Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-11-20

When he stood upon the mount of Olives lust
before the close of his eyentful life, and IOok-
ed down upon the devoted city, her streets
alive with the children of Abraham he
wept over the city so Jerusalem Jerusa-
lem how often would / have gathered thv
children together, even hen gathereth her
chlckens under her wings, but We would not"
who Shall say that in that hour Jesus con-
templated not only the destruction of that CITY.
which he beheld as coming by famine, inter-
nal divisions, and the sword of a foreign ma
ton but the consequences of its rejection of
the Gospel and its Messiah upon the whole
nation of the Jews, and upon the gentle world.
In this great city, and on the occasion of
their greatest feast, in the presence of the
largest number of witnesses that could be COL
lected, the browning evidence of his love to the
world was given. Jesus was crucified at Je-
rusaleln, at the Feast of the Passover The
nation saw him die; stood amidst the dark
ness when the sun put on sack cloth-felt the
earth trenble, and heard the crushing of the
rendng rocks, and saw the dead that came
Out Oh their graves. Here, while the multitude
was sun assembled. He rose from the dead
Still greater displays of his power were to be
given before that gathered multitude. The
first great out-pouring of the Holy Spirit, the
~ ~OA'cNSo oAN eliC COHfCISiOll Vi lIlrcc
thousand In one day, including Jews from ev-
cry nation, gave to the cause of Jesus a
prominence and an impulse that startled the
world What Passover ever witnessed such
a combination of wonderful events What
nifty days, IN the history Of any nation, were
ever so full of developments that were to
change its religion and its laws? The time
| the place-the circumstances, and the results
that followed, should all impress US with the
Importance OF bringing the religion of Christ
to bear upon the masses in cities.
Jesus commanded his Disciples to begin
their preaching in Jerusalem The great
Apostle Of the Gentiles sought out the princi.
pal cities OF the world, in which to preach the
Gospel and plant the first churches. The
light klndled in those great centres of influence
loon Illuminated the whole world!
The martyr fires were first kindled in cities
! and the weakest Disciples evinced their love
for Jesus in the presence of thousands of their
enemies. The martyrs that walked like burn
ing torches in the public parks of ancient
Rome, preached Christ with tongues of flame
that are eloquent now as they were in the
days of Marcus Aurelius
What has been going on in our own coun
try for the last year affords a striking proof of
the position which we have taken in this dis
course That new feature in city life, the daily
prayer meeting, attended by thousands of bust
ness men in the city of New York, has rolled
It's influence all over our nation, and even be-
yond the seas Similar meetings have been
established in almost every city of the land,
and great gathering of new converts into the
Church has been the result. No one needs
to be told how much of the popularity and sue
cess of this movement is due to its having first
started in that great city. Where will you
lind city whose young men are not influence
ed by the movements of the youngme in the
city of New York?
Young gentlemen, you are citizens of this
young city of st. Paul. You have influence
with all the surrounding country. Let it be
your aim to elevate the character of our city,
and make it one of the strong-holds of religion,
as well as centre of trade. Labor to dis
charge the duties of Christian citizens here in
such manner that you may close yonr lives
maker and builder is GOD