St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-28
Another Discourse Touching
on the Catholic Question at
the First Unitarian.
Rev. M. D. Shutter Considers
Burns and the Religion Of
His Day.
DR.. Burrell Talks Of "The
Devil and His Master" Elo-
quently. 80, 81

yesterday morning, speaking from the
text John ill.,, 2. ''This text" said he,
''may not be the most fitting, but it eX-
presses the feelings of my heart. The
word prosperity is most frequently ap-
piled to the outward and earthly, and
less often to the intellectual and the
spiritual. AS here used it refers to two
courses of human experience, to the
temporal and the spiritual, and in this
case the amount OF the outward pros
perity is proportional to that of the
inner life. The text means May you
be happy, as you are holy :.
"We live in two worlds. There is
material world lighted by sun, moon
and stars, crowded with busy men and
women, but we do not belong wholly to
this. There is world of more abiding
realities. 1t is the world of thought and
memory, of will and conscience, OF hope,
of desire, of love. 1t Is microscopic,
invisible world, yet greater than the
other. 1t is greater in being. capacity,
power and destiny. This hidden world
is to many less known. but with this we
must dwell forever. When the sun
shall have faded from its orbit, and the
stars have fallen like autumn leaves,
this little unseen world will be unfad-
ing:
picture man who lives only in the
material world. He is mere money
getter, property-holder Many men
possessed of thousands know only
enough to plan for money. In all else
they are ignorant, narrow and heart
less. They are mere machines for ac-
cumulating. In this world we place
man of cultivated mind and warm affec
f1nnc hiUhnv
holder. / do not know who among you
possesses the largest property, but he is
the most truly rich to whom God says,
Il have engraven you on the palms
of my hands," He among you who
has learned during the past five years
God the Father and Christ the
Savior has gained riches beyond all
others. He who has gained more child
like faith, more hatred of sin, more
love of God, has gained more than
riches during this brief pastorate. Our
EARTHLY riches are transitOry. We may
be removed from them, or they, by a
thousand channels, may be removed
from us. But Gods true riches cannot
be taken from lis and given to another.
Its coin is minted in heaven and has the
image of Gods only Son. 1t is current
in the eternal world. He'll cannot cor
rupt it. and God accepts it. What does
a church need most? Many would re-
ply wise, faithful, talented minister,
with spirit like that Of Paul. He
be free from worldly strife; he must
work on, though alone, in the spirit! of
the martyrs who gave their lives. This
might be your answer. | do not deny
the obligation asserted, but why should
the ministry be more holy than others?
Are there two gospels, one for the
pulpit and one for the pew? Are thera
two kinds of religious lite. one clerical
and the other lay? If you find fault
with the minister who is wanting, why
not find fault with yourself? The de-
votedness Of the minister cannot atone
for worldliness among the people. His
yearning cannot draw the people while
they are tied to the world. There is no
bridge to span the chaSm between the
empire of Beelzebub and the kingdom
of God. Ii the minister is alone account
able for spirituality he may as well lay
down the trumpet. 1t is but a sorry
recompense to hear eulogieS on the SER
mon, but to hear no one cry, What
must l do to be saved?" Eminent
mental abilities do not form the first
qualification. Ability is necessary, yet
to have the greatest mind in the cOun-
try. If the minister be sound in judy
ment and doctrine, apt to teach, incorss
ruptible in heart, powerful, laborOus,
ready to endure hardness for the Mas
ter's sake, he brings all that is essential.
] believe that this church will prosper;
that it will prosper broadly, nobly,
truthfully. You will not simply per-
NIT your pastor to preach against
legalized sin as we'll as that which hides
its head in the dark, but you will feel
with him that it is the right thing to do.
You will stand by the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth. You
will make no compromises for the sake
of gain; you will feel that it is better to
face yawning grave than to grow fat
in prosperity. Words have not con-
sciOusly been spoken in this pulpit to
offend. / have tried to present the
truth, and my only regret is that have
not said enough.
THE pastor has not done as much
pastoral work as he desired. He says
to his successor that no man can write
two fresh sermons week and do all
the pastoral work required in great
church in city like this. One year ago
you refused to give him a helper. SO,
place more assistance.
'1f there has been during the past
years less accomplished than we hoped
somewhere, it will in due time be recOg-
nized. 1t can not be lost, hearts will
become obedient, lives will be altered.
souls will I've saved. And all work not
done for the Master in the past five
years, may it perish forever!
There is but little time to dwell on de-
nomnational growth. The erection of
this noble structure, of the Immanual,
the Fourth, the Olivet, the First
Swedish. the Northeast and the Taber-
nacle have all been completed in these
five years. With regard to the Taberna-
Gle, it was my privilege to give its first
furnishings and pay the first months
rent for place to be born in. With
God for its Father and Ween-OIson for
its nOurishing mother it speaks to-day
for itself.
The contributions made by this
church for all purposes. self-sustaining
and benevolent, amount during the pas
toral just closing to S24O,312.O6. enss
Five years ago this church numbered
AGO. The additions have been by ex-
perience PSI. and by baptism 1874, max
ing total of 925. Deducting 1893 re-
mOvals and deaths, we have the present
number of 726. Surely Christians eare
ever Oh the move in this Western land.
The Christian life is here procession.
Some of this number have experienced
soul prosperity that no human arith-
metic can calculate. for the Word says
ITO die is gain" Twenty-four of our
number during my pastorate entered
upon glory.
Nor sink these stars in empty night,
But hide themselve S in heavens own light"
They see what we yet cannot see;
they hear what we cannot; they love as
we do. not; they are with God.
This is not the time to speak of fail