Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-12-10
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NJ / PRESIDENT pAKoTA UNIVERSITY,
MITCHELL,
The morning sermon vas from Luke
11:3S-42. This " net nm enGouragem mt
60 pious laz ness. Iotense activity Is en-
essential element OF true religion. Christ
however lay emphasis upon the special
LESSONS that He must teach and these
are first.
The present is an age OF research and
intellectual development. There is dan
ger OF burying the spiritual in the intel
lectnal. Socrates and Plato and Aris-
totle we're grand men from an inteliec-
teal standpoint, but there was no life IN
their systems.
Do we ask why Washington is first in
the hearts of his countrymen2 See HIM
on his knees before God, during that
starving winter at Valley Forge, and we
are answered.
Benedict Arnold the bold, brilliant
soldier, false alike TO God and country,
Is remembered only TO be dispised.
Alexandtr Hamilton must be revered
as q sterling patriot and as q brilliant
| genius, but with the stain upon his
name that he died at the hand of the
duelist. He had not sat at the feet of
Jesus and learned OF Him. He could
not Withstand public sentiment.
Abraham Lincoln was grsndest when
he issued his proclaim atom of emancipa.
tion in obedience to his promise to God.
Greece and Rome fell because of vice.
| China and japan fail to advance because
there is no Christ in their civilization.
The nations to-day are learning OF Jesus
and arbitration takes the place of war.
Science can teach US many things but
nothing as to the origin of the universe.
God tells US that in the beginning God
created the heavens. and the earth. In-
tellectual training brings no rest to the
soul. "Come unto me" &c.
How to put mankind upon q common
level, is one of the p%erplexing qestions.
Christ answers 1t as TO this kingdom.
''Ye must be born again.
Let us learn all that ie within ouy
reach, but let us not fail t. sit ct Jesus
feet and hear bis word.
At the close OF the sermon the speaker
presented the claims of the Dakota uni
v~ereity at Mitchell and took in cash and
subscription payable IN 30 days, nearly
$50 Tor benefit of his work,
Evening services-Text. Judgess6:l3
The subject wss introduced by q briei
review of the circumstances attending
the text. The speaker then discussed
the question, is the age OF miracles past
and answered that there were greatel
miracles to-day than ever in the histor,
of the world. He gave o definition of
miracle as being an act above human
power, yet done for human good and il
this sense the mosaic records, the ole
testament. the collecting of the vsri.
Gus books of the pible, the preservation
of ~qenealogies of Christ and the spread
of the gospel were genuine miracles o.
m uch as curing the withered hand. Il
our day the conversion OF 100 zoe peopl,
a year in the Methodist Epieceps
church was aboye human power an
this was only IN branch of Christ
great stmy. The giving of 100000
willingly by the Presbyterian and Meth
! odist churches for missionary effort las
year was o miracle. Your drawing
toward q better life is miraculous. Th
Influences toward righteousness to-da
, are all from Gcd. He closed with
: fervent appeal for ell to trust God, an
at the close seven persons rose to thei
o feet signifying q desire to be christian
BAPTIST ~cHURCH-o, W. BRINsTAD.
Morning-Phil. 3:13.14. Brethren,
9 count not myself to have ~epprehended
but this n thing do, forgetting thos
q things which are behind, and reachin
u forth unto those things which are b.
fore. ] press toward the mark, for til
! prize of the high calling of God in Chril
u jesus"
Paul's ambition in life was to attain
perfection. He realized as muc
IS any man could that be could nevs
9 reach that state in this world, and y,
this realization did not for one momer
8 prevent him from bending every enere
in that direction. There are some que
tions in mathematics which never can t
answered. ALI that one can attain Is
. approximation to the truth. So also
" =. yoa-fook1- lol- Isfe t. III n II Daror I
reached; yet your labor is not In val
y Every effort put forth, every noble DEF
"a done makes the fraction nearer tht
"a the last to the million mllliouth. And
: it is every mans duty to aim at perfe
10 tion. Notice the manner in which Pa
D set out to solve this problem. His gre
i principle was to forget the things whit
4 were behind, and to reach forward to Il
10 things which were before. In this prl
10 ciple lies the wisdom of q divine lii
What are the things behind which are
be forgotten?
l. Ii we would progress In christi
., life we must forget the days OF %innocer
~ that lie behind US. Human innocence
not to know evil; christian saintliness
nc to know evil and good and prefer
good.
Q. 1t is wise to forget the days OF
youth. Christian manhood is @ bet
Sc thing than boyhood, because it is q ril
thing, and old age ought to be o brig
!. er and o calmer, end a more serene thi
than manhood.