The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-14
THE UNION REVIVAL SERVICE.
Rev. Wallace Nutting breaches on
Mealffa-M eetinZs Next Xaak

Az tue UNION revival meeting IN 1lymOutn
Congregational church last night Rev. Wallace
Nutting chose "Wealth" for his subject, taking
for his text: "Unto me, who am less than the
least of all saints was this grace given, to
preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable
riches of Christ" -Eph. ills
Mr.. Nutting said there was no boast in the
words Of his text though there seems to be,
owing to the change in meaning of English
speech. Grace means a favor, lovingly given.
So now Paul was wondering at the goodness OF
God to him, because God lovingly granted to
him this favor. that he might preach to the
Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ
He said that ministers ought to enter their
pulpits rich, for they are to proclaim the IN
searchable riches of Christ, and minister who
allows his devotion to cool cannot offer these
riches to his people. He knows from exper-
fence that nothing can compensate for fervor of
soul when he comes before the people. He
knew that cool intellectualism could not save a
soul Our thought must be bathed with the
light ineffable: 1T must be knowledge trans
muted into love. Continuing, he said:
We wish to De rich, and We are right. Ac-
Quirement is the only glory in living. The
question is on the nature of the requirement
God has placed US in rich world. He has filled
the mountal rs with precious metals and even
where men supposed that the world was worth
least. we are finding 1t is very valuable. An in
experienced eye would have looked at some of
our muo flats IN " Washington, some years ago,
and would have turned away in contempt But
it now appears that the greatest agricultural
wealth OF Western Washington lies in those
mud fats. We are already beginning to cite
history to show that the wealthiest and most
cultivated nations of the ancient and even the
present age redeemed their homes and acquired
their material civilization from mud flats under
the under lagoons. Instance the plains of
Egypt and Mesopotamia, all Holland and the
best land OF England.
So also of the eastern part Of our state We
are beginning to remember that Spain and Italy
and France would lose the greater part of their
fields were it not for irrigation. The world is
rich enough almost everywhere 1t only needs
that We should pick 1t up 1t was only the
other day that We learned how tract of poor
soil in Dakota, which the Indians would have
sold few years since for tin dipper, was sold
for couple of millions OF dollars for its rubies
and sapphires. The diamonds are all dug out OF
the mud, in tract that you could not have
given away few years since. When we think
OF these things we are inclined to believe that
God has not stopped with them. Chance might
make u man wealthy. miserable son might
inherit the riches gathered by worthy father.
This is not chance world in any great
degree. We must infer that God who
self when he made the heavens and
the earth, the sea and all that in them ie. Ho
was lavish in these things, and He left them for
any one to picA up. tie would test the hearts OF
men. and give them a chance to become gener-
ousif they would. But do not suppose that He
has allowed the eurichins of the race to depend
1t is perfectly true that the best things-eve1
the things that men with money want most
cannot be bought or seized Do not imagine
that anything Is gained in the kingdom OF
heaven by squatter's rights or Dreempt!on We
read the other day that in the mad rush for one
OF the new reservations one man became SO ex-
hausted that he leil down in swoon. When
he recovered he found that be had fallen upon
and right 20 one o; the best lots in the largest
city of the reservation. and every body
had supposed that he was taking nap alter
he pre- .eInptet it. That is the way matters so
in worli of tests. But you have not thing
that is of great value 20 you that came to you III
an " u
their real estate for the loving arms Of their
little child clasped about their necks again.
Money will not buy love. IL will buy some
thing that looks ike 1t, and something that Will
pretend 10 it. But the purchase Is dear at any
price. II Will not buy character. or reputation.
or peace or JOY. Yet verify l say unto you, the
character OF God il giving material values
lavshly is only limited at For we gee that it
would be contrary 10 His nature TO withhold
riches from one man aEd give them 10 another.
There is no poor man " no has not himself TO
blame.
! am here TO preach the unsearchahle riches OF
Christ am here to proc aim the Gospel 70 the
enrichment of life. When you think that Chris
tianity is poor thing that is because you have
so little of II. The man vino mined over some
of the rich iodes in the Rockies thought he had
poor thing some years ago, foT the lodes We're
not discovered. They We're poor 10 him be-
cause their riches did not become his own.
Give an Indian transit instrument, and he
would use IL for a trident TO boil his kettle by.
He needs TO discover. Give ordinary man
the only correct table of the stars. in manu-
script, aud he would sell IL for waste paper. A
thing Is worth nothing to you and me unless We
appreciate il properly The monks OF the Slnaitic
convent hal their manuscript OF the New Testa-
meat from which more than from any other our
revision was made This document was proba-
by more than teen hundred years old. But
IL lay Oh their shelves ana they cared lttle Tor
l. But when the practlsed eye Of Tischendorf
ieTrete1 it out and = auce4 over IL be became so
excited that the monks would not sell Ii TO him
ri any price, snd II required the powerful in
fuence Of the Russian czar ana the present from
him OF 3 macn!flcent silver shrine TO get that
manuscript. Score one Tor the car, who has
enriched ali CAgisteudoI thereby.
The speaker said these and other illustrations
20 10 show that IL takes wideawase eyes and
some appreciation 10 become wealthy or 10
know wealth when We see it.
The series OF meetings viii be continued
next week, with tie possible assistance OF
other pastors. on sunday evening and there
after the public is invited 10 attend. There
Will be no seryices totav.