The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-14
CROWDED CHURCHES
Many People Attend Divine
Worship in Seattle
WHAT the PREACHERS SAID.


fart ever E5TA szfi cay 5t&s As2 $50.
- seattle are TOO srGsIs Tor tie nsaaAsr Q.
Yeoese xho desire 50 sttersd sIvane services.
Fesser4ay haEarssss os peofse Esrs ssssSa-
L. Turned Awsy frosa the Aoors q sae eatF
churches. Tbey we@Ia cofas 70 tss en-
fraacss. an, tstng aashie 10 ser7Ire sea.s.
would w.th6r&w ass4 tfv arosheE e1aFE D.
on!y 70 6na sh&t q tbs same coFalsifsis-
the magnificent wsashes haa soiszefAsar 90
do wIth the large eougrsgstioas yesterday.
PLYMOUTH roxenKsss T10SsE cHraeH-
Themes building erecise by The Plymouth
church for religious worshlp. OF IEifa ss12
I University streets va fEli yss1sr3sy. Iae
s.rsssss weFe conducted y The pastog- ksv.
M Tewksbgry. who pss@ebs8 II tte morn
ing a sermon suggested ~ the aEnlA. meet
ing of tie sgsegaean iosrd - - bed fasa
week ia Mex YORK. The text was Jo1a
sEfi ~.
Thss sgase Jesus aBso faem. SAYING, sra The
HIGHT Of tie weird.
ABa also from aast. via.
Year TIE l4gia; Of sh@ wosid-
oar Lord asesl ghsse words In 5guraiive.
thaE t.. ia . moral sense. NJ material
s'ninabua" Of light efieifcles the head q
ChFia 10 visible aareose Of glory sur
rounds bis body. This Is true only IN TIE
imagination Of painters Yet the sfiaigeHi'
radtsting glory 81 his character - BY these
representations atly illustrated. And 81 IS
this oatshgaiug glory tha' mskss bim ine
Egnt of meu. tie ~ssn o. rghteouzness
~ the boss. Nor are bis disei pies visible
bodies o. ngA, pAysIealiy Illuminated;
though sometimes their faces SEEM 70
shine a. did that 81 Moses, through the
10Y Of thsir intercourse with God.
We may notice the breadth or sweep 81
oar Lords assertion. The circle Of the
Ight be gives has a universal diameter. Il
arr the ilzht of the world, not Of q part OF
it. or some speciAs continent or country.
Professor Max Muller trEiy SAYS. The
Christian religion - missionary. progress
sive. world-embFsctng AMI be speaks OF
him self not a. a light 81 the world, one
among others. bat a the lght-aboye all
Others. holding q supsratiye place; giving
farth radiance which makes the light Of
Plato, ZoFoaster. or Buddha. no more con
spicuous than The light 81 q candle burning
~ high, gnciouded noon. The claim he
asserts i substantially in living fact. or in
tie comparative history Of religions The
witness he bears Of himse is true. A fair
and full induction OF facts taken without
previous prejudice, in strictly judicial
survey, affords conclusive evidence that
the religion Of Christ has illuminated the
world with q quality and degree of light
which no other religion has given. Within
a isx years book has been published by
Mr. Edwin Ar mold. entitled, The Light Of
Asia, )" this tide being the name he ffas been
pleased to give 10 ''sakya- NUM-. or Bud
dha" lis book aims 10 show the
.nlighteniug effect Of the teachings OF this
lllastFious prince, and yet 10 call him The
Light Of Asia is little else than travesty
upon that word If we may take our judg-
ment from the present prevailing con-
ditlons Of the countries included un-
der that name. For 100 years il has
had opportunity To enlighten q large
part of the Eastern world. il has been
preached and received "a. India, Siam,
China. Japan, II has had the territory al
most wholly 10 itself. But with what re-
salt Let Asia as IL is today be our an
swer. Making every allowance il has
proved light that does not illumine. A"
How far can II be called a real and true
light when midas $1,000 900 OF peorleare
So ignorant and inefficient that they are
subject today "a a nation Of e 90 600 haE-
ing different civilization and thousands
- AAAtFH 10y thsAf itAAN1 We HnAft
know them" India. past and present" Is
sufficient answer To any claim that the
light Of Buddha is equal 20 the light OF
Christ
Bat our Lord also said. "Ye are the light
of the world The fact that he said this
t. His disciples affords al once the kew 10
the harmony OF the two statements Of the
text lie said Il To His Disciples only, and
IL
tie is originally. they derivaiiveiy from
Him, or 10y reflection, the light of the
world " Al the moral. evangelical ilIumi.
nation the world shall get is that which i,
given through the medium IT true ausg
radiant dissipleship. II i important. them,
that the second statement ~ onr text shall
match and measure she first; that the dis.
e,ples 81 Christ shall reflect fully into the
vorld The light shining upon them from
their lord. Let them not Ne Opaque bodies.
absorbing snd not giving OF, the lisht
which comes 10 them bat let them send
its rays throughout the CITY. the country
the world. One has well said at Christian
missionaries They bring light into tho
dark places Of the earth" It's what every
Christian is ,o 10.
Ia the evening Mr. Tewksha-y began a
series 81 lectures on The Parable ot thf
rEodigal sen the subject of the first
lecture being, The Frod,gAs Departure
from Home. rhe points saccess3vely
noted were That Tod t. our Father. an
the seals true houe thar the origin OF sin
Is ia man, not in cod. the son taking IA,
Journey. God goi sending him away tn,
Wilderness al the sinners acton in SHINING
gathering ali together. putting in all h,
has the distance Of the sinner from God
into a far couatry.' and the terglal,
moral waste involved.
The mae qaafiette OF the church tnah
par With the choir in the s0ue-servics
and several cbogsl selections we're alst
rendered.
sE'a>p rGHssYrEETAN CUvEcB.
Rev Benisuin Parsons. pastor 81 she
Second Preseytryi4a church. cornerof Har
ri>on and Gas streets, discouraged YESTERDAY
morning upou So + xvt.ue*s ia Habit al
Worship lis texs wa5 fyom Psalm
sc3i .i8.
rhosc thsi BE- snte-s 5u fa, haa.e of tta fs,-.l
shs1 aeasish ,a iAe eaargs Of our gei
In The course % hss sermon 40 zalI
The existence ~ seli6ces ST au5-t for tt,
worship Of God Crews QUITO! .ae caov.ena,
somehow wrought iato The sau,s - men
that in the total absence ~ such s:~ae.t.~,-.
the NoFSAip ~ lis hc,y nau,c waa.a sell
nigh ease. u would 70 rr,esate,. 70 4 fss
ceyoa' soals, as IN the armasss o} tae na.-..
afcas and pyopAsts lie chuscA es..ser j.,
eotA = means q froG nE ana a. ev4
aeDce u. iae conviction ,hss Cod Is e. se
18th the homage es 3eyvut couEry e4,..re
navii has IN ron5emp patton uet the mere
materials ard proportions - a hg.llln- o.
he named the Hoase q. iae lo-,.. b8s
ratheE- tAaxA ~ -.--a thna.anA Nh - !