St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-06

been revenged upon their mem
Dry; for in him, rather than in them,
despite his poverty and irregularity,
lay the hope of the gospel. The holy
Catholic church springs up out of the
dlyersities of Christian condition ana
culture, as the nation does out OF the
several communities and states. Each
part of tho country cherishes its own
conditions. makes its own laws, adapts
itself to its own circumstances; but
they federate together and lose them
selves in the one comprehending unity,
the nation. So it were possible, were
men wise enough and Christian enough,
that i'll spite of all
DIFFERENCES OF DOGMA
and all forms of worship which now di-
vide Christendom, there should come
council which could gather together the
strength of the united churches and
hurl them against the thrones and
powers of darkness.
The hour is already struck when the
missionary enterprises, certainly of the
Protestant faiths, should be federated
together, and when the enormous
wastes and rivalries. of our home die
visions should cease to project them
selves upon the unhappy heather who,
whether they deserve hell or no, in the
world to come. at any rate do not de-
serve in the world that now is to have
poured out upon their devoted heads
the results of our divisions and quarrels
at home. 1t is enough to export Chris
tan whisky among the heather, without
also shipping them cargoes of potential
and InciDient church rows, waited by
song and perfumed by prayer.
We have come this morning to the
second anniversary of our organization
q Christian Tn
ginning we claimed part of the heritage
of all the Christian centuries: for we,
like all other churches, have been nour-
ished by the past, and are glad TO recOg
niZe our obligations. In our creed we
bind ourselves to the Christian ages.and
we keep step to the music Of the confess
sion of faith held by the universal
church. Our history for two years es-
tablisheS the validity Of our mission,
just IS surely as Paul'S successes about
the Mediterranean were his credentials
to the church at Jerusalem. The SIM
plicity of our organization gives US
mission TO the undogmatic, which is as
positive and clear as was PauPS to thu
unritualiStic. We come to the man be-
logged by the obscurities Of creed, and
we say to him, If you want to be
Christian, give US your hand; we will
help you.' Coming to us in the sim
plicIty of the gospel. he will fiud as
many among us this morning can tes-
tify. the same experience as the friend
of TennySon:
'Perplexed III faith but pure in deeds
At last he beat his music out
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.
He fought his doubts and gathered strength,
He would not make his Judgment blind.
He faced the specters of the mind
And laid them; thus he came at length
To find stronger faith his own;
And power was with him in the night,
Winch makes the darkness and the light,
And dwells not in the light alone,
But i'll the darkness and the cloud"
THE ANNIVERSARY.
God has been with us during the year
past. In the outward formulas of
growth we have done well. There has
been net gain to our membership
during the year of 125 persons. Our
Sunday school interests have largely
increased, and more than $20.0U0 has
come into the treasury of the church.
But l think these outward facts are
only indications of spiritual growth
among us. which, like all things of the
spirit, cometh not by observation. l
feel sure that that there is a greater
devotion to the work of the church, a
VI al NOtis - W al lltCi ldllA III
humanity and greater love for the
truth than characterized us one year
ago. There are some of you who have
gone up on Gods mountain, and who
have had visions. There are very many
to whom the truth has come in purer
outline and bolder form. We will not
prophesy of our achievement in time to
come, but with the largest charity
toward all men. and with outstretched
hands toward all the saints. we will still
repeat our creed, II believe in the Holy
Catholic Church," we will trust God
and go forward.