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STRONG IN CHRIST. 
 
 A SERMON. 
 
 BY 
 
 W. S. McKENZIE, 
 
 PASTOR OF THE LEINSTEK STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 ST. JOHN, K B. 
 
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STRONG IN CH 
 
 A SERMON. 
 
 JBT 
 
 ^. S. MoKEKZIE, 
 
 -PASTOB OP THE LEINSTER STREET BAPTIST CHrnCir. 
 
 ST. JOHN, N. B. 
 
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 Dear Sir 
 
 re trust vi 
 
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 Being con{ 
 
 Dromotu tl 
 
 ucsirc, and 
 
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 ionscnt to 
 
 )Ii8hcd. 
 
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 The Sen 
 the honor t 
 of any oth 
 judgment, 
 to the presi 
 
 Professor L. 
 
COIl.IlIiHX»OIVI>EXC'E. 
 
 t«v. W. S. McKenzie : 
 
 Dear Sir— Wo, the undersigned, having llHtcned with plenaure, and 
 ire trust wlUi profit, to your Sekmoj*, delivered laat Sunday eveninj;, 
 lovcmbcr 13, to Young Men ; and believing that many who were not 
 >reaent would gladly peruse It, If placed In tliclr hands ; and, also, 
 »elng confident that Its circulation In our community would tend to 
 )romote the welfare of those young men, whose salvation we earnestly 
 leslrc, and help them to look beyond thcttuielves for the strength to enable 
 hem to "quit" themselves "like men," respectfully solicit your 
 ionsentto have it published, in order that these ends may be accom- 
 )liBhed. 
 
 L. W. Williams, 
 Alfred Seely, 
 Geo. N. Robinson, Jr., 
 Fred. S. Hay, 
 J. McClure, 
 R. R. Cunningham, 
 J. Goodwin, 
 Saint John, November 14, 1870. 
 
 Fred. M. Robinson, 
 
 H. SuLis, 
 
 J. H. Robinson, 
 
 W. B. Gerow, 
 
 W. J. Marsters, 
 
 M. L. Gross, 
 
 F. W. Marsters. 
 
 Saint John, Mvember 16, 1870. 
 |Young Gentlemen: 
 
 The Sermon preached last Sunday evening, and which you do me 
 I the honor to request for publication, was prepared without the thought 
 jof any other publicity tlian that of n - wn pulpit; but if, in your 
 I judgment, it will accomplish the ends you specify, I willingly submit it 
 I to the press. I herewith place it at your disposal. 
 
 Yours, very truly, 
 
 w. s. Mckenzie. 
 
 Professor L. W. Williama, Mr. R U. Eobinson, and others. 
 
Ir 
 
 CORRESPONnENCK. 
 
 Hahtt John, Nwembrr 15, 1870. 
 Deau Bko. McKenzib: 
 
 Wo. tho Deacons of LeliiBter Street Baptint Church, beacvi„g Umtthe 
 publication of your Sermon to tho Young Men of tho congregation on 
 SabbaUi evening lost wiU, wiUi tho hl..««lng of God. be attended with 
 Sooi, i-0(iuc8t that you will allow the same to be publlahca. 
 
 Youi-8, affoetlouately, 
 
 A. McL. Skely, Robert Seahs, 
 
 A. W. MA8TEH3, J. F. MAB3TKIIS, 
 
 John Chaloneb, Stephen E. Gekow 
 
 "Qulty( 
 
 "Strui.gi 
 Ri'rr. 111. 10 
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 Saint John, Ifiu'ember 18, 1870. 
 Tub Deacons op Leinster Street BAi>Tr8T Church : 
 
 DearBrethrm-Yoxxr request Is at hand. But prior to its receipt, a 
 Bimllar one was received by me from Young Men of our congrega- 
 tion, to whom and to you I cannot but surrender «jc Sermon you se- 
 parately, and, I believe, without a knowledge of each other's action crave 
 for tho Press. It will be gratifying to the Young Men to have' their 
 judgment and wish thus sustained by our Deacons, as it also affords me 
 a personal gratification to receive this approval of that special effort 
 from brethren for whom I have learned to cherish a cordial love and 
 respect. Hoping that God's blessing may accompany the publication 
 of a discourse prepared with no Uiought of such publicity, 
 
 I am, dear brethren, yours In Christ, 
 
 W. S. McKENZIE. 
 
 To Y< 
 
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wember 15, WO. 
 
 , bCiicvmjj Umtthc 
 5 congrcgtitlon on 
 , be aUciidcd with 
 liahcd. 
 
 SERMON. 
 
 "Quit you like men, be Btrong."— 1 Cok. xvI. 18. 
 
 "Strci.irthened witli all ,„iKl,t by lila bpirit la'tho inner man."- 
 "pn. lii. 16. 
 
 " Do strong In U»e Lord, and In the power of Ids might. "-Ern. vl. 10. 
 
 ERT SEAnS, 
 
 . MAiiaTBua, 
 ?UEN E. Gbbow. 
 
 I'embc)' 18, 1870. 
 ;ch: 
 
 r to its receipt, a 
 )f our congrcga- 
 Scrmon you se- 
 ler'a action, crave 
 en to liave tljcir 
 it also affords me 
 lat special cfTort 
 cordial love and 
 ' tlie publication 
 !lty, 
 
 McKENZIE. 
 
 To YouNo Men, especially and exclusively, do 1 
 ddress myself to-night, though what I have to com- 
 lunicato will apply with equal pertinence to all 
 lasses of hearers. A grave responsibility is assumed 
 »y him who enters upon a special and separate effort 
 o instruct and influence young men in the si)here of 
 :noral character and condu^^t. Such an occasion pro- 
 liibits all trifling, and demands sober treatment. If 
 5ome of my utterances should grato harshly on your 
 oars, and give you pain, my apology will bo found in 
 an honest desire to contribute to your highest good. 
 The truth, truthfully proclaimed, ought not to make 
 you hostile to the preacher, even though his message 
 condemn your morals and convict you of guilt. It 
 is our solemn duty, as Christian ministers, to lift up 
 voices of warning to the youth of our congregations 
 jnd cities; plainly and faithfully to proclaim the 
 langers that beset the path of your unwary feet ; to 
 uncover the ambush of hidden evils; to unmask the 
 wily tempters, that so often approach you in a friendly 
 guise, but always with a fiendish purpose ; to disrobo 
 garnished vice, so that the grim skeleton of death 
 beneath the deceptive covering may be revealed to 
 
 44 
 
6 
 
 STEONG m CnRIST. 
 
 your vision ; to recount the melancholy historicl " Qu 
 of once brilliant, but now blackened character8,-lall mio- 
 characters that contained a vast personal wealth ofn the ] 
 cultivated intellect, of noblo resolutions, of bravJwould 
 hopes, of parental affection and of proud aspirationsjfaithful 
 but frightfully and irretrievably wasted in the madlho mi, 
 career of vicious indulgences. Thus, with God'JGod ha, 
 b essmg, may we reclaim some straying and impelmd sui 
 nlled youth, descending the gloomy way that endJdeepest 
 ultimately and inevitably in the awful ruin of thJcHMSTi 
 soul. |_ 
 
 •tr y lyour ow 
 
 loung men, I am deeply anxious for your ownlhe pow 
 sake and for the sake of interests aside from youilbrawn, 
 merely personal advantages, that you should, as soon instincts 
 as may be, apprehend and appreciate the sacred and Spirit i, 
 sublime significance of LiFE-the life with which you implants 
 are endowed as intelligent, moral, accountable and: fuee. ' 
 immortal beings- the life that, during a brief continu- theme o 
 ancem this world, is taking up intoits warp and woofl 
 to be transmitted into the invisible region beyonJ'^^^ ^^' 
 the grave, the elements that are to fashion and fixl In dis. 
 
 the soul's unalterable condition there for weal or for 
 woe. Oh, may the Divine Spirit vouchsafe to me 
 the assistance I need to address you, and to you the 
 open heart to welcome the trutli that you need to 
 hear. 
 
 My text consists of a cluster of passages, either onebswiit oi i 
 ot which would answer the purpose contemplated inivou noto 
 tins sermon. But the group will more copiously anditan celeb 
 clearly mdioate the line of thought over which I amfdi Jtv 
 to conduct you. - |"'fe'"v' 
 
 ■personal 
 
 question 
 strength 
 
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 cular poi 
 swift of i 
 
8TE0NG IN OHIilST. 7 
 
 ucholy historic J " Quit you like men, be strong. Strengthened with 
 3d characters,-^!! might by his Spirit in the inner man. Be strong 
 rsonal wealth of n the Lord, and iu tlie power of his might." If you 
 itions, of brav€iwou!d " quit you !ilce men," i. c., if you would 
 oudaspirationsMithfully perform the duties, and nobly accomplish 
 tud in the macitlio mission, and finally reach the high destiny 
 J8, with God'|Qod has appointed you, as those bearing his " image 
 7ing and impeJand superscription ;" if you are to be Men, in the 
 way that endJdeepest, truest, grandest sense of the designation, i- e 
 tui rum ol th^HRisTiAN men, you mast be steong- strong, not in 
 oui- own strength, but " strong in the Loed, and in 
 I for your own|he POWER of his might,"-strong, not in bone and 
 nde rom yourlbrawn, nor yet in brain, nor yet in your native moral 
 should, as soon|ustinct8, but " strengther; ed wi all mi<rht by his 
 the sacred andlSpiRiT in the inner man," i. e., a Divin^e strength 
 ^ith which you|mpIanted in the deepest depths of your Morai Ka- 
 ^countable andiruEE. The text, as thus expounded, gives us for the 
 1 brief continu-Itherae of our present discourse— 
 varp and woof,i 
 
 region beyon J™^ STRENGTH THAT ENNOBLES AND ENDURES. 
 ishion and fix In discoursing upon this topic, 1 have two leading 
 
 for weal or for ^ """*"* — '^ t t^, . . , ,. 
 
 uehsafe to me 
 ind to you the 
 t you need to 
 
 questions to answer. I. What is the J^ature of thai 
 strength? and II. What is its Source? 
 I. What is its Nature? 
 
 1. It is not physical. It is not to excel in mus- 
 cular power. To be stalwart of frame, strong of arm, 
 1 ^ • i ^^^^ of foot, and tireless in athletic games, may give 
 ntemplated inlyou notoriety in a community, and even a cosmopoli- 
 copiously andltan celebrity. But such a reputation implies no true 
 sr wuich 1 amidignity. It is the ancient and barbaric notion of 
 ■personal greatness. It is brute power, in which a 
 
 ?es, either one 
 
8 
 
 8TftON& m CHRIST. 
 
 liofse or a hound could easily excel tou Th. .iJ 
 type of power was the physiLl. 1 J;",^ ^^ 
 cules, who could rend towering oaks Ind «f! T 
 venomous serpents. He was tlfe ^trod^t"^:! 
 
 some quarters it would seom fmr,. .1 T "^^ 
 
 But it is said, and none need deny it that w. • 
 our eager reaching after intellectual p ol a^^^^ 
 eminence, are in danger of under eJJlr .r ^ 
 and worth of phvsioal ^^ 1 ^'^'"^^^^".^ the work 
 
 ui piijsical development. Wp vr^v^ • <. 
 our serv ce the ener^ins nf r^of • ^® Jo^e into 
 
 cies of ™a„. s' rJe r: r:^ :: ^ '""^- 
 
 cranks in huge fHctor,V« „n^ ♦ « ,^ '"*'"'" «»"• 
 hostile windslnd mTs tL 'm'" «- "attics with 
 «Muo strides into lit "sSr:""" ""• 
 tl.0 toil and tng of h„„,an the,^ nd ^ewrdLTh" 
 work and drew the wages. It wonFd eem «8 tf ll 
 .nvenfve gen.us of .„an were about to a„n It de 
 
 /:| 
 
^1 j'ou. The old 
 lie was the Pier- 
 aks and strangle 
 rimrod, who was 
 onfliet with wild 
 'ore enlightened, 
 he blood-stained 
 3 gracefully ride 
 lance, whirl the 
 't dent. It was 
 proportions and 
 its smoked, that 
 snts raised. In 
 demonstrations, 
 tile records of 
 press, as if men 
 c age with its 
 3nergj and en- 
 
 ' it, that we, in 
 ogress and pre- 
 ating the work 
 We yoke into 
 ad of the mus- 
 rs to turn our 
 ur battles with 
 •-saving" ma- 
 0, where once 
 inews did the 
 5eem as if the 
 annul the de- 
 
 Smr lir OHKIST. 
 
 ii-ee of Jehovah, and t. eliminate from human life the 
 .r^e ransm.ted to the race through the transgress ^ 
 
 >ur^nst;„ J ' °''T"' ^^^^"^'-^tional instUutions 
 >ur instructors are pushing the development of mind 
 ;tthe peril of prostrating the flesh, producing pow^ 
 ul intellects on pigmy stalks, and the crazy^lXof 
 •he body ere long is irreparably shattered u^ider tl^ 
 ipeed and strain of the mental machinery We 
 ^ould speak a favorable word for the mind's abused 
 tenement. In Primary Schools, in Academies !n 
 emmaries and in Colleges, we should insist on mu" 
 
 >f our children and youth. A vigorous scholarsiiip 
 i)d aintship may not require for their habitation and 
 
 me. Many a bulky frame of flesh and bone covers 
 e merest and meanest pittance of mental furnitm; 
 ,ndmord force; while a slender and sickly body i^! 
 tricts If It does not seriously impair, the energy^and 
 iotivity of a disciplined mind and a devoutiiety 
 .et us remember that we are endowed with a pC.* 
 |al, a mental, and a moral constitution, vitally con- 
 med in one personality, each to be nurtured and 
 ^^ned according to its peculiar claims, and the three 
 ) be reciprocal in the influence of their culture But 
 t- Btrength that is to qualify and enabl vou to 
 quUyouhkernen" in the grand duties of human 
 hstence is not that of the body. You may be 
 te applauded champion in athlefic gan s, bift the 
 W.est pigmy in the struggle that aims' for m^n 
 ^e sphere of mental and moral action, where die 
 
10 
 
 STRONG IN CHEIST. 
 
 elements of true greatness are born, and where prizei 
 are won that are worth possessing. 
 
 .z ^'Jf t """^^ ^^'^^ ^^^^^"^ ^"^^ ^^^ potent energy oi 
 the Mmd. Intellectual stature is worthy of the great 
 est effort that can be made to attain it. When mai 
 comes in contact with man, and strength is measnreq 
 against strength, the pre-eminence of the intellecl 
 soon becomes apparent. It will win victories ove] 
 physical forces, and invest resistance to its antagonist 
 with the repose and dignity of settled assurance. wJ 
 have, it seems to me, a signal illustration of this ir 
 the gigantic war now being waged between France 
 and I russia. Aside from the Divine benedictior 
 that appears to rest upon the German arms, and s^ 
 devouUy recognized by King William, it is believec 
 that Prussia's rapid and wonderful success is i 
 triumph of mental energy more than of military, 
 prowe^ . The German brain is in the German bayonet 
 The latter drives back the French battalions becaus/ 
 the former organizes the campaign and orders iU 
 charge. Prussia is the best educated country of ou 
 globe, and is, for that reason, the mightiest in war. 
 Ihe force of mental pre-eminence is far felt anc 
 potent. " Its monuments," says one, " are stateh 
 and enduring. A word, a thought, pass out ovJ 
 the nations, and wing their flight down the ages 
 Ihey become seeds of thought, and conditions an< 
 stimulants of mental activity to millions of minds anq 
 many generations. They have the keys of all soul 
 in their keeping, and open, and enter in, and sit dowJ 
 with the air and welcome of a master. They live a 
 
STRONG IN CHRIST. 
 
 11 
 
 ratch- words and . allying cries on men's lips in per- 
 )nal sorrows and great struggles. In them lives the 
 p of their author. His works are not his mauso- 
 .um, but his mcarnation, in which he still walks, and 
 ilks among his fellows and his disciples, and shall 
 ever see death Still he sings in immortal verse, still 
 lis theses teach in the schools of philosophy, still he 
 Mnds before nature's secret altars, her high priest to 
 1 worshippers. Still he sways with burning periods 
 ie popular assembly, decrees judicial decisions, con- 
 ols statesmanship and diplomacy, guides us along 
 be mighty galleries of history, and watches through 
 idnight vigils, with the lone student, beguiled by 
 bch companionship, till the gray dawn smites his 
 rehds and pales his faithful lamp. It is a crown to 
 re the eye of ambition. It is a height to tempt ad- 
 Bnturous feet." ^ 
 
 Yes ; but when that crown fires the eye of a sordid 
 nbition-when that height tempts adventurous feet 
 climo, only to gaina crown, the acquisition of which 
 m nourish a proud self-satisfaction, then is intellec- 
 lial pre-eminence prostituted. Its strength becomes 
 reaknees, and its work wickedness. Until it is veined 
 kid vitalized with the life-blood of a Christian morality 
 Is products may only darken the mind and vitiate thf>' 
 ^art both of the author and his admirers. There is 
 Nngth, but it is that of a blind giant. What numerous 
 fcid melancholy wrecks are strewed along the shores of 
 uman life, of mighty men in mental endowments and 
 Iterary acquirements. Their ruin was all the more rapid 
 fcid fearful because they possessed such rare gifts of ge- 
 
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 12 
 
 STRONG IN CHRIST. 
 
 nins and such rich stores of knowledge. A few days 
 after the delivery of this Sermon, I read, in one of th^ 
 weekly journals of our City, a letter from an AustraJ 
 lian correspondent, in which 1 find the following 5' 
 "People have scarcely recovered from the shocli 
 caused by the announcement of the double crime ol 
 
 murder and suicide by , than they are agairi 
 
 startled to hear that a leading barrister has delibej 
 rately and wilfully sought and found a grave beneatl^ 
 the deep waters of the sluggish Yarrow. About the! 
 same time, ana not far from him, are found the rel 
 mains of a learned and eminentprofessor of languages] 
 bearing but too plainly the evidence of self-destruci 
 .tion. Then, in a secluded spot, within view of his 
 own sumptuous villa, is discovered .the ghastly eorps^ 
 of a leading member of the Turf— young, giftedi 
 whose poetic talents were of a high order— who, b J 
 his kind and genial manners, had endeared himself ta 
 a host of friends. A tiny hole traced from the rooi 
 -of the mouth through the brain and out of the skullj 
 and a deadly looking rifle lying suspiciously near] 
 confirm the dreadful verdict-/^Z<? <^ ^e." 
 
 But that b the mildest result, the narrowest limij 
 of demoralized intellectual strength. The conjunctioE 
 ef low moral aims with lofty mental endowments k 
 eontinued in this world, to carry forward its work o] 
 demoralization on others. The polluted and pollutiui 
 streams are flowing forth on every hand, and tei 
 thousand lips are sipping the foul waters. 
 
 Young men, do not suppose that I am dispo- o^infa 
 intelleciual strength. No, not that. By rigid aisdpl 
 
STRONG IN CHRIST. 
 
 13 
 
 Uie, by compact study, enlarge and enrich your 
 linds. Redeem yourselves from the contempt which 
 le imbecility of ignorance will provoke upon you. 
 leek and improve every opportunity to brace your 
 htellectual powers. Grasp real knowledge. Shun 
 Ickly sentimentalities and worthless fictions. The 
 Iress of the day is teeming with new books. Make 
 lour selection with a view to invigomting reading 
 hd reflection. Grapple with the products of the best 
 limkers and standard authors, instead of idly feeding 
 n the flimsy utterances, and dallying with the dreams 
 If diseased imaginations. Tinted paper, gilt edge, and 
 horocco binding, may bring you the sheerest platitudes 
 F shallow thinking, clothed in the dialect required 
 )r deep and solid thought. Shun them. By all 
 ^eans aim for intdleetual strength. It is your duty. 
 Iringnot mental faculties maimed and halt, but sound 
 bd strong, to the high and holy service of God. 
 rhis element of strength will giv^ depth, breadth* 
 leai^ness and cogency to your religious views. It will 
 bpart firmness to your grasp of thought; wisdom to 
 [our plafl€, and direction to your efforts in the career 
 an active christian life. In a word, it will make 
 )u not only more of a man, but more of a Christian 
 ian. 
 
 3. Bat the strength you need, some will tell you, is 
 
 fready in you. It is the inherent might of that moral 
 
 h,ture with which God has endowed y(m. Cultivate 
 
 bd Cumulate that inborn strength, and with that 
 
 [quit you like men." We admit that there is 
 
 every man an original endowment of moral 
 
14 
 
 BTEONO IN CHRIST. 
 
 energy, larger and morepotentin some than in otho 
 Ihere are tliose whose moral constitutio.i eeonis to . 
 made ot wax; every temptation they encounter me] 
 them There is in them no flint, to dull the point a„ 
 repe the ioree of satan'e darts ; no flrmness, to sta. 
 the shock. The mereet whitr whirls them away, as 
 they were the down of a thistle. They are as impn 
 Bible as a sponge, and the impression is as histin 
 Like certain worms that take the colour of the folia- 
 on which they creep, their weak moral natures cJ 
 tract the hue of the company in which tliey mingl 
 Jiutthat easy impressibility to t)ie touch of vice an 
 vicious companionship is not always due to a nati 
 deficiency. It has been acquired. Once conscien 
 was quick with its protest against the seductions , 
 the devil. But there was within no Christ to suppo, 
 CONSCIENCE, no religion to strengthen moralit,,. k 
 sion gained ascendancy, once, twice, thrice; acquirir 
 fresh vigor with eacli fatal victory. At length til 
 poor victim drifts passively and powedessly on t 
 downward current. He is the merest, meanest sla 
 to his depraved appetites and his corrupt companioi 
 Is the wine cup in his way ? He must drink I 
 his comrades utter profane oaths and vulgar 'jest 
 He mus echo their utterances. Do they encircle a, 
 entice h m .^ He must «hnffln fK^ ^ *'"^"CU3 ai 
 . ' ,^^ ^""^"^ snuffle the cards, rattle t 
 dice, and drive the ball on the roulette table. He 
 under their power as the steel filings are under U 
 auraction ot the magnet. What a pitiable spectao 
 of moral imbecility ! "f-i^ctaci 
 
 Bnt not all are such, you will say. ^o, not a 
 
 d swal 
 lemon t 
 'ith the 
 8, sent 
 [ymen t( 
 
 fight 
 ould coi 
 
 aracter 
 
 ihics. 1 
 me, ay, 
 rough 1 
 tes intc 
 'oud selj 
 latee a m 
 
>inothan in othc 
 itutioii seems to 
 3J encounter me] 
 
 dull the point ai 
 firmness y to stai 
 Is them away, as 
 hey are as impi 
 leion is as histin 
 lour of the folia 
 loral natures co 
 l»ich they mingl 
 touch of vice at 
 8 due to a nati 
 
 Once conscien 
 ;he seductions 
 Christ to suppoj 
 1 morality. p{ 
 thrice; acquirii 
 At length tl, 
 werlessly on t 
 3t, meanest sla 
 •upt Gompanioi 
 riust drink, 
 fid vulgar jest 
 hey encircle a 
 2ards, rattle t 
 ;te table. He 
 '8 are under t 
 
 STRONG IN CHRIST. 
 
 15 
 
 ttiable spectac 
 Y' No, not ai 
 
 cro are those who by a sheer native strength of 
 aracter and of will resist and repel the vices that ■ 
 iinoralize and ruin. But it has in it no religious 
 mciple. It 18 sometimes reckoned tiBpieUj^ and tho 
 •Bsessor disdains reliance upon anything deeper or 
 -her than the dictates of his own conscience, and 
 e unaided force of his own will. What does he 
 >ed ot Christianity and a Church? Conscience is^ 
 Jmstianity. Be loyal to conscience, and that loyalty 
 '11 lift you to the highest summit of moral excel- 
 ice. Tho Church is the universal fraternity of noble 
 uls, who refuse to go down into the pest houses of 
 Ice, to hold revel with a debauched herd of poor sim- 
 etons. We would not underrate this kind of moral 
 -ength. It may be only a heathen virtue, a pagan 
 gor, but It has in it something that excites admi- 
 Ition. When Socrates scorned to escape from prison 
 d swallowed the heml6ck, he revealed that native 
 emont of moral power. Under the impulse, and 
 ith the approval of this native moral instinct, Re<ni- 
 s, sent by the Carthagenians to persuade his coun- 
 ymen to lay down their arms, advised the Romans 
 ► fight on, when he knew that his counsel in Rome . 
 ould cost him his life in Carthage. Manliness of 
 laracter was the highest virtue known in Roman 
 hies. The main texture of that morality, on which 
 'me, ay, many, are resting to-day, to conduct them 
 rough life, and to carry them at length through the 
 ites into the celestial city, is nothing more than a 
 'ovd self-reliance on a native moral energy. It in- 
 ates a man with x-anity. It will not elevate, it can- 
 
TT 
 
 16 
 
 STK0N6 w cmi&r. 
 
 «nd the, nnate moral aptitndo, of the Jul ifexa 
 man into communion with . i,f» _<• !. ®^*" 
 
 e-^yofthe Eternal Spirit rsinkfll, ™?«" *"l 
 from beneath character and on ':""■!:'" '^"^ 
 2.re„,the„ea„ith .„i,ht h.^U tLi .^ 2 
 man. It monlde character and makes conduct T- 
 l'«s an eye that gazes into . region i^wllt «. 
 mere mora ist It I,as a ',»„^ n . '"''""Xo to thi 
 It drinks at the " fountain 'f. ""'*«^'«P» "'• «te™«ii 
 H8 inspiration from the skies Tf f/ •!* ./ *^''"'' 
 Rock of Affes " Tf r 1 P'*"*' '**^^^^» " t'» 
 
 seductive voices ofLtr;:evo stwli:!^ ''•''' 
 
 tender seSi^o^^flZ Tit' T^^^^ ''' 
 
 Abraham will bi^d Ld b-n u*^^^^^"^^ ^'"^"^^"^ 
 oma and burn his own son on the altar 
 
 .tes of 1 
 
 t spea] 
 
 lying, a 
 
 ight to 
 
 bmitte( 
 
 spart " 
 
 lat the' 
 
 r the sa 
 
 'aiil; bn 
 
 unmask 
 
 »rrupt a 
 
 illing to 
 
T. 
 
 w'der the nature 
 d that will en dor 
 e Vhrigtian Fatt] 
 Dirine grace, th 
 ' mental capaciti 
 the soul, it exalti 
 
 o4' excellence 
 ^ hy the eseenti 
 Jt ienotastrengt 
 «t, hut impart 
 entirelj and pr 
 It 18 begotten i 
 be BOFereign eiii 
 Blow, and epringi 
 '^- It 18 bein 
 iRiT in the inn 
 kes conduct. 
 
 invisible to th 
 aspa the eternalj 
 ^ters." It draw 
 its itself on " th 
 ' honors in th 
 heiniperishabl 
 
 its ears to th 
 itJng the enjoy 
 forever satisfy 
 
 STROHO IW CHRIST. 
 
 17 
 
 what I aflirnij 
 »t masters the 
 ovah'8 biddin/ 
 >n on the alt 
 
 the land of Moriah. Potiphar's infamous wife may 
 npt, but cannot debauch the innocent Joseph, and 
 
 1 UK "1.^"'' V' ^''^''' ^''« ^'^^' t^ ^^'^ throne 
 J wealth of Pharaoh chooses rather to suffer affliction 
 
 th the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of 
 ' for a season. Belshazzar willconfor upon the young 
 niel chams of gold and political pre-eminenco ia. 
 ■ empire. But the sottish monarch hears for his 
 lomised gifts the interpretation of the Mene pro- 
 Hinced upon his guilt. The inexorable decree of 
 le I e.sian Court dooms him to a lion's den, if ho 
 ^ro to pray to Israel's God. But morning, noon, 
 ;d mght, he reverently and calmly pours his sup- 
 leations into the ear of Jehovah. Three Hebrew 
 nths in Babylon prefer the lire of the king's furnace 
 the Idolatrous homage demanded for his idol At 
 J cost of his head the herald on the banks of the - 
 rdan plainly rebukes the crimes of a Herod. Two 
 noed and defenceless men, boldly facing the mag- 
 ■tes of the Jewish Sanhedrim, declare, « We cannot 
 U speak the things we have seen and heard;" and 
 tying, at another time, to that same Court « We 
 ig^t to obey God rather than men ;" then having 
 bmitted their backs to the humiliating scourging, 
 l^ar from the presence of the council, rejoking 
 iat they were counted worthy to suffer shame" 
 •r the sake of Christ. Festus sneers at the fanatic 
 aul ; but the fanatic Apostle, with a calm dignity 
 unmasks the royal fool." In the days of Rome's 
 )rrupt and cruel Emperors, thousands were found 
 illing to surrender their flesh to the keenest pangs 
 

 PA 
 
 1« 
 
 ^ 
 
 STBONo IN onBin. 
 
 of snffe, .„g; {,»t no Buffering w«e severe enongh t 
 
 Cham, and dnngeo,,., and stakes wore „,t.M« 
 cn,„, the oonstany- of those sainted ones, who we 
 re„gti.cned vrith .„eh might i„ the inne man Tl. 
 the song of the. trinmph rung „„t loud and c L 
 above theerackling of the flam. , „,at wrapped tte 
 martyred forms, and the clamoroasdin of thi scoffe 
 that mocked the heroism of thehuted saints tmli 
 
 mI , T^""""' """•«'■ tl'orewere devils -J, .,' 
 thicker than f eeon theroofs of the houses. Bunva 
 would he in prison, "if God spared frail life fo 1?" 
 t 1 to use hie own quaintideaand idiom, "themos 
 shonld grow upon his eye brows." Henry Martvn 
 
 d. tinction, consecrates his life to humble and hidde 
 toil in a Pagan country. 
 
 But time would fail me to recount the illustrion, 
 examples of that inward and heroic might, wl. ha 
 a ong the centuries, has stood siege like a Gibrlua 
 How weak and mean the world's most renowi ed d" 
 •acters ly the side of those Christian heroes Tit 
 heroism has a sort of supremacy about it that enforce 
 the homage of men, who have neither the heaH 
 imitate, nor the taste to appreciate it. But it ma! 
 natizes and masters, it fette™ and ,nl.e, ,,«« tliof 
 who bring agains: 't the protest of ;»,,-•- '. ;il, 
 
 rA««is the strength that enL„i.k. and endures 
 The men . rong ,n their intellect, in their wills, h 
 their moral inetmcts, have never presented example 
 
 loir ni( 
 hat tl)( 
 iinptati 
 eiigtb 
 ineratii 
 e stren 
 Is donii 
 
 m anc 
 
 ithout 
 
 ;8 virtue 
 
 victor 
 
 eek Bu 
 
 ride of 
 
 ho one 
 
 lat bavi 
 
 md destr 
 188 prey 
 
 |hem to- 
 
 bjeot m( 
 
 oment 
 
 |n the re 
 ight ths 
 
"i 
 
 seveio enongli t 
 
 were n ,t abl© t 
 I ones, wJio we 
 inner man, th 
 It loud and cleai 
 at wrapped tliei 
 lin of the scoffe 
 i saints. Lutliei 
 irl argument ;i!tJ 
 vere devils Hi. i ' 
 louses. I3un3?ail 
 frail life m lon^r 
 iioni, "the mo 
 Henrjr Martyn 
 inors of literar 
 »ble and hidde 
 
 the illustriou 
 "ght, which al 
 iko a Gibraltar^ 
 renowned cha 
 1 heroes. Thi 
 it that enforcei 
 3r the heart t 
 • But it mag 
 «e, oven thos 
 ■r- llg. 
 
 and endures 
 their wills, i 
 uted exampl 
 
 x%f 
 
 BTRONO IN OH BIST. 
 
 such snccossful and sublime re:,iBtanee to sin. Tho 
 •ength that is self-aprung and self-subl, 'ned is no 
 laranteo against tho subtle deceptions and potent 
 •ces of "the world, the flesh, and tlr devil," It 
 lUBt often have tlio flatteries of men to foster its 
 liserable mimicry of a contest with evil. Its energy, 
 Jd its very oxistence, are imiicrilled in tho crisis of 
 lirpt»)tion ilow frequently do tho men, who boast 
 their moral integrity, and tho masculine vigor of 
 leir moral instincts, prove t6 bo more shadows of 
 jhat they claim to bo, when some mighty force of 
 Jinptation suddenly overtakes them. Uut mark the 
 trength that is brought in, and inwrought by the re- 
 uncrating and sanctifying operation of the Spirit,— 
 le strengtii that penetrates to the inner man with 
 |s dominating influence,--how it will abide with 
 rm and calm loyalty to Christ and to conscience, 
 ithout A single human eye to look applause upon 
 :8 virtue, or a single human hand to plait a crown for 
 s victory. It endures with a modest silence and a 
 leek suffering what crushes the courage and tho 
 ride of all merely moral resolutions. Thousands 
 rho once deemed themselves secure from the vices 
 bat have tninished tho names, stranded the hopes, 
 ind destroyed the souls of others, have fallen a help' 
 CSS prey to aroused appetites and passions. Some of 
 Ihem to-day are fettered with the manacles of an 
 bject moral slavery, and many of them are at this 
 noraent bound with the chains of an eternal bondage 
 n the regions of the lost. Oh, would you have a 
 "ight that will carry yon through all the conflicts oi 
 
ml 
 
 20 
 
 STRONG IN CHRIST. 
 
 m 
 
 this life with a penoefal miud ; thronH. all it, .,.11 
 tions with a cfQi'r,!^. 1 """o" au itb polln-l 
 
 Willi a stainless character; through «11 a^LniJ 
 
 alone in a G^ "."cHr^/^F t If'' •' h''""'1 
 
 ■"y answer, and the answer 1 !, J° T""'^M 
 
 snggestec, in the progress r^ Te ^1": '""" ""^''' 
 
 It tl,o great eonflict, in whid, we need to Lo rn 
 
 and secret of the stre, at, 1 ' ^^" *''" """'■««' 
 
 in merely giving toXt " '™""' "^^ ''"""•^l 
 
 those instinctive ondow.nt of K ir'tn'd'c "' 
 
 assertions of the Will in favoTnf f, . "'"'"'"i 
 Reftsnn onrl <-■„ • 'avoni of the dictates of 
 
 ueason and Conscience, and a»iin«t tl.„ .,. .• 
 
 of Appetite and Passion. Now 2/ "/"'"P''""''^ 
 nothing 7nore than tl,»f . ' ■''"* "'"'' ''"d 
 
 and inlak L 1 "t 1 ; Tl TT '"''^'"^ *° ""• 
 with the assur'ant:\r 1^' tr:„S T """1' 
 sanctifying himself for a heave .hfaft 1^'^'^ 
 is appealiiio- to fho ,-,, ^ ^eieauer. But Ma^ 
 
 T/ir,..i '' inadequate resources of nature 
 
 m^iareI,i„gon one'sovvii strength. The melarchoi;' 
 
"gli all itspollu-j 
 ■oiigli «I1 assault, 
 aken lojalty to 
 which is found 
 This is the na- 
 d endures. 
 
 STRONG IN CHRIST. 
 
 21 
 
 Ij to that ques 
 a vvill anticipate 
 more than once 
 ssion. 
 
 > need to be ro- 
 Y and solely be* 
 e one side, and 
 Jjen the source 
 ouid be found 
 thorough Cdl- 
 latter a more 
 merely endue 
 son and Con. 
 ^ellent energy. 
 1 and resolute 
 ho dictates of 
 le usurpations 
 just that, and 
 assaying to do, 
 wiling himself 
 :^od here, and 
 er- But that 
 les of nature, 
 e melancholy 
 
 ict is not remembered, or was never recognized, 
 Imt the liuraan Will, on which Reason and Con- 
 DiENCEare made to rely for an enforcement of their 
 ictates, is entirely and obstinately committed to the 
 ravings of Appetite and Passion. The Enemy, 
 irough the open gate of an inherited Depravity, 
 as entered the very citadel of the soul, and holds' 
 way,— a sway disputed with more or less vigor by 
 :ea80n and Conscience, but abetted and aided^y the 
 
 '^ILL. 
 
 Hence the strength needed, the strength that goes 
 eepest into the soul, and gives it might equal to the 
 iemands laid upon it in the terrible ^struggle of hn- 
 nan existence, must be sought without. It is, as al- 
 ready declared in this sermon, the might of a genuine 
 Dhristian Faith. But tJiat might is not self gene- 
 •ated, and self-sustained. Tliat strength is in God, 
 \r\d from God. Strengthened with might by His 
 IpiRir— Be strong in the Lord, i. e., Christ— For He 
 18 the Power of God, not only a power revealed and 
 ncarnated, but crucified, and thereby communicated. 
 3y contact and communion with God through a 
 ital laith in Christ and Him crucified, we'' get 
 possession of a spiritual vigor equal for the battle we 
 must wage with the grim battalions of the world, 
 the flesh, and the devil. Strong in Chrisi—thh is 
 he doctrine of the gospel and the want of the sonl. 
 ^t is not mere credence accorded to the statement of 
 fact, or to a system of truths. It is not belief in an 
 [inspired historical record of the life, teachings, and 
 death of Jesus of Nazareth. It is a faith that deeply 
 
•r 
 
 22 
 
 STRONG IN CHBIST. 
 
 from its bodv «.,•= fi ,""^' ^« a l^nb severed 
 
 U8 uoay, 80 IS the soul without tliaf ,-r>+ • ■ ' 
 
 nerve your ener^v «n.l ^ ' ""' ^ '^'S^^^ ^o 
 
 victor/. "Be"Zgt„ri:S'>C • """' ""^ '^ 
 The secret and aoirsource of Jur " ^h/is" n'""" 
 Other sources are tried Til • ^"'""'• 
 
 and helps obtainlrl . ^''^ "S^^^^- appliances 
 
 '"ay be onlv a outH 7 ^'"""-ganism itself 
 
 membersll in itCv „ Tf r^ ''^'"'"^' "^<=«"'' ''"d 
 degeneracy'^ But 2 T ff ""^ '"''"^" y"'"- »«■> 
 
 yo;^ requi/e' from Z r "™ ^T"' ""^ ^"'^g"' '>'»' 
 •/ ^uuu iiom «?iy ChurcJi, however r>i.fh^^ 
 
 doctnne in experience, and in p^e i Tl ,'sl U 
 no might to communicate: and ifit had Ja 
 spiritually deadpan un.^on a o soiu 'f"^? 
 could not make you alivel yofn u "^ "f 
 "new creature m Christ Jesus" ^' '""''"* 
 
 Yo 
 [nstru 
 throw 
 
 saving 
 
 lood i 
 
 Ion the 
 
 iometi 
 
 mperi 
 
 'or the 
 
 Ires nits. 
 
 no furt 
 
 Christ, 
 
 with hi 
 
 zation. 
 
 dignity 
 
 neither 
 
 young 1 
 
 darts th 
 
 in their 
 
 above o 
 
 plored J 
 
 effort tc 
 
 of the S( 
 
IwoUing power— 
 of the soul under 
 iuflucnce. As 
 ' a limb severedl 
 
 that interior, in 
 fRisr, denoted by 
 
 "w." Uc who 
 •fare, without thej 
 ist, is demented, 
 :ers not what ar- 
 liow beautifully 
 skilfully used, it 
 u, as a might to 
 I cannot win 
 t in jour arnior, 
 ight is Divine, 
 cies, appliances 
 in a Christian 
 efficient But 
 vind. Connec- 
 n may be, and 
 ase of develop 
 organism itself 
 lal death, and 
 isten your own 
 e strength that 
 f orthodox in 
 ■ It has in it 
 I and you wore 
 il — itif mijjrlifc 
 
 'fc be made a 
 
 STRONG IN CiilRlST. 23 
 
 Young Men's Christian Associations are organized 
 nstructive libraries are provided, reading rooms 
 ;hrovvn open l^yeeums for literary culture established, 
 iocial assemblies formed, healthful and innocent 
 '.mnsements introduced, Bible classes taught, prayer 
 rieetings conducted-a l:eavy mass of agencies com- 
 med-a huge moral machine constructed. The 
 :housauds of young „,en flocking from country to 
 '■^ty for favor and for fortune, and coming into the 
 ^hu-hng currents of a very vortex of corruption and 
 :nme, must be clasped with this girdle of potent and 
 iavmg agencies. The energy and zeal of youthful 
 |!>lood are at work, not so much as they ought to be 
 ^n tlu; streets, in the shop, at the boardh^g lltnse, 1^ 
 pometimes penetrating the haunts of vice, to I rin^ 
 kpenlled souls within the reach of means provided 
 tor their rescue, and that promise the most beneficial 
 results Ver^ good, so far as it goes. But if it o-oes 
 'no further if it stops short of bringing its recruit^ to 
 C^inst to be renewed by his Spirit and reeoforced 
 with his strength, it is a sham as a CArMan organi- 
 zation. It may create a moral respectability, and may 
 dignity Its creation with the name of reH^ion • ta 
 neither the name, nor the thing itself, will Shield our 
 young men from the more polished darts of satan- 
 darts that are more decorous, but none the less deadly, 
 in their wounding. At a recent Convention of the 
 
 ToZTTTT '"' '^ ''' ^''''^''' "«^^^ -"d ^^e- 
 
 cffo t to bring young men within the social influences 
 of the society than in bringing them within reach of 
 
u 
 
 STRONG IN CHBI8T. 
 
 to the same charge " ""^'^ "''™'«^'' "'"'0^'"=: 
 
 the foot of the Cros t« „»f ? . "' «""'« ""'"J t 
 He take, a W^^fof Hr ^ ' ?" ** '° P^^^' 
 Eoman symbol of dtZce w^b 1 t""''""^ "" 
 
 The child of God weoTri/l ^'^T"''''''' ^"^^ 
 tion, and a sense of h s own „"?''''^ ^'"' '^"'P"' 
 that solitary and snbl L ^^^'^'- B»ck fro™ 
 
 le con.es, .he bt n ^^ ^r Ttv" '''^ '"'^^ 
 vigorated with mor^ n,. P^^^^'ng, but his soul re-in- 
 
 Send anehltTouMntoT" "'^^"S"' '» ^-^^^ ■'t 
 
 of darkness assltu it t Hs^lr t"'^' "" ^""-1 
 not ^ "'* ''^"'s'' arts-it qnailaj 
 
 wia';3 ::d"'e:re/vr^ --»-'' '-i 
 
 of mental enltu^ ^^^'^12:'^'"'''^'"'"^''- 
 «tincts, thefirn, rJsoFve " ^e w „ T."' """f '" 
 tlon, respectable m^bersbip i^a 'ch? /"'n.' P"^'" 
 
 ^ealin8omesemi-religio„sfrater„itvo?v r ^''"'=''' 
 <^annot be substituted for c7n,Zl '^T' '""'' '"^- 
 with Christ thron<.h ^F^hT T^"^ eomrannion 
 
 depths of the son tth!etetr" '" "■* ^-""^ 
 Tou have-as we al[ hav/ ^ ^'^i'^^^ 8"<« "^ God- 
 Would you stand Jot;!": jr;'t"f/"°-''s- 
 
 the moral pluck toreplv TZk -u *"'''* ^'"' '"'''« 
 the appeals of friendshi a» "r"" *^ ^"^'""^ ""^ 
 
 ^- fidelity to kSbI ritfeno"'"^^ ^<« 
 
 "V, X jiAve no conscience 
 
 to mi] 
 upon 1 
 of idi< 
 life is 
 stand 
 like so 
 sunset, 
 sliades 
 which 
 you an 
 will on 
 those V 
 and ke] 
 
 s 
 
 E 
 
 C 
 
 O 
 
 Ii 
 
 W 
 
 W 
 
 Tl; 
 
 He 
 
 Sh 
 
 He 
 
 In 
 
 '1 
 
irit of God, W 
 'erelestiobnoxioui 
 
 PTEONO IN CHRIST. 
 
 25 
 
 ^e grace of God 
 w, going away t 
 tate, and to pray, 
 '^o glorified th 
 sacrificial gore 
 led with tempta 
 ^s. Back fro 
 ^ with his Lordi 
 at his soul re-in 
 ngth to bear it, 
 —let the princej 
 I arts— it quails 
 
 I strength that 
 ^ m the Zordl 
 e pre-eminence) 
 e of moral in-j 
 gh social posi- 
 •istian Church J 
 3«th, must not, 
 id communion I 
 in th« inmost i 
 ?raceof God.i 
 nflict to wago. 
 lid you havej 
 ^ fortune and | 
 seduce yo« 
 10 conscience 
 
 ltL',1 m'' ''"!f'n""' '" '''"^"' "" "'» altar of affec 
 I .ou 2 then, « Be strong i„ the Zo-d." Then notMn , 
 
 naeJ.ty Tlien while gay society and the midni<,!,t 
 dance eharm your companions, the society and C 
 
 to mmgle, will enchain your Jieart, and you will look 
 upon the revellings of a worldly society as the J ""rj 
 of Idiocy or the hallucinations of insanity. Uen If 
 1 fe IS prolonged, in the ripeness of old a^e you sha 
 stand high above the godless, giddy crowd rfea.f 
 ke some mountain peak gilded'with the glor cs o, I' 
 sunset, while tl.e valleys beneath are steeped in the 
 s^jadesof night. Or, if you early fall intl eTolfl," t t 
 
 ^y tiXd^d ZTT' ''-^'""•'■-' andfo;":i:ii 
 
 In I ^ "'°""' '''""• "'« "'■'>''"' 'n "-^serve for all 
 
 X^ti':;it;^""=^'-''«%'>'.«"^^>'eathecour:: 
 
 Earth 8 joys grow dim, its glories pass awly • 
 Change and decayonall around I see; ^ ' 
 
 I n^ed tT""" ''"'"^''' ""*' '^^id^^vithme. 
 UM . , l-L^'"''""' "'""y Pa««">g hour: 
 TVhat but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power' 
 ^Vho like Thyself myg^,ide and stay can be^r '' 
 
 S^K:X::^i-ZS«;s.ies. 
 
 I-TTHE.