The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-23
SATUEK.s INSPIRING BEAUTIES.
Mr.. sattfng Tells of the Effects on Asa
aud His works.

aud hts w ofks~
On the subject of Mans Work" Rev.
Wallace Nutfinr last evening preached st
the plymouth Congregational church =
sermon from the text. 1.-The deep caIleth
unto deep" PsaIm iii:7. in which be
gave the people Of Seattle his reasons for
thinking that they ought 70 be great and
good on account Of the scenery surround
ing their city if for no other and higher
reason. The sermon ahonnded IN descrip-
tons Of the beauties Of nature. In course
Of his sermon Mr.. Nuttlng said:
Where We live God has evidently
planned for crsdle Of giant minds. Ali
great poems have been xFitten near the
mountains Or the sea From HomeEs
Ioad-s0undIng sea 20 Longfellow's deep
voiced neighboring ocean it mas seemed to
require the great works OF God 10 inspire
to great works OF man. Take out of liter
atare the SKY and ocean, the forests, des-
erts, rivers storms ami mountains and II
is hopeiessiy crippled aud beiittied- Ii
there was a mountain within III is reach
Jesus always wenf up into IL TO pray.
There is 4 refinement about the true
son of natura that can never be learned in
drawing rooms; there is q deep culture in
Eliminating on the wonders OF the uni
verse. These high things are the gates of
glory; il we bid them lift up their heads
their king Will appear: and woe 10 that
bind spirit that sees In them only specu-
lstiye increase Of value. for he is ike the
ancient merchant selling the most beanti-
fui creations Of God into slavery.
THE Office Of ali Gods works and Gods
men is TO stand at the tombs of our
souls and say. Come forth
1.-The advantage OF large views il chiefly
that they show Us the faisity of partial
Judgments. A very small section OF
m n IL
in one OF its gorges strange. unreasonable.
unnecessary. Ii Is only when We stand
apart and look on 1t. or. better still, when
we look down from its summit. that we
perceive how IL possesses q unity and COM
pieteness that - perfectly satisfactory.
These depths IN our natures therefore
ought 10 be stirred superficial judgment
is wrong. and when We pray hnmbly We
always find ourselves taking wide views
Of the providence of God.
1--WE read that in the time of the deluge
the foundati ms of the great deep were
broken up. The ordinary man has covered
his better nature with giace of ioIlity, a
sweet irosting of conyentionality, and
neither We nor God get at the man. He
needs breaking mp, or breaking down, If
Won choose. When men say, in the phrase
of the day, I'm ali broken up, then is
your time 20 get after them. The deeps in
their natures are then accessible. 1t is
then that yon must echo to them the voice
OF the unending song. They who have
been deaf for years can now hear the faint
est invitation OF Gods angels. How much
o; the prayer for your soul have you heard
tonight1 Has the real presence of the
SAVIOR Of sinners been made audible to
you BY His knocking just outside? Ifnot.
the crust Is not broken in US; deep does
not call unto deep.
Now, a mans true station is attained
by answering the calls of the deep inn
mensities around him. Much OF life is
like sweet bells jangling out OF tune
Who plays on your hfe7 Who is allowed
To touch its holy chords and strike its
hidden keys? DO you wear your heart
upon your sleeve for every impudent jay
bird TO peck At and eat outI The careless
ness of the irreverent who cheaper them
selves and suppose themselves shallow
men who are cheap only because they
waste themselves on swine--all this is
throwing open the holy of holIes in your
self TO be the home of vampires | had a
bill from the city the other day which was
addressed Reyerent' | like the name rev.
erent better than reverend. but | had
never supposed this city government re-
garded me as ACCOMPLISHMENTS them ut
least. Now every man ought TO be rever-
ent towards his own manhood. He does
not know what there is in il. because il is
the deepest mystery except God. When
spirit he viii also know God, the knowl-
edge of both will be reached at the same
time. II is a mans best work therefore to
discover what God can do with him by
locking deeply into other men where he
can see himself.
Mature. OF which We were speaking,
cannot drop the piummet into the pro-
fundities of human hearts. After all, 1t
can only reach the length OF itself, and it
falls short of what is in man. Only God
can reyea! rs To ourselves. Only a cross is
deep enough 90 touch bottom in the
aoy sses of spirit, and as il falls il dis
covers all that is there. As the sounding
ball brings up the sample of what soil is
at the bottom of the sea, so does God inn
meFsed in a human spirit make its
| good and bad qualities apparent. You
| call this conversion, but that is only n
beginning of upheavals discoveries, cast
ing up OF pearls and mud-casting out
one and setting the other in permanent
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