St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-26
REV. WILKINSON.
He breaches on "Christ as the
Worlds Hope"

he PreacheS on "Cnr1St as the
Worlds Hope"
Preaching last night i'll st. Andrews
church, the rector, Rev. Wilkinson,
said: 1.-THE path of the reformer and
the public teacher is often one of almost
despair. The watchpan sees such
bright visions of noble possibility, such
a happy day for men, in which they may
cultivate everypower God has given them
and i'll that culture fill ideal places, and
be glad as with the gladness of heaven.
AS he looks out, all the horizon is
flushed with gold, and as he sees the
ransomed of the Lord in all the glory of
o a manhood which has in it a mighty
poweri to live above ali earthly things
and dwell with the Eternal, for him the
horn of life appears full of all which
God could give or man could need, and
In all enthusiasm born of faith.
and urged by love, he finds
Joy IN this possibility of beauty in
conduct, and fullness of enjoyment, be-
cause he knows that it, in very deed.
means high service for all mankind.
Virtue has for the seer a charm pc
culiarly It's own, and duty becomes the
watchword of holy minds. These Wis
Ions, however, are not for most of us to
become realities; they are subject to
heavy discounts. Between the ideal and
the actual, that which ought to be
and that which is, what a distance
is placed-a gulf which many men
never cross-and hence we see the
blighted lives. the ruined hopes, strewn
along all the the shores of historic time.
On the whole, there has aever been a
day so rich in goodness as this day is.
The pessimist, the man who looks on
the darkest side of things and gives no
place..to the charm oftheir lighter colors,
as they are in solemn truth
presented to the world now Yet
there is much TO mourn over with bitter
tears. After the personification of vir-
tue In Jesus Christ, after the light of
His teaching has been in the world for
all these e what do we see? We see
vice fiaunt itself in the open day; we
hear it cry in the chief places of con-
course: we know it takes to itself most
attractive names, and in alluring guiSeS
seeks to deceive the simple.
1--WE have before u eyes evidence of
~degeneracy in the sights of the police
courts. and a deeper form of evil which
is never seer arrayed there. What
means the pride of life which is too
naughty to speak to its neighbors if they
happen to be poor? What mean the
envy, %jealously of another's advance
ment? The unholy competition in
trade, lying advertisements which de-
ceive only persons who are not educat-
ed In the ways of the world?
What means the corruption
of political parties. which in
many instances has thrertened the
credit of states, and which has crept
Into the citadel of the republic 81 much
as to give grave anxiety to the purest
minds and ablest hearts in this mighty
republic? Evils which no party as yet
has been able TO root up. cast out or de-
strOy. say that as yet no plan other
than that contained in the teach
ings of the gospels will meet
our needs, because they do not
go deep enough. They deal with results.
with appearances. with overt acts. not
with causes. They look 10 rule by law,
by the stern hand of Justice. How
delusive is the faith which thinks this
will be strong enough to purify the land
from evil, and to make us an upright,
honest, sober, trutl-lOving, man-Serving,
G~od-fearing people. 1t is not i'll knoWl-
edge to keep men, it is not in temperance,
OIL In self respect: it is in a realization
that man is not a separate being, with
no relationships other than those he
owes TO self; but that he is made by
brotherhood of men, who are passing to
a tribunal of justice where every n
shall receive the reward of his deeds.
Jesus Christ taught this, and His words
are the words Of hope"