The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-24
ZEAL AND ITS WORK.
Evangelist Martin Tells Its Eff
fectS for Good or I'LL
ANOTHER CROWDED MEETING.
The Power Of Zeal 10 lllus tRated By Apt
Anecdotes and Enforced with
Strong Argument.

s. NJ. Martin, the evangelist, preached
to another large and attentive congrega-
ton at the Plymouth church last evening.
His torcible style of appealing to the
hearts of his hearers, seconded by the
singing of Prof. Easton. is drawing larger
crowds nightly.
Mr.. Martin is not one of those evangel-
lists who excite the sympathy Of their
hearers by tired and worn appearance;
nor does he tire them with prosy sermon.
His ruddy face and well-rounded PHYSIQUE
indicate perfect health of body, and his
ready use Of wit and humor indicate
healthy brain and heart. His topic was
Zeal" and was based on Cal. wills. He
said substantially:
Zeal is passionate ardor in the pursuit
OF anything; eagerness in favor of q per-
son or cause. It is the steam, opportunity
the engine, knowledge the engineer, truth
the fue!. faith the steampipe and prayer
the oil for the perfect acting engine of
life. Zeal, however, has no character.
Steam may carry a man to his destination.
but 1t may carry him over the precipice to
his destruction; SO zeal, if not properly
directed. An educational zealot loves
learning and true culture. His soul burns
with desire to foster all educational in
terests. He must at the same time hate
ignorance, superstition and vice. A re-
ligious zealot loves God, truth and right
eousness and hates lrreligion, falsehood
and sin. So, you see, it takes both
love and hate to make one jealous.
II you love that which should be hated
and hate that which should be loved you
are sure to 60 wrong Your character will
be bad just In proportion to the intensity
of your love of evil and hatred of good.
But if you love good and hate evil, your
character will be cOrrespondingly good.
You need change of heart. Yes, that
is what alls You and makes you 50 mean;
don't love and hate rightly. There are
some things you ought to hate. You can
sit up nights to hate sin and all the works
of Satan and it will do you good. If to be
jealous were sure indication Of righteous
ness, then the devil must be right, for he
seems to have the greatest amount of zeal.
Zeal carries you right. if the head and
heart are right. but wrong if the head and
heart are wrong.
Christian zeal springs from the love of
God and His righteousness and the conse-
quent hate of sin and unrighteousness.
Don't serve God just to spite the devil, but
let love to God be the cause and the hate
of sin and Satan the effect.
Our zeal should be constant, nothing
spasmodic about it, not influenced by the
presence or absence of anybody. 1T is
good to be Jealous always, and not only
when l am present With YOU" These
Galatians were quite Jealous when Paul
was around. but quite otherwise in his alb
sence. So with some people nowadays.
They are very pious p when the preacher
is at their home or during a protracted
meeting. There are lots of big meetin'"
Christians! heard of a Dutchman who
joined the church during a revival, but
failed to put in an appearance at
the regular services after the revival
closed. The pastor met him one day and
asked him why he did not come to prayer
meeting and other services. His reply
was: ''Vell, l jined te big meetin'; l
don't jine yo' leetle meetin' an no CO."
1t is said a drunken man once spoke to
Lorenzo Dow and was much hurt because
Dow did not know him. why" said he,
I'm one O. your converts" "No doubt
OF it, said Dow. ''that's about the kind of
job I'd do. I'm very sure the Lord
never had anything to do with your con-
version"
Now don't want to make any Dowites,
Marsinites or Complexities or blather-
sixties in this meeting. We want to see
people converted to God. Some people
seem to work for the devil like they were
hired by the job and then join the church
and work for Christ like they were hired
by the day.
Our zeal must be steady and according
to knowledge. Temper and direct your
zeal with knowledge OF the word of God.
The tonic for fOniyht in ssXYhipar~