The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-18


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"Esa Beasts ard Thin Food was Rev.
George H Texksburyss subject 81 the Pfy-
mouth CONGREGATIONAL church YESTERDAY
morning. The text WAS
An evfl beast hath deyonred hIm--Genssis.
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This i the sad conclusion, said the
reverend gentleman. reached hys Jacob
with regard to what had become OF bis son
l1eseph The record Is that Jacob loved
Joseph more than all his children. because
ne was the son of has old age Whea
| Joseph's brothers brought him the bloody
cost Jacob grief was great. His CRY weslt
up. Torn. torn in pieces is Joseph The
thought Of Jacob WAS not without occasion.
| FOR there were evil beasts in the land Of
| Caanan in those sayA
Now sin, iniqsiky and Immortality with
| respect to its aggressive waylaving forces
may have its IT emblem in any one OF these
| beasts: 1t Is beneath man. belongs 10 a
| lower plane Is degrading. down-draggl :
IL IS essentially brntalizing and destroys tile
fineness of the soul and its aftinities for that
| which Is true ard holy.
Sin OF every kind, but especially IN its
| more overt forms of immortality and vice,
| is not content TO be sinful itself, but is con-
stantly seeking 10 make others so. 1t wages
| a ceaseiess war of aggression aud conquest.
II is full of temptation. its arts and snares
| are legion; il Is in the streets and lieth in
wait at every corner. But contrary 70 the
way OF beasts to make their home in the
desert, the jungle, the mountain. apirt
from the habifations of men, the evil beasts
/ of iniquity Turk and roam in our most pub
| lie ways. The freedom of the city IS nc
corded to them.
Thus we have the evil beast OF gambling.
| OF the open maintenance of places for the
! indulgence and encouragement of this de
moralizing habit. We have the 'evil beast
OF one facility and another TO tempt and
keep men. especially our young men. from
| the house OF God and the due observance of
the Sabbath. We have the EVIL BEST OF
| intemperance and OF the licensed sale and
use of intoxicating liquors. lit is said, and
its truth cannot be denied. that the count
less saloons, dance halls and other even
| worse places OF vice. that are to be found in
| ali orr villages. towns and cities depend for
| their support almost entirely upon The
patronage Of young men. So many aFethe
devices that lure men to ruin taat
il almost SCENE as though we had whole
menagerie OF EVIL beasts roaming at viii
in the community. We have wicked men,
whose chosen business is to make the
world worse rather than better. SO il can
not be accounted strange that so many
| young men are oyertaken when the liability
/ IS so great. 1t becomes probability,
almost certainty, that this will be the
case The statement is before me that it
is estimated that but Is per cent of the
/ young MEN attend church with any regu-
i larity. only per cent. are church mem
bers and IS per cent. never 90 TO church at
| ALL
The same evil beasts by which many
have been destroyed are still at large; they
1 are hunted with diminished energy of Tnr-
pose. why are not other thousands in
danger OF being slain 2
1--WE are interested in the rescue OF these
young men. We must labor to rid the
/ city and the land OF the evil beasts; To
externinate them from among Us. We
must meet the men whose beasts are set to
do evil in running our youths, with all the
resistance in our POWER. We must do what
| we can 10 close ap drinking and gambling
saloons, and All other places Of vile resort
There must be direct work also with the
young men themselves. They must be
/ spoken to and prevented from going wrong.
There must be associated, organized en-
deavor.
Rev. Tewksbury closed with the follow
ing admonition:
sIn the name and strength of the lien OF
/ the tribe of judah. deliver them. Go into
| the very haunts OF sin and vice and take
| them out Do this work. and you shall be
| blessed in producing a hon-like nobility
! and true strength of character in them.
/ representatives OF the high and holy moral
/ power OF Him in whose name you act; and
| they shall rise TO positions OF worthy and
controlling influence, walking, like Joseph.
on the high places of the earth, honored
/ OF ALL
THE yorva Max or MAIN.
Rev. s. Dell Johnston, of the Reformed
/ Presbyterian church. preached In tho hall
at the corner OF Pike and Fifth. from Luke
| vii.ii TO Ii.
This Is the account Of the miraculous
restoration OF the young man of Nain who
| was being carried upon bier. Christ hay.
/ ing compassion on the weeping mother
touched the bier and said, young man.
say unto thee, arise Ne have III this
lesson, said the preacher, an interesting
| and instructive study of the life of Jesus.
He saw no sorrow that did not move him.
He was ever ready 70 help. His work was
marvellous. The people had heard OF the
| prophets. When they beheld this act and
ahe that was dead sat up. there came a
| fear on NIL and they said, q great prophet
| is risen. They were led to the conclusion
| that God had again visited the earth. But
| the act on the part OF the Savior was not
an unusual one. The sorrowing widow
touched his heart with compassion, but it
was not an exceptional case. We see today
pain and sorrow. The trusting believer
| finds relief in he same source. 10 JOY IS
unalIoyed. Man Ii the author of his own
destiny. Lights and shadows fall upon
every pathway. The flowers and fruits
may be shared by all. But We nre all
iourneying TO the grave. How ali-im-
porsant 10 the light and life OF the journey
! Is the Sayior's divine power. Only from God
comes life. The prophets Of cid did not
restore life By command. They called upon
| God. Elijah. besides exeFting his powers
| "a the utmost, called loudly in his prayers
| Not SO with he Savior. he said simply,
arise" His act was voluntary. s'tsod so
| loved the world that he gave his ssn for
oar deliverance The set Of the Savior ia
/ this uhySical deliverance Is typical 1t Is .
tangihle evidence OF divine power. That
mower Is the same today. lie Is saying to-
dav "a those who are lacking in the spirit
ual life. ssarise. The sincere Christian re-
iaiees when he sees others coming 10 the
kingdom Of God. He who is not spiritually
dead will show his life by his WORKS. lie