The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-12
UNION REVIVAL SERVICE.
Rev. f. E. Dunlap Saves Souls by His
Earnest Preaching.

Rev. Il. Z. Dunlap Saves Souls by His
Earnest Preaching.
The union revival service at the Ply
mouth church was attended by an in
creased audience last night. 1t was Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeayor
day. and the members OF those societies
participated freely in the preliminary
meeting The Rev. r. E. Dunlap, of the
First Christian church, conducted the
service and preached the sermon of the
evening.
He began by saying that his text might
be one Of many passages, such as: 'God
so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son that whatsoever belleveth IN
Him should not perish, but have everiast-
ing life," or its complement, Christ
Jesus came into the world TO save sinners,
or, If / be lifted I'D l will draw all men
unto me-" etc.
He stated that the world had q wrong
version OF the first passage. Some seem to
think that God SO hates the world" A
part of the religious world seems 10 think
God great, crue! tyrant, who commands
because He can. and delights in the
burden-bearing and suffering of His peo-
pie. And the young people come to think
that it is good for the aged and the sick,
but out of harmony with the warm cur
rents of young life. We are fed by the
great dailies upon the story of crime.
cruelty. wretchedness and calamity till
the heart is faint This is all wrong. God
Is and always has been love. As some one
has said, He mates but one thing in the
universe. and that is sin, and this He
hates because it hurts His Great
.~bY
twinkIlng star. every, budding plant,
and blooming flower. every outstretching
plain and high uplifted mountain, the
murmuring brook and heaving ocean tell
the same story of Gods love. There is
more day than night, JOY than sorrow.
pleasure than pain. God is good. He
made all our powers for mans good and
for enjoyment. His first great command
ment, to keep the Sabbath day. was to
direct mans heart to the vastness and
goodness of His works and to beget III him
a kindred spirit. And when Jesus came
He came as the final, greatest testimony of
His love. He came to save sinners. Came
but from love.'to love aud save. He came
to bear mems sins in His own
BODY, to purchase humanity with His own
blood. With His stripes ali are healed.
He Is the Lamb of God that taketh away
the sins of the world. He came TO teach
the world how to live-He came 10 show it
how to live. He is the ideal OF humanity.
He sets the prisoner free, binds up the
broken-hearted. and brings glad tidings
TO the poor. How much men owe Him.
and how He should be loved. He has
made full provision for salvation and asks
man to accept 1t, that is all.
The speaker said: He did for US what
we could not do, and now asks lis to do
for Him. Believe and obey Him. He is our
king. obey His communication where
He leads.
A strong appeal was made to the uncon-
verted. Many were deeply interested,
and two rose. indicating their desire to
lead Christian life.
The interest in these meeting is daily
intensifying. The mems praver-meeting
al the y. NJ. {. 4. at 12:15 p. IN. is we'll
attended. and the woman's prayer-meet-
ing at the Plymouth church attracts a
large company. who have enjoyable sea-
sons of worship. Canvassing the city
has steadily gone forward, and a great
work is already being done, which will
broaden and deepen as the days 20 by.
Tonight the Rev. Wallace Nutt;ng will
preach, and business men are especially
invited 10 attend. Mr.. Nutting is q
logical. forcible ard eloquent speaker He
appeals TO the reason OF his hearers, and
rises TO great enthusiasm in his splendid
discourses. Quite 4 number of prominent
persons have already protested CONVEX
sion. and deep interest has been uni
versaily awakened by the revival in pro-
gresS.