Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
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MIR, s. W. Stevens was not as largely at.
tended rs the previous lectures IN The
course, partially owing no doubt t" lta
being out of time the Tuesday evenir &
H week previous beng the time it was to
have been given, and partially 10 the cold
wind blowing that night. Mr.. Steve ms 10
not fluent talker yet not an unpIt assnt
one, though he states himself that he il
hu. n..vice on the lecture rostrum.
There is grntiemanly bcarin: and ,leas.
ing cander about the man that at once
enlis,s the sympathy and charity Of his
audience SO that they do not feel Disposed
To hold him to tie critical standard usu-
ally required Of public lecturers. His
description Of the people OF B,rmah,
which IS his native country, his fataer
helng a missionary staslnntd ih~re, are
not of the sup, rticlal aud not unfrs Qnent.
y exaggerated character of those Rlv+a
Ivy foreign tourists, hut are founded upon
personal ASS cltl'on and familiarity with
'he people + r half life time. During
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specimens OF the idus worsl,pred hy the
.,e"pl'. Of Bi,nah MS also ptclmens Of Mt.
t,sllc skill and han,l,w"rk useful and or
""n'en'al. For the purpose Of pleasant
and profitable instruction the lecture 10
W II worthy OF The patronage Of the gon-
| .ral public. .s
1t,bI q
dan, Rev. Waite, has created something
"t sensation among The people of that
| place hy advancing what some of them
think unorihp,lox views Of tho nature
and Office If the Atone,nent. Wien taken
to Task about it tie waited to know where
progress would come in if pe"nle k. pt
| within the rut Of ages. His seems to he
the Arian view O. the subject In winch
Christ is hell 10 be merely An example
and not to have suffered viLarionsIy for
mankind as Arnln.ansm teaches. In
closing his sermon last Sunday night he
ia repor,e'i by the Pioneer to have said:
"Hc might have been the most popular
man of His day. But he believed that
the religion Of his day was radically
wrong and tie threw the whole we,x ht of
his mighty manhood against it. He was
the arch herUlic of the age he antago-
nized the priests, :hc Pnarlsees, the Sad
usees, the scr'bes and every religious
'eacl,er that lived lie offended them,
showed their reasoning and theology to
be absurd. HIS death was the natural
consequence in Ills time, of the pure, un.
| compromising, fearless life which He
lived. He revealed to u simply the true
law and method Of life. J.sus Christ
was not a 81 ,stitute H.: WAS a model.
He was not sent into the world to bring
God nearer us, but to bring US nearer to
God. HIS death did not increase Gods
love for us, tor that love was infinite, I'M.
changeabls. We are saved, no: because
Jesus hrist was good enough to dispense
with the necessity Of our being goeh, but
becau-e he was good enough to oecome
our moiiri. He was model. not SUBJ
stitutc; guide, not u pack snu 9. A to
whether have ruck blow vt & ri,t,
am will .ng to leave it with my audience.
Ii Il Gloh"l n q substitute tho more hon.
orable lhlng?"
The subject of the pastor OF the Pres.
hyter an church last Sunday night was
-. Pleas,ires,'' those that should be in
dIfgrd ana those that Should be avoided.
Physical pleasures, which are The lowest
in the scale, he thought were proper and
right so far rs they tended to develop
the physical powers. Social pleasures,
the next higher, were founded 10 The In.
s!inct for assoc alton which runs through
all animal life and werc not to he dlsre.
garded in so far as aud IN whatever way
they adde to he substantial enjoyment
Of the individual or community; regard
ing The rights AID happiness of all, they
shout he enc 'ur"ged. Intellectual
pleasures, still higher ia the scale, should
be cultivate and care be taken to direct
them IN a pro1table chann,l, avoiding
all such discussion aud literature as tend
t. dcbase the mind and acquire Al .b-
normal taste for the degrading literature
with VIII Cl the Country is t1ooded IN dino
m"vels.and Police & .zsttes t. SATISFY sad
cultivate prlrlent taste He said no
would rather lose h's right arm than put
such publications. ln,u the b .nds Of q
Young man or young woman. Moral and
50 ritual Pleasures, the highest in tho
scale, Were likewise tho highest enjoy
me"'. They were the pleasures of CON.
munion with G"d, the highest ideal and
real Of perfection, an hence transcend.
ant above all other pleasures within tho
attainment of mankind. lie did not pre-.
tend to give list If pleasures IN racing
hose which he would recommend and
III Sc which he would prohibit. Ha
ru'e for deciding for or against pr"pos d
pleasure Was an appeal u c.,ns1,enc, and
those who abide the decision of that mon.
i'"r With" Will rarely if ever go astray IN
'hc search fo' All indulgence of pleas
ure. He would ask his conscience
whether the proposed pleasure was right
whether it, would develop the physical
powers, add 10 the we'll being and happi-
ness of society, Improve and cultivate The
mind. conform to the r.quir :lnents OF
christian life and charact.li II the
pleasure proposed was clearly antagons.
TIC to an affirmative answer to any Of
these quest'nns he would reject it. If he
was in doubt he woul bes,iate until the
doubt Was removed, and he would rec.
uInlnenu all to H.,
DakOt" > A.puIattOn.
Ds<ot" has today more than half mil.
Ii Of ;'eoph. lis population 10 double
that Of Florida, nearly ten times that OF
Nt.VAl3 almost Wlcs. lhnt f,f N..,v E.,,u