The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-08
Bishop Fowler's Eloquent Trib-
ute to the Nazarene.
GRACE NJ. e. CHURCH DEDICATED.


cool and sunny, and accordingly the little
building was filed almost to uncomforta-
BILE crowding. Grace NJ. 4. church occu-
pies one Of the finest sites in the city at
the corner of Rainier and King streets. for
il commands a magnificent view of both
Lake Washington and the Sound, OF both
the great mountain ranges, the olympics
and the Cascades. and lordly Mount
Rainier, ard the emerald Mercer island.
It's interior furnishings are neat
and the stained glass effect pretty. Inc
church cost $500, Of which 81, 700
had been previously raised by subscrip-
ton and donation, and about $1,000 was
raised yesterday forenoon. Allowing
furnace and fuel an additional cost of
81 300. of which 5000 had been subscribed,
there remained at the benediction still
debt of $500, but this was lessened con-
siderabiy at the evening services Some
leyity and not few laughable anecdotes
enlivened the proceedings while the finan-
cial canvass was being made. Both Bis
hop Fowler and DIR. Cherrington pleaded
with the audience, and in this they were
greatly aided by the pastor, Rev. ID. ID.
Brown, and President j. l.. Taylor, OF the
board of trustees. Messrs. F. s. Twichell
and E. L. Blaine performed the work OF
scribes to enroll the names of the donors,
while Messrs. 4. L. Ames, Thomas David
son, J. L. Taylor. Z. Z. Scott and G. s.
Sargent did the active canvassing among
the audience. 1t was announced that the
pulpit furniture had been donated to the
church by Mr.. Taylor's logging camp No.
1. of which Mr.. Samuel Tatton is foreman.
Camp No. also did its share, for the
chairs of the church also came from these
two logging camps. as well as the pulpit
furniture. Mr.. Taylor led the list of
donors yesterday morning with subscrip-
ton of 500, which makes 5000 for HIM al
together, and Mrs. D. W Johnson and
Mr.. E. L. Blaine gave $50 each. Quite
number of persons gave SIS, among them
Messrs. A. B. Stewart, E. J. Johnson, B.
w. Padley, E. Kennah, L. B. Fowler, ].
f.. Haines. Anderson Bros, James I.
Leddy, T. r. Flemming, J. B. Fox, L.
DANES e. b. Sutton, NJ. E. Crandall. G. A.
both male and female.
Both Bishop Fowler and DR.. Cheering
ton had seats in the pulpit, along with
Pastor Brown. The services were opened
by Mr.. Brown requesting all the congrega-
ton to join in singing the well-known
hymn, "Beulah Land" Another hymn
was sung, II Love Thy Kingdom, Lord"
after which DIR. Cherrington offered prayer
and read the Scripture lesson, which was
taken from Hebrews x:19-26. Another
hymn by the congregation, 80, Thou.
Whose Own Vast Temple Stands"
and Bishop Fowler arose, advanced forward
and his aged face gradually lighting up,
spoke as follows, choosing his text from
Phil. ii oil:
"wherefore God hath highly exalted Him, and
given Him name which is above every name;
that at the name OF Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things on earth,
and things under the earth; and that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ In Lord,
to the glory OF God, the Father"
The particular thought which desire TO en-
phasise is the exaltation OF Jesus, and / invite
your attention TO this thought, hoping that by
looking TO Him you may both understand His
character and be drawn toward him. am con-
fident that n knowledge of the Savior Ia what
the world needs more than anything else, and
therefore especially ask your thought to His
character
II you 60 to Rome and enter one OF the CALLER
les there you will see piece OF statuary, the
torso Belvidere 1t Is only broken fragment
now, for the arms and limbs are gone. IL once
represented Hercules in repose, and 1t yet claims
shigh place in the works OF art in spite OF the
crumbiing work OF time. Michael Angelo called
himself the .pupil of the torso" and in his ex-
IRENE age, when the purple Of perpetual dark
ness had been set upon him, he would cause
himself to be led up TO the statue, and would
trace, as best he could. the work of the sculptor
Only broken fragment il was, but
In sculpture II was the finest monument
of human genius. So this morning ask you TO
20 with me into the great gallery OF God. Its
full OF characters, and OF the best OF material,
for the material is humanity, and they are real
characters and l shall call your attention to
this one character, the character OF Jesus Christ
Once having seen Him is to be blind to all
things else. But seen only He ID as a root out
OF dry ground, without form or confines;
studied, apprehended. partly comprehended, He
is ell confines; He Is the chief among ten
thousand.
"wherefore," writes the apostle, it 10 the
divine argument We are looking for the CO.
horts of the chariot, listening to the rumblIng
OF the wheels. With US war is the supreme glory
OF human ambition Men march 10 thrones
over heaps of human bones. With us to sub
NIT means to be trsmpled upon; to yield, to be
murdered. But IL is a peculiar study which the
apostle presents. "wherefore" On account of
His great humanity, for He left the glory which
He had before the worlds were made TO take
upon Himself the shape OF a man of sorrows.
angelic host for the mockeries and cursings OF
the mob; He left the throne of heaven for the
spikes OF the cross and a human sepulchre.
therefore God hath highly exalted Him.
Let Us see Isome of the proofs of signs OF His
exaltation. think we ell find one Indication
of it in the preparations made for His coming
When a prince gees TO any place palaces are
made ready to receive him; so IL seems that
when God sent His son into the world. the
world was put in order TO receive Him Won
can generally tell by the preparations what
kind OF an event il Is TO becoming events cast
their shadows before" Wise people are no, sur
prised when the events come. They know that
Gods order is to let nothing come unherslded
iimoer Is hewn from the forest, stone cut out of
the quarries, metals dug from the mines. and
sofkmsn brought from every land. and you saw
"a great palace, or a castle, or q government
structure Ia to be built" So the coming of Jesus
mad some preparation made for t.
a people were called and chosen: a srecial
oispensasion under the education of the Holy
spirit nation was made, aud out of the beat
mseeiiai' Abraham was called because of the
grandeur OF his character. and of such material
anstion was called, and trained. and punished
when IL needed correction 1, was not A perfect.
out ~ was saperlattvely spiritual people, and
tns 'na' tae preparation for His coming might
be made ready.
But the mind OF the human rsec wa. .,.o
turned toward Him. People were loosInS fo-
the Messiah. Every experiment had been made
ana haa iaiiea. culture, philosophy, power
tnese haa been Tried and found wanting.
'on, Ihs' knew where might find Him. thatI
nlsh' otaef my words before Him." men
were saying. Possibly the best efforts q, arv
were made by the Greeks Their nhslo.orsy
was the wisest, and Plato, great Plato s,.nS.
away bsck today In that old C;raak g. 10