St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-25
METHODlSTs MEET.
Two Ringing Discourses Heard by
the Ministers at Hamline.

A special meeting of the Association
of M. E. Ministers of the Twin Cities
was held yesterday afternoon in the
university chapel at Hamline. There
was large delegation Of ministers and
their wives from both cities pres
ent, and the meeting was lively one.
Dr. Cyrus Brooks, of Minneapolis, pre-
sided, ana. after an earnest prayer by
Rev. DR.. Stafford. of Minneapolis, DR..
Tiffany, the well-knoWn orator OF
Hennepin Avenue church, delivered
a short but fifty worded I.S speech upon upon
Element in Christianity, and Christian
ity in the Social Life of our People" lie
speaks very deliberately, weighing every
word; but every word was well worth
hearing, as the hearty applause which
followed him we'll atteSted. He cited
copious illustrations from the Old
Testament showing the recognition by
Coo of the social element in man. and
the provisions made for mans social
needs. The point clearly brought out
was that that in the Old Testament
times the church was in the nome, not
the home in the church, as was true OF
the teaching of later times, or OF the
New Testament. He thought that
there was not enough OF Christianity IN
our social life. The reasons We're per-
haps difficult to find, but he considered
the marvellous increase of wealth, and
consequent love of position and. display
the chief reason. He also stated that
it is extremely difficult, if not impos-
sible, to get rid of caste even in the
church. He referred to the old days of
Methodism-When peWS were unknown
and the M. e. discipline was lived up
to in all its rigorous details-and re-
GREETED that MethOdism had in some
measure lost the Simpiicity of its former
times, and feared that with the loss OF
that simplicity, sincerity might also
have suffered. He closed with an in
junction set forth in the Bible, ''To
know no man after the flesh" which
he Interpreted AS meaning that 1t was
the man himself, and not what he had
or had won, which should determine
ones estimate of his character or worth.
DR.. Tiffany was followed by DR.. l. L.
CoultaS, of First church, st. Paul, in
a somewhat lengthy, but intensely in
teresting address. upon 'The Preach
ing Demanded by the Times" He said,
among other things. that 1--WE can
know what the pulpit should be only as
we understand what it is designed to
accomplish. The work of the pulpit. in
Guiding the entire church, is to pIOpa-
gate truth. Jesus not only indicates
the extent to which He desires this to
be done, but also the method.
Go We unto all the world,
and preach the gospel to ev-
cry creature" The pulpit is to speak
and act for Christie teach and save
men. The gospel is suited to all the
needs of human nature, but to meet and
supply them it must be adapted in its
presentation to varied human condi-
lions. The preaching demanded by the
times will be mindful of man as phys /
ical being, with material and social re-
lations. The pulpit needed to-day will
not hold itself aloOf from these. Jesus
must be the model for the gospel
preacher. He came to seek and to save
lost souls. He went about doing good
to the bodies, as well as the souls of
men.
"The preaching needed to-day honors
reason. 1t appeals to reason. 1t is
willing that reason should hear it;
weigh it; investigate 1t: sit in Judgment
upon it. That which is preached pur-
ports to be truth. How is man to know
that these things are true, that God has
revealed. except through the logical
faculties? If the gospel is from God. it
IuuSt NC IdtlOudls OuV tiO puppy
needed to-day will have reference not
only to the head, but to the heart as
well. 1t will seek not only to enlighten
the intelligence and convince the rea-
son. but to touch the sensibilities, that
they may move the will to order right
being and right doing. 1t is the creed
of the heart that affects eharae-
ter and determines destiny" The
speaker closed his address by say
ing that the preaching needed to-day
was the natural utterances and efforts
of the preacher demanded by the times,
and hoped that even now there were not
a few sleeping in their cradles who
would measure we'll up TO the ideal OF
that preacher; who, in their lives ana
words, would illustrate as never before
that preaching that will move the world,
glorify God and give victory to his
church. After the addresses, the re-
naming hour of the session was de-
voted to an animated discussion of the
two topics, in which nearly all the
ministers participated. At 5 o'clock
they were entertained very delightfully."-.
by DR.. and Mrs. Bridgman at the ladies'
hall.
Won by Weide.
The periodical competitive drill of
toOIy 1o1aaQ at the arm0rV