Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-29
CHRISIIrS CHURCH.

ibis question by the public: Who ought to get
hat $500 reward. or any portion of it,
CHRISIrS CHURCH.
ORTHODOX MINISTERS JOINING
KINDS FOR ITS .SPRE-4D.
Significant Assemblage at the Opera House
Last Evening Y. VI. G. A. Gospel Meet
ing Conducted by Episcopal CIersymen
Prayers and Collects and GLORIA EE-
celsis" by the Choir-Interesting Dis
course by Rev. Mr.. Tell Brock.
The services at the Opera House last evening
were of an unusual character, perhaps without
precedent in the country, and certainly with
out parallel in this city. On the platform We're
Reverends II. Cross, of First Baptist Church; |
DR.. Daaa, of Plymouth; III. D. Edwards, of |
Dayton Avenue Presbyterian; D. Il. Breed, of |
House of Hope: William Mckibbin, of Central |
Presbyterian and the Reverends u. S. Thomas |
st. Paul's, anc W. P. Ten Brock. Christ
Church, Presbyterians. There We're
also on the platform the Christ Church |
choir, with Professor Wood at the organ and
the large choir generally attending the gospel |
meetings. The peculiar feature OF the meeting
was that the services were conducted by the
two Episcopalian clergymen and there was lit
tie or nothing Of the Methodistic manner in
which these meetings are usually conducted.
The Rev. b. S. Thomas first requested the CON
gregation 10 sing the 118th hymn from Cos
pei Songs Nearer my God to Thee" after
which he read in clear and impressive way
the fifth chapter of st. Matthew. com mencing
at the twentieth verse. The quartette then
chanted the Gloria in Excelcis in
English, after which the Rev. Mr..
Thomas read several prayers and collects
from ire Episcopal liturgy After the prayers
the reverend gentleman, addressing the people,
said that it was customary in the early church
Tor the scr.bes, after copying any book of the
Bible or In making transcript of the script
ures, to insert within the sacred covers some
thing held by them most dear-some writings
which did not belong to the sacred writings
hence the codex of Herman and OF Barnabas.
In the codex Alexandunus occurs that magni-
hcent hymn which the choir had sung--it was
| one CT the Oldest hymns in the world and he
noticed with sorrow SO few people stood up
while the grand old hymn was being sung. He
would now ask the choir TO sing another
| equally ancient and grand-the naaynifcat and
he hoped the people would all stand and join
in the sacred strains.
| After the singing the secretary of the Y. NJ.
| c. a. gave the notices for meetings during the
week: Young Mems gospel prayer meeting on
Monday evening, and the Union Bible society
class, under the instruction of the Rev. L. S.
| Thomas. on Tuesday evening.
The Rev. w. p. Ten Brock then delivered an
able and energetic address from the words:
Come unto me all We that labor and are
heavy laden and will give you rest. Takemy
yoke upon you, and learn of me, for | am meek
and lowly in heart and We shall find rest unit O
your souls" Matthew XII: rs and 90.
He first referred to the speaker of these words.
There could be but one mouth which could utter
the,n-but one pair of lips could frame
them. What a deal of self-assertion
was contained in them. People say tina,
/ Christ was only one among many teachers, but
if those words were uttered by any other than
/ be who spoke them, they would become u com
plete noeker.' &c tie sentiment they contained.
i For a Socrates a Confuscous or a Drihma
to say come unto me and | will give you rest
would astonnd by their effrontery. Christ was
matchess and supreme iii self-tssertion. and
nothing but the divinity within him could ex-
plain it, and thousands and thousands who
have bowed in grief and pain and sin through
these words and rose strong and valiant to do
the battles of life, prove the speaker of them
was no vain boaster. but the eternal God him.
self
Abiding to the so-calied progress OF
thought and the dying out of the
old superstition Of Christianity he
showed that Christianity was only strength
ened by these efforts to crush it. Voltaire had
boosted that he would destroy it; old EnglanC
and Germany had bent their lance against it
and even our little republic lent It's Tom
Payne for the work Of crushing cut Ch1'istisri
ty and enlightening the mind from its super
stltlons. and we lind the result to be that
Christianity has spread from East to Wes1
through the whole world. This is God
answer to the threat of overthrow;ng Chris
tianity.
1t has been said that Christianity is worn out
and is unit for the progress CT the times
What changes have como over lnanhinc
that they no longer have heavy bur
dens to carry? Do men boil LEES fo1
their bread; do they suffer less
have less pain, less heart aches; are their soul,
stricken less with the load of sin? And where
IS that which is to take the place of the com
fort of the gospel of Jesus Christ? There vii
in the fullness of days be another answer /,
this from God, when every nation; ever,
tongue Shall acknowledge him. When the nigh
is darkest, lights near AT hand. Mans dis
tress is Gods opportunity. There was per.
haps never a titne when such grave subjects
vesed mems Mi as now. CAPITAL is pittee
against labor, and labor against capital, anc
far-seeing politicians scarcely dare look aheat
to conjecture the outcome. All men, of ever,
degree, and condition, are heavy laden eacl
has his burden. Christ calleth to himself thos
who feel the burden of sin. Sin makes TIL
burden, the labor, the pain, the struggle ant
inc GeIHely Is, Lake MY YOKE. is. Then. re
t,ligion burden? There are several kinds o
yokes. There is the yoke of the slave-that i
the worlds yoke when the soul has SURRENDERED
itself. The Romans, after q conquest PLACED
two spears in the ground and put a third acros
the top Of the other two aid each captive wa
compelled to crawl under this yoke This is tn
yoke of sinful life-of the drunkard and de
baucher. Men encircle the neck of tn
patient OK with yoke not to gal
him, to irritate and increase hi
labor, but to help him do his work, and in lik
| manner the yoke of Jesus Christ-the yoke Of
faith and obedience-enables the sinner to d
his work. There are then three yokes. Whic
shall we wear-one we must wear-the yoke o
tod and slavery, the yoke OF SIM or the yoke o
Christ? In the Christian yoke there is moth
ing hard or bi rdensome. Take my yoke upol
you and learn of me-" He illustrated thi
with beautiful metaphor of dove soarin
high into the clouds when the storm S buffet
ings retarded his progress but by swoopine
down below he could skim on his course as b
will. a proud man battling against storms o
adversely, STOPPING in humility and taking Oh
himself the Christians yoke, passes a ong il
peace.
He next referred to the promise, 81 will Civ
you rest" Give me rest is ever the cry o
oppressed humanity and here it is offered. Blu
what is rest-not idleness? 1t is like God
rest. On the seventh day He rested but II
did not become listless and idle. He still
worked. but He changed His work. He set
tied Himself in the infinite majesty of Hi
overruling providence to guard and guide tn
objects of His creation.
The proud flight of the regal bird of air Is
TYPE of true rest. Rest is the possession of
plenitude of power to accomplish our aims wit
out WEAKNESS or fatigue. This rest Christ will
give those who assume his yoke. Myriads ant
myriads have tested this promise and hav
found it never failing truth. Come, then
weary and heavy laden, and harken t
the words of Jesus Christ, and you shall fin,
the blissful rest for your souls that he ha
promised.
At the conclusion of the sermon. of whicl
the above is but meagre outline, the choi
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