Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-10
afternoon Session.

AA0 CSCAAAu8 scIV1Ce OIL INSTALLATION was 1clQ
in the church, which was filled with a large
congregation, to witness the interesting cere-
monlal. The services were opened by the
choir singing an anthem, after which the mod
orator Rev. J. H. Morley of Winona, made his
statement and the scribe read from the min
utes, the proceedings in the chapel, and the
decision Of the council. The Rev. j. W. Ray
of Wabashaw, invoked the Divine blessing
upon the proceedings, and the Rev. G. E.
Wright OF Easton, read appropriate portions of
scripture. The "Te Deum'' was then fairly
sung by the choir, after which the Rev. G. l..
Goodell, D. D., of St. Louis preached the SER
mon. lie took for his text the words:
Tell me I pray thee wherein thy great
strength ieth." Judges l6 Oh. 6v.
The sermon was very able one, bristling
with wit, and happy truisms, and wholesome
Lessons tersely expressed. He said that feed
ing God 8 flock was the noblest calling. All
Christians should be laborers in the vineyard,
and 1t was necessary to understand the ele-
ments of success. He spoke at considerable
length upon the Importance of the work in the
Sabbath school, in the mission school, and
home evangelical work, and it requires power
Divine and human to accomplish it. He made
four suggestions; the first was the necessity of
a sound mind, using wise discretion in all
things, wisdom in speech and action, and
right application of Gods word. No one is
qualified to teach who has not sound mind
an egg is good or nothing. Fish is good, but
not everything that is fshy. He referred to
Paul as model Christian, with good, sound
business principles, well acquainted with
the world and the worldly wise. It is
sound head. He should be as capable
OF governing a fast horse as to keep his tongue
quiet at a sewing society-fast horses have un-
seated many minister. No man should work
harder. rise earlier be more temperate or eco
nomical than minister. His life should be a
standard of all that is true and beautiful and
good. The world can see a fly on church
church. But minister must draw his life
like the flowers from beyond the sky, and
therefore, secondly, knowledge of scriptures
Is absolutely necessary. The word is spirit
and life and through the word is growth-the
soul-building power. The third essential
was an acquaintanceship with God-the book
carries the mind beyond the book to the gates
OF life and says Behold the King
1t is greater to know God than His works. It
IS worse to be ignorant of the creator than of
the thing created. 1t is something to be visit
ed by angels, but it is more to be visited by
God himself. The bible is love letter but
Christ is the beloved. We love those with
than those we know not. Acquaintance with
God is the greatest power given to the strongest
side of mans nature. Christians PRAYER ia
Christians power. In illustration of his ar
gument the speaker COMPOUNDED Mary Queen of
Scots with Mary the Third of England, who on
her death bed said Calais would be found en-
craven on her heart.
The fourth suggestion was that for success
the minister must be imbued with the Holy
Ghost-that power from on high, the baptism
OF flre to win souls. God clothes his priests
with salvation, puts them the arnor
OF light that Others may sec. The learning of
the schools is of no avail without the power of
the Almlghty-the power bestowed at Pente
cost. Church builders have always been good
men, full Of the Holy Ghost. He illustrated
with the beautiful fable of the desert island
upon which white plumed dove dropped a
seed and the island was covered with yerdure.
he summed up by quoting the inscription up
on bunyan's monument at Bedford, England.
After the sermon Rev..J. H. Morley offered
the installing prayer, and then the choir sang
hymn ,OlG after which the Rev. d. L. Leon.
ard delivered the charge to the pastor com
mencing by congratulating himself on having
the duty assigned to him. He called to mind
the time when he and the pastor elect studied
their Hebrew and Greek together. The remin-
lscences were pleasant to him-even the Thought
OF their having to stand on one side when
suspicion OF their orthodoxy was made sub
His task was the easier he said, because the
candidate was no neophite or hedgeling, but a
minister Of IS years standing. In his charge
ne warned the pastors against rememb erine too
wildly that he was from Boston
he must realize that he s. IN
the far West and get accustomed to his
people and their ways-many good men have
been brought to grief by Imagining thew
We're still IN New England. He charged him 70
give gospel to his people which shall ba
hte-giving and inspiring avoiding