The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-31
ms ON RELIGION.
!. md Criticisms From the
Sectarian Press.
81 % PREPARE a SERMON
>>.-a~rs on cslvinism-Utiiity
:. /. tramp Preachsr"-A
Good discourse.

1.1&
"a On important topics;
-. .kefeh Of young preacher Is rom
n<Radsd Rss;ew: "Getfing nlns
- the young preacher resolved to
:. ne .estsing up of sermons. He
"A 81 = MASTER subjects and let sermons
Z ! wonderful how the idea took
] n. = I'm He began TO work on one
J !. ss-;re a. department of theology
4 ~. nj suadenly become specialist
"a must prepare course OF lee
- vr;te book on it. He took up. Tor
ss. The incarnation What idea
- e, md convey7 What do think
~, md word IS spoken or my eyes see
~ Nhat = the Christian doctrine oil the
sr~,u.f;on? The history OF 1t: the best
,.s,sjous OF II. the Biblical statements
..e.ro;nr Il: the real relstion of it TO the
;..;on II Christ; the views of the various
1900 ii theological thought concerning
!. N did Augustine speak of it7 And
Esthsr9 And Caivin7 And Hodge and
rs.elon7 What ideas do my people
- vhen the word Incarnation is pro-
..rcsdf Can it be that they have no
Stpste conception ofit2 Let me find ont.
-. he goes on day after day, using
4 IL hooks 10 which he has access: con-
80 With all the thinkers he meets; the
a PRESBYTERIAN theological professor who
a.,id on the shelf. bis young. scholarly,
81 ravxIed felIow-pasfor; that thought
III I'D Sxedenborgian, DIR. -, who is
.ushed It as q stranscendenfalist'; Mr..
ths public school-teacher, who is an
.co.tic-a man who is sure that nobody
q know this. that. or the other, thus as
rrjur bis own umiscience to start with:
ISs--, who Is sort of amateur philos-
81. and 50 on. He reads, and thinks,
q eonyerses, and discusses, and gets all
I In with the one subject.
sBat where are the sermons for next
lrodsysf He asked himself that a score
4 tines, and kept working awav on his
uhtct' Before Saturday morning came
y I'D incidentally found ten or fifteen
nh on which he intends some time 10
xznch-' On slip of paper he had put
In tight distinct topics that he hopes
kne day to take up He had q list of
Ipnty questions bearing on his subject
MIRA be is sure somebody will ask. Here
|mfys serious objections which must be
|myered. These texts, topics, ques-
5brx, and objections are not all i'm
n<disi<ly connected with the ruling
E1icS Of his weeks study, but they
n collateral or are suggested by this
MR. He could not in five hours dis
ns " the hines opened up by his re-
mches OF the week. He is embarrassed
he wealth of thought that comes TO
En. And ont of this radical work there
Efx two vigorous, practical, earnest
his for the Sunday. And they are so
kld yigor and dash, and come out so like
hessream of the faucet, that people in
sx5aiariy think of the great reservoir
nong the distant hills-all the water OF
peich they cannes drink, but the pressure
xhich fills full with sparkle and fresh
,szthe goblet which they draw.
"a this plan our young minister will
Suty with some degree of carefulness
sHut slx or eight great subjects a year.
10 be viii grow sermons by the score
~ hundred. In fact, he is full of SER
ncx And his sermons are full. And
"a Illness gives force. Happy the peo-
= those pastor, having common sense,
- s1Mpotuy 8Hu tue dpu1Udut grace oil
g, y q regular student of 'stupendous
hines, and who. out of what he is and
EeHs, crows sermons for the comfort and
saeaiion of the peoplel"
he Independent says: 'sThe learned
1dbot W. Chambers, ID. D.. writes us:
b The issue of the slst of July the Rev. DR.
t1af has an intere ting paper on the 'Calvinis
kssem. In one part OF Ii, speaking of the
asli sisaiscsnsly calls decre,um horri ii
ut afterwards he uses in quotation marks
1ttefd horrible and mentions the horrible
sttNa thas clearly indicating his opinion
~ ha . q correct translation OF the Latin
respectfully ask II this Is possible. Car
~ sane man maintain and defend q doctrine
ssfa he believes and confesses 10 be horriblei
.xaf On eccesation has been brought againsi
Sth Calvin, but never has any one charged
~ WITH lack of brains. / insist, therefore
20 Re could not really have said what he II
1nSsa With saying. TIE word horrible, both In
ssse and In ecclesiastical Latin, has tive
ZINES. one being horrible. the other dtrfal. II
krs only reasonable 20 hold that the great re
seef used the word in the latter sense. Repro
va IL indeed, awful, but II il be adoctrlne o.
lt Word IL is not horrible, and the same
~ oe sad OF tie endlessness of future pun
Moreover. Gavin was q pious man, as
NJ everynod, adtnite. Could q devout man
rneu'e to the Most Holy God q decree which
eeileyed 10 be deserving of adherence!
1,sif this question admits OF bat one answer
Mio d.: schat's repeated coupling OF repro
nee aud preterition as If they were one and
aue ming. this only shows that = man can
- extremely clever Church historian with
= otfg either theoiogian or logiciaa. Blu
amlslation Of horrible seems TO me sense
al er 10.
- srpeiraied for generations by the igaooil.
~ i Arminisn seciaries.
Inc sg.o55le pecus of Arminian sec
us Is hardly tialtering language.
utne same matter the Christian Adrocaa
Aesh says: The spirit of many paper.
4 MS city is to publish anything withou
[ffa'd to the effects upon the subject, anC
essylhing that is talked about is hurried
Ie TIE paper, and frequently the yer,
- plsns are made impossible of execu
ia because OF this premature publicity
Know OF Instances IN which good
sases have lost many thousands. ever
saafeos OF thousands of dollars
easements have been made i'm
s1e, ministers have lost positions
s1ehes failed TO obtain pastors whom
az night otherwise have obtained. be
49, premature publicity. The wore
49, should have new meaning Il
ga y agree with prevalent ideas
sss.s o'' formerly q person who carefully
Eessaa. rumor. gossip. supposed facts
40 49, and fancies, publishing what PROVED
.'ssa1'c anu likely 10 promote the publ,
M -. NOW. man who completes will
uasrs IN the same profession TO ge
n. 49, TIE people the most startling mat
p,. rue OF false, IN advance of his contem
- 80 eoagTegatioaaliSt says: The Episco.
80 and Presbyterian bodies in New
49, 49, clsy have kept pretty close step in re
a. Years; ea' the latest figures snow tina
-. s''es denomination is not gaming sc
~ 49, IS the former. its present member
~ Sesne 2, $50 10 IS, Us in the Episcopal
|s,saes, which have gained iI.00o mem
|10a snEee years, 70 the Pseshy terians
~. A. +. Sehaullier explains ,hi.
ks;.sss growth by the fact that the Episco
boz nan their churches better anC
th,,..a hpss, having III ordained men il
|ehas ~ seseniy-nine churches and chapel.
49,, ae rFesoyierians have only fifty-foul
~ =