The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-20

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house top would be "a uncomsortahls tr-d
IN our climate. bat . roof over ) unaa's
head - very biessed thing. Leave TIE
mountains where they belong and .h.v
ara glorious; take In she spiritual sirnIE-
eance Of things; apply the meaning ana
see the uses that God intended. and there
= new halo On every object, and the very
holiness. -
All this country needs, said = friend Of
mine. - Christianity. Not that il lacks Il
more than other regions, bat is 10 specssilv
adapted 70 give Christianity . chance. II
snch land that wers Is crowned With
the Spirit Of Christ IL vouId be incompara-
Dse Is mas everything TO stimulate purs
imsg1nafson. lf lacks no element of in
spirstion. Here ID the ideal background
Tor the poet and the orator. One cannot
open his eyes without having them filled
with Illustrations of faith. Not one feat
IRE OF nature IL absent from the grand re-
view. God hasmarshaied around this spot
the versifiie images Of His own thought.
As II lie said. here let the human character
take on its Christ-iike beauties, and in
this lofdly land rise supreme over my last.
Creator.
live should be disobedssnt to these
heavenly visions What else has God to
show to rs? He who fails to appreciate
wn.f ne has need not ask for more. Paul
nad many visions after this FIRST great in
stance. But he treated them a. reveaiines
OF the divine nature and made the most of
Them We have come TO this country con-
WINGED that 1t Is the natural home Of q
great race. God grant that Ne may get .
good deal out OF a. Stand forth. smite
the hills. and deive the valleys and drag the
seas and bid them bring forth unto you the
wealth Of nations. but get the best out of
the country. See its visions. Talk about
the undeveIopcd miuess Is there not q
latent spirit Of worship here, furnished
with temple the like Of which hath not
entered into the heart Of man 10 imagine?
How long have these shores waited. that
people after Gods own heart should
tread them, and that sailors should set
their sails TO the cadence of an anthem to
Him whose pathway 10 on the great
waters. whose judgments are . mighty
deep?
Rise again. spirit OF Paul, and step be-
fore Agrippa OF the latter day, the Ameri-
can sovereign. the master of more liberties
than an ancient king; great Apostle
stand before the citizen with the great
heritage and tell Him that obedience to
heavenly visions il the mark Of the
snointed OF God.
20 selfish American, Agrippa Of the
Pacific, know that you are Q silent oracle
TO whom men listen in vain for the voices
may speak and proclaim unto the NATIONS
that the Lord reigneth until the uttermost
parts Of the sea shall awake In His pres
ence and all ends OF the earth shall fear
Him.
"Msn say. We are not 20 SURF that We
have seen a vision There are those uso
can never be persuaded in an argument.
90 II Is said, until they are knocked down.
Men do not wish to See heavenly visions,
aud therefore they are glad to doubt that
they have seen them. They wait for the
Lord to cast them TO the earth. That Is,
they are faithless toward their visions.
The words OF the text, by strict meaning
indicate, i WAS not uncompiiant toward,
was not unpersuadibie toward the heavenly
vision Doubtless there were men in
Pnui's company who said 10 Numbered
They were willing not to believe. At the
time OF the last election, or rather o week
before II, read that the party which was
600 majority for its side. 1t had no diff
Guilty in seeing this thing. was very sure il
saw IL, and yet II vas no vision from
heaven. IL was only an evidence that IL
wanted to believe.
1.-THE people who have forsaken their
sins are they who determined that their
own ana their Fathers power should be
exerted to get rid of them. I have doubt
that Paul was stirred up to wrath against
the Christians because he thought after all
there might be something OF truth in their
faith. He showed none of the
calm wisdom of his master Gam
aliel. whose wise advice was to
shohld DO found lighting against God.
But Paul was too angry for that. He says
that he was. exceedingly mad against
them. There are people in this city who
do not dare 10 cease fighting against good.
for fear that they should have TO give up
10 IL. The fiercest opposition is encouu-
tered just before the point OF giving up.
prayer. and say there Is nothing In IL, are
sometimes mortal afraid to get on
their knees TO pray or have 9TH
ers pray for them. have seen
men who had not prayed for
years turn pale at the suggestion
of = prayer for themselves. They were
afraid they would see q vision OF the
wounded Christ. They may be found any
week in this city filling mp every hour
with some business or pleasure in order
not TO be caught alone. You are familiar
with the stories about children who used
10 run away to the barn when the minister
came. But there are grown men In attend
ance on this church that do not dare face
a conversation on duty.
There are plenty of case-hardened peo-
pie who smile at the suggestion and say
that they think il sport To chat with the
minister. But there are quiet men to
whom God is real and conscience a living
fact, who cannot trust themselves within
the range of personal conversation.
They much prefer to meet the messengers
OF God In the crowd. lt 10 solemn truth
that some would rather meet the devil
than God. Instead. therefore. of wonder
ing why men see no more images of truth
with their eyes, or in their minds, we are
left 10 wonder why they see so many.
since the main issue of their lives is 10
dodge the glory OF His appearing.
"Come out, o, barren-hearted man, from
your environment, and meet the eternal
spirit. There 10 gold in NV hand that |
would rather not be seen with. 1t might
call for disagreeable explanations. Come,
i'll gotten gain will drown q mans soul
IL Ia so much added to the load that will
bury you; come, leave that; leave the
company of the feet that take hold on
hell: the darling bonds that hold
you from peace; the secret sins that make
God invisible; the perpetual round OF
reading that keeps you from the living
world of me.ciful deeds and generous
thought: leave the expenses thar make
you poor toward all that is good and that
encourage lying as 20 ones means; leave
the persecution of enemies, and let 60
from you the vengeance THAI belorEs 30
God leave the hate toward the man who
has caught Won in corner IN business;
leave the grudge against thar one man. as
TO whom you boast, and say there Is only
one man in the world that | cannot for
give. fo- that is the man who STANDS De-
tween your soul and God.
There is natural way of seeing vis-
ions: there Is supernatural way. The
vision ny miracle We may not look Tor,
now that the vision by obedience IL easy.
A the world grows old, and larger things