The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-06
THOUGHTS.
,rxynan's Views
Church Growth.
.cH,sc TO BUSINESS MEN.



e..1.turss without Ability.
- craculsr critics are never tired OF
- at in this work-a-day aee re-
~. ~ lnet ifs grip. True. stattsfics ore
4 ks.1 snesu---the statistics OF denomina-
- 1870. Of ministerial efficiency. Of
~ expenditure. andof the practi-
- q Christianity.
sse 80 = significant refutation comes
- - York city. Phillips Brooks. Of
-. nd Dwight L. Moody. Of Chicago,
Ss, IN Iaboring there contemporaries
<s r. frst preached In Old Trinity.
feod Of Wall street--in the very
+ 80 = Nammon- The second preached
3 -, svenue. In the haunt Of fashion.
T. - - % multitudes. while greater
- vers turned away for lack Of
zs5f,e nom. DIR. Brooks held forth ct
ss'x - Tho high tide Of business. Mr..
- meetings opened At 1870 8. m.
~ e,on in political campaign. re-
- ! secular contemporary published
mot could the most famous
sS1.n siss 3 succession Of six lectures ON
- 1e.l6 a. on the Southern question and
zs~r1rnd such hearing ~ these mer
- for their discourses on Redemp-
Nax O'EelI Is popular Lecturer;
- interests great audiences; but
1w could speak six days in succession
g. - seats and aisles in the middle
~ lsy. A lecture on "Society" in
- esepus, or on Success IN Business
1eun, could not get such an audience
tusiness hours. Yet Mr.. Moody
3ootls audience on Fifth avenue,
- two immense churches, one at
~ "A the other an hour later, az DIR.
- could easily have done bad hts
- peYmitted the second effort, 1t the
81 4 Wall street. And their theme was
mi
- has been defined ~ q religious AMI
- He q athrob with immortality. lie
13us that he does not live by bread
~ when be is not interested, II 10 the
6uk1s Who IL the failure, not the gospel.
- did recently in Philadelphia .
- Mo, Dy the blessing OF God upon his
1mlsy. economy and skill. had risen
- rssrty TO riches, and who used his
clrtly 70 glorify it, Divine Author.
y 6pvuRal Of his later years his gifts to
m In averaged 81 600 . week, and the
- san q his contributions 70 religious
1 eAnilahle uses was considerably over
xHktA Hswas Baptist. but his iiberality
m confined 10 his own denomination,
yV1o Il indiscriminate, but wise and
Hno1ic. Il IL good TO think OF such .
- ~ receive from his shining example
~ Sttmulus TO faithful and persistent
1tGAip Of whatever portion OF worldly
- Il hes pleased God TO entrust to IN.
~ ars three current definitions which
I RI vseth coming:
~ aobflity Of Europe h composed Of
lxos b the twilight of departed glory,
oo msmbsrs think they have = right 10
= nolhins because their forefathefs were
un1(khg.
Nh ID thing mostly used nowadays
l1Nomoting the welfare OF matter.
~ ognOstic ID one who believes that he
~ nd kpows that he does not b.
4 hDen. sharp man OF the world Rad
- Wards Robert Elsmere." After At
tndvsly considering the new religion" OF
u hao 10 said:
= ant discover either the novelty nor
epnlision."
tfcocding to the statistics Just published
- Congregational denomination counts
ND members. This Is . gain OF 1900
~ ri ysar.
4 ooatsmporary quotes the third verse OF
= thirty second Psalm: when I kept
nno my bones waxed old; through my
sn1ns I'll the day long" and calls Ii
aensense, "as II the words OF the first half
hasssdict those Of the later half. The
.ssdy proposed IL to put parts OF verses
ns~ md four into parenthesis, and con-
- ~ hrst part Of the third verse with
= lest Of the fourth. But the evil Is
ginary, and the emendation needless.
~ uue meaning Of the verse has been seen
- critics without exception. The
No. fsserred to Is not Q refraining from
eseh. but from confession. and this con-
auous impenitence led TO the writer's dis
~ = shown by his roaring. or las the
sussd edition has it) moaning all the day
An exact parallel is found in Acts
I'm when they heard these things they
taeir peace and glor,fied God :" that's.
ne'a IN any murmurings against
vere silent az Ia complaint. but. on
onsrary, love-spoken In their ascrip-
sss Of praise to God. II does seem that
- persons undertake TO criticise the
seeonned Version aud the Revised. with
~ having any call. either from heaven or
mn, 70 such work.
~ tesgregat soaaiiSt tells Of minister
= nfcd . siencgrapher TO take down one
an nandsy evening sermons. Result
IN reading it Monday morning q rather
ussed clergyman. more sympathetic
s'@ Ms people than ever before. but con-
s'aced that the experiment paid.
might be well. remarks the New York
's,. Tor ministers to preach their SER
4 - INTO monograph. and then hear
~ N eeaore they deliver them. They would
soaoeess think less of them, aud the con-
non might recognize an improvement
asir spiritual food.
20 an age OF experiment. suppose the
ssv Hy one or other of these plans. IL
TAI their patience. But better so
'aah 70 strain the patience Of the dock.
Tom oehiitree's Rival.
49, New York Tribune
p.a ever tell YOU, said Represents
.s Allen. of Mississippi. a day or two ago.
J. NE gentlemen around him drew their
s'a's Closer. ibid ever tell you about the