St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-17

CONSIDERED or the least value are OF tno
greatest value. God does not ask you
to decide as to the value of that which
you possess, but He says. "Sanctify
yourself and will make of you thing
of beauty and of WORTH" Your decision
implies that Gods powers are limited.
and that He can not work through hui
man agencies and that He can not make
of you what He desires. You forget
that in your sling there may be a great
power to slay some Goliath. God says
bring what you have to Me. Don't an
SWer and say that
YOUR POWERS ARE LIMITED.
Bring them to Jesus, and ii you bring
them in right spirit He will receive
them and make you powerful in the
pulling down of the StrOnghOldS OF Satan.
Again. your decision shows an unwill-
ingneSS Oh your part to make the slight
est returns for HIS mercy to you. You
cannot compute the mercies of God, and
still, when He comes and asks for what
YOU possess, you are not willing to make
these concessions. God always ac-
complishes wonders through the
agencies OF sanctified people and indi-
viduals. I first refer you to the typical
wonders which followed the Obeying OF
the command in my text. The same
may be our experience to-day. We have
but to stretch forth our hands, and how
soon will the JOrdanS OF doubt be dis
PEELED. After we have crossed the
Jordan we come up against the walls OF
Jericho. and these walls represent to-
day the forces of evilin the earth. They
propose to stop the advancement OF the
Church of Christ. Not only are there
forces which to-day think they can op-
pose the cause of Christ. but there are
other forces, like infidelity and skepti-
cism, which think they can take the Of
fensive and come out against this cause
of Christ; but the people OF Christ
will be triumphant. l look out to-
day against these allied kings
which represent these evil forces
in the world, and these are weak
them. The first Jericho is war, and
none know how many will yet be sacri-
feed to it, but what saith the Lord? L
will rebuke man and will Judge among
my people, This peace is coming, and
it will be an abiding peace. Heathen-
dom is another power. Our doubling
brethren often take map and look
over the portions still in darkness. I
know it is dark, but look at the adj
vancement which has been made since
the time of Christ and take courage.
Infdelity is another power to be over
come, and have no doubt of its being
conquered, for have tho word of God
that it shall be. In Gods own time He
will lay PROSTATE this great evil. LII
centiOuSnesS is another evil, bnt accord
ing to the word of God, purity shall
reign in this earth. Some of you con-
template the great evil of alcohol, but
if the church of God sanctifies itself
this also can be conquered. Let US be
careful and allow no flag of truce to be
raised. 1t is the black flag we have up
and it is war! war! unto the end. We
will never consent to have any
thing grated to this evil tree of
intemperance, neither patrol limit or
civil damages; neither low license nor
high license, nor local option; neither
will we cut this tree down and leave
the roots. but we will pluck it up by the
roots and commit it to the everlasting
fire." The preacher was here met with
a fervent chorus of amenS and shouts
of hallelujah. In closing, the bishop
spoke of the faith required to pursue a
successful warfare against some Of the
modern JerichOS.
The first of the afternoon services
were conducted by DR.. Carroll and Miss
Ellis. of Fergus Falls, the former con-
Quoting a young peoples social meeting
and the latter having in charge meet
ing of the children. At the o'clock
filled. This gave the audience the ap-
pearance of former years. The greatest
crowds came from the cities on the
noon trains. It was at this service that
Mrs. Maggie Van Cott made her first
appearance at Red Rock. She said that
she presumed many came to hear ser
mon, but they would be fooled, for she
did not intend to preach, and if anybody
did not like it they could 60 home at
once. She said that her starting point
would be the words peculiar People,"
and she thanked God she was one of
them. Her address consisted, of her
experience. She denied knowing how
to tell her story straight, but her words
came with such force and emphasis
that she was listeued to with the great
est attention. Mrs.
VAN COTT AND HER METHODS
of conducting religious services are so
well known that there is little need of
adding more. Those who heard her for
the first time were greatly interested
and pleased. She denounced in most
emphatic manner many of the most
fashionable amusements of the day,
through which, she said. she came al
most having fashionable awakening
in hell. Not bit of the opera, theater
or card party for her. She could not
leave her Savior for that length of time.
The devil had had great hold on her,
and she believed that ever since her
conversion she had great grudge
against him and every day she was try
ing to spoil his kingdom. Before clos
ing she referred to the subject of Sun
day desecratiOn. She had come down
on the Sunday afternoon train, and did
not feel that she was doing wrong. She
saw many young men aboard and she
was sure they were going to better
place than possibly they would have
gone to had they remained in the city.
DR.. Carrell held his farewell service
with the young people at z o'clock in
the evening. He is very anxious to
unite the various societies of the young
people in the Methodist church in one
known as the Epworth
league. He leaves this morning for Chi
cagO.
The evening sermon was preached by
DR.. w. W. Satterlee. His subject was
sPeace in Christi This mornings
sermon will be preached by Rev. NJ.
Tull, of Black River Falls. Rev. A. j.
Davis, of Osceola, Wis, will preach in
the afternoon at o'clock. Mrs. Van
Cott will have charge of the evening
services.
FIGHT TO THE FINISH.