St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-09

But let us look little at this case. The
attack is made at this time on the Old
TeStamcnt-and it is a very wise move
ment Oh the part of criticism If we
should suppose that they wanted to un-
dermine Christianity, that would be
exactly the place to begin for that work,
for if they leave the Old Testament in
tact and there comes out of it the spirit
OF prophecy, spirit that could predict,
that could tell beforehand the things
that were to come to pass, they have
enthroned the Supernatural and en-
throned Almighty God in the conyic
ton of men: so that, the only way to
escape from the presence of a penetrat-
ing mind, that may penetrate the fiery
future. is by some
Chance to Wipe Out
this Old Testament authority. Let us
not be deceived. 1t is not sufficient to
tell us that they will make great and
wOndrOus book of teaching. Judas
lscariot betrayed Jesus Christ by kiss
let us not be kissed. Voice, Amen"
LII there is no protective element i'll the
Old Testament, then there is no mean
ing to the Old Testament sacrifices;
then there is no long and steady and
| authoritative putting of meaning into
the sacrifice on Mount Calvary; then
| there is no great, far-reaching
plan for the salvation of man; then
with the Old Testament soon must go
the New. Then the eternal silence has
never been broken; then we have no
word from God; then the mighty fabric
of religious thought and purpose that
| has swept through so many ages and
| over so many races is wiped out; then
| fDp h0np Of humanity nnpnphn6 in
the sepuleher. So beseech you, breth-
rem, let us not be deceived, but, stand
ing on this rock, let us defend our out
posts. Voices. Amen"
The Peroration.
Bishop Fowler then turned to an
elaborate argument TO prove the au-
thenticity of The book of Daniel, gave
! few eloquent words OF advice to young
men, and concluded as follows:
Now, tell me that He is too great;
that He cannot come down to my little
ness; for, as | see it as look in your
faces today, that just simply because
He is great He can come down to my
littlenesS; and. more than that, that if
he cannot come down to my littleneSs,
| He is not SO great. You have got
statesman here in this beautiful city of
| ST. Paul; you put him i'll your common
! council; he enacts law for the city Of
St. Paul that touches all the interests of
all the merchants and all the farmers
and all the lumbermen, and everybody
else you have about here. and
| touches all the interests of all
the churches and all the societies,
and exactly fits everybody perfectly,
and you all say he is great man. or
course he is; but you send him into the
capitol building. and ne enacts a law
| that VIII fit everybody in the state OF
Minnesota, that will care for every in
| tereSt from one end of this magnificent
empire TO the other; that not only care
for all the great interests of the city of
st. Paul. but will also care for the in
terests of MinneaDois-thi Of that
laughter: will care for all the interests
of every city IN the state. So that every
man. woman and child will say that he
has exactly Snited our needs. Y OIL Will
say lie is greater than the man down
yOnder in the common council. So then
you send him to Northumberland it is
Il good thing to send a great. Drainy
man TO Washington. Don't send any
fools to Washington. [ don't believe
we 90, from what [ know. But you
send a man TO Washington, and he Ell
acts a law that will touch every interest
Of all the states in the United States,
the lumber of Maine and Minnesota, the
-four OF Minnesota and Dakota, the gold
of California and the cotton of the
South, and the hoop poles Of Michigan
[laughterl; care for every interest all
the great Union over and fit everybody'S
case, and you say that he is immeaSur-
ably greater than the other. So it seems
TO me that if God sits OIL yonder throne
he must be able to come down TO my
little personal needs; stand by my bed
in the night time and walk by me in the
day time; able to count the very hairs
of my head ana see to it that nothing
shall by any means harm me. He is not
too great-only great on that account.
No, brother, [ believe iii God AL
mighty and i'll a supernatural power.
Voices, "Amen."l And He is our fla
Their, and He cares for us, and lie never
tires out,and He never upbraidS. Let us
honor Him, as our fathers did, with il
faith in Il simple, ightforWard. all
.conquering God. Voices, Amen" He
is never defeated, He never lacks power
to do what lie wants, He does not want
any power from Us, He has it all. He is
able to save to the uttermoSt. Voices,
"Praise God."l Aye, and if we steal
away into some dark corner in the uni
verse and call for Him, He will find us,
even if He has to hunt for us by the
light of burning worlds; He is our
father. Voices, praise God" Broth
ers. come and let us bold on to Him and
accept perpetual and constant and eter-
pal victory. Voices, Amen"