The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-11
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Eev p. J. Pierce. having been invited 10
SPEAK before the Seandinasiau Total Ab
stinence soesesy. corner Fourth and Pike
streets. Yesterday 81 o'eleck, Saiss
The nrst question IL an anxious father IS
ne watched the surging bottle with ha re-
i,ellsous son was, is the yonng man safe p
Ii Is stiEl an intensely practical question,
/ for TO tue voung men we look fer the adj
vance OF civilization. The uplifting If 500
ciety. the defense Of the nation and tor the
rearing Of the lsoiae-
Woman may sometimes. ike Anna Dick
inson. or Mary LiverHa0re. or Frances VIII
lard, take the platforms with wonderful sue
cess, but as 4 rule the work OF woman i in
the home: and that home. however best
by an angelic spirit. may still be ruined by
drunken husband who, with swagger Of
OF independence, with the Sobriques OF
s'fseer BY spending on his boon compan-
ions the food silatched FROM the mouths OF
those he has sworn 20 protect.
SIS the young man safer No. ne is not
safe. because in developing that native in
dependence with which he has been en-
dowed As the defender of his home. he
too often mistakes license for liberty and
strikes against those wholesome restraints
which aloEe can secure the traest liberty.
II young man once thinks that he Is
being bound sby his mothers apron
strings" be will reckIessly break every Law
to show his independence and risk his per-
manent good for present passions.
Personal liberty is a favorite word and
the idea Is one of the grandestia the human
mind bat true personal liberty Is always
purchased AZ the expense OF ether liberties
often held dear notice you all have your
hats off. though no doubt you are aecas-
toned 70 wear them in the shop or ia the
house, but Custom requires you TO waive
that liberty st church.
once went TO Jewish synagogue where
every stranger was politely requested 70
keep his hat on bis head. and obeyed,
though with much concern. Suppose
dozen o; you. just for fun, fire of Your
pistols in the air As you go out of this
room policeman viii kindly show you
down town Your personal liberty is
curtailed for the general safety OF the
public.
During the past week sweet, angelic
spirit passed from our university grounds
by diphtheria. Not professor was allowed
20 go to the funeral, though none of them
Z teafru tue Al~SdSt- LIE pfGSlRSilb anu hts
/ family have been closely guaranteed hy
! their own viii during the week. Public
sentiment demanded that their personal
/ liberty be sacrificed for the ssfety OF the
/ school Every turn you make in a city you
fsare reminded by a policeman. notice, a
I law, or personal counsel that your per sonal
liberty Is greatly abridged. Nobody gam
bles. But when a company OF men seek to
draw weak, wieless men into evil habits
I and wiring from them their haTd-earned
money: or when mothers CRY for a re-
noyal Of temptation from their too reckl ess
sous. there is a great cry concerning per-
| sonai liberty.
But remember the tide is coming in.
1 Several states have stranded on the poIit-
| ical flats the last year. but we=waIt for the
| sunbeams Of moral sentiment to 50 liz OUR
standard OF public morality that these
] shall he tloated in. For after all no LAWS
of force unless backed by moral sentiment,
/ though its presence may strengthen that
sentiment more in a single year than
moral suasion might do in generation.
RKv. BALDWIN Al THE FIRST BAPTgsT
Rev T. Baldwin. of Westminster, Il. c..
| preached last evening at the First Baptist
church. from the words:
Luke IL Is. tive ye them 10 cat
The Lord Jesus requires unreasonable
things in this text. God has made us 10
I 70 beyond ourselves. A mans daty is
more than his present capacity. The acorn
first made was but bundle OF tissue, but
| III il was wrapped the germ of all suisse
! quent oaks. Two and one-half tons OF pro-
| visions we're required 70 feed that people,
but when they sat down a current between
an Almighty Savior and helpless peo-
| pie was established. and they were salts
/ fed.
| The paralytic might have said, .You
mock my misfortune" but he tried and
stretched forth his hand. as the other. Ii
/ was unreasonable TO ask the widow in the
depth OF famine to cook first a cake for
/ the prophet, when she was just at the bot
lt,iss Of the flour sack. But she drew from
/ that Hour and oil a winters supply, be-
cause God so ordered.
What can man do in saving soulss Yet
| what better work than 10 rescue the per-
iShing, a trust placed into our hands that
| we may yearn with Him over these wan
/ derers, 10 have more than your own love
or spirit, and .hus 70 with Him to your
tolls.
Tan you have faithg 1t Is the gift of
! God. Jesus redeemed the world BY stoop-
ing. How much will we stoop?
Hear Him: II did expect to reap where
had not sown.r We never do as well as
we know we ought Sweet bond of love
that strengthens us!
Now the arithmetic of the Bible: lone
/ shall chase thousand" How many shall
| two put 10 fiightg Why, two thousand.
/ Nay, "tcn thousand put TO flight" Mary
/ poured $3.50 worth OF alabaster upon the
head Of her Master. Judas. with iron heart,
/ found fault. bus she believed in tue future.
/ and TO the day OF His coming the precious
/ fragrance Of the act surrounds His person.
I q. how many strangers are wandering
about your streets. whose mothers are cry
ing TO God in the East that some tender
heart. some anointed heart. might touch
those wandering boys and bring them TO
Jesus
/ Rev. Baldwin case high compliment 70
/ Rev. r. A. Whittier. now lab0ring az Ia
coma. ia the FIRST Baptist church. and
closed with an earnest prayer for the
mother OF charches. that she grows stIll
/ more motherly and multiply her oxn pow
+ ers. 60 become an ever-gruwing blessing liz
+ the community.
FIRST METHODIST RPfsCoFAI, cHrRcH.
/. Tina i.9. The Law Is not made for a
righteous man. but for the Iawless. and
I disobealenf e
Thss was the text oi n very able discourse
preached ~ the FIRST Methodist Episcopal
church by the pastor. Rev. y. d. Campbell.
yesterday morning IN which he clearly de-
hRed the duties u American citizenship