The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-20
WAL ENG WITH GOD.
Such Fate May Not Come to the Sinful
Man.

At the Second Methodist Protestant
church yesterday large congregation
listened to n sermon on the subject,
Walking With God" by the pastor, the
Rev. J. E. Bailey. The text was taken
from Genesis 5:24: "Enoch walked with
God" The preacher said:
When you read the biography OF Cesar an
Alexander, a Napoleon; when you would be-
come familiar with the character OF some emf
nent parsonage pages--yea, sometimes volumes
-are 10 be carefully read before you reach your
conclusions concerning the man. But how diff
ferent when dealing with Gods servants. some
times fragment OF history severed from long
Lie OF good deeds brought down through many
centuries, is TO serve the only data from
which we are TO draw our conclusions relative
10 the character OF such parsonage.
Blu. il this short sentence: "Eaoch walked
with God is seen the character OF this man.
For the relation existing between God and
EnCch was such thai il was impossible for il 10
be peTpetuated anu at the same time Tor Eaoch's
conduct to be sinful. Such q relation between
God ana man is 10 human life what the regu-
lator is TO the timekeeper. Perpetuate this rela-
ton and there is complete harmony between
mans daily conduct and Gods law Just
what the law OF grayi;atiou is II the physical
world in giving order and equilibrium TO the
oTbs IN the skies, aud preserving a complete
harmony among all the parts OF the planetary
system, 50 does such relation 10 God as is rep
resented in this text regulate and control the
entire lie of man.
Those who walk with God will not wilfully
violate HIS law For s.u is 10 The spiritual lie
OF those who are III Christ what sensibilIty is To
the natural life. Aud We have not attained 10
that degree OF living rc!igioE-that power and
presence OF the divinity in Us-till we shrink
from the threatening OF evil with an instructive
recon, just as We shrink from the threatenlngs
OF pain 20 our physical organism. There is a
natural instructive recoiliag OF the nature of
those who are walking with God from all evil
which is stronger than reason.
walking VITA God" signifies spiritual devel-
opmsni, expansion, growth, Tie capacity Tor
truth charging, Chrlst-iiAe life gradually I'm
folds as the days and years 20 by. The soul o!
the Christian is not 10 be considered - a some.
thing similar 10 flower garden into which
some precious seed have been DROPPED. thew
alone TO he cared for, made To grow and expand
into new beauty. while the earth out Of
which they spring remains uaeAauget. But
rather, in principle, ike the three measures of
meal into which the woman h.t the Ieave1-the
entire immortal nature OF man continually ex-
randin. and ealarging by the lcayeu OF divine
grace implanted In the heart BY the active
agency o. the Holy spirit received through faith
n Jesus Christ And this process continued
through au time. snt believe ali heaven will
b. spent IN traversing the known and pluny.ng
iato the unknown.
TO walk" III physical sense. neceSsltates an
effort There is just as much reason and sense
IN surprising the possibility o. q man who can