TRANSMUTATION OF THE EGOTIST.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 9

TRANSMUTATION OF THE EGOTIST.

There is no problem of empty pcwi in St. George's U.F. Church, JSdinburgh. On Sabbath forenoon,, Janudry 5, tlm congregation filled tho largo church and overflowed to tho pulpit steps. Dr. Ivelman's subject was from Gal.'' ii. 20, "I live, yet not I." It . was a sermon on Egotism, treated under throe heads: Tha Plague of Ejotismj Tho Refuge of Egotism, tho Touch of Christ': Tho Trans-*, formed Egotist. Every wholesomo being, said tho preacher, likes to stand well in (ho thoughts tmd LDinioiis of olhew; but the egotist must bo in tho centre-of tho tableau. Illustrations of perverted .ejotism wcro cullod from histmty, from painting, and from literature, and the intellectual, moral, and .emotional types wore beautifully described. Theorists get into tho habit of seeing everything from their own point of viow. Even lovo feels the touch of egotism, a uu seeking to 6ee himself in a woman's eve. No man should i>ormil: hirjself to pity himself -for a single liouty. "Sartor 'Kesnrtus" and Sordcllo werej mentioned as tiio outstanding illustration of healthy-mind-edness in the nineteenth century', Tho touch of Christ does : not mean losing oneself; it does me.rh; , transmutation. "Oh to bo nothing!" is a healthy wish, only if it means a desiio to become something. Txive is only wife in God's keeping. Tho transmutation of the egotist under tho Pivlno toujdi was the keynote of this New, Year's messtiirc. William .Tames. Dean Church. Tennyson, Browning, Carlylo wort all ' laid under tribute for nppropri.'iloj illustration of a sermon that was followed with intense eaeerness by the great | audicnco,