The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-26
OF PERSONAL PURITY
Evangelist Brown Talks to a
Large Audience of; Men.
SERVICES IN THE NEW IHEATER.
Close OF Nine Weeks Labor 81 the Dis
tinguished Baptist Pre:.cher
in This City.

Evangelist II. W. Brown addressed a
large audience yesterday Afternoon at the
Seattle theater, under the ausEces Of thu
Young Mems Christian Association. 4
choir and musicians from she Young
Mems Christian Association seng num-
Der of hymns, in which thS audience
Joined, which was followed by~ prayer
by the Rev Thomas Baldwin. q the First
Baptist church. Then George carter, sec
rotary of the Young Mems CHRISTIAN AS
ISOLATION. announced that all engagements
for the ensuing week would De Cancelled,
with the exception of the class n penman-
ship tomorrow ight. He also extended
most cordial invitation to all eoung men
in the city to attend the New Years recep-
ton of the association. and SAP that the
ladies would receive from 1 to e O'Clock in
the afternoon, and that music would be
rendered by the First Regiment band:
also that various exercises wo.ld be held
during the afternoon, to be CONCLUDED with
a gymnastic exhibition.
Mr.. Brown then delivered Spirited and
earnest address. choosing as: his text,
Timothy v:22, "keep thyself pre-" Mr..
Brown approached the subjects from the
practical and social side as VIII as from
that of a theologian. and DISCUSSED the
effect of prenatal influences in Developing
a criminal and vicious class, Jas we'll as
those of early training. In thss connec-
ton he dwelt at length upon thu necessity
Of parents leading pure, moral and Chris
tian lives. He quoted remark ssble exam
pies of inherited viciousness, ARD emphat-
icaly stated that the law of Cos, that the
sins of the fathers shall be visited upon
the children unto the third tlld fourth
generation, was a fixed and definite rule
and cannot be avoided.
Among the many causes WHICH led to
crime and depravity Mr. Brown ,nentioned
ignorance. poverty, filthy literaSlre, loose
ness of the public in regard to she sacred
ness of marriage, and the CONSEQUENT triv-
ial divorces; extravaganza, lo-.v, vicious
theaters, and dancing, besides "A host of
others. Mr.. Brown handled hss subject
with great clearness and force, and his
earnestness and sincerity carried with it
conviction.
Mr.. Brown ended with an eloquent APP
peal to the people of Seattle 10 e.evate and
lift up the vicious and to save glem from
the madhouse, suicide. or life IF crime;
to begin in their behalf efforts It the era
die, and to continue them unit their eff
race of strong, pure, brave and isoral men
and women.
At the conclusion of the address Rev. I.
W. Read. of the Market strees Baptist
church, delivered prayer Rev Thomas
Baldwin then suggested that "A thank
offering be collected. which wN accord
ingly done. Hymns were surcg BY the
choir and the audience was disnAssed.
= tcIn al
dress was given by Mr. Brown, .preceded
by half-hour of prayer se-[-ce. Mr..
Brown took his text from Tim<hv w:
What is that to thee, follow lou me-"
Mr. Brown ably answered the les.ding OBJ
iections raised against Christianity. treat
ing the points in detail and attaining,
first, that the Bible was inspired : second,
that it agreed with history andS science;
third. that civilization is the Jesuit of
Christianity, and not Chris.ianit2 of civ
ilization He also demonstrates that to
Christianity more than to a>y other
source is due our civil and reli a>ous lib
erty.
Mr. Brown has been in SeatGe about
nine weeks. engaged in assistiis at the
various churches. He leaves tbm;rrow for
Tacoma, and will spend III Winter in
Southern California. Mr.. Bro yn4 GAS been
a minister for thirty years, arg for the
last twenty has taken an active psf IN the
advancement of personal purity.H lie has
been prominently associated v~th the
White Cross League, organizedA by the
bishop of Durham in England. AFor the
last twenty-five years be has RET with
great success as an evangelist, sald over
100. 600 persons have been add. 10 the
49, h - e
whom are now preaching the Gokpel. In
Seattle over 800 persons have zen con-
verified during his stay.