Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-28

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.....<osa aus Of The uinetssntf
1900 ds~n upon . people pro
(ess1I - rrseticsi idsss- Never ~
49,. - hs.serg Of toe wsrid has tns
.ss and eject bren 20 tnor
g .s~'ss-d and understood; and -
- hss eross sissfsf, sas ). ensso -. y.
- ottsined that there " no aF'
s.s Of life vhish doe not prove
.ssssix me srisssnee Of that las
~. 80 t<srbie asd eiorious.
-s:ss.sr kuo~ is With their earliest
- sItbsaeh thsy esDnst theorize
- Il. Nature teens With proofs
.-s.-,no IA. IL IL IN open book,
~ X mo rams may read. fhe
- q he moral and spirifusi exist
=. - nos Ices snbssrvisut 70 sac ias'
- s,s.s 10 be Q, ,irisnssIy- minded mast
..ss~-~;ty smbrsce ths idea and fact
- caoral living. u has ~ last oc-
- !, tbs Chrissisu chnfch tpast OF
sss.t moral reforms are ESSENTIAL %
ss.nre and eternal we'll being OF
.s.sr,9s. Nor doss this distract from
/ q s,s~,suaisty Of Uhrissisns. IL u seii
- v1tt folded hands shsn there q
800 sIse 10 BE- done; bat, 10 my
.s--,~cs. the one who most pesriy foi
- - spIris of she commsrd. Pray
.sssct esasinc, IA be who ~ striving
= - hardest in = prast1csl way -
= 1r-ekhiua for hamautsy. We never
- - mach we nced divine wisdou
~ a,r-etiop uutsl we ind ws sre no
- Of ourselves Then ~e pray Tor
5sabshiy in no aire5tion has the
4sssb rrovsd 10 inadequate 20 the sc,
.s.a1. snd 90 impractiosi. - sisnR the
= Il tsmperznce xork. Toe great
.1,<azssona system Of Sunday school
-. which bringa the Christian world
1870 cnoe q week. has only recently
ri Incorporated In IL tbs quarterly
uepssA1os lesson. notwithstauasng the
~ d snsemperanos have been thsr
11sIy understood for yegs-
/ 10 go excnse tse Ind ference Of
Z shufoh 10 relation 10 shls subj setf
1so sss explain the reason Tor it1
5ty have other organlzstisns been
sgssd 10 take tbs lead In carrying
|Irvud this wsrk Of temp ranoel Had
\ s1sloms Of soc scty anything 10 do
"A III Has the church bsen % sDif
~ s1d praysrfni ~ 10 forget material
&arsf Has IL feared 30 effead God by
1rzlne q q universal eviif or man be
- Il is 4 universal ssil2 Gard play
= snd dancing we're ehscked With a
ruR hand even while the nlanufaetuFs
nsoxicants aad the moderate usa of
- wege wsnksd al. Indeed. u Is only
1zir she last fee years that the most
1tml temperanoe reforners have
~ 70 say positively that the Bible,
II one text bsak Of oar Sunday
lpis, u opposed 30 wins drinking
y drunkenness.
Ne God favored characters Of Bible
66uy vefe, in our younger days. held
IRE ~ rs men whom We wsrs 20 70
y snd model after. Their vices we're
lsssd and freqarntiy lauorsi.
u earliest reeallections of Sanday
NJ do not awaken mush enthusiasm
" glad went, because II was right
ID and because le4raad the u tmss
y order Of the books Of the Old and
. Testament. 1he whsie picture Of
v sshool passes before my mental
1n nos. TIE high. blne cushioned
y Of the little chapel: tbs snperin
dsnt, Kind. Christian man. who per
nsd all the Offices OF the ahurehi
Iiitie library, composed Of the vari-
histories Of ths veritahse good boy
went 10 sunday school and 90
easn, and Of the bad boy who wsnt
Ina on Sunday aud came to grief
nnea-hymna. rather which were
bAIls selected from the supplement Of
cid Methodist hymn book; the
xister, whose three fasorites (UFton-
B, Hebron and Bosistonl we're snfH
Nj 90 all occasions. becsuas other
Hsx we're never selected. | seem 10
" bio vsice new comusencing the
Ek5mu. " Yo for thousand tongues
xns.r
fsasmber the lessous (some Of
ln1 ADD the credits given the scholar
y sAoald repeat the greatest nambeF
Nnes over seven. We used 10 repeat
<ssons by turns, the teacher would
Ne few general sugQestiens In refer
y b beinR little Chfistinns. and time
4zmis had arrived. 30 cfud. were
dd methods Of teaching that 1.
ma almost like ridfeule % reheaEse
-. With what feelings Of satisfae-
% Do We contemplate the wonderful
{H&assnent made In the Sunday
Hoi' II stands pre eminent a. y
ot u the faith, permsuence and
ssss of The Evangelical church. The
r'i Il unity with which all demon,
kfssxs meet 10 consider and discnss
Es fer the progress Of this branch Of
s'eh work sngufs well for the eanse
0fist and is q menace to infldeiiiy
A ~ thonsaad and ono theories re
t1nx the problems OF life aud death.
sah oar cop Of Joy Ia mingled the
~. while the Sunday school has
foarishin9 and making grand
~ onward, ihete has grown along
ga gksep'ng pace. II not ia advance }
f8ss sreng which has fed and fat
~ "a Tie bodies aud sauis Of young
sad maidrns. nany Of whom have
Aissssd from our Sunday schools. not
selitsen Of Gsd bat sa ioss souls
Entle s,aiistsos show that a xefy large
N1sAee Of The vicious and cfimioal
- oncs atteaded sunday school;
Amc Statistics awe drunkenness as
Aas Of The vrougdoing of like
y percentage, Ceutnries ago. when
hfone of Israel bad scarce oem
s1ssd 10 tottsr, wise king who sat
s'sas ssidl " frain up child in the
q y should 80. and when he is old
WI sot degsrs from II"
not evident that the Sundsy
sals ef The past have failed Ia ptsc-
hashinSss | confess | have more
To- Tbs taiare Of the boys and
shs learn nos alone that Daniel
'cee 10 den OF lions, hns that be
ara vine and proved thai be WAS n
- naa physiaAlly than thase who
ta1 abstain, aud that be Was blessed
szs be dia riyht In little shiwgs
vents cf history belong 10 God.
nss as the Bible net only to show
ssA Ne -, but what Humanity Il,
- sSase and effect of wrong-
rhe eeed aud evil lives of Bible
ssisfs we're no uern and NJ less |
~ ashs thsn arr the lives OF nirn
se0sn soday White sais book u
Mmd Instructor. we may b. al
V tata ever tie leaves of the
eaad sahiecss from which to dras
seHAinef os drsnkard Of a,1is
s impsess living trnth ia,4 As
csten VITA more tcscc. Gar
.asosev Who lived and died ! er
vas yet new, Cnrisi eas be
lscs teacher tie taught ~ -,i
ss feesa everyday lfe. pc