St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
REV. NJ. N. GILBERT.

posing, but solid in its appearance. OF
stone, square and substantial it is without;
within it is very lastly finished, deliberately
and costly furnished. The church is
Episcopal, and the chancel is artistic in
its embellishments. To the left is the Or
gan and choir box. and far to the right al
most in a corner of the church. is the pull
pit, the latter standing out from the chan
eel alcove, in the body of the church. The
plan of the pews is of the
square order, their finish in dark wood and
their seating capacity probably 600 or
500. 1t is thirty-ive years since the church
was organized, and there are on its list of
communicates $50 names. Rev. NJ. n.
Gilbert is its rector, man who finds time
in the midst of his many duties to attend
to many things that are out of the line Of
usual ministerial work. He is well known
outside of the membership of the church
over which he presides. At the recent
banquet of the ST. Paul Boat club he was
one Of the guests. ann apparently was as
much at home at the banquet table as any
of the boys. He made an after dinner
speech, and one OF the best. 1t was
Saturday night, and the reverend gen.
might be given ample time to reach
his home before encroaching on the early
Sabbath hours, which he did. DR.. Gilbert
is rated as one of the best orators in the
city.
Among the prominent pew holders at
Christ church are such legal lights as Judge
Gilfillan. ex-Gov. c. K. Davis. r. B. Ga
lusha and Judge Dickinson. and the list in
cludes General Manager Cakes OF the
Northern Pacific, Hon. II. NJ. Rice, j. b.
HoXie, }. p. Larkin. J. Q. Adams, w. B.
Bend, J. y. Granger, DR.. ID. w. Hand, Ill.
Z. Hoppin. II. NJ. Smyth. 4. DriScOll, Jr.,
ID. G.. Shepard. j. T. Averill, w. Auer-
bach. Charles McIlrath, A. II. Cathcart. j.
S. FOrepaugh. j. II. Ames, John Warner
and many others. 1t is one of the strong
est churches i'll st. Paul and the leading
one of the Episcopal denomination. In his
minisUrationS To this flock. Dr.. Gilbert has
an assistant, the Rev. S. G. Jeffords who
was lately ordained to the priesthood.
LAST EVENINGS DISCOURSE.
Last evenings sermon was by the rector
from the text found in Matthew XII, 23-5.
The speaker stated that probably there had
been some dispute between the disciples of
John and those of Christ as to the mission
| of our Lord. 1t was not clearly understood
Christ'S answer called attention to prin-
ciple that underlieS the basis of the Christ
ian religion. He pointed out facts which
they had seen. as proof of His divinity. Re-
ligiOn is not a gospel of sentiment. but OF
fact. and the truths of history bear testl-
mony in its behalf. 1t is to the spiritually
blind that the gospel comes with its light.
/ Men cannot see the light if they turn their
backs upon it or wrap their eyes with fold
on fold of doubt and unbelef. The gospel
gives strength TO the faltering step,
and the power of the purity of
! Christ cleanses from all iniquity,
/ men dead to all sense of righteousness are
raised up to lives of purity and holiness
! This gospel is gospel for the poor, and its
! giver was poor. Before its event there was
/ not an asylum, hospital or charitable insti-
! tuition i'll the world, but later these were
| erected in the very luins OF heather temples.
! The charitable institutions of to-day are all
| in accord with the spirit of the gospel, and
! draw support from its influence Christ
! answered the disciples OF John by pointing
to his miracles. He performed those
miracles once for all. to go on record as
proof OF His divinity. We have greater
testimony in these days as to this divinity
than even miracles would be. Men now
study the lives of the followers of Christ
for Christian evidences. There is nothing
So injurious to the cause of Christ to-day as
the lives of those who are recreant to their
professions. If we examplify the teach
ings of Christ in our lives. we not only
make our lives stronger and purer but we
prove TO the world the divinity of a re-
ligion that can make our lives mobiles and
purer.