St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-28
A Spiritual Sense OF Salvation
Is What Mankind Must
Have.
Rev. Morgan, Of Cleveland
Accepts the Call to st.
Paul.

| and talks rather from what he feels than
| from what he is. He preached yester-
upon the healing power as expressed by
| Peter, taking the text: ''And who is he
that will harm you, if We be followers Of
that which is goOd?" He said:
The words of our text were spoken by
| Peter twenty-SeVen years after the cru
| cifixi0n OF Jesus. according to the data
| given by Scriptural writers. A gre at
| change has come over him since the
| crucifictiOn. The language he used as
he stood before the servants on that
memorable night and the language
used in our text are strikingly unlike.
They express two opposite conditions of
| thought.
Then he denied the good, and cursed
because he was called a follower of the
good and perfect Jesus.
| Prior to this, on several OCCASIONS, his
answer to questions prOpOunded by the
Master would lead one to think that he
had caught better insight of the Mas
| ter'S teachings than the other disciples.
| Spiritual truth at various times had
seemed TO illuminate his mental hori-
zon; but, like all material conceptions
| OF the Messiah, he Interpreted the vision
materially. He was one of the favored,
| ever found in the masters COMPANY,
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the Mount of TRANSPORTATION.
Yet the-cause or all the physical phe-
nomena was unseen and not compre-
| hended by him. He saw as yet nothing
but personal Savior manifeSting physi-
cal power.
The world of Christians are looking
| for personal Savior today, for a Savior
who shall deliver them from a personal
| physical evil: they do not think their
| individual efforts can have any thing to
| do with their salvation; that depends
| wholly upon the righteousness of Christ.
Who is not looking for a personal
| Savior. instead of the divine Christ?
| Who is seeking truth, or Christ, that
they may be able to show men and
women the way to liberate themselves
| from the bondage of error?
Again, let us return to the closing
scenes of the Masters earthly career!
Peters denial of thu Master was not a
| thought born to him at the charge of
the servants, but was one that had been
struggling to manifest itself for some
time. This
Sense of DisGrust I
had been gaining upon him, as it often
tries to on us, and we sometimes listen
as did Peter, and as often are reminded
that we are denying the Christ.
One of the lessons to be learned is
his. that we are advancing in the cause
| of Christ, truth, or we are retrograding,
| giving place to evil; and sooner or later
we will manifest to the world just what
| is the condition of our minds; we cam
not hide it, any more than could Peter.
| The governing thought will manifest
| itself sooner or later.
Science and HEALTH declares that
/ fhOUOhtS pYnand iDtO pVnrpSciOO
If you harbOr them, whether perfect
| or imperfect, they will manifest them
| selves Outwardly, and they that are able
| to read the signs spiritually will be able
| to discern the true mental condition.
Another suggestion Offering itself is
| this: What did Jesus think of Peters
spiritual development? How far had he
advanced in tie spiritual apprehension
| of who and what He was?
| Let US return to the last supper, and
| see what Jesus says about it. We read
| that He said TO Simon that 'Satan de-
sireth to have thee that he might sIft
| thee as wheat; but l have prayed the
| Father that thy faith fail not; and, when
thou art converted, strengthen thy
| brethren"
The Master had labored long and
| earnestly in Simon's behalf, and thus
! far had not been able to convert him.
| There is no mistake in the language
used. 1t says plainly, ''when thou art
| converted, strengthen thy brethren"
Again, the question arises, if Jesus
was three years laboring, land the twelve
still uncOnverted, who in the Christian
world can truthfully and hon estly say
that they are converted accOrdi ng to the
test of Jesus? He, the gra ndest man the
! world ever knew, came to teach the
truth to man in regard to His own exist
| ence, but He could not be heard,
not even by those whom He had been
| preparing to receive his God-given
| ideas. Jesus, however, knew that a
time was approaching when they would
| receive it. For this reason he said to
Simon, "When thou art converted.
strengthen thy brethren" Prior to his
denial of Jesus he had declared that he
l~would die for the Master il need be
But this declaration of loyalty came not
| from the understanding that He was
the manifestation of the Divine Christ,
| but from that condition of mind that
worships the personal, physical nsus,
and is as vaclllating as the wealth er-
Vane.
Is not this the condition of the Chris
tan world today? They have advanced
to the same condition of thought i'm re-
gard to Jesus as had Peter. and no
farther-and he was uncOnverted.
Jesus established the standard, we did
not. Theology teaches the divinity of
Jesus; but, like Peter, they know moth
ing of the Christ.
1t teaches that Jesus was the Son of
the Infinite God-yea, more, that He is
the very God, thus shutting out the
spirit of truth or Christ that governed
and actuated the Jesus.
| One who tries to raise the standard of
Christian thinking from the plane OF
the physical to the spiritual meets with
the same rebuff as did Jesus. What the
| Christ did to destroy Peters corporal
sense of the ChriSt-or the Messiah
the
Same Spirit of Truth
is striving to do for you today, bIOttine
from your thought the physical sense OF
a Savior that the spiritual sense may
appear.
When this is accomplished in you as
it was in Peter, you will be found doing
as ne did, and saying as he did in the
language of the text: WHO then shall
do us harm, If we be followers of thas
whic< is good?' Can we be benefited
by Christ-Truth, unless we know what
Christ or Truth iSSHow can we be benz
flied by anything that we know nothing
about? The philosopher has we'll said,
that Ito know is to be-" Then to know
! Christ is to be Christ-like. and this must
come 10 His followers consciously, or il
would not be truth to Them.
His knowing it to be true would not.
in any sense be of benefit to them-only
as He could prove it true; thus enabling
them TO pr owe it true for themselves. +
He saw that Peter had not disceTnet
the true Savior, but when he did. he
would feed the sheep-he would fee
His lambs.
We can see by what Peter did after
he was converted, or he had caug 1t the
right idea, that the Master was not dis
appointed in him.
We see him gathering great multi
tudes unto him, and their faith was s.
great in him that they brought tnei