St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-12
Presiding Elder Robert Forbes
Starts Out on His Cir
cult.
Politics Forms the Basis OF a
Presbyterian Minister'S
Discourse.
Rev. Sam Smith Gives Whole
some Advice to Victims Of
Sleeplessness.
History of Great Movements
Interestingly Presented at
the Peoples Theater.

| II
Interestingly Presented at
the Peoples Theater.
VIGOROUS CHRISTIANITY.
Presiding Elder Forbes. Speaks
Upon the Church's Mission.
Rev. Robert Forbes, ID. d.. presiding
elder Of the st. Paul district of the
Methodist Episcopal church, delivered
a vigorous sermon yesterday morning
in Asbury church on Ross street, Day
tons Bluff. Forty churches are includ-
ed in the district covered by DIR. Forbes,
in each of which he will preach as often
as possible, aS-well as work up and in
augurate new charges. The presiding
elder is held in high esteem by the
members of the Methodist church, and
| there was thoroughly representative
attendance at Asbury yesterday morn
ing. DR.. Forbes is an eXtemporaneouS
preacher, and his language is terse,
we'll chosen and always to the point.
! He is an OutSpOkcn, earnest and pro-
gressive man, and his sermons are well
/ NOClilA VI tllC Wluc UttcHtiOIi tUCy ut-
| tract among members of all Christian
morning was taken from Galatians
vi. 1: IF man lie over
| taken in a fault, We which are spiritual,
restore such an one in the spirit of
meeknesS: considering thyself, lest thou
also he tempted
THE church has difficult problem
in order to keep itself pure" he re-
marked, land yet be forever in contact
with the impure The church exists to
save the world. 1t has 10 other mis-
! sion; all else in which it engages is but
| incidental and valuable in SO far as it
contributes to this grand result. 1t is
to be feared that the church sometimes
! loses sight of its mission, and degener-
ateS into mutual admiration society.
When the salaries of ministers are. paid
by the thousand, thousands of dollars
| invested in music and hundreds Of
| thousands in church buildings. there
| ought to be greater spiritual results
than we generally see. 1t is tobe
feared that we have not kept our work
distinctly before us. and
| REMEMBERED OUR MISSION.
But the mission of the church is to
| save the world. and the church is made
| VI lIupClItCu lilc-i pGlJCCb
| people are in heaven. IF you find a
| perfect man or woman, send me tele-
| gram at once: [ will drop all other work
! and come to see this strange sight. The
| last perfect man died outside the walls
of Jericho some eighteen hundred years
ago. God uses imperfect people as his
agentS-aS his Instruments. Thechurcfl
| has come down the centuries with
! a door wide open toward the world.
So | say of this wording that the inn
| perfect Christian whom he criticises is
doing well, considering the start he
| had He started out from among his
present critics. say to the wording,
how had this man lived before the
church got hold of him? You spoiled
him: it was amongst you he
acquired his bad habits. and
we are gradually curing him of
these Good men are better than they
seem to be. because their faults are
made conspicuous by their goodness,
and bad men are worse than they seem
to be, because their occasional good
traits are made conspicuous by the dark
| background. Ministers as rule are
more charitable and tolerant than 9TH
| necessarily, but because they know
| more of the struggIeS-the difficulties
| through which people pass, as a
faithful minister is always the never
failing friend and adviser of his people.
| They whisper their sorrows to him,
while they hide them from the world at
large. God is tender towards the
| Its ministers shout in the ear of human
ity for everyone that thirSteth to come
into the water of life. The footsore and
| the weary and the heavy-laden are in
vited. and they come; and the church
has been gradually perfected by these
people. We make no apology for ti:e
fact that churches are full of Imperfect
tons. A hospital is for sick people.
| What would be thought of a hospital,
with a physician standing at the door.
who would admit no person but those
in good health? What would be thought
of a school that excluded all but COED
scholars from its classes? So the church
is for wicked people, for penitent peo
pie, who want to receive its help to be
| made perfect gradually. | say of the
cold. hearticss, critical wording, who
saves his money and refuses to support
the church because of the imperfectior
Of professors, that l once heard Mr.. In.
gersoll say that humanity is doing wei
| considering. the start it had. assuming
that humanity
CAME UP FROM THE PROTOPLASM.
erring: we should be. The problem or
the infinite heart is how many he car
save and take to heaven; not how large
number can he furnish himself Tea
sonable excuse for sending to hell. He
sees beneath the faulty exterior the
right motive of the upright intention
and of the desire to do right. Needing
the admonitiOn of the text Lest Thol
Also Be Tempted it seems that every
man has his weak point, and the char
ity we exercise towards fellowmal
to-day may be needed for our own pro
lection tomorrow. | plead then for
large charity, kindly throne towards
all in life's struggles and life's heart
aches. and as for the week and erring
the kindly forbearance that Away
characterized him whom we profess t,
follow"
In the evening DR.. Forbes occupied
the pulpit of the Methodist church Oh
the West side.