The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-06
FOR ENFORCEMENT OF Law.
hev. wallace Nutting Follows en- His
Memorial Day Sermon.


Memorial Day Sermon.
At Plymouth Congregational church
last night Rev. Wallace Nutting gave his
hearers sequel to his bold and original
Memorial sermon preached at the Armory
the previous Sunday afternoon. the SUBJ
Ject being Something Worth the While
OF the People of Seattle" The church
was filled to the very doors long before the
services began. The prelude was on
Some Mistakes of Liberal People," After
the usual excellent music of the intermis-
sion Mr.. Nutting chose for his text:
Rom. xii:2 "Be not fashioned according to
this world; but be- We transformed by the renew.
Ing OF your mind"
ever a man was abused, Paul has been,
said Mr.. Nutting. Peter tells about the
abuse Of Paul's words In his own day, for
Peter says that Paul's writings contain
many things hard to be understood. which
many wrest to their own destruction. There
Is not cause in the world that cannot
hnd motto in some good writer. The
natural weakness of wrong is found in ITS
anxiety TO bolster itself up by some good
authority. Thus many have taken Paul's
words: II am become all things to all
men, that | may by all means save some"
TO excuse loose living. The speaker
thougt We should quote alongside of those
words these also: ''Be not fashioned
according to this age" Age is a bet
Ter word here than world, because the
contrast is between the world as it is now
and what il ought TO be-
Now We must understand that God is an
optimist. He did not make the world to
F,sf
Who believes III God is an optimist. No
matter how dark the world looks to you
Just now in your part of it, you believe in
the worlds future. And just because you
40 believe in its future, you do not believe
~ the age that is now passing. You see
ever better cge
The people vino follow present fashions
never make any progress. Now Jesus did
not get on well with the people of Pales-
uae because He was progressive. He met
VITA the opposition of the past at every
step, and His greatest apostle had the
same experience.
Mr. Nutting, after referring to the state
Filgions recognized by Rome. said: There
was one thing better than following the
iashlon, and that was to set the fashion. He
thought 1t better to grade and beautify
ches grounds before ones neighbors have
uohe II than 10 wait till atterward; better
" De pioneer and to reap the benefits of
foresight than to see ones opportunities
N.'et they are gone. Then he said the city
% seattle has certain customs that will in
some particular bear Improvements; i'm
p'ovement for our benefit now. but par
ueu.ariy improvement for the future that
.iss before rs. Then he enlarged upon the
'ature OF Seattle, showing that city's
sou'a Is like mans youth. He urged
','a' good citizens wanted it to be said
s,ias TINS IS good place TO bring up chill
1'sh. lie thought Seattle had begun rs
ven as any Western city and then made
comparisons between Eastern and West
e,a toWns which were not at all unfavor-
s"e TO the latter. Nevertheless he
saaled TO transform the city of
Seaaie He said we have been told
'ua' The most serious national dangers
not alcoholism and social sins, and
aa'e oeen referred TO lynching ana the
asFo question and the struggle between
si''a and laaor as greater questions, nut
suoSed which were the most potent
aSes OF crime. He believed in moraI
,sas'on; but at the same time he beiieved
h.. eFy other sort Of persuasion that can
ought to bear upon the community
a." nc Defined as the expression OF puohc
ss,aa,ion, and urged that just as rapidly as
opinion is brought forward law