The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-21
pes for Return to Simple
Faith of Bible Times.
sons FROM THE AGES.



vsry sisies. 1t lasted nearly an honr,
z he held his auditors rapt attention %
- very last word. He II master Of the
80. fnselslgible English. 30 rare nova
f1rx aud In the entire sermon there was
- used o word which would have pux-
"a child OF 10 years. HIS delivery 10
Ssnn. bat clear and distinct, although bis
$50 i never raised higher than II strictly
enresssry. The whole sermon was char
attu4xed By lack Of the smallest attempt
Y fbe theatrical.
for . text the bishop took the verse:
~Dxhola nov, In this city tk~re j. man
u odd. aad he is an honor able man; all
III be saith cometh surely true: let as
mthifher, peradsenture be can shew Us the
- wsy that We should 60" The sermon
- plea for q return 70 the simple faith
u Bihls times and IN argument against
~ selfish and athcistical tendencies OF
~ day.
lfter reading the Bible lesson Bishop
GcodssIl began by saying that TO those
10 we're STEPPED in the vice. SIN, or pleas
~ If the world, who were immersed IN
~ pnrsust of gain and the cares Of bush
ns1s alone, the book tina. teaches the love
4 God vas practically dead, but 70 the
ioxsY of humanity. the man Of broad views
III Blbls was living book full OF interest.
Ii might seem strange 70 some that on
fAis Sunday morning in this new country
hs Should 30 back 2. 800 years 20 find les
con. but humanity was always the same,
although civilization then was not as far
e advanced Then ss now man was filed
With aspirations for something more than
BE- possessed Then a. now he was
stresehsng out his hands 10 Heaven. some
tines IN his emotions, sometimes in
prayer for help. In looking ouer the
aees Of this congregation. OF perhaps loo
Deop!s Of all types and ell CHI aracters.
fhege might be some present who
hought that they were flls1 with
tepes. ambitions. longsngs. fears
md other emotions unknown 70
] he men of Bible times. But they were
mistaken Every type known to this con-
rsEation was represented IN the people of
Bible times. There was the cunning poll
tieisn trying 20 gain the ear Of the people
y the end that they would trust him with
their government, aud from him up
through every graduation, TO the mother
Who fears that her son Is about TO make q
marriage Of which she does not approve.
The bishop then drew comparisons be-
tween men OF the present day and of
Bible times. II saw smiles pass over the
faces OF some present when gave ont our
text q moment ago." he continued. land I
DO not wonder / was preacher for
thirty years before thought this text
worth preaching from. Yet il there were q
thousand Others, I could not preach from
ny other this morning. Let me
nd II to you again" After read
isg the text again the bishop
rent on To tell how in Bible times
N men were not men of God. but that the
fsat majority were still groyelers ia the
1nst. There were, however. forty char
<sers whose names are written in the
tock who stand out like monuments
nom their fellows. who had gone astray
nd did not comprehend the truth OF God,
Who would not come tack 20 belief In
Him. And out OF this alf.heartsd mass
u nnbelievers. standing out from them
y Mount Rainier stands out from the level
plain, are these men of God and preachers
10 humanity Then were analyxsd the
Characters Of Moses. David, jeremiah. Alb
raharn, Samuel and others of the men of
God. speaking Of them as men of strong
God. ITO them" said the bishop. The
spoke In the thunder Of the storm. the
siehinE Of the winds. the roaring of the
waves and the trembling Of tho earthquake
shock" That country has always pro-
dueed the greatest men where life was
most unconventional. he asserted. The
cities could not. on account Of the artiii-
cal mode Of existence. sYoa people Of
fsastIe are especially favored In your sur
soundings." he said. "You are surrounded
BY some of the grandess seenery that ever
Vas created by the hand Of God. that
great peak back of you towering into the
dame of heaven. that great shimmering
Found in front stretching its many fingers
among yoar evergreen hills. that grand
range. the oiympics, still bearing on their
nsen aides the vestige OF their combats
slfh the las. winters storms. and only a
hitle way across your mountains she broad
Pacific laundering at its rocky shores
TIE people OF most cities have no mount
ssn peaks bearing on their rocky hrows the
scars OF the struggle of tens OF thousands
q years with the elements: no simmer
Ing sound. no fr-clad hills. To such peo-
pie God has rarely come IL 10 only 10
those who bad gotten shove the clouds,
*Hexs TO the stars of heaven on the desoiata
mountain peaks. or who had spent their
hses In the solitude Of great plains that
BOD came in the old DAYS. IL was
70 saca = man. wsnderer without
home and fisher on the seas,
That God gave The glad tidings
o. the redemption of the race aud the
Fiery Of the coming of God" lie then
an a skmS . H. Az q
Cd not think of God il the abstract. but
tAsy were immersed in Him. There was
wealth OF meaning in the word omairrss-
eat. but the old Jews did act use ~
lAey said that If they went into the
uspths. to the uttermost parts Of the
Earth, lie Was every where-shas Was ali.
avery spring, cave. rock. VALLEY and
moantain was an Adobe of God TO them.
And people of this day were returning TO
fAe cid idea Of God, thar he il ornalpresent
md waichfal Of all things. What change
sasFe would be IL all believed in
1aas way, what . grand revelation.
Dot unfortunately IL VAS one OF the sal.
esst FEATURES OF this age tina, some of the
brightest miads did not believe in THAI
Ead Of God. They were Of ths
sfanioa that God started the uni.
verse and that he never had any.
sasng more 10 do vita il. Jast a.
oas might Wind up clock AMI
iarow away the key. Everything for
saen Was preafFangsd; they ceasd
Bet pray, foe he's eoasa PRAYER have
aay efssst GA such Goas Bat IL Was
aot 50 when Moses listened Tor the
VICE OF God. and going agca the raoaut.
va tap. there above the clouds and ysile.s