The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-06
SHERs ] FOR MEN.
rrolly andt Struble's Net at
Gracs Church.
..r,n AND eksToN At ARMoRv
1,-sArss Jos. the Fret rresby-
-. seven - Gr.ce and Sew
eral ss Cal vary Church.

1900 Is. Strupte' CT" tne'A SeisaSee o.
-. Methodist chSrch. King and Rainier
: -. yesterday Forming and evening.
q. sadience In Ae morning filled the
80 Il vas an :H,elligent. discriminat-
sunbly. MsS Strubie realized this
N sudssd the en..ire sympathy Of his
/; - in few w4l-chosen preliminary
& s11.eea In announcing his subject.
~ Baptism of t:le Holy Ghost" he
q = - had chosen so speak on this sub
!: q hecsuss he beI,3ved the baptism of the
u Spirit to be entiai TO their success
81 .fSnstian worke =. and especially neces-
4 = : an equipm6St for service in these
h mi meetings. ylere they meet for the
4 ~tcuIar purpose3f persuading men and
I. ..en % be reconllled to God. He then
b ~.unced his texx Acts ii:4-"And they
- I'll tiled wah the Holy Ghost"
8 - sneaker sag The great need
de churs.., OF Christ is
s.oser that cones from on high. OF
4 1rshly dominion and prestige there
I'D seem 70 tc sufficient. Tens of
A1,nands Of cath*drals and temples and
q 1hefracIes and churches and chapels dot
i - sord Semir .ries and colleges, asy-
hns and schools md institutions by the
Noossad crowd Sae land. We have wis
"A and riches ais dominion and earthly
,ever. The chur}h Of Christ sits in the
I'd. Of her grandeur and dominion, but
- sits poweriess.ssithout the gift of the
gay Ghost. As Che affairs of Baal were
IN In their hstils appeal to thu false
-. 70 are the .: .ars of the church with
= - gft Of poter.' The speaker spoke
n ~ wealth. tho learning. the culture Of
ne ehnrch, but declared that none of
Nup could liz . lost soul from
: IL pit OF en- and set il free
s n The light of siu:css liberty unless aided
Ahshe power Of The Holy Ghost. Refer
M 70 modern churches, he said that the
3 Gpcsition TO Sc mp men of great learn
9 II = gods in IT,, pulpit at the expense of
I eaissslisy. led 90 nationalism and bred
8 mkiei's hearerf. "Who does not know"
III asked. that z proportion to their cost
J ia their size ~ their opportunity, the
: esas churches - our cities are accom-
pbhing shamet3ly little?" The speaker
ssst on to say t:e church has all the ma
gAiaery necessssy-she only needs the
: ndosment of r;swer to set her whirlIng
b industry. Hs then passed on to the
Nnss,er Of perFFnal conservation: 1.-THE
<rns condition Il power is to be emptied
Hdnif and iille.*with God"
10 the evening Mr.. Connolly preached
Tin the text Bake x:20. He began his
! lDcouge by n <ing how We should know
IN we're child sen Of God and how we
aeuld know teat our sins are forgiven.
uny people, enen asked if they were
1Fistians. sala they "hoped" so. they
thought" 30. shey guessed" SO; others
I3lied that they belonged to the Method
kehurch. the Baptist. the EpiscopaIian
|dsrch; "but he they sons of Godf Said
onst. i am the way, the truth, the
st'" ChriE. said the speaker. was the
nret, not ciSirch membership. Many
pnons in they attitude to the church
Imlnded him. ne said, of a drunkard in
d Casharine'r. Ont. He was standing up
Iapnst chur,sa on one Of his sprees and
ume one askSi him if he was a Chris
Tan. He replied: "Well, l am lean
; hs that way, When a man was saved,
H. Connolly enid, Gods spirit would tell
lin 90 IN" speaker then went on to
PIX of heaysn. He said he believed,
v1h certain sfripturAl texts, that heaven
~ - mucls place, clearly defined
halty. ss VIZ: Seattle or San Francisco.
| h believed tlts as much as he believed In
~ atonemers: or the new birth. It's
lisciion was Upward. not all around us;
| > distance vas close, since Stephen, the
int martyr. Lad seen it with his eyes
sAen, in his s,artyrdom, the curtain was
parted and tse martyr saw Jesus on the
neht hand OF God. lie told numerous in
asnces Of dying persons who had seen it
b visions. '.'ut," said he, dying is not
As problem. Giving is the question. and
sss take carx oi1that, death and heaven
WI take careeDf themselves. The speaker
IVA procee.sd to speak of what was in
hasen aud what was not. who were there
md Who not. No sin was there. no person
sho had nots parted from sin. Ii was a
enoaoe here, said. between God and on.
IN. The speaker here stopped and sang
. stsnzs OF: the hymn. lis My Name
Written Ihegsf" the audience joining in
We chorus. There was, he continued, no
70, therefor. no pain. There was no sor-
Nv OF mothss over disobcdient children,
% wives sorc owing for unsaved husbands.
De urged tss wives TO pray for their
sasesnds. ais:i told of an instance in FREE
mont wheresa wife had prayed thirty
ysss that Ger husband might be con-
sssed and sS last successfully. Many, he
declared, stang before him would not be
aefe, be iesHed. for even right around us
ssss many s:ho would not give up a cher
sa0 sin, wclld not consecrate themselves
"od. Remember, too. my moral
aend, that your morality will no, save
yea IL ell take you TO heaven ;
u'e. but lot inside it. I once re-
Ssmoer q snan who returning home 10
another SCOT drunk on the way and
ssihe doF:n az the yard gate. froze to
sssth. SO !. is with your morality. Faith
= ule Son ''li alone take you in the gate. Z"
s~sklng o':who were in heaven. he said
1a TIE sasiour would be there. that little
1a.a'eh wglld be there, that the Master
- Aid "tsat OF such was the Kingdom Of
sasen. 'Wil. We all meet there?" he
ssed, AM then paused. "Will We al
' 'heFs he again asked. and rs he
sased sA'ond time deep hush fell on
we company. .'A!l you who know YOU
saved he said. rise while ne sing
e hymsrr Almost persuaded" About
.as''0arsiSsoi tie audience rose. As the
s,ak ssme:torth the minister asked those
~. ' "s.tsd 10 Ice Christians TO arise.
s S,aes p;o1eh the house stood up.
.w aahk % for that" said the speaker.
"sd aosce, brother" and before the song
- seae' Aied two-thirds Of those in the
.aafsa hs, come 70 their feet. The meet
seaeiViei with a short after service
seoo' zen minutes duration.
az the o.ose 81 the afternoon service
'sn re ions protested conversion.
'ht VIRTUES OF WOMEN.