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

SOINuSCCusO by Episcopal men
and Collects and Gloria Elk
celsis". by, the Choir Interesting Dis
course by Rev. Mr.. Ten Brock.
The services at the Opera House last evening
we're of an unusual character, perhaps without
precedent in the country, and certainly with
,ut parallel in this city. On the platform We're
Reverends H.. Cross, of First Baptist Church;
Dr.. Dana, Of Plymouth; NJ. D. Edwards, of
Dayton Avenue Presbyterian; D. r. Breed, of
House of Hope; William AIcKibbin, of Central
Presbyterian and the Reverends +. S. Thomas,
st. Pauls, anc W.-P. Ten Brock Christ
Church, Presbyterians. There were
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 nothing of the Methodistic manner in
which these meetings are usually conducted.
The Rev. b. s.. Thomas first requested the con-
gregation TO sing the 118th hymn from Cos
pei Songs Nearer my God to Thee" after
which he read in a clear and impressive way
the fifth chapter of st. Matthew, commencing
Mt 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 tie Episcopal liturgy, After the prayers
the reverend gentleman, addressing the people,.
said thatit was customary in the early church
the scribes, 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 net belong to the sacred writings,
hence the codex of Herman and of Barnabas.
In the codex Alexandunus occurs that magni-
ticent hymn which the choir had sung--it was
one Of 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 0aayniticat, and
he hoped the people would all stand and join
in the sacred strains. Gae -afF
After the singing the secretary Of the Y. NJ.
G. 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. e. s.
Thomas, on Tuesday evening.
| The Rev. w. p. Ten Brock then delivered ar
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 meel
and lowly in heart, and ye.shal find rest unit
your souls" Matthew XII: 20 and 20.
| He first referred to- the speaker of these words
4 There could be but one mouth which could ute
i
! them. What a deal of self-assertior
was contained in them. People say tina
I Christ was only one among many teachers, bu
if those words were uttered by any other thar
4 he who spoke them, they would become /. com
/ plete n,eekers CT the Sentiment they contained
4 For a Socrates or a Confuscious or a Brahm
i to say come unto me and will give you rest
4 would astound by their effrontery. Christ was
matchless and supreme in self-assertion, ane
4 nothing but the divinity within him could ex
! plain it, and thousands and thousands VIII
have bowed in grief and pain and sin through
these words and rose strong aud valiant to d.
the battles of life, prove the speaker of then
was no vain boaster. but the eternal God him
T self.
4 Abiding to the so-called progress O
!. thought and the dying out Of tn
old superstition OF Christianity
showed that Christianity was only strength
), ened by these efforts to crush it. Voltaire ha
boosted that he would destroy it; old Bingham
and Germany had bent their lance against il
and even our little republic lent its Tor
Payne for the work Of crushing cut Christian
q ty and enlightening the mind from its supe,
stitions and we find the result to be tina
Christianity has spread from East to Yves
, through the whole world. This is God
Z answer to- the threat of overthrowing Chris
tianity.
J 1t has been said that Christianity is worn GU
and is unfit for the progress of the times
What changes have: cone. over lnankin
that they no longer have heavy bu
Z dens to carry? Do men tod less f.
their bread; ID they suffer les
, have less pain, less heart aches; are their sou
stricken less with the load of sin? And whel
Is that which is to take the place of the con
fort of the gospel of Jesus Christ? There wi
In the fllllness of days be another answer
this from God, when every nation; eyel
tongue Shall acknowledge him. When the nigl
, is darkest, light is near at hand. Mans di
tress is Gods opportunity. There was pc
haps never time when such grave subjec
j, veSed mems minds as now Capital is bite
against labor, and labor against capital ar
far-seeing politicians scarcely dare look ahea
to conjecture the outcome. All men, of eyei
degree, and condition are heavy laden; eat
has his burden. Christ ealleth to himself tho
who feel the burden OF SIM Sin makes IL
burden, the labor, the pain, the struggle al
ligion a burden? There are several kinds
, yokes. = There is the yoke of the slave-that
{ the world s yoke when the soul has surrender,
i itself. The Romans, after q conquest, plac,
+ two spears in the ground and put a third aero
3 the top, of the other two and EACH captive w
compelled to crawl under this yoke. This is tt
yoke, of sinful life--of the drunkard and d
1 patient OK with yoke not to .gi
/ him, to irritate and increase
, labor, but to help him do his work, and in Ii
manner the yoke of Jesus Christine yoke
, / faith and obedience-enables the sinner to
his work. There are then three yokes. Viii
S shall we wear-one we must wear-the yoke
$ toll and slavery, the yoke of sin, or the yoke
Christ? In the Christian yoke there is not
ing hard or b, rdensome. Take my yoke up
: you and learn of me- He illustrated th
with a beautiful metaphor of above soaril
high into the clouds when the storm S buffe
ings retarded his progress, but by swoopir
/ down below he could skim on his course as
: will. A proud man battling against storms
!. adversely, STOPPING in humility and taking
i himself the Christians yoke, passes a ong
! peace. Il
]. He next referred to the promise, 81 will gi
+ you rest. . Give rest is ever the cry
q oppressed humanity and here it is offered. b
E what is rest-not idleness? 1t is like Goo
Y rest. On the seventh day He rested, but
t did not become listless and idle. He st
u worked, but He changed His work. He ST
E tied Himself in the infinite majesty of Z
: everything providence to guard and guide t
n objects of His creation.
I The proud fight of the regal bird of air is
-s}ftype of true rest. Rest is the possession OF
r Eplenitude of power to accom- lish our aims WI
: out WEAKNESS or fatigue. This rest Christ W
& give those who assume his yoke. Myriads al
t myriads have tested this promise and ha
r found it never failing truth. Come, the
weary and heavy laden, come and harken
9 the words of Jesus Christ, and you shall Fl
s. the blissful rest for your souls that he /
promised.
At the conclusion of the sermon, of viii
the above is but a rneagre outline. the CHI,
sang the 117th hymn from Gospel Songs al
the Rev. Mr.. Ten Brock read the prayer
< the church militant and pronounced the bel
e diction. The congregation then disperse
l.only % few remaining for the fifteen minnt
r prayer meeting. led by the secretary of t
d Young Mems Christian association.