Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-04
WE MUST WORK OURSELVES.

A MOmentOus Question Presented by
 Dr. Rafnsford-A Stirring Discourse
 A Radical Question in R adfcal
 way-Startling Facts and the Need
 of Remedy.
 New Haven was again honored and ben cited last night by the presence of Dr. Rainsford of St. Georges church, New York, who, it will be remembered, not long ago addressed the Berkeley associa- ton of Yale college in Trinity. He spoke to large congregation in Center church, and used such forcible language that all present were seen to be actively reused. "Such as I have give thee" were the words of his text, and his conclusions were briefly as follows:
 "Never did men face difficulties so tre- mendous as in the days of the early church. They believed new light had shone upon the world, and the ac- life and the relationship of men, they saw in that light as never before. The watehword of the apostles is the watchword of to-day, and their work is still undone. Now want to give you some practical ideas. In our large cities the gloom and glory of our work is found more distinctly than elsewhere. I often think the pastor there haven't the best view of the struggle, for he's in the front of the battle Now here is something all Christian minds must agree about. We must make up our minds to deal with this question somehow and somewhere. If man to lead others, I will do much good. We must lead others. Here is all this immense wasted force in all our churches, people don't realize. General Booth realized this vast darkness in England, and though believe his method is wrong, see what earestness can accomplish. Now we've got to move we don't know how, but we must make some progress. We must treat 8 radical question in radical way. There's an i'm mense amount of that useless work done threshing thrice-threshed straw. The church of Jesus Christ has got to have new life The Christian machinery is like a leaky hulk, and we can never get the water out without stopping the leak.
 | "Now 1 believe the poor must have our mission. One danger of our life is an ex- elusive regard for family. A regard for family is very good, but we are in supreme danger of forgetting the mission of Jesu. Christ. The church has always been try ing to settle down, but he has gent heI forth continually. If we don't go forth to give our hand to the poor and those fol l whom Christ died, they will hound uf forth. believe in foreign missions with all my heart, but the only way to them is to break up this attachment to family life l When church gets good preacher and good building and settles dowr she hasn't done her work. She's got tc go out and compel men to come in Friends, we've got to face this thing We've got to find out what God wants ul to do. No men can live in the city an6 go in and out and not see the horrors anG hear the awful blasphemy which goes or continually, and no effort made to stop it Children by thousands brought up in al atmosphere of filth, of sordid ugliness ant unclean language inoomprehensible. Eff ty little children out of 50,000 lifted ou of the degradation of the streets. You don believe and couldn't how soon little chil dren there get vice-smitten before they get old enough for the public schools
 Whats the church doing? Nothingl Nov this is question the church has got t. face. Oh, it's vast subject and see no wa,
 of remedyingit. You good Christian tenn
 perance people talk about taking man
 drink from his mouth, when the root O
 the matter lies deeper than that. It is il
 vain we widen our streets and build ou churches, in vain we bring our silver ant
 gold-we've got to work ourselves! Tn
 church that has done most to hold tn minds of the poor to their master is tn
 Roman Catholic church, and it's time fo us to ask what shall we dog May Go, bless you and make you faithful stew 7 ards.'' -.. '.=-
 Dr. Rainsford's sermon was long one but from the beginning to the close ever l eye was fixed on him and every ear gay
 close heed,