, 1889-02-07

to himself and. by his own suffering. lift
ing up those who otherwise could not be
saved.
This is a great salvation. We must die
60 know what is beyond this life. would
IKE TO see u man from the other world.
II we could 20 there and see the difference
between the righteous and the wicked we
would know the greatness of this saliva
tion. Let us see: Examine the differ.
eence between the best woman you ever
knew and the lowest outcast you can think
or. DO you see something Of the great
ness OF this salvation? Take the best and
the meanest men you ever knew. The
pest man know is Methodist preacher.
He is away out on the bleak western
prairies. With threadbare clothing. des.
titute of many of the comforts of life.
with scanty pay, he goes from place to
place preaching to all who want to hear
the truth. The meanest man | can think
or Is the one who sits on a beer keR and
tries to induce others to drink The dis
tance between them is very great.
There il man in this country who
gets $500 night to lecture. Fools pay
Sl a piece TO go and hear him. ] know it
for went to hear him myself. He says:
i believe ia a religion that makes man
pay 100 cents on the dollar; that makes
home with sunshine As though he had
discovered some new truth. Everything
good that he says he stole from Christ and
Christian teachers. Compare him to an
other old man who has turned his back on
home and native land and is now on his
way up the Congo to teach the African of
God and Christ, and civilization and in
telligence. He gets no $500 a night. |
refer to William Taylor. the Rrandest
bishop the Methodist church has ever had.
Compare the two men and their motives
and see If you get some idea OF the great
ness OF this salvation.
I'VE want salvation that sweetens the
nature the life and the home. Don't talk
too much about saving souls. Souls are
not tangible and we cannot see and handle
them. Let us try to save men. It's dan.
gerous to neglect such u salvation. The
church Is an army OF conquest to save the
world. Too few of us are ut work. 1t
takes most pastors Il good part of their
time to keep their members in II good hu.
NOR and to Reep them from going into
some other church. We are not doing
half enough Recently our Methodist
church came near raising u shout because
we raised a million dollars for missions.
We ought to give ten millions year.
God help us to be in earnest and active in
conquering the world and filing it with
His glory"
At the close OF the sermon an appeal was
made for contributions to pay the church
Indebtedness, and $4,000 were subscribed.
This was increased ut the evening service
to $4,000, which places the building and
furniture practically free OF debt. Dr.
Forbes made a good impression and will
be greeted with large crowd should he
conclude to visit Spokane again in the
future.
There died yesterday morning at the
Sacred Heart hospital in this city, man
through humble station proved his no.
bility of character by remembering Others
in distress while undergoing his own last
sufferip0s.
Emil c. Capps was born in Two Rivers.
Wis, April Gath, 1858. He was unmarried
and has lived in this city about two
years. For over year he has been in the
employ of-W. B. Turner & Co. as yard
teamster. A week ago he was taken i'll
with inflammation of the bowels, and al
though of vigorous physique soon sue
cumbed. He leaves no relatives except
three brothers in Illinois, who, it is under
stood, are well-to-do.
His will, drawn up at his request sew
eral hours before his death, leaves the bulk
of his, property. consisting OF house
anu lOt III lue MAUI luiah auui-
tion. team, wagon, ETC., to Mrs. A. j. Ross
and Mrs. J. NJ. Armstrong, respectively
president and secretary of the Ladies
Benevolent Society of Spokane Falls, to
be held in trust until disposed of tor the
benefit of the poor and needy. MIR. Tur-
ner is appointed executor of the will.
The dying man said between his easps
for breath that most of his life had been
struggle against misfortune, and that he
wanted to do a little for those who we're
left struggling against adversely. He was
honest, upright, sober and industrious,
and esteemed by all who knew him. He
was a member of the local Masonic lodge
which body will conduct his funeral serv-
ices to-day at an hour to be an
nounced. He was also II member of the
Odd Fellows, though not holding his
membership in any local lodge,