The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-28


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gsv. ID. ]. Pserre preached the third OF
= series at sssssasv evening lectures on
.sSs,,sg.irsess frcraa TsaI.h ixsI-g. yesterday
evening At the North seassae Baptiss
church:
70 give thern heaufy for ashes. TIE oil OF icy
for rnuayaGng-
through the operation ct secondary
causes set ia melton by shrist's moral
power. The phySie al and moral Eorlds are
heinz Transformed BY Christianity.
The day Of physical miracles such -
ro,ssinr the dead. sitting the tempest. were
closed wiih the apostolic era Abundant
proof had then heerl given Of christ's
power 81 nature Is. however, wonder
IN iis origin and production
Life IA its lowest forms Is an inexplsina-
bie mystery. Tae dIstosa the precious
Irving iswelry with which God has made
ssagnaat water Fefulgent" is beyond our
comprehension.
Nature is too often regarded a ? dead,
unieelirE matter Bat Is we stand before
tie most holy place OF iife's beginnings. ne
boa in recognition Of the divine mystery.
4 tessysus or HuiIo bslchss forth its
fury of fame and with molten stream covers
every vestige OF life Death reiens su-
rreme. Yet in few years that cTustei
stream crufnbies into dus. and luxurient
lie covers It's surface with beautiful low
ers.
Nature has been transformed 10 sun
shine, The same force, 10 some extent,
controls the actions OF men. locates cities.
guides commerce, lifts the tide and tempers
the winds. But there is moral force
which controies the sun; ''sun behind the
snu, that lifts the tide and controls the
currents of life itself.
Every man guided by principle TO liter
airy success is victory for Christian power.
Communities are dependent on the moral
character of their citizens for safety and
peace. One hundred years of Christian
training not only rallied our armies 90 the
defense OF right but also melted those mill
tsry bands into peaceable citizens upon the
dawn of peace.
Christianity endows men with new
energy and rouses them 10 higher attain
ments. At the funeral OF John Il. Cough.
a plain handkerchief hung over q chair,
the gift of woman whose life had been
made happy by her hus band s reform from
drink through his lectures. That moral
impulse was worth a fortune TO that family.
But Goggh himself was trophy OF Chris
tan influence which enabled him 10 con-
quer his thirst for drink. Behold the
transforming power
a moral impulse settled America. Puri-
tans and Quakers, Baptists and Catholics.
fed the tyranny of an old world to plant
the banner of religious liberty in
this new land. Christianity transforms
society by stopping its leaks. .'You can
not afford 10 give 500 to the church. said
deacon TO poor convert. Eyes | can
was the response, 'for | spent $500 on
whisky and tobacco last year. / shall
make $500 year By this trade
Ruskin tells Us how the four elements OF
street mire may he changed 10 the bright
est jewels OF earth. the clay become sap
phire. the sand an opal, the carbon
DIAMOND and the water q dew drop. So
Christianity takes the dregs of society and
makes of them the brightest jewels.
Beauty for ashesln
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Benjamin Parsons, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church. corner of
Harrison and Oak streets, preached YES
terday morning on ''Christ's Ability to Save
TO the Uttermost.' choosing Hebrews vii:25
for his text. Mans extremity OF need is
never beyond Chrisl's ability TO save. Sin
is the curse OF bad heredity, pernicious
habits, despair and death, and bring men
Ito the uttermost," and the Almighty,
Au-gracious Christ meets them Just there
To save them. Christ's divinity and hui
mainly make Him the All-sufiicent Savior
OF sinful, penitent souls. His ability is
shown by His character, seif-sacrifice and
victory over death, the grave and hell. the
place TO which the Father has exalted Him.
his perpetual interccsSion the countless
millions actually saved by Him. and the
fact that no needy soul has ever gone 10
Him for salvation and failed because OF in
ability on his part TO save. The text shows
how sinners may share in the great saliva
ton. viz by drawing near unto God by,
Him. There Is not single soul here today
but needs Christ's saving power exercised
IN its behalf. Christian and mont christian
alike. Christ IS able TO save and willing TO
save to the uttermost. Blessed, glorious
SAVIOR, glorious salvation for you and me.
FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
AT the First Methodist Episcopal church
the pastor, Rev. ID. u. Campbell, preached,
at IT a. m, from the following text:
Job va; "fhou shalt come to thy grave in
fan age. like As shGcs OF corn cometh in fs
season"
This was "Old Folks Day." as had been
previously announced The singing and all
the exercises were in keeping with the sub
lect. In the evening at : % o'clock the pas
tor preached the third of the four special
sunday evening discourses. The subject
was "How 10 Be saved from the following
text:
Acts xxi g0-Sl; what shall do 10 be saved
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt
b. saved
HErRcHhH fAFTlsr CHURCH.
Rev. Henry Morgan at the Berachah
BAPTIST church yesterday morning preached
from Second Peter iii:is:
But growing grace and in the knowledge of
our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
The subject proper of the sermon was the
elements, conditions and necessity for con-
sistent Christian growth.
Rev. Morgan preached in Houghton last
evening while Rev. Thomas. OF the Sea
mans chapel occupied Rev Morgan's
pulpit in Seattle.
BATTERY STREET METHODIST CHURCH.
Regular services were held at the Battery
street Methodist Episcopal church. The
pastor, +. ". 10y preached in the morn
ing on Possessing and Protesting" text.
Romans 10 In the evening. on .sFbe
immortality az Seattle. and What Can He
Done text. James iii:i0. These things
ought not tn bs7
ST. MARKS PARISH EPISCOPAL.
Services were held in the Young Natural
It's hall, University grounds. Owing 20 the
a. So