The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-18
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Fmfpsts Yesterday.
Rey. u. b. saze preached af the First
Baptist cbureh in fAe sn0rnEng In the abb
SERGE ~ HeT. Robert Whitaker. who is at
salem. Or. Tbs subject Of his sermon WAS
The Persuasive Influence Of Trae Spirit
uality. and his text was Is follows
John Xii 8 And the hoase was flled with the
0doE 81 the ointnlsnk
This passage OF Scripture and the lesson
which Il incuicates. IS Symbol Of spiritual
truth. were suggested BY recent impres-
sive scene III the First Baptist church at
Tacoma The celebrated evangelist. Rev.
T. A. Whittier, oT Lawrence, Mas. Is at
the present time conducting . series OF
eyzngeiistic services in that city. prelimin-
AIRY to . similar line Of effort az Victoria,
Seattle and other cities OF this new state.
His method Of presenting the claims OF
Christian truth is plain practical and forei-
Die, with none OF the sensAsssaalism which
marks the course Of many modern eyangei-
lists. Like Finney, Earle and Moody, he
aims 10 secure the active and efficient CO.
operation of pastors and churches. and
thus 20 render the results OF his labor per-
manent.
At the close Of weeks labor q day Of
fasting aud prayer was appointed for
Thursday. November IL. Ii was my priv
flege 60 be present at the services held on
Wednesday evening and also on Thursday
morning, afternoon and evening. The
pastor conducted the morning service, and
the evangelist gave a deeply interesting
Bible reading st the afternoon meeting,
taking Psalm I'll as his theme. The two
services produced a prolouad and abiding
impression upon MI who were in attend
ance. The pastor and members OF the
church were left 10 unburden their hearts.
one TO another, at the meeting OF the fore
noon, which was conducted by Mr.. Banks.
Re bad opened the meeting and
the presence an unusual insiu-
eRce was Enthusiastically manifest
when / entered the room. which was flied
with the odor of grace. symboiized By the
ointment OF spikenard that was used st
the home of Simon the leper, at Bethany,
by Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus.
Soon after ! entered l observed that both
pastor and people were deeply affected By
an invisible but profoundediy solemn pre-
seneo. All were evidently moved by the
inner pTomptings CT that sacred spiritual
grace which has its source in the Master,
who sat at the feast in Simon's house,
when Mary anointed his feet and wiped
them with the hair OF her head, in attesta-
ton OF her devotion and humility. One Of
the brethren referred 70 the broken vessel
and It's contents, when poured out, as IL
Illustrating the broken heart and the am u
ence OF q sacred emotion from within. I'M
nlediately new and beautiful conception
of my text flashed upon my mind and re-
solved to use il as the basis OF discourse
this morning, in your pastors absence
from his pulpit and his people. therefore
invite your sincere and earnest attention
70 thu spiritual meaning which these words
conveyed 20 my mind In that meeting at
Tacoma, on Thursday last.
Il is one OF the most interesting facts
connected with the law of musical tones
that two stringed instruments. when tuned
in perfect uRison. viii mutually vibrate at
the touch OF q skillful player upon either
Of them. Il is due to this Law, that two
players invariably place their violins in
close contact with the outer ear chamber,
while bringing their instruments into such
perfect unison. Probably no musician Is,
HIMSELF 1t that Inomens, conscious Of the
fact that his own instrument responds to
the touch OF his companions hand upon
the strings, in accordance with this funda-
mental law of nature. Still more improba-
BILE Is il that he realizes the far more i'm
portant truth that two nervous organisms,
In his own and his fellow musicians
nature, are equally attuned In perfect uni
son. and that the ability to bring the in
struments into harmony Is due TO the lat
ter fact. The violins do not come into
that state of mutual reciprocity for the
purpose of producing a similar condition in
the human mind, or In the sensorium OF a
material organism. as the seat of mental
action. On the contrary, the two minds
must first be attuned, and then the two in
struments are easily brought into harmony
with the two minds and with each other.
This beautiful law Of musical tones found
its complete spiritual correspondence in
the relationship of pastor and his people.
IN that memorable hour Of humiliation be-
fore Him who alone can produce in the
human soul that capacity 10 which now
direct your attention. When I saw the
application OF an important natural Law to
the higher realm Of spiritual relationship
between attuned hearts, l could readily
understand why and how my own inner
nature had been profoundly affected by the
very atmosphere Of the room in which I
sat. ] could also perceive the cause Of q
peculiar thrill that ran, like an electric
current. through my whole organism, as /
sae the pastors bowed head. the fearful
eyes OF his hearers. who had been thrilled
BY his utterance=. ard the peculiar ex-
preston Of their conntenanees rs one after
another followed their leader in broken
language, | then knew how fully and re-
ciprocaliy ali these hearts had been brought
into unison BY the invineihle spiritual
presence that pervaded the sacred place.
The occasion, the time OF its occurrence.
and the consequences OF the anncsnttng al
Bethany, which Is described By three Of
the evangesisis. demand cur consideration
TO which viii be added so sse practical re.
marks concerning the Application Of the
lessons embodied In the beautiful narrative.
l trust that We shall fsad profitable theme
Of meditation in these three important fea-
lures oi the narrative rs IL RppesE in the
fourth gospel.
Tais beautiful SCENE marked an occasion
OF deep interest 20 all who participated in
an entertainment which Simon the Ieper
had prepared a. his house IN Reshanv.
where Jesus vas the honcred guest ard
where bis gweIve disciples assembled 10 ~.
ieice with Mary and Martha in the presence
OF an unusual guest in sle person OF the
risen brother. lazarus On two former oc.
casiens. Jesus bad called Epan the dead 10
arise FROM their siewp. First among those
three pxrsesss when be BAD thus adj.
dressed WAS the maiden whose parents re,
ceETesi her again frum the embrace u
death
second among ths three persons who
thNs heard the yolcs q Jesus, was tie MA.