty herself came in to give the soldiers their rewards. Here comes a colonel who lost both his feet at Mnkerman; he is wheeled m on a chair. Here 13 a man whose arms are gone. jnu io they came, maimed and halt. Then the Queen, in the name of the English people, gave the medals, and the thousands of people with streaming eyes sang:. "God save the Queen." But I can think of something that -would 'have made the scene more wonderful. If these men had taken off the medals-which the Queen had placed upon them and cast them back .at her feet, raying: "No, Your Majesty, we cannot keep them. We give back the medals. To see thee is the greatest reward." That shall we do in heaven. ' I have a friend who was in the Crimean M ar. He told me that he had that day re ceived a niedal with "Inkerman"' upon it, for that was his battle, but he said the most touching part of it all was the expe rience of a friend of his who fought by his side. A cannon ball took off one of : his legs, but the brave fellow sprang up im mediately and taking hold of a tree, drew his sword and was ready to fight even to death. v Immediately another cannon ball came crashing past and took off thei other leg. They carried'him wounded, bleeding and (as they supposed) dying, to the hos pital. Strangely enough he came back to life again. When the day came for the awarding of medals they carried him upon, his : . stretcher before Her Majesty, the Queen. To the other soldiers she had dim ply given the medals bv the hands of her secretary, but'-. when she saw this man carried in on a stretcher, his face so thin and pale, she rose from her. seat, stooped down, by his side, and with her "own hands pinned the medal upon his breast, while the tears fell like rain upon the face of "the brave soldier. . Thus I trust it will be with many of us. We shall come into His presence, -.stand face to face with Him, and He' will rise from His throne, , coming forward to re ceive us. As we look up into His face thrones will vanish away and crowns will be as nothing for to see Him in all Hia beauty wilLbo the full reward-. 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