The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-10-07


Yale men. one of them being the wit of his
class, When the different consuls appeared
at Washington to Get their last instructions
from Mr. Secretary Evarts, it seems that
they had to enter an elevator and be lifted
IN 10 the Secretaries office: and this witty
Yale man. looking around and seeing many
If his friends all bent on one GRAND. re-
marked. ssWell. this is about the largest
collection of foreign missionary work that
have seen taken u1 in a long time When
This stroke of wit was related to Mr. Eyarts
himself an ardent man of Yale. he said.
tcYVhich of Won said that? [ don't know as
will send a man with wit like that out of
this co11ntrv.p But let me saw that Yale
has some men that will not 60 on a foreign
mission of that sort: for we had it from the
Inns Of The President of the United States
that. when they were celebrating what they
shonld 40 for a good representative at the
court of ST. James, they laid the offer of the
Office at President Porter's feet. and he de-
clined il. preferring to do his duty at old
Yale rather than to shine abroad as a for
eign star. Applause.
But allow me now to follow the instruc-
lions of those who have asked me to sneak
here namely to watch the trend If thonoht
dnrinr the evening and al fhe close state
NV iinnressions Of II and add anvthinq
that miaht he added wall will Give nv
Impressions as + am Instructed hnt I shrink
from irving 10 add anvth;ng tn the eloouence
and the thouaht that Won have been over
noWered with during The dav. But in all
seriousness have Watched with interest the
two great lines of thinking manifest here.
one Of them RIGHTLY and we'll started by the
sermon of the preceding night. touching the
thought of God The eternal DEGREES, and the
election that 10 according to orace--and that
moor missionary Gathering where He is not
first RECOGNIZED and His plans scanned for
our guidance. The other line of thought has
been repeatedly dwelt upon and that is that
the whole matter is now a matter of will. We
only need the will. / have heard the speak,
ers say, and the thing is done. Now let us
see about this. And here let me become as
far metaphysical as the apostle Paul is a
metaphysician in one text--and / am incit-
ted to it bv a remark Of one of the wise mem
bers of the prudential committee. who says
that mere eloquence will not fill the Golfers
of the society. neither saw I will the bare
aoiU do it. The apostle Paul says
in one of his immortal letters to
Christians to guide them in their
duty, that there is such thing
as an ability to will; but he adds to that,
See that since there be this readiness to
will, there be also a readiness to perform"
(Applause.) He draws distinction between
the mere volition within the breast and the
production in fact of the will. The thing
must be done as well as wiled, for there is
such thing as bare will or wish. have
willed that money into the treasury already
what better is it? have not the ability to
put it there. You have all Willed the money
in;you will somebody to put it in. Now
this is serious matter, and it is here that
hon 01o
up things. tLaughter) So it seems to me
that as we have been well told and as we
all thoroughlysbelieve, it is a great thing to
have such work to do; and as one of the
speakers well added to that, it is a great
thing to believe that the work can be done.
add something to this: it is great thing to
have the burden of report like that of DIR
Clarks' laid upon our consciences touching
the willing and the doing of this work and to
carry It away with US and bear it until we
meet again next year. Now this is more
serious, and | am certain that some of us
will find it to be still more serious when we
rise and leave this place where gehave been
SO well instructed and carry away the burd-
en- of tbe doing ~ the vori, For done #
must ba .ince God hos aIroadv ,nada ~, bis
mind hat tbe ,vord e ~ ba saved AVID savad
bv His !, nc b,tb ~ ~; aad ~ AZ
az The Anastla pa,,i :, ,s
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.s,, inue uou neo iioe oniy SiFon -
suiS win snat we nave III eAefclse Inns LiSht,
ouI he mas also acueu Inc DONG OF the lhlug
ana tnen ana not I'LL then Will his decree De
mashed.
To go back then upon the first point; the
deyout waiting on the Divine Will has forever
tba nracedance ne ORR Wills Rut LET this
tbo,ngh+ bovo . li+tIa Iobt tI,rov,y ,,no,, i,
M, se GO t.,.I - t;fr,sa,if
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anu tnat uecree, Whatever IL 1iay pe, Wha!-
ever the grand issue OF II may pc, is nnisned'
The Almighty has made up his mlnd; lie
needs no luther knowledge, no information
nothing will ever change it; it is just as
securely settled in His mind as ever il can
be. We need not disturb ourselves about
fiat Nos won ,nust hAor tbis baconsa 81
via nc a,a /, 10 lina ~ tba nj oan
+lolers 80, 1; an
anu yeul sp5aAei - JUG suoecSsoi
OF linothy DWlgnt. just as surrey as Ood
has MADE up Ills MIND TO carry out inns work,
SO far as He has been pleased to shew what
is ia that mind, He has made up his mind TO
carry it out through u.s. You cannot find a
leaf or line in the Bible where this is not
irsnrihad thai if any Insured man alludes
to anything high and glorious III the pur-
poses of the Almighty. the sentence is not
finished. Ger kainlv The connection is NOT com
plete until human dntv has been laid down
a. linked ~ tbat mottsr = :
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