The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-28


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A congregation filing the horse 70 the
doors heard Rev. TEornas Bald yin preach
the Frat Baptist church last night.
mere ne y temporarily engaged until .
successor TO Rev. George A. Burchets. the
ioFmer pastor. can be found. Mr.. Bald
van - speaker xho makes no pretsn-
Sons ~ puipit orator. bat hissermons are
Always forcibis. logical and 90 the point.
Tor mis- subject last night he took Give
the Boy Chance A special invitation
70 coys to b present had bean extended
ana sxty-sIx nexsboys had accepted it.
ont the sermon was directed az their
eiders He took for his text, There Is
iad here who has are Ioaves and two
fsaes'--John ix:is.
Mr.. Baldwin said. among other things
that there was one period In his life when
man lacked public sympathy more than
90 any other time. and that period Was
bis boyhood. In this instance the four
evangelists record the miraculous event Of
TIE feeding Of the 5000 yet only one of
tbem mentions the fact that 10 was .
lad Who had the loaves and fishes.
One Of the great troubles of society
- that there Is not proper sympathy for
the boy, continued the preacher. IF he
one OF picnic or other party. he Is
hkeiy as not forgotten, but that causes no
regret TO him He may run
along behind. II the congregation
c<owded. he may leave his seat.
they say, for he is only boy, and 50 he
sits upon the platform with his heels
dangling into space. Il 10 wonder that
he fesls that he l. out Of place. We should
give the boy q chance in the Christian
work. tits too often the case that the boy II
encouraged to do his share only in the
Sunday school. He attends both the
church and Sunday school. but he has no
place In the church work. although he
may have the greatest inspiration to do
good in that line
Mr.. Baldwin then asserted that the
heart Of many good lad was turned from
the church b. the habit Of attending and
taking an interest in IL not being culti-
waited by the parent. The Puritanic re-
iigion brought up the boy in the right
He Was considered as well rs
the other members Of the family
and was brought mp to attend the church.
AhtsG NCfS n0u3aE43 VI t0CH III tEC w tct
who were not church-goers merely be-
cause they had not formed the habit of at
tending divine service in the East. As an
illustration Of the wisdom Of giving the boy
and the young man q part in the church
work. Mr.. Baldwin rccited an instance
where young man, hoy in fact. had
offered himself TO board of deacons back
in one Of the eastern provinces of Canada,
but was rejected by them and hindered in
his efforts because, as they said. he was
too small. He was not cast down. and
another sect took him, more liberal in its
views. This boy afterwards became one of
the most brilliant men in the provinces
and was at last made lieutenant governor.
The boy should also be given chance
in his educational preferences. was the
next opinion expressed by the speaker,
and should have developed in him the
traits OF character his capacity
and his habits of thinking en-
courage in him. Throughout the ser
mon the thing most dwelt upon
was that the boy should have chance in
the work OF the churches and in Christian
society, and the public Was enjoined to
devote q larger share Of its attention to
the boys.
Next Sunday Mr.. Baldwin win lecture
to the women especially.