The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-23

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su1raxe. Wiling TO face danger. ready
Tor var. TAsg lad faith N TIE right. AID
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ten. Or VII ws with cSH-a-s and faith
= s5ca ard tie right claim or pr!Flsge
ard press forward e tzs w0rk OF God ?
%. for 81 2ssvsrce movement So s4or- tse
lsne.
81 wsEKss earxsE-
TIE serves * St. Marks Episcopal
eAsrch took pace n the Noz5g Natural
ISIS hal AZ fne University gTo1-Gs. Tie
congregation lsfere1 with great afs'eaSaois
ard mueh pleasure &c brilliant and issis--
esssa= sermon offered ~ the Few 6 l.
fsGhest TIE zs7Is of the text we're from
! Corinthians XVI, @ko-l7S after caar-
ity
~ john vas r-esus1ertlv the sFaosse
of S0ye On the h.sssrD o. divine ssvs m
c4rnate. hs learned TO love With a. s-1o-
and tenderness 4saong E2eH seldom
e3asiie.s sna nsTs- surpassed Very justly
is be called the disciple whom Jesus beTesi,
for tae BassteF fognd II hiE-l something %
eoz=snsai aud attractive that on several re-
csrssed occ2ssoHs be treated hina slIa ex-
espfiorAl favor and familiarity.
Love Is tIie keynote O. his episties or
zhlch he Gwells 20 sweet8y. and 20 which
he resnrns 20 often tbst sc have come 10
CONSIDER this Christian quality as more
fatty e1eFap Iifies. N his eharscter and more
constantly incu!estei IN his writings than
"a tho@e Of Aay other apostle
Vet i Is remarkable fact that the most
comprehensive account OF lore. OF is .s-
tare. sts pro perties. and it relative import
aaee, a. sesl as the most touching anG
beautiful 30 b. found n the whole volume
o. HOY Scriptures : fFoLl the zen OF Paul.
In natural temper, early education and
apostolic investgre the tao writers differ
widely vel both decide the same Christian
affec;i0a Eith lis various manifestations
and fruits.
The ore theories divineiy, and his elo-
queat logic leads captive the mind and
heart Of the reader: rhe other translates
his theory into practice. and makes love
the characteristic principle Of Christian
life the very pulse OF regenerste and sane
titled souls
Charity i only another name for love,
being exhibited as the crowning excellence
o. Christianity, the sum OF all social NOR
atty, the image Of God in the soul OF man,
greater than the gifts Of tongue. wiser than
the knowledge OF mysteries. II is boiler
than the power of prophecy, sublimer than
the mightieSt miracles. more bounieous
than the largest benefcence, more heroic
than any voluntary uartyrsiom. more en-
during than ali supernatural endowments
and in its sphere and functions transcends
both faith and hope.
PLYMOUTH coxeEEGAfIoSAL CHURCH.
Owing 20 the absence OF the regular pas
tor. the Rev. George A Tewksbury, the
sermon was presched BY Chaplain r. S.
Stubs, of the Seamans Friends Society.
lie presented the subject OF the sailors
needs in a very acceptable and yet forcible
way, in response 10 which the collection
taken up was very liberal. He called at
tention to the homeless condition of the
sailors and their manifold temptations, and
showed how little is actually being done
Tor thef. by Christian churches. He then
presented the urgent need OF a suitable
building down on the wharves. where good
reading and a pleasant place to spend an
evening might be had for their use He
also called attention To the fact that the
saloon, aud all its adjunets. stand between
the sailor as he lands and the uptown
churches.
FIRST u. v. CHURCH.
The attendance in the beautiful new au-
ditorium of the First Methodist Episcopal
church was very large indeed conside ring
the dissgreeable weather. The pastor,
Rev. ID. d. Campbell. preached al able dis
course from Matt. vi 10, Thy Kingdom
Come" The following Is brief general
outline:
ftrst-Meaning OF the expression. King
dom OF God, and the teaching of the Old
and New Testament upon this subject.
second-What is meant by the coming Of
Gods kingdom.
Third-What grounds have We upon
which to base our hope and expectation of
the coming OF such Kingdom Here the
speaker alluded 60 the prophecies of the
Scriptures and the partial fulhllment Of
many Of them and the present indications
OF their complete fulfIlment He spoke OF
the marvellous growth OF the Christian
church and her varied organized agencies
and instramentaiiiies employed to-day
Fourih-How i this kingdom 10 come =?
The speaker dsest at length upon the
union OF human and divine agencies A. es-
sential To its coming
In the evening the pastor OF this church
took Tor his text the first verse of the first
Psalm.
GERMAN REFORMED CHURcH.
There was good attendance at the First
German Reformed church. Rev. q.
Graeie., preaching ia the German Ian
Ee2ge. took FOR his text. Deuteronomy
xxix~11 The secret things belong IN 10
tbe Lord Cur God. bat those things which
are revealed belong unto us aud 10 our
chlldren forever. that We may do all the
words 81 THIS lsv. The translated snynop-
SIS Of hls discourse is a. follows:
There are gFeat many sacred things
around uank nd. Even Christians are AT
less sometimes To understand them. bat
there IS ~ se doubling and igstrustlr- hv
glsnciDE a. them. What is given a. a Chris
tan az - every other man. Is the thi acs re
vsAisd. These belong 10 rs and 10 cay
children forever. The Apostle Paul took
the mysteries ~ Sscresi things OF God a.
sacred 1h4ags, bai his comfort and joy vas
that ,io3 revealed b,s sos IN him Ii this
IS dome Nlthin as then Ne are OF the
poorer Nay 10 eternal blessing
10 and shs Sca 81 cod, Goa's word "a
gwen IL rs, and whoever stands tn this
word stands 30 those tAsBss wh.ch are re-
veAsed gntc Us ans We. tAe people Of tsed
have go so a. TIE w0.3s % tbs law ana