The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-07

oe; ooe moro tokoo ond p1otGo q TIE
eesag - - KtnG6oD q God.
11w vIBw ~ LsIs E1xnxAs.
Ia asvhoee De1ass - - 0ask q
Coososess, Nos Hooss.
As0k Aaskss Episcopal church ysstsr.
oey mosntne. Rsy. Harry r. Nichols, rector
- The Church q ths same mama IN Mime
apolA AND 90 a the most eloquent speak
sss oeerpying pulpit IL thas city. dsiiv.
eFed sermoa On The subject, "Esesual
LIE Max q Character. Not Of Yeasa
Taking 81 hlo tsxt John xvii:S: "Thts =
NE etezssai. that thsy might know thss.
The only trns God. and Jesus Christ, whom
thop has sent. ~ preacher spoks In part
- fellows:
.sThs3s seeds ase Jesus' own deiinition
eeonttisns n current Christians thought.
Chsist's psoooutaa6on of Hrs own Gospel II
too oites at variance with the Gospel Chris
eJ1ntsy sr0e1aima would sumnon men
back - sho 0aoter's own statement a. His
truth. ySs Is y hard stsp 70 take ont from
the pre- sudicea into which historic Chris
tianity s.s cryetailised. Life eternal !. the
aim Of sal religion, whether Of that school
which vOuld scare men into LIE eternal b
terror " .svsrlassing fFs Or Of that
which Hnuld satisfy the requirement Of
HE oteraal b. compIaconcy In present
morality. Look mp. bid you. 70 that
loltiee fsane o. which Jesus stAnds preach
Ing HIS xospsl. and you nnd that eternal
Ire J. : marx O. shs.acssF and nes g yesr:.
vesssl Conception Of stsrnel life u that it
y matter 81 time alone. Heaven, bless
sdness, eternal life. ore primarily matters Of
years: yeeFs without end. and.s No that
shall Ga On forever. The moments are to
y happy. 70 b sure, bat their happiness
= not TIE feature popular thought empha-
sssss. sas sassr :na. s s !. 10 sss:Ps
sndlsssnsss Of bljss 10 the business IL ~
sigion; shs contents Of the endlsssness 10 .
oocoodary concosn. An hooofod doctor Of
divinity once ascribed his conversion o.
resulting from meditation on the endless
ness Of PENALTY. He bad not heard the
ifst definition q the Gospel Of Jesus. He
nsaaise q which he had not begun 70
ssTims without end b inconceivable. lts
indoGnieHuooo u such that ~ oeunOt
erosp IL. Il 10 not glorious or noble; u h
merely going on forever. IL 10 only .
haze nasssaken for beauty; missionaries
. rex . ois:;;. a: says :oe!; ;,, I'm
duoe The notion Of duration into word
from .~hich Christ hes deliberately sx-
cluded H.
..Tinse and space are necessary condi-
tions OF present thought. but they are not
things in themselves. We extend over
INTO tbs rsxt world conceptions belonging
restrictions. We have no realization Of
oar tsrms whsn ws talk Of endless life.
when W. talk 0f Aappluess without end In
Gods awn presence; certainly noe when
Ne talk a torment that shall never end In
hell. II ws knev whe1eof We spoke. not
ono Of SIS would fail Of that heaven, mot
one s 81 y, sosa bear . 70 :s IDLE hs
b., meg nesises one Of lis brothers
vent out into endless he'll. II
adds nothing 70 our conception Of
happiness or penalty. shia idea Of endisss-
ness. That cannot look forward to .
conditiea's bsina othsrWiss incrsasss not
. whit sae satisfaction or the misery Of =
moment that ID full 70 its utmost capacity.
I cannss go or dream beyond the horison
Of time, To NIL time right 10 peace; 10 fill
it wrong % damnation. We pray that We
may % s.ass through the things temporal
q 10 fas. not finally Of thiuAs unseen and
eternal. an stsrnity longed for not because
Of it, @ndlessness. IN endlessnses like to-
day IL saho!rent, but eecanss Of 10 blessed
contents. Pain and pleasure are not ques-
tons es time. bat Of spirit. Of lies en-
vironnens. Of life sternais atmosphere.
Better afty years Of Europe than acycle
I'VE are struck BY the fact that the
Scriptures nowhere speak OF eternal
death. Paul. in the great burial chapter,
forth q: the resurrection day. Tho creed
says, ! believe In the life everlasting
only shae The marks Of eternal life
which SIRE not marks OF time are:
Holiness. A life without holi-
ness 10 not life. To b bad y TO be dead,
and o. song a. = man Is bad he 10 In hell.
whether he yet feels IL o. not Badness 10
. negatlon. I choking and sitting Of Life.
The maa Who has sold himsslf 10 hrs
passio;sx. lusts and appesites 10 no longer
alive. lie continues in time. he - dead
In eternity.
.'Scss.nd- Breadth Of vision. Lille etsr-
nal secs. with eyes undimmed, God'a large
way In she universe. No doubt Of His d.
vine wisdom mars its vision. Life eternal
has nc s,ars,es, no sects. IL breashes the
cir Of ,;.e hill tops and gathers In the
swsep ~ It's unciouded horison eli the
WORKERS for the good.
sThiy,i-Growth. Eternal life il never
81 stissd. Life. Ia be life. must erow.
We grs.s here. but how stuntedly! E'er-
less sky. where pain. shame and death are
unknes,n. This is stsrna! life.
.srh~ theme grows brighter than words
Of mar cen paint the picture. II Is truth
left for the apostle OF love to proclaim
With l4s soul on ire. Without the Gospel
OF 81 John We might be left counting
eeerniss By years: nov IL 10 10 us the
measursless and abiding blessing OF like
ness $50 the Son Of God. The scrrcwful
and bitter controversies Of our day have
no basss TO stand on. l know the present.
thereis may know God; have the etsr-
nal. srA more know not Christianity,
In is Sallest, noblest note. lifts me up TO
the heights where do not aad cannot
faik Of minutes and hours to measure OF
happirssss or misery. Not 10 know God.
not tc save conformed 10 the image Of His
san. ne5s to have been good man. not TO
have tired my life. viii be. IL misery
euouea. Here I am, living being. l
sake .sssus % master, life. I have life
etsrus. one moment Of II IL full.
rob nv brothers, be better men than
-. sa.>nf-~saa larger man than YOUR