The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-25

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~ 5 E4zs, 6 f.zFEEssEy sr011eS- 1EE rEcE0Ts
the Rev. Ch4s. l. Fischets. preached Erom
TIE following text:
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sesk Z I raag hEs saaaeh hts gaTzaent ! SEAL ~
w51ss
IN maazy minds tie snDseef q religion l.
Invested w5fh peculiar and multiplied dill
czEis1es These arise from Fzyzous causes.
xueh a. e4xiy education, sceizl influence.
rmenfaa temperament. doc&rinal teaching.
and tn. natural workings 81 the znrszewe4
MINDS From God . revealed chaxAeter we
sEogsd lot suppose that be woszl1 Institute
= sessglen Cor AL Ken that should - 20 siisEi-
csllE 10 oEt4in O. pEA<Eiee as 70 make il
almost Impossible Tor thea 10 eEnhr@oe Il.
On the CONTRARY his character As > God Of
Infinite wisdom. goodness and truth leads
rs 70 believe thai he weuid give ; reiigion
SO comprehensive Is that 81 men eo1ld
enjoy il. % simple a. that sli could under
stand it. 50 easily found ard embraced ~
that aIl ccslid lsv bold upon is hope ard
secure lis s@ivatson- What sc should EaaS
naturally exp@ct. actually exists. II Is so
reaessy Understood that the ignorant saw
age, the nnIeatsxed Stare. can nprehend t.
II IS 20 really embraced shas tbs opening
reason u childhood ard the sluggish mind
Of ignorance can believe ard Be szvei.
While Jesus vas on His way to the h0u sc
of JafrEs. ruler OF TIE synagogue, 70 raise
bis little daughter from the dead, a woman
having an issue CT blood. which had
afflicted her for twelve years aid wiso, IN
the language Ct Luke. had spent ali ker
living upon physicians. neither could be
healed of any. came behind Him aud
touched the border OF His garment. FOR,
she said within herself, if may bat touch
His garment shall BE whole No sooner
had she touched than immediately her
issue OF hood stanehed. sad the woman
was made whole from that hour
Her faith invested Him power to heal,
even though he spoke nos word, nor
stretched forth His hand. nor even saw
the person whom He cured. Not only vas
her faith thus strong. but i had sueh con-
ddence in Him that it invested His clothes
with miraculous power. and in her estima-
ton even s'the hem" Of His outward gar
ncnt. that national fringe OF blue with
which all the Jews were required By the
I1evitlcd law or code 70 border their robes,
and which was most distant from His per-
son, bad power beyond the power OF all
remediaIs Of earth. No pFesioEs instance
VI r0l1 a AaaS1s AAsta Sfch pts4kEC1s ~ 1tAkAtsa
alone.
This illustrates what the unrenewed man
must do now. He Is morally diseased, he
is sick. There is no health IN him sin
has Initiated al his appetites and lett him q
diseased and siekly wreck Of humanity,
beyond the restoring power Of nature, be-
yond the skill OF 81 earthly physicians.
even though, like the woman in the text,
he spent upon all his living Cure himself
he cannot. There is iife-giyiag. health-re-
storing power onlain ore. and unless be
seeks Him bis case is hopeless So felt the
woman. So must be feel. and feeling thus
he must like her, having heard thai Jesus
can and viii heal, 60 10 Him for healing
and go with precisely thai simple faith.
that implicit confidence which believes
Him TO be all that he is represented as
being. and which clings TO him for health
and life that can be found in Him alone.
and found, TOO. even in the very hem OF
Ills garment
satin pleads for delay. The flesh pleads
for delay. The world pleads for delay and
hangs ont Eli IFS vanity fair flags, and sets
before you It's painted foliies and IT'S false
pleasures and begs you TO taste its JOYS be-
fore ron cast them MI away. You must 90
10 Jesus or 90 down to eyerlasng death.
this is your aiternative-esernAl life or
eternal death, and when such dreadful
issues are before you can you hesitatef
MOI brand all tbs opposition. breast the
united forces OF earth and hell rather than
lose your soul, when Jesus stands ready to
heal il with his salvation
"I'n 30 60 Jesus tho my sin
Hath like . mountain rose.
know his eoarts. IN enter in.
Nhsteyer may oppose.
can bat perish il 60.
ara resolved 10 try.
For II stay sway know
must forever die
BKRAcHAH BAPTIST CHURCH.
Divine worship was conducted by the
Rev Henry Morgan. pastor OF this church,
morning and evening. yesterday. and also
in the afternoon, at Stewards hall Madi-
son street, where an interesting mission
service was held The attendance and M
tereSt at this mission service Is constantly
increasing. The morning discourse from
Psalm is, on broken bones. was IN
tended 10 set forth the fearful consequences
attendant on the all too common sin OF
apostacy. The down grade tendencies OF
this day are an alarming sign OF the
times" TIE devil makes the way down
and out FROM the church Of God appar-
entity easy and pleasant; be Is a skiliinl
angier. hiding the hook while Offering the
tempting bait: bat once caught il is diff
cult matter 10 escape. as. alas, too many
have discovered too late. as they have
gone down TO che finAl doom OF the apos-
tate aud reprobzie professor
Note David 5 plight. Men point % bis
sin. but they forgeg his sorrow aud suffer
ing in consequence OF that sin The
psalmists case is ike beacon, set up by
God IN the sea OF life 10 warn the mariner
that there is danger and death that way
No man. and especially the Christian man.
can sin cheaply. David speaks os these
psfrS Of rcmorse. ans compares them TO
smashed bones. meaning very excracissing
anguish has 10 he borne. .. the bitter.
hitter eregs Of the cup OF pleasure
ResFaesng his steps was a serious and
very painful business, hike man moving
with broken limb. His case vas terribly
cemrsicated 0ns bone broken i bad but
many broken bones, nay every bone
crushed. this Is asggsL All orr powe-S are
eTipplesi By sin. faitl., hope, love. nav life
itself. imperiiled by oae false step.
He wzs therefore II a very dangerous
condition. II might mean death. Ii vas
very damaging to be thus suffering, so
with . baekslsder. Il was very hopeful IN
Daysd's case. God did it. Ccax Law os
sin and szsser vas recoguizel Re careful
not 50 take false step, Il ron have gone
aSgsay. retatn- Don't giTe up yoar case as
hopeless. See me remedy sought David
believed, - hackslider, LOOK rp aud trust.