The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-07
TEACHING THE WORD.
Attentive Worshippers Fill all
City Churches.
SERVICES or consEcRaTion.
ssyisisns sf Ysusg Hsn"-Kev. Mr. 10y
- .ss..dssese.ss--As. Model Csn-
gres.sIon- Notes

ts-ssy morning IN al the churches The
fre weather and the absence OF e;;bs- dust
o. fasd brought Out such large audiences
that in sofns cases people we're tGrre3
nzav. b~ing unahse TO obtain seats. The
evening services we're rot so well attended.
oxfng 10 TIE rain. which descensisd ia
arixxsy. dissyreesole w&y that was not 81
all inviting 20 r<dessr;ans-
ylrxorrH cossExssrIosAL cargcH.
This congregation ~osshipped r.. the
first tsrss in the new Temporary oGIls!ing on
tie corner Of Third and University streets.
on which permanent structure 81 stone Is
% ne erected the coming year Plans for
tAis building are alreiy under considera
tlon. The temporary structure - twise as
large n the old church ye, IL vas fun yes
fsrtiay. fact suggesting that ~ this grow
ing city almost snr enlargement of church
accommodation will BE- likely 70 be met by
q corresponding enlargement 81 attendance.
The building vas found to be perfect In its
acoustic properties. and the people were
f.lssssf With the conditions OF convenience
and comfort which IL vas found 10 possess.
1t il Brilliantly lighted with !neans!eseent
eieetrie lights.
The service Yesterday morning was one
Of srecial conservation o. the new iot AMI
dedication OF the new building Tine text of
the pastor. Rev. Geo. A. TewksbGry. was
Exc. III s.. put OF thy shoes from OF Thy
feet for the place wherein thon siAndest
IL holy ground
This wss the word Of God 90 Moses IN
the wilderness OF Sinai. The place was
holy because Of Gods revelation of himself
10 Moses In the bush Burning with fire, vet
not consumed So. said the pastor 10 his
people, the place wheFeon we stand Is holy.
because. first, of the general fact of the
divine onlnipfesence resting over the earth
ia ever part like an atmosphere. not in
any rantheistie sense. bat in the sense OF
the living, aetna. presence Of God every
where
second because the earth ia the scene,
the arena. OF redemption. God redempt-
i've love IL a love for 1.-THE world I" for ali
the people in IL, OF every period. IL Is
detachable aroma, permeating all the places
where men live. The Son Of God has con-
seerated the earth in his footsteps. especi-
ally has be conseerated It in his death.
The earth Ia sacred now, for Christ Jesus
came upon IL TO pour out his life for us.
Third because OF redemption localized.
This Is done through the church, which is
the medium organ of the Holy Spirit.
Every true local church of Christ is burn
ing glass. focalizing. concentrating the light
and warmth Of the sun Of righteousness.
Every place where redemption Is thus
localized is holy ground" Redemption
is thus concentrated here through the
agency OF Plymouth church. Therefore
this place Is holy ground.
In conclusion. the command OF the text
was urged upon the hearers, Put off thy
shoes from Oh thy feet meaning, spiritu-
ally applied, Put Off thy sin from thy
soul" The place or ground being holy, it
Is important that there be harmony be-
tween the place and the people--that We be
holy also.
THE VISIONS or YorNe MEN"
The evening sermon was on The Visions
Of Young Men" "Your young men shall
see visions" Acts ii, IL. The fact was en-
phassxed, first. that the yodng men of this
city are your young men, the address
being TO the church. In the possibilities of
good they represent, in the responsibility
10 do them good. They are a possession of
the church. The work 10 be done for then,
does not rest exclusively with the Young
Mems Christian Association. This is but
IN agency of the church, and Is TO be en-
powered and sustained by II. The visions
referred To were shown TO be not those OF a
disordered magination-'baseiess fabrics
Of . vision"-but first, visions OF true ideals
OF character, or Of personal being. These
are supernatural, as the word suggests.
They are conferred and presented in Jesus
Christ. They form the heavenly vision
which came TO the young man saul, of
Tarsus. They are visions of an unseen
world, Of immortality, OF sin as a fact.
made known through the disclosure of
Christ In the gospel of salvation, as possible
through him. and of true character rs thus
resulting. They are visions, next, OF true
ideals OF life. or Of character on its active.
executive side: as Thorean said: "Be not
simply good. but be good for something"
The Importance OF these visions vas re-
ferred 10. Reverence the dreams of thy
youth" said Schiller: but all depends on
the quality Of the dreams Wordsworth
remark Is: Heaven lies about us in our
infancy, but il is important. that IL shall
lie about Us ia our youth. our manhood
our old age.
The method by which yoane tnen shall
have these visions was aaveried TO. They
ara given by the Holy Spirit. making dis.
closures ol the things Of Christ. The SON
tenee of the text Is part OF the fulfill,neo,
of promise that the Holy Spirit should
come. This Is that which was sf,oken of
by the prophet Joel" Young men viii
net see these visions. save a. the uolv
Spirit Is given. a continued Pentecos, is
needfui
The great condition Of this is PRAYER. on
tie part of the people of God as in the
case OF the first Pcntccost
H.rsrsr srsEEr METHODIST cargcH.
Rev. Frank W. Toy. the pastor. preached
al the battery street NJ. T. church vester.
CAV morning, from ACis 1t -. And shey
continued steadtsstly in the apostles tos-
u'ne and fellowship and Ia breaking o.
bread and pfAycEs"
heiere he ssoendei Jesus said unto hts
a'ss4p'es. Behold SEND the promise ri nav
rather eF0H yoa; eni tafry ye in 1erusa-
lVtM antss We te endowed silh power from, on
hlsh. en The aay al Pentecosi they were
su via one accord N one ulacs The,.
made prayer and duplication and wait.s
TOT We tulbllUe1t OF the ,,ror,,is..
ouadsaiy There came & sound frorn heaven
As o. fSShing mighty Mind ana u aUs4
"a sae house ~heFe they Ne-e sitting ara
here appesTea unto them e!oyer -c,,.,,s.
HAe IS o. ire. and u at upou each OF thru,
totSaes united a. the Foo{ hut DARING fr,,
several POINTS st the extremity thux 49,
utaiIy synselssins the dialects s,.sken ~.
eseb tongue, and they werr a. f..e4 u,,.,
ihs Hosy 6Aos;" 80
Ahis . the grcat fact % Peaseeoe, srl
'he great Tact q she ChststlAn dssyenSxt5,r,
'he advent q tAe Holy Svrit uo a.,
Gay teree tao8ssna souls were a88.s >,
t'e church. Thee we-o sudden c,,r..-
saShs. eSt The text sells rs how thew lv.s