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FROM THE PULPIT.

The Will and The Way.

THE HONGKONG" TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1918.

generally used to suggest mere

If all the large-hearted people monotonous multitude, but here found it as easy as you and I it symbolises the multitude of would like to make it for them to interests that came within the show what they are, how much range of Solomon's exceeding we should lose, and they alea ! much wisdom sad understanding. Where would be all the beautiful Notes of a sermon by the Rev. And it is like the Bible, if one ingenuity by which they contrive J. Kirk Moonschis at Union may say so, to join these two, opportunities and follow them Church on Sunday morning largenees of heart and greatness up? What should you and I do "I will run the way of Thy of wisdom. There may be a big without the traio example of the Commandments when Thou shalt mind, of a certain sort, along patienos and faith and ascrifice enlargemy heart”—Psalm 119/39 with a narrow heart hat a big with which they make enos There are times when I should heart and a narrow mind are gallant headway against poor.

defcative Solomon bealth,

education, like to alter that last word heart, simply iscompatible. and so would you. "Opportune gives wisdoms because he ities, for instance, would fit had the heart for it. nicely into that little «private Wisdom speske of herself in psalm of ours. If you had this wise:-1 love them that love somebody else's

money, or me, and they that seek me early education, or position, you shall find me." Seeet thou a would show what progress youth with a narrow heart, a ir, There is no conceiving little self-centred soul? Know how much faster things would that he will never be wise, not move if I were you and you were though you cram him with all me and both of us were somebody the knowledge of all the au- else. Considering how restricted iversities. Here, then, lies the re- our opportunities are, it is really joinder when we say it is lack of zather creditable if we don't drop knowledge which keeps us halt out of the march altogether, or

straitened means,-or-all other adverse conditions which come 80 often between the large beart and the ministering band? No doubt it would have been very gratifying to you or me to have bra able to give that poor widow a fortune to do gcod with, bat we abould bare deprived the King low of what has been worth many fortunes.

Where there is a will there is a way. Do you tek care of the heart, and the opportunities will ing on the King's highway. The take care of themselves. So we

• fairly turn our backs on the way scquirement of knowledge is will conclude that the text is best

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conditioned by the appetite se it atande, and there is to be no Or again Knowledge," that for knowledge,

private little revised version of knows and

our OWD. and will makes a common new version in teacher

accept these days. People have got quite a papil Fuspecta Many the Apostle's word when he says a babit of moving the previous people who are living quite below we are not straitened in God, but question.. "Ran the way of their mark are excusing them cole in coresives. One alter- God's commandments." Yes, selves at the present time by the native rendering indeed does seem

The Hon. Mr. C. E. Aston but the previous question lodeterminate condition of certain admissible as a matter of trans presided over a largely attended is are there any? Is there a God, questions connected with religion lation. It would be, "I will roa meeting of the Feather Day and for that matter? If eo, bas Hey the nature of inspiration, the way of: Tuy commandments St. Andrew's Fair Committee: made His will known? It Be the authority of the Bible, the for Thou will enlarge my heart."

last night sad announced that her, is it practicable? And 83 istement of Christian doctrine. That turns the sepiration into the net receipts of Heather at Godowns Nos 10 and 51 of the we slip from from one entrench But would moral really improve sexurance, and as anch you may Day, including street collections, Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & ment to another, taking cover as it religion were more dogmatic? certainly take it, if you really re, subscriptions from ont elasive as the Hindenburg Line, I doubt it. He that ia filthy want it, which remains Baking that someone shall ascend would be filthy still; he that is crucial point. Have you the porte, ale et ecuvenirs, etc For account of the concerned

Amounted to $19 334 20 and that 75 Steel Plates into beaven or descend to the unjust would remain so; and he heart to seek

hart of St. Andrew Fair to $26,074 11,

5' x 10' x 3/16" abyte and bring as the know that is indifferent would find enlargement? If so, you will

S' x 10' x + ledge of the truth. These some other excuse for his lake not seek it in vain. Is not the making a total of $45 48.31. The sum of £5,000 had been settled, great need of the world to-day et exchange 3. Cel. scd there spired scriptures, inspired from We often find ourselves praying just this very thing, the will, was still a balance of $12,643 31 what quarter I leave you to jadge, for more light; "lighten our not to power, but to peace. The Taking it that exchange would be You will find them in the Sceptic's darkness we beseech Thee, world has got into war altimately about the same, he estimated that Handbook, quoted in the Lezy's Lord." Very good in its place, because men love to fight. They the amount available for distribu- Christion's Bible, with cross re- bat better probably if we asked do not love to pay the bill, and tion among Scottish Hospitals for ferences and parallel passages for more heart to live by the when it keeps mounting up they woodried soldiers would be from similar worke passim. light we bare:-"Give

begin to demand why God does £6,929 9.01. which he thought My text is very different, and I heart to love and dread Thee, and not atop it before it gets so high. was a very creditable result of am glad on second thoughts that diligently to walk in Thy com Bat what is the state of mind of their labours. (Applause). As our lower criticism cannot alter mand mente." The failer light is any country under the sun at Chief of St. Andrew's Society, he it; and so are you. We feel that asually ahead, and best reached the outbreak of a war which thanked the conveners of the it is better to ring slong by moving toward it. If this it expects to win? It is various committees and all othere with the Pealmist bere about need for a better heart is a moderna etata of frantio eagerness who helped in making the fort a enlargement cf beart than whine one, and I am sure it is, it is also for the fray. Perhaps one ought EQCCE+8. over dearth of opportunity or an ancient one." It existed, rather to say it has been so in the complain of lack of knowledge, for instance, in Our Lord' paat, for rely there are signe If one is to ran, one needs a frat dieci plee. The one thing He that at long last mankind is cot

strong, heelthy heart, especially complained of in them ass not ing to a better mind. Bat, on to "run with patience." Walking, that they showed themselves doll the whole, the nations of the earth or even creeping, is better than witted but repeatedly that they have not really loved peace, will rusning by eparts, which only were "slow of heart." The Jewish ed it, sought it and pursued it, leaves the poor fluttering beariastion, also, failed becase it a the New Testament pate it. exbauated. The thing which beart was not big enough for ite Therefore they have not kept it. really keeps sny of us legging on miesioa. As their propbeta told They have not had the goodwill the right way is went of heart. them, their heart Ead "waxed apart from which God Himself We are slow to do God's willgroep," and therefore, of coures, cannot keep the peace among because we are slow to will to do eare were dall and eyes blinded them. They have known God's it. The graad need of our souls As for the Gentile world, the better way perfectly well for ie for a better, bigger heart, and Apostle diagnoses its case ae ages, and now perhaps there the grand hepa for them is that being without God and without iz ground for bope that, having God can and will meet the need bope because ita "eenseless heart had their fill of their own way, il-if we really wast is met, if we was darkened" and so it would they are beginning at long last have the beart for it.

not have God in its knowledge. to have the heart for God's com- Now, if we consider what is To the world at large, God still mendment. The same holde good meant by enlargement of heart has occasion to say, "I have shown of the Church in relation to the we shall find it is something very thee, O man, what is good, and spread of the gospel. Not so long ermprehensive indeed; in fact, whet doth the Lord require of ago the prayer was always for there is no good thing which is thee, but to do justly and to love open doors, but the Church excluded from it. You can say mercy, and to walk bumbly with simply dare not repeat that now, nothing better of a person than they God? And of the Christian for there are more doors open than that he is large hearted. You world in especial cur Saviour still we have the heart to enter. Pray have no friend you should prize bas reason to ask, "Have I been co that God enlarge the so much se the friend whose heart feo long time with you, and Church's beart into fuller a bigger than your own. He bave ye not known Me?" Indeed sympathy with the large love opens up bow interests to you, the word is "night auto ne, in wherewith. He eo loved the Aage new claims upon you. He our heart and in our mouth" world. Then indeed His word

makes you conscious that life is May God enlarge our hearts that will run and be glorified at the 800 more deep and wonderful and fall we receive it!

month of His messenger. How (16' of varied significanos than you And now

from knowledge for this great need is that of us had conceived. They draw our let

work back for a individually only He who knows feet out of the net and set de in moment to that other each beart can tell. Bat if there a large plane these big bearted related matter of opportunity, he one of us of whom it is not folk. They abuke our petty Be thou reler over ten citiae,"true that he could be more and parochialism and give us the whole said the King to the man who do more in the Divice life and world to care about. They teach well employed his five talents, the Lord's service if he really as by example the patience and The difference between him and wanted to, his case is rare indeed. the Findness and the charity of the man who had nothing to show God. Also they are always abend. was not in the number of their They run in the way which God endowments but in the capacity is pointing.

of their hearts. This is worth The yan of human progress is nothing, beesuse if you and I had led by the 'men and women of the arrangement of these affaire The Extern Extension Tele- large hear. You or I may lag we should arrange them very graph Co. anamcees that there is behind; we may complain of the differently. But things are as considerable delay (at present place, now and then we may sit they are, so it often comes 72 beds) on telegrams to and vis down and talk, or, sa we call it, to pass that the person who has the United States by the direc rest; but we have to follow, for the heart to be generous bus galy route. While sooh delay remains it is the broad sympathy and two mitee to be generons with, aboormal it will be shown daily comprehensive mind, with the while the man who has great on the Company's notice boards. faithand hope and patience which poseersione osnsor bear to part apring cat of them, that lead the with them; or whilet the Lzzy, Death of Capt. Roach. yay, and alwasa will lead it. One idle man may be endowed with a Information has been received example of a man with a great splendid physique, another who from England of the death of beart was King Solomon in his is diligent in God's business may Captain J. B. Beach, for many better days. We are told of him Bearcely be able to keep himself yeste Master of the ss. Baits, that God” gave him wisdom and out of Leuven. Well, there is an of the. Dong) B'eamship Com- understanding Broeeding much, old maying that where there is a pany, in whose service, be hid and largeness of heart even se the will there is a way, waich is just been from April, 1880, until his

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