St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-16

place in prison cell every year. This
is not the whole truth, sad as it is, for
this army is being replenished every
day by new candidates for shame, sin,
sorrow and death, while Christian men
and women are looking at each other
with suspician, mistrust, and, in some
cases, with something so nearly like
hate that onlookers and outlookers can
not see wherein it differs, while
churches ring with theological opinions
and system is arrayed against system
In deadly and death-dealing conflict.
This glad morning, In the name of God,
by the deepest, direst needs of men; by
divided chEistendom, which is a re-
proach, l call halt. Why should we
fall out by the way? Truth is many
sided; we all have part Of it.; we all
all brethren, Jesus Christ come to seek
and to save the lost; for this He spent
His days in work, and many nights in
prayer; for this He was ready to die; for
this He sent forth His disciples. and
commissioned seventy men and sent
them into all places. whittier He Himself
would come; for this He gave marching
orders to all His faithful servants, which
shall be in force to the end of time. The
only end, aim and desire of the church
ought to be to reach, reclaim, uplift,
x
vatlon of God. As its does this it fills
Its mission, it represents its Lord and
king; as its fails to do this it tails in
all which is most important; its music
may be exquisite, its service delightful
its creed exact and true, its pub
lie assembly attractive to per-
sons who pride themselves in their
personal refinement, and that they
belong to the upper ten thousand, but
i'll skeleton words and gaunt facts the
truth remains that the glory Is departed
and all the world Will know it. Men
who have received dishonor IN sin, who
have sounded the depths of diSappoint-
meut and remorSe, who long for rest,
pardon, peace, who yearn for sympathy
and help, will turn from US uncheered,
unDlesSed. We are told in the New
Testament that all things are ready;
that the spirit is given to convince men
OF SIN, OF righteousness and OF Judg-
ment to come; that none can wander SO
far, fall so low, or sin SO Wickedly as to
be outside the love, power and possible
salvation of Christ. When we evaporate
all this into mere theory, and talk about
1t as almost make believe, we sin
against the mIghtieSt Verities of the
gospel story. we rob man OF his most
precious rights. If the churches would
common end-that of doing good-if
they would emulate Christ in practical
works of mercy, if they would prove
their worship of God by their great,
beneficent help of men, the face of the
whole world would be quickly changed.
We can never too clearly see that in
reforming and elevating man we change
and purify all things; law would
become the expression of justice, vile
literature would give place to noble
books, low tastes to refined ideas, the
police courts and prisons to Libraries
and halls of science and philosophy, for
virtue is the handmade of knowledge.
Your Jumbo and Casino would die
quiet death. as flame expires in ex-
hausted air; half the work now done in
the world could be abolished, because
men would have no vices, so their pres
ent expenses cease. The song of good
would ring the world around, and men,
being happy, would find the very high
est perfection in their nature in the true
obedience and exact adjustment of the
law of God. Then we should indeed
understand the meaning of the words
Father, home and heaven