Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-24
SUNDAY NEWS IN THE BLUFFS.
Farewell Sermon of Rev. w. H. w.
Rees at the M. e. Church.
THE RING CANNOT RU
Sunday School lnterests-The Council
Called Down-New Cases in
Court-Pcrsonal News
Minor Mentions.
What Affections Mean to Us.

'.,'N W S0'
The Rev. w. II. w. Rees preached a
very interesting discourse yesterday
morning. Especial force is added from
the fact that it was his last sermon in
the city previous to his departure TO his
new field of labor.
He spoke from the text: "For our
light afliction, which is but for q mo-
ment, worketh for us a far more exceed
ing and eternal weight of glory; while
we look not at the things which are
seen. but at the things which are not
seen; for the things which are seen are
temporal, but the things which are un-
seen are eternal" I'd Cor. 4:17-1S.
There are two categories into which
all things fall, said the speaker, '.th
seen and the u~nsecn.' THE things
not seen are more real than those we
see" was made the substance OF the dis
course. He combattcd z~ealously the
idea held by some that nothing
is to be believed which does not APP
peal to the senses: which cannot be
demonstrated through the medium Of
the senses. Matter ear be seen, touched
and measured; but force. which wa be-
fore matter assumed form, is more
potent, yet we, cannot see it.. Gravita-
ton holds all things to n common
center. Nature is its object, its servant,
yet we cannot see ii, or hear it, or feel
it. Acts are not the only real things"
said he. THE principle back OF the act
is the power. The purpose which moves
to the act is that by which nan is to be
judged. The principle is the real thing.
The greatest reality in creation is God,
but no man has seen Him at any time.
W. 49,, yI1 .a-,1.A -
everywhere, but we cannot see Him
with the eye or touch Him with the
hand"
I'VE are apt to undervalue the things
We cannot seo." He appealed strongly
and eloquently for the use of all
things which will make men
nobler in instinct, purer in purpose and
life. He contrasted the recluse. whose
life is devoted to abstinence and the
man whose life is spent in such activity
that by him thousands of other lives
are made more prosperous and happy.
The aesthetic nature requires music,
sculpture, painting, books. The Sc are
its proper food, and it is right to give
them. But all this does not wholly
satisfy man. He hears. and sees, and
the day but only for a day. The next
day he wants the same experience, the
same happiness.
There are unpleasant things in life
but they can't destroy you. You may
throw mud upon the marble statue but
the rains will wash it away and it
stands before you in its original purity.
protects u characters while we
protect our regulations.
1T is the good that satisfies us: right
principles which impel us to good acts,
the things which satisfy the soul and
makci its life richer and clearer. Faith
lessness and disloyalty to God bring
ruin to the soul"
The speaker contrasted afliction as it
comes to us in this life with the glory
which will be revealed to us hereafter.
Said he: "Whatever comes into my life
l accept as from the hands of God. He
may not order it all, but He will over
rule it all for my good and Hisglory.
These Affections contribute to our
glory. Seen through the dim light of
earthly surroundings we may not recog- |
nize this fact, but afterward, when we
have climbed to the heighths of the
limitless beyond, we will see it all and |
bless the hand that ordered it So"
The speaker noted three results:
First, we must get all the good possible
out of the things SEEN. Second, we
must get oil the good possible out of the
things. And, lastly, look |
ing at the unseen develops the heroic |
in u natures. BY using and appro- |
these agents for our upbuild-
ing man becomes what God designed |
him to be, like unto himself.
~ l