St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-20
3TINNETONEA.
Another stormy Sunday--A Sermon
About Gsle Disaster.

Another Stormy Suuday--A Sermon
About Gsle Disaster.
Sunday at AIinnetonka was, as far as the
weather was concerned. very much like its
predecessors of the season. The dav opeued
clear and pleasant. but about IL o'clock the
clouds gave indications of an approaching
storm. The wind began to raise. aud win
dows and blinds were very quickly closed NJ
the hotels and cottages. The cloud forina-
tons were very peculiar, being of a green
ish cast. wholly unlike anything else seen
before at the lake. The storm burst while
4 large number of boats were on the lake.
and they soon sought Il safe haven. As far
as reported there was no damage done. and
the storm lasted only half an hour. Tie
remainder of the day was comparatively
clear and cool, and large number of peo-
pie spent the afternoon and evening at the
lake.
At the Excelsior Congregational church
yesterday morning. Rev. 1. l.. Cory
preached an instructive and helpful sermon
with reference to the sad disaster on the
lake July l.. The church was filled TO
overlooking. and a number of people Were
obliged to stand during the service. The
storm broke upon the lake and its sur
rOundings just as the speaker spread his
AAotNo Alftli tiAN hNNhs anu INT lONln WIS
darkened to such an extent that II became
necessary to light lamp before Mr.. Cory
could proceed to read his discourse. The
storm prevailed during the entire delivery
of the sermon. and it was consequently
presented under great difficulties of sur
roundings.
MORALS OF THE DISASTER.
Taking his text from Matthew vi. SO,
fri .f
righteousness" Mr.. Cory said: One of the
great benefits derived from such calamity
is that it sets us TO thinking and the great
drift of our thinking will be in the drec-
ton of wholesome moral lessons. Even il
the great end should be wrapped in mystery
and never be touched by our guessing. the
great drift of our thinking when we stand
before two such graves as opened last
Thursday in Lakewood cemetery. will be
toward wholesome lessons. Such scenes
are good thought fertilizers. The past
week. therefore, has prepared the soil of
many thousand minds TO receive good seed.
This preparation has been from the Lord.
The great lesson which makes all other
lessons we may draw from the sad disaster
grow insignificant, is, that the heart should
at all times be set upon God and His right
eouSnesS as the one great end of life.
III biiC CNCulAN IlCh. Llul>ou NuIA VI
Charlottesville, Ind, preached upon the
disaster to large congregation. His theme
was ''Paul's view of life, in its relation To
the life beyond" and he said: my theme
divides itself into three heads. First. the
shoTtneSs of life-'Brethren. the time is
short. II. Cor. vii, %. Second, the desir-
ableness of life-'FOr 1 am in a strait be-
twiXt two. having a desire TO depart and
be with Christ, which is far better. Phil.
l., %. Third, life in its relation to an en-
trance with the life beyond-'FOr an en-
trance shall be ministered unto you album
dainty, into the everlasting kingdom OF our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. III. Peter,
j., 2. Paul was a powerful factor in the
worlds history. Strike out his life, with
nothing TO take his place, and you have de-
stroyed the Christian church. In a sense,
Oh Paul hung the destiny of the world, yet
it was Christ working in him to will and
to do of his good pleasure. Life is long TO
the day fly, because a day rounds out its
complete existence. 1t is short to US be-
cause we look at it in its relation TO eter-
nifty. as very small part Of our existence.
The brute world plOds about US with no de-
sire to depart or to stay. Our desires fol-
low our affections, and where the treasure
is, there is where we want TO stay. Ii is
only when we become educated in those
Christian gTaces which made Paul'S life so
beautiful that we can say, Il desire 70 de-
part and be with Christ, which is far bet
ter Is not this the true test of Christian
character? Just as the consciousness Of the