THE PACIFIC COAST PULPIT - A Semi-Monthly Publication - Devotion for Christ

Sep 29, 2026

Devotion for Christ is a sermon by the late Rev. E. S. Lacey, preached in the First Congregational Church, San Francisco, on February 19th, 1860. The message centers on Paul’s earnest, unselfish devotion to Christ, urging believers to follow the example of Christ through steadfast commitment. It contrasts living by self-interest with a transformed life governed by a cause greater than oneself, describing how devotion reshapes motives, action, and spiritual direction.

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DEVOTION FOR CHRIST

A sermon by Rev. E. S. Lacey

Following Christ as Paul followed Christ

Devotion as the basis of a new life

141.11.13..Vc.10.11.31 Vol.I.November 19th,1875.No.24.⑥ TERMS:2.00 per Annum.Single Copies,15 Cts. THE PACIFIC COAST PULPIT. A Sei-Monthly Publication SERMONS BY PROMINENT,PREACHERS OF THE FAR WEST. DEVOTION FOR CHRIST. BY THE LATE REV.E.S.LACEY. SAN FRANOIsco: WESTERN REPORTING &PUBLISHING cOMPAN Y, 34Montgomery Block,Cor.Wastington nnd Montgomery Sts, 1875. Cubory k Co.,Steam Book and Job Printers,414Market st.,Sat Francieco. THE PACIFIC CoAST PULPIT, A Semi-Monthly Publication of Sermons, BY CLERGYMEN OF SAN FRANCISCO AND VICINITY, Was commenced November 20th,1874. It contains Sermons by gome of the ablest of the preachers of California. IT IS EXCELLENT FAMILY READING. It affords an opportunity for those who do not want to be absent fromBervices in their own churches to read what California ministers other thantheir own are preaching Sabbath after Sabbath. ·In it will appear Bermons by ministers of all evangelical denominations. Discourses by the following clergyman have already been published:Rev.Robert Patterson,D.D.,Rev.A.L.Stone,D.D.,Rev.F.F.Jewell,Rev.George Mooar,D.D.,Rev.W.H.Platt,Rev.John Hemphill,Rev.J.H.Wythe,M.D.,Rev.E.P.Hammond,Rev.J.A.Benton,D.D.,Rev.H.D.Iathrop,D.D.,Rev.W.A.Scott,D.D.,LL.D.and others. These Sermons are published in a form convenient for binding,and theywill make a valuable and interesting volume.Many of then are from short-hand reports made expressly for the PACIFIC CoAST PULPIT. Terms,$2.00 per Year。 BACK NUMBERS ean be had at the office of publication. All orders should be sent to the undersigned,and will receive promptattention. CHARLES F.WHITTON,MANAGER,34 Montgemery Block,San Francisco. CUBERY &CO.,Book and Job Printers, Steam Power Pres88, 414 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. P.O.Box,I819. # DEVOTION FOR CHRIST. A SERMON: Br TEE LATE REv.E.S.LACEY, Preached in the First Congregational Church,San Francisco, February 19th,1860. — — “Be ye followers of me,even as I zalso am of Christ.”—1 Cor.xi.1. This is a characteristic expression of that grand and enthusi-astic apostle,in the service of his divine master.There was noteaching of our blessed Savior which he did not count as havingan applieation to himself,and which he did not endeavor toactualize.He threw himself with all the earnestness of hisburning soul into whatever,at that present time,promised themost for the eternal righteousness of God.He not merely soughtto fulfil the absolute law of the Great Sovereign,as he found itwritten in His holy word,but he endeavored to fulfil the un-written law of love,which waits for no positive request,haltsfor no letter of requirement,saying,thus and thus shalt thoudo—but with a glad bounding liberty leaps far beyond the lawand the testimony. In such high and unselfish devotion and devotement of prop-erty and name and power to the welfare of the whole world—the enemies who persecuted him—generations whom he nevercould know—Paul felt that he was truly following Christ,andhe called upon those who looked to him for instruction to“followhim,even as he also followed Christ.” Perhaps the feeling is nearly universal that there is moreencouragement in an endeavor to follow the example of a manlike ourselves,than in taking for our pattern that One,whowhile a man,is also the“Only begotten Son of God.”Look-ing at a human being,a sin-burdened being,like ourselves,having the same struggling heart as ours,struggling after theholy precepts of God,now and then breaking away,and return- 278 ing again in shame and repentance,crying out in agony,“0wretched man that I am,who shall deliver me from the body ofthis death?"—-looking at such a person toiling after Christ,andexulting in the mastery of foes,sleeplessly besetting himfrom within and without,the powers of this world and another;helped by a divine hand in every emergeney,and so triumphingover all—we feel the inspiration of the example:we feel thatwith that same assisting hand w

FAQs

Who delivered the sermon “Devotion for Christ,” and where was it preached?

The sermon was delivered by the late Rev. E. S. Lacey and was preached in the First Congregational Church, San Francisco.

What biblical example does the sermon emphasize?

It emphasizes Paul’s characteristic expression of devotion to Christ, including the call to “follow him, even as he also followed Christ.”

How does the sermon describe the difference between self-interest and Christian devotion?

It explains that ordinary life is often ruled by self-interest, while Christian life is transformed when devotion to a cause greater than oneself governs the person, requiring sacrifice and aligning motives with Christ.

Sep 29, 2026

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