St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-06
THE WORLDS NEEDS.
Rev. William wilkinson Scores
PharisaicaI Church Members.

ReV. william Wilkinson Scores
PharisaicaI Church Members.
At st. Andrews Episcopal church
yesterday morning Rev. William VIII
kinsOn preached on 1.-The Worlds Needs
and Good Mans influence" He adj
vanced some opinions of his own and
scored rOundly the hypocritical church
members. Preaching upon the text. Il
Will bless thee and make thy name
great and make thee blessing" the
rector said: When there is something
to divide. there are so many. so much
more ready to receive part OF it then
there are to work when there are hard
tasks to be done, that the religious world
has come TO look upon the church ana
its privileges as consisting mainly in
what GOd Will give US, as though He is
greatly in love with mere mendcants.
The man who looks out for what he can
have, and never looks to see what he can
do to help and ennoble the people
amongst whom his lot IS cast NAV pos
sibly come to the rest which re-
mains for the people of God.
but do not see how or upon what
ground he can hope to do so: una un-
less the future is different from my
conception OF 1t. 1t is not easy to see
how he could be happy in it. The Bible
does promise many varied and great
blessings TO those who love and who
serve GOd-blesSingS in this life above
price, which refer to the BODY. the
basket and the store; blessings which
concern the soul, pardon of sin. accept
ance with God, grace to meet trial.
pain. sorrow. the ills of life. and even
death Itself; blessings which lend to
pure JOY charm, and which cover life
with radiancy OF glory; but they are
not for the mercenery to hold as a miser
holds gold. No man has a true idea of
duty, or true Interpretation Of the
very genius Of religion. who does not
understand its diffusiVeneSs. Let US
look calmly around at the void as it is.
and consider what it ought to be. We
are concerned. but it is of
the very first Importance if we
would improve it. That we shall
understand it. We do not need to look
at the state of things in New Orleans or
at the state of society in part OF Penn
Sylvania. in which to-day an armed body
OF men keep guard over property for
fear OF riot, and a large number of
families are IN anguish because of the
killing Of men last week, to see that
labor and capital misunderstood each
other; 10 see that the brotherhood OF
man Is but to those men a name. We
need now TO say III no Yagrant way. in
words OF no uncertain tone or sound.
that man is made in the image OF God
that all men are brethren; that brother
hood men demand and Will have. This
IS what the world needs books for,
tongues for; and practical recognition
OF 1t viii simplify problems which now
perpleX men Of clear minds. but who
have not realized this foundation truth.
cannot ieglSlate brains into mems heads
or grace into mems hearts. but il is the
question OF holy love. 1t is the duty Of
every man whom the love of God has
blessed to treat his fellow man as hui
man being; to show sympathy with him
I'D his trials, kindlineSs to him in his
heavy struggle, and to helm him in his
ignorance. To sheer at the rudeness of
the vulgar is not to refine them: to
mock at the ignorance of the masses is
not to educate them; to refuse to listen
even TO the unreasonable demands of
the selfish is not to answer or to win
them. None of these things is what
the church of Christ is for in the world.
We may say very true creeds and sing
very stirring and elegant hymns: we
may nave emInently correct IiturgieS,
and very pleasant services in churches,
ana IN all these things we may be
blessed; and yet we all the while may
not only not be blessing the world. but
we may be positively cursing it: we
may be making the service of righteous
ness hateful to men who know us aud
our creeds and services. Men in
the days Of Eli abhorred the sac
rifice of the Lord because the
high priests sons made themselves
vile. We must, if we will bless
men, if we will subdue the kingdom
of evil. if we will quell the fires of pas
sion, if we will reclaim the wanderer.
the fallen. if we will bring light unto
those who sit in darkness and IN the
shadsW of death-it we will make our
religion joY and an admiration, if we
will be made blessing resolutely copy.
not the sentimental songs of a transient
enthusiasm, which will pass away like
the early dew. but we must look to our
instructions and to the lives of men who
by grace have done exploits for the
blessing of the world.
1.-The only reason there can be for re-
ceiving good is that by it we may do
more good; that it may be to us seed
which springs up, some sixty, some an
hundred fold. Let us have forever
done with the accidental in our deal
ngs with men. What matters it