St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-01

ETY. recognizes this tremendous fact.
Hence we divide the world into two
INSTRUMENTATION and malefactors.
We applaud the former, but upon the
latter we pour forth our walls
of wrath. We never love and
hate men in groups. We always
segregate some especial person. So
when the day Of public wrath comes we
separate some chief offender, and upon
him is heaped our vengeance In his
tory we find good Queen Bess, but we
condemn the Bloody Mary. All the
great beneficent movements of human
ity are inaugurated by some particular
person. So are evil acts lnaugurated by
some evil person. 1t was Calhoun, more
than any other person, who brought on
the late civil war. So in all great move
mentS it is one man who is at the head.
The man Christ Jesus was the man who
lnaugurated the religion of Jesus Christ.
When the clergymen recognize this
power they will be more efficient agents
for Christ. Vice and virture act and
live in communities. There is no man
who has but one vice, and it is a mis-
take to say that man has but s...
ONE .REDEENnNG VIRTUE.
lfhe has one he has more. One vice
Or one virtue signs for companionship..
Whenever Christ has great work to ac-
eomplish He has a man in some obscure
place to fulfil that work. He scarcely
ever chooses a brainy man. A few
years ago when atheism threw down the
gauntlet in the face of Christianity, a
great cry came forth from the English
universities that Moses was a fool. In
the university in which Huxley was
there was man who made those men
acknowledge that whatever origin there
might be assigned man there was some
thing added which placed him on high
rank. There are men here to-day who
remember the time the crisis came upon
this nation and the flag of rebellion was
raised. A cry of help went forth for a
leader and God lifted the curtains on |
these Western prairies and a Lincoln
came forth. When crisis shall come I
to the church and thy soul shall cry out
for leader, God will find David some
where to Stay the Goliath. This repub-
lie of ours was made to never die, and
all l ask for it is Christ. 1t is fact
that God qualities individuals for His
work. Sometimes there is miraculous
birth, and am glad to live in a day of
the supernatural, and | never hesitate
to accept this supernatural power, for
it is higher than nature, and in it God
Almighty reigns in His majesty. / am
surprised when l see a minister pause
at the challenges of skpties. Again,
the childhood. There we're not monsters
enough in the Nile to destroy Moses.
There is also schooling for this pre-
paration. Some mems characters can
only be made through adversely. If |
had my choice for the development of
character | would say, All hail Geth-
semane! For from that is the mount of
ascension. Where there is not this pre-
paration there is no great endowment of
intellectual power. God gathers to-
gether numbers of men and concen-
trates their power under one man.
Wesley and Whitefeld were compli-
mentS of each other. Wesley would
not have been Wesley without
Whitefeld. and Whitefeld would never
have been Whitefeld without Wesley.
and consecrated use of but one talent
may issue
THE GRANDEST RESULTS
but you must avoid two things-a self
appreciation and depreciation of your
powers. think that the besetting sin
of Americans is vanity. 1t is anything
to be leader. You see it in the church
and in politics. 1t is anything to be no
toriOuS, and we are more notorious than
popular. To cross the Niagara on a
single wire, or to cross the ocean in a
canoe is the height of ambition of many
Americans. The over-estimation is
very dangerous in an evangelist. | be-
lieve in them when they are sanctifed,
but they must be careful and not inter-
fere with the work of the stationed pas
tors, On the other hand, you must
avoid an under valuation. You
may not be able to write
books. but you can write
tract, at least you can distribute them. /
This is not the day for the writers of |
cyclopedias, but it is the day for the
man who can grasp one single idea and |
present it. You may not be great. but |
you can be so by proxy. What prom |
inence there is in this world is given to |
man, but in the judgment day it will be |
Woman'S turn. They are the greatest
workers in this age-theSe wives and |
these mothers. Take back seat, men, |
and let these silent workers come to the |
front. No man is great until he goes |
outside of himself and lays hold Of |
forces. Man is the weakest of all ami |
forces he becomes the most powerful. I
Oh! child of Immortality, leap into thy |
fathers arms and you will be able |
to destroy the gates of hell. God can
magnify you, but you must humble
yourself in the dust. Ally thySelf with |
the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be
powerful. Why does not the church |
lay holdl Because of its stupidity. |
Jesus Christ is saying to the Methodists
to-day, Call me out, there is a spirit in |
me, and by that spirit you can conquer
the world You ought to be Bible on
two legs. What is needed is the trans
lation of the Bible into human beings. |
You ought to have the Millennium in
your souls. There is special power |
for you. to obtain. l have seen pure
people, but they did not possess the
power"
In closing he said: ''People of Min
nesota, farewelI! FAREWELL You will |
hear me no more. The Master has come,
and calleth for you"
CLOSING EXERCISES.