The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-14
WISE AND WINNING.
Good Effects of Studying the
Highest Christian Character.
NEW METHODIST PASTOR HERE.
baptist Missionary Conference This
"eek-Rev. MT. Dunlap's Discourse
Synagogue to Be Built Soon.


series of sermons designed to aid Chris
tians in. the battles of life. His subject
was Wise and Winning" and his text:
!. Dan. xif:3-"And they that DO wise shall shine
y - the brightness of the armament; and they
that turn many to righteousness az the stars
forever and forever"
He said:
Those of YOU who have been careful
students OF the late Canterbury version of
the scriptures will recall that this word for
wise IN our text is pat there in the mar
ginai rendering as teachers" How sig
nihcant that would be if so Applicability
that be teachers shall shine as the firma-
ment."
Those men of God who received the mes.
sage for the people were teachers They
were the chosen of God to give forth
truths such as He wanted them to know.
Their place was most exalted one The
Scriptures do set high value upon the
office of teacher. They are as guides in
important journeys Much is set down
for them to accomplish. He who takes a
word from the great truths and goes and
sets 1t in its true light before some other
soul h as put himself in a most honorable
company. 1ou may take your place in a
small class and teach those little ones Tho
may seem not TO care much for what is be-
ing said, but at the same time You are
putting yourself by your office, among the
greatest OF the prophets and priests of God.
Look out upon the whole face of the skv
at the rising OF the sun when the heavens
are clothed with beauty, teacher; this is
thy mantle. With the ancients the word
for wisdom was much the same as the one
for teaching, So it comes into our Bible:
"They that be wise shall shine as the
armament for ever and for ever"
That is, wisdom put into activity 1t is
the knowledge of high and holy things
brought to bear upon other lives at the
time when they needed to know what was
then unknown to them. So that when
you come TO see what is the high place of a
religious teacher it is that of a true
prophet, revealer of the thoughts of God.
lie is solving the dark things of time and
eternity. He IS putting the great problems
OF life where they can be understood; and
making it possible for the student to act
most wisely in regard to his destiny. He
IS doing more, he is setting the deep
things of eternity before an immortal
being. He is unfolding affairs before
which the whole earth is but the smallest
conceivable atom. The likeness here is a
good one. There is no end to the firma-
ment arching our earth. 1t is so large
that every star finds ample room to sweep
its immense circuit without ever inter
ferIng with any other sun or star. So
vast is it that all worlds are bathed in it
as IN limitless ocean. And as many
more added to those innumerable hosts
would make no difference as to the room
that would still be left for any other
planets that might arise at stated times as
events roll on.
So, divine teacher, you are unfolding
principles which are like the armament
above your head. They are endless. They
are great enough to compass all worlds
Therefore, you are likened to the firm
ament Itself which contains all the light
OF the shining stars. And the last part of
the text sets the divine estimate upon the
work of those who are wise in winning
lives to these high and holy principles.
They that turn many to righteousness,
as the stars forever and forever"
The turning of an eternal life. an i'm
mortality from the ways of unrighteous-
ness to those of holiness; the taking of
soul from those things upon which God
frowns and bringing 1t out into the place
ofrighteousness and favor is the highest
deed that comes within the grasp of all
human energies. So God Himself links
and likens the life of the one who turns
souls to God with the shining stars. Toiler
for Jesus Christ, if you have gone out in
prayer and toll and have succeeded in
turning life to this life of God and
brought righteousness to that soul where
iniquIty had dwelled, you are entitled to
the glory of burning suns and flaming
orbs. And your honor shall never perish
Rather than that your noble deed should
be forgotten, or obscured, it would be bet
ter that the armament be deprived of its
10000 lights which shine around the mid
night throne. | believe in the declaration
OF the text that your lives shall shine
as the stars to eternal ages. There is not
star in the sky that God would not take
down to give place to the glory TO which
you are entitled were that needful. Since
these announcements seem so lofty. and
perchance, out of proportion to the things
in hand, let US go deep enough into the
theme TO learn some of the reasons why
this is true, and in doing so we shall find
that it could not be otherwise
First | call your attention to the fact
that this work receives it's exalted excel
lence from being so intimately connected
with the work of Christ. Out of the
prophecy where is found our text comes
that thought of Deliverer. The age in
which such an one as is here described
should come to our earth was to be great
period. You say today, "March Is, 1892"
Why not 1892? Dating from the making
OF the world, or when it was put in sub
lection to man. Because there is a greater
event than the making of worlds, and
popping them with happy inhabitants.
Why not write, dating our letters from
the vale of glorious Runnymede and
letting them read 6772 Would it not be
q fitting period from which TO date all
our documents reaching to that great
charter of iibertiesp 1t would only there
Is a period which is so much higher and
means so much more for the liberties of
this world. 1t would seem fitting that all
the legal documents and coins of the
United States could bear date from the
Declaration of Independence. Why not
write l16 for the present year instead of
1892 You feel that there is greater
period, one which means more TO the
United States than the Fourth of July of
liz years ago.
And this is Just the period designated
IN our text. The date when Michael, the
great prince, should stand up for the de-
hverance of the people of God. Here Is
delverance such as no other has ever
A brought to our world. Such as indeed
no other ever can bring to 1t. From the
time that this Delverer came to the
children of men let all dates be given.
Scholars are very well agreed that this IS
PIE pointing out of the Son OF God ana
His work TO save the world. This Will
help to set in the fairest light the work
Jon are to do in turning many 10
righteousness. 1t is intimately con-
hected with the Son of God; with a
work so great that the dead from their
graves are said to have arisen TO look at IT.
And you should not fail to see that this
york reaches onward till all that He I'M
aertook is contaminated. There are two
AdVents to deliverance. And there are two
sssurrections Your work is to ne init
nately related 10 both these. When that
greatest of all DAYS shall come on, as IL
will, your work here for helping carry out
what the Savior has undertaken VIII De
connected with His righteous reign. Ana
20 1t becomes immortal, and bright as the
most brilliant star.
would have Won rotice in the next