The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-10
- 8inelais's Course On AritAnssie.

N. Brevard D. Sinclair, pastor Of Cal.
~ frnbyterian church. has been preach
! r series of sermons on spiritual
1dfAmstic. The eighth was preached
- Heht and was on the subject Of I'm.
p1nsnt and interest,"" The first Of the
80 vss "Numbers.' and Was in the
- 4 general introduction. In this
kesa1s he touched on the wide use Of
nn1hsmatical numbering In the Bible
- fsst 70 last. An illustration Of the
l1iheance Of numbers In ordinary life,
- particularly ~ showing the value Of
lealh rest, 10 contained, he said, in the
snali6e facts touching typhoid fever,
- IL crises occur on the seventh, four
hnlh and twenty-first days. It may be
npsked that this diieass 10 superinduced
hck Of physical rest The names Of
- cher sermons In the course were
sA6dition. Subtraction" 'Multiplics-
"Division. Reduction" and PRO.
! tnties." the last named being the one
~ pgevious to that Of yesterday. He
pdD1sd ont . striking text illustrative Of
- number IN chemical proportion in
I'M, which is known to chemical anAly.
r. his II found in Isaiah II :12: "Who
~ measured the waters In the hollow Of
6tead aud comprehended the dust Of
0Mfth In . measure, and weighed the
emtains in scales and the hills in . bal.
naf@ This was . leading thought In
0bnmon of March % on proportion. I"
yGladay's sermon on Investment and
hups" contained . number Of thoughts.
Anng the eight texts used in the sermon
- two particularly applicable.
1he trst Was Matthew xiii:44: 1.-THE
Nedom Of heaven il Ike unto treasure
Il b field, the which when . man hath
md b hideth. and for joy thereof goeth
= selleth all that he hath and buyeth
- 6eld." Another was Mark x:3O:
- shall receive an hundredfold now in
- tme." The speaker said that We
~ I'll investors In one way or smother.
Illustrated - between bad and good
oeotments those which were transitory
- patd high and quick returns and those
peich endured. From this the thought
Nnobtained that investments made for
world only and without thought Of the
Nen we're bad, as they must come to an
The speaker also illustrated In Q
aaal way the fact known TO ell experi.
ecsd business men in the material world
~ quick returns and high profits often
- out OF capital, and that in the moral
sesid the loss of physical health and moral
vHiroeing was the result.
=. wiisea on sabbath and the Fair.
A Trinity Methodist church, Mercer
Kentucky streets. yesterday the entire
nins service Was devoted to baptism
me Observance Of the Lords Supper.
wilson baptized SIX adults. One was
sPused BY pouring and the rest by sprink.
~ About lbs persons communed.
70 the evening service DR.. Wilson
sensd by request on the opening Of the
uNids fair on Sunday. The doctor
sed ont with the general proposition
MD down In the Ten Comm andment..
uss large number of practical rea-
- 'or the observance Of the day and the
slne OF the fair. A leading point OF the
Iou'se was that the Sunday as observed
AMERICA was an American institution.
nas II vas incumbent on Us as q ma
70 observe II 40 such. Ii WAS for
nea the speaker said, to decide the
aoa, and the people Of this nation
70 themselves to observe il. The
sea o. the argument for the opening Of
nu on Sunday has always been that il
o be . benefit to the workingmen.
.hson maintained. however, that ito
ak on that day would be to in.
TIE volume of work TO be done,
especially of Sunday work, since
/ -pioyes OF the fair and of the rail-
would be compelled 10 work on
lhbs would also operate as an
70 relieve employers of the demand
'oey g'ye their employees HOLIDAYS for
sspose OF visiting the fair. The real
'of the opening. the speaker said,
wat the management wanted gate
and not because they cared about
nsssmen. Or. Wilson in his discourse
reference TO another argument used
49, iavoring the orening. IL was
-. WAT those from abroad would do
es 70 the fair aud were shut out for
sunday. This DR.. Wilson answered
-. "ahg GU; that Chicago was a city of
- Churches and preachers and that
soas Preparations for religious OBJ
| Y..-eo % tAe day had been made. The
s~ss Aea's Christian Association will
sn-.s services in s great tabernacle
80. soF the purpose. aud other organi-
es,~ aaa net oeen behind hand in pro-
vssk Jus Aho seful-felisious
eoiate Canrs,,,ar C.x 49,.