Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-03-03

The Sunday Norning Services to q
Large Audience.

The choir sang "How Lovely Is
Zion," with obIigato solo by Miss
Parrish. All read the morning les
son responsively from the 50th Psalm,
aud the pastor read Matthew 25, 81.
There was an unusual attendance
of men, young men aud many
richly dressed ladies and children.
The fine singing by the choir, to a
large extent does away with congre-
gatiUnal singing. The text was
chosen from statement by Christ
that there was nothing covered or
hid that should not be known. sus-
tanned by passage from Psalms.
When Luther was called to appear
before the legate Of the Pope he was
surprised 20 find that a hidden secre-
tary was recordingall bis uDguarded
statements. So we should be sur
prised in the future TO know that
our every act and deed was being
recorded. God aud our fellow men
see us. Every man will know our
secret life as well as our open living.
AS we live aud speak aud act 80
shall we surely be known. The
cultured student Of human nature
could diagnose his fellow man aud
lay all his weaknesses bare.
We go through lie blindly,
as all cannot bv experts in judging
others, and forming wrong estimates
Of men, aud laud and huzzah
where we should nbhur aud exc
crate. But time will come when
everyone OF us must stand naked
and In his actual reality before his
maker and his fellownien. We all
leave our marks on the universe,
just as the recent floods have LETT
their marks "n this beautiful valley.
Our acts and words all leave an in
erradicab!e impression on the uni
verse. Tie universe has ears and
voice and will reveal our. secrets he
fore the tribunal of the Almighty.
When we speak and act every inn
preston Is recorded, only to he re-
vealed in time. All Is inscribed
and will come forth at the proper
time. Lips long since wreathed in
dust will again speak. The prattle
Of the child, the blasphemy of the
ungodly, all, everything, is received
by the imprcssionable universe and
will one day be given back. The
patient research of science had un-
raveled the inscriptions made by
races forgotten and buried in obIiv-
ion. The dead are speaking to US
from the dusty scrolls OF the ages
gone. The living Edison Is calling
the spoken thoughts recorded in the
vlewless air. and the time is coming
when we shall be able to read OFF ev-
eiy word and whisper ever ut.
tered by human being and
borne on the wings Of the trembling
air.
So we could not move without
leaving m impression on the earth.
Every step Is made because Of some
motive, Our thoughts and acts can
be read from our impress on the uni
verse, when We shall have "shuf-
fled of this mortal coil" The air
and the earth keep perfect account
of our lives, and complete revela-
ton shall be made one day. A man
standing on the farthermost star in
the universe might raise his hand,
and If We could see that far II would
require thousands of years for
the light TO reach Us and
we be able To see his acts.
But time would come when God
would record all things and In the
twinkling Of an eye would place
before our vision the records of the
ages. What Ii character but the
sum total Of our lives aud impress
sions, the result of our thoughts aud
purposes, our words aud acts? A
mans character could be largely
Judged from his relatives, from his
brother. Every one we come into
contact with we consciouslyEor un-
consciously strive to bring to our
level.
A word Is but II little thing, lightly
spoken, a breath that Is gone. But
every good or idle word spoken will
some day have to be accounted for.
As truly ns we live and speak and
act, 80 truly shall we have to meet
these things by and by. How care
ful we should be of our speechl God
keeps back speech in mnn until rea-
son asserts itself, yet how little of
our speech has grain Of sense Ia il.
We all talk too much. II we would
speak lees We would say more, We
would helphumanity more. We have
"a perfect hemorrhage OF words
without single thought for the
welfare of our brother man. Our