St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-17
Sermons and a Dedication Occupy the
Day With the Council Of
America.
The Minneapolis Churches Hear Good
Sermons in Every
Creed.
Some of the Notable Ones--An African
Methodist Church Dedi-
Gated.

morning heard dOctrinal sermons or an
interesting character. Rev. j. A Selss,
D. D., of Philadelphia. occupied the
pulpit yesterday morning at st. Johns
Lutheran church. He took his text
from the third chapter, nineteenth
verse of Paul's epistle to the EpheSlaus:
"And to know the love of Christ, which
passeth knowledge, that We might be
filled with all thenfullness of God"
The following is an abstract Of his SER
mon:
We have here a lesson which we can
not naturally know, but which we must
learn. All sciences have their records,
and we must 90 to them to learn them.
History is a record, and in order to
know it we must go to it. We must go
to the Bible to learn of Christ's love.
The Old Testament gives a record OF
this love in the works of the prophets
and saints. The New Testament gives
a record of Christ's love in the works
of Christ in the flesh. He is all the
goodness and greatness of God. This
is a still further record of this
love in his followers. In all the ave-
nueS of the world this spirit exists,
drawing all into the great gulf OF re-
demptiOn. BY what rule shall we
measure the love of Christ? We can
measure the distance of the stars by
scientific rules, but what rule can we
use to measure the love of Christ?
There have been instances where one
friend has been willing to die for an
other. But Christ was willing to die
for His enemies. How broad is His
love? As broad as the world: as broad
as the diversity OF human nature.
How long? As long as humanity,
from the beginning to the end of
creation. How deep? As deep as the
earth is below heaven, as man is below
the angels. as hell is below heaven.
How high? As high as heaven and the
right hand of God. All its proportions
are beyond the reach of human capac-
ity.
We know when we stand upon a solid
rock and come to the sea, although we
do not know its depth. So we may
know the love of Christ. But there
can be no true love of Christ
unless there is Orthodox faith.
1t will not do to cast aside part of the
Bible as outgr0wn or unworthy of faith,
but we must accept it in its entirety.
Mere intellectual acquaintance is not
enough. but there must be a passion Of
the heart. Norris it enough to hold
set of dogmas. We must regulate our
lives, not specifically but spiritually.
Men often claim that this religion is
humbug, drawing their conclusions
from the misconduct of those who pro-
fess to regulate their lives by
it. This is most illogical. If
people would learn 10 swim
they must go into the water. So, too,
must we go unto Christ to learn His
love, for we cannot do it by looking at
others.
Why should we learn the love of
Christ? Because it is well worth know
ing. When new star is discovered it
is telegraphed all over the world-itS
position and distance. 1t gives no last
ing benefit. But the love of Christ is
the greatest of all discoveries. Search
the heavens and the depths of the
earth, you will find nothing that
challenges the intellect and heart
as the love of Christ. 1t was this love
that lifted the twelve apostles out Of
timidity and fear and set them upon
thrones. And it was this thai made
Paul a match for the scholars and
learned men of his time. 1t has I'M
proved the world wherever in has
entered. 1t is not difficult to learn, for
it is always striving to get in into our
hearts, and all we have to do is to open
them. Without this knowledge we will
be as sounding brass and tinkling
symbols. With it we will inherit
everlasting life.
IN THE AFTERNOON
there was a joint Sunday school cele-
bratiOn in the Augustana church. The
following Sunday schools participated:
st. Johns AuguStana, Bethlehem, En-
manuel. st. Paul'S and several mission
schools. There were large number Of
scholars in attendance, and the church
was filled to its full seating capacity.
The members of the council occupied
seats in front of the pulpit, while in
front and on either side sat the Sunday
school scholars.
The service opened with a hymn en-
titled, Coward, Christian Soldiers" in
which the whole congregation joined.
Then followed readings by the pastor
and responses by the school. "GlOria
in Excelss" was then chanted in the
Swedish language, which was followed
by a recital of the ten commandments
by the school. also in the Swedish Ian
guage. Then the pastor read the
Scripture lesson, and the school re-
cited the creed. The pastor followed
with a prayer, in which he especially
invoked the divine blessing upon the
Sunday schools. The whole copgrega-
ton joined in singing hymn entitled
1.-The Sutheran Church." which was
followed by talk to the children by
Rev. w. A. PaSSavant, Jr.. of Altoona,
Ill. He said he was fond of flowers,
and compared the children to flowers.
Jesus was fond of children, and when
the little children were crOwding
around him and some oDe told them to
stand back and not bother him, Jesus
said: Suffer little children to come
unto me. for of such is the kingdom OF
heaven"
He was also fond of flowers. He told
the stories in which Jesus called Him
self the vine and also the Good Shep-
herd. Christ said consider the lilies of
the field, how they grow. Why do they
grow? They grow because they have
life. A child in order to grow up in the
church, must have life in Him. spiritual
life. He must also be supported and
made to grow upward-that is, to grow
away from the things of the earth, and
from everything that is sinful, up
white, and you want to be like
them, for white is the sign of purity.
Now when you see lily there are three
things to think Of. First there is life
in it, and that is what makes it grow.
Next it grows upward. which is
symbol of good upright life. And the
lily is white, which signifies purity.
And you want to be pure, for Jesus
said: blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God. Then there
was singing by the choir in Swedish.
after which Rev. S. r. H. Dindahl
talked to children also in Swedish.
Singing by the several schools fol-
lowed, and then Rev. IL. w. Roth, d. D.,
gave the children a talk on seeds.
When we want to raise beautiful flowers
we plant the seeds of those flowers.
When we want to raise PUMPKINS and
squashes we plant pumkin seeds and
squash seeds We plant good seeds to