St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-13
MEN AROUSED.
Mems Meeting Yesterday After
noon to Hear the Irish Evangel-

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the weather, as early as o'clock
young, middle-aged and old men COM
meEced to gather in the Newmarket
theater yesterday afternoon to listen to
the celebrated Irish evangelist, George
c. Needham, who for the past week has
been preaching 1.-The gospel of Christ,
the power of God unto Salvation" and
| giving daily lectures upon the 'sTaber-
nacle," illustrating same with one of
the most perfect models ever exhibited
In the Northwest, or, in fact, in the
United States. An orchestra of some
forty instruments and chorus of over
eighty male voices discoursed gospel
songs under the leadership of Nathan
w. Ford.
Promptly at $50 o'clock the opening
hymn, Jesus Saves" was sadg; James
Snydam led in prayer, followed by a
solo, What Will Your Answer Be?'
rendered by William Martin. Evangel-
i lsI Needham announced as his topic,
vanity and VexatiOn of Spirit" Eccle-
slastes, uttered by Solomon, king as
well as preacher. MY theme" he said,
II will divide as follows: The way men
seek satisfaction: reasons for their not
flndlng satisfaction; way to find salts
faction; how not to be satisfied; how to
be satisfied.
philosophical contentmentisth the con-
ditlon OF many, bordering on indiffer-
ence, not easily upset. and finding COM
tort under all circumstances, illustrated
by farmer whose son came to him say
ing, Father. the lamb is dead,' mean
while weeping bitterly. Never mind,
my boy he replied, there is another
left. and the eve, beside But. father,
answered the lad, the other lamb is
dead, too Don't fret, laddie. twill be
all the easier for the eve; she's been
| faithful animal, rearing a big
mock, and Won't mind the rest
oh. father cried the son, the
old eve is dead also.' All right, son,
cheerily remarked the farmer, that eve
was poor crItter at best: don't weep
any more Yet, friends, philosophical
contentment does not bring satisfaction.
Tor God Is the only true source of con-
tentInent. He alone satisfies the long
lngs of the soul. Self is unsatisfying.
Christ can only satisfy every depart
ment of mans nature. Man can be
wholly satisfied in God, and man work
ing, tolllng, shaving for Self-Satisfaction
finds only dissatisfaction for his reward
Solomon with his exalted position of
king was not satisfied with his position
He realized what history Invariably re-
cords of kings and queens, unhappi-
ness. Uneasy rests the head that
wears the crown, wrote Shakespeare
don showing my boys the sights they
become very much engrossed with
crowns, kingly robes, ETC., etc., that
they saw on exhibition. Returning
home the youngest lad exclaimed,
Father, will L ever have the
| chance to be king?' No, my
boy, said L. not the ghost of a
chance, for in our veins runs no king
ly blood. After little he broke forth:
Father. if cannot be king, can be
a policeman and have a billy?' Ger
tanly, sonnie; you can if God wills it;
be policeman Or anything else As
with the boy, so with the man. we all
want biilies. brass buttons. gew -gaws:
anything for power and position, but
they do not bring happiness 1.-THE last
ing kind.
knowledge is nat satisfactory hap
pihesS; and knowledge increases dis
satisfaction; the more knowledge we
| possess, the more we realize the empti-
ness of ourselves and what we are
1--WE find Solomon trying in the four
teenth verse of Eeclesiastes, first chap
ter, to make sightseeing the source of
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all the works done under the SUM-"
What was the result? AN is vanity
and vexation of spirit Many
men go from place to place
| trying to find satisfaction in travel
but they are so engrossed, even
] while sight seeing, in business, that they
have no satisfaction in what they see.
| While at Naples couple of Americans
| Joined me at my hotel; asked me if |
thought it would pay them to take the
time to go to Pompeii, and it they went
was there anything worth seeing? l
told them to go by allmeanS. They took
the little railroad. On their return they
| hunted me up and exclaimed: What
did you recommend POmpeii to us for.
You can See more business doing in Chi
cago in two hours than you could wit
ness in Pompeii in year. Sight see
ing is not satisfying. The eye is never
satisfied with seeing. nor the ear filled
with hearing. The king tries mirth and
| pleasure next. mingllng with wits,
| testers, club men, smutty story
tellers: finding only vanity.
| Laughter has its place, there are toe
many hypychondriaes in this world who
blame humanity for using the laughing
muscles of their faces that God has
| placed in their faces for innocent enjoy
ment. When at the New Orleans ex-
! position met Sad-eyed woman who
told me for many days that she saw
| nothing to enjoy in the various exhibits.
| Finally one day found her in the un-
dertakers' department looking mex
pressably happy. When she saw NE she
| exclaimed: Brother Needham. am en-
i Joying myself so much'-so left her
among the collins. having a good time.
! Solomon then says: Il sought in my
| heart to give myself unto Wine How
many, beloved, try to drown diSsatisfac-
ton in the wine cup, buying champagne
at night to give themselves real pain in
| the morning. | drink not wine
because it steals my brains. How
| often it is quoted to US Paul
said to Timothy: Take a little
wine for thy stomach's sake This
same thing was told an Irish friend of
mine, and he was asked, yea entreated
| to drink. His answer was, No, | will
| not drink, for my name is not Timothy,
and there is nothing the matter with
my stomach Ambition in business
does not satisfy. Standing once with
Wanamaker- in his palatial store, [
asked him if he was satisfied with his
business: he answered Thousand times
no. Daniel Drew, when worth $1,000. COO,
was asked when he would be satisfied.
When l make little more he replied.
30 1t is with Gould, the AStOrS, Wander
bits and all rich Matchmaking a little
more. So riches do not satisfy; neither
does art. music, sightseeing, power.
wise position; nothing will satisfy the
| heart but God. Christ Jesus can only
fill the chasms of the heart Behold
He stands at the door and knocks; if
| any man hears His voice, and opens the
door He will come in to him, and will
sup with him and be with Christ This
is the only true, satisfying happiness,
! Christ"
Upon invitation to the business men
| in the audience who could testify that
| Christ alone does satisfy, upwards of
fifty stood up, among whom were law
yers, merchants, real estate dealers,
financial agents, bankers and other
prominent yocations. Now, Them
asked Mr.. Needham, chow many clerks
and employees in such occupations will
arise and show to all here that the Lord
| Jesus Christ Is true happiness to them?''
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