St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-14
ENGINEERS At CHURCH.
DELEGATES. $50 STRONG, HEADED
BY CHIEF ARTHUR,
MARCH TO THE PEOPLES.

MARCH TO THE PEOPLES
Rev. DR.. Smith breaches to Them
an appropriate Sermon Pull.
pit Decorated With Roses
Day of Rest Enjoyed by the
Visitors-An Attentive and An.
preciative Audience. aS1I
Yesterday was day of rest TOR the
delegates to the first biennial session of
the B. of l.. E. and q. l.. A. $50 far
every day has been crowded witt. work
and anxiety. and the labor of getting
things settled SO as to run smoothly in
SO large a gathering is no small task.
The committee on arrangements; has
worked night and day, and no one got a
breathing space till yesterday. Doubt.
less many heaved signs Of relief in. the
morning to think that for this one day
they need not rush through breakfast
and hurry on 10 the meeting points.
By $3.50 the lobby Of the Windsor and
the sidewalk about the hotel were thick
with assembling delegates. They came
from other hotels. boarding houses and
the homes Of friends to join the Wind
sor contingent and march in a body to
the Peoples church for morning serv-
ice. One thug that distinguishes the
meetings during this convention is' the
absolute promptness that characterizes
Q0h p,,k
been compelled for years to look upon
half minute as meaning the safety or
destruction of hundreds who have trust
ed their lives with them, and therefore
they are prompt in all things. And the
women are no less SO. 1t is not gener-
ally considered feminine attribute,
but they have followed the lead of those
dear to them. and are there on the min.
ute. .''e
SO at 10 sharp, the time agreed upon,
the pleasing procession started. Grand
Chief Arthur and Grand Preside mt
Murdoch. followed by the other officials
vi the two unions, led, and behind
them, 1.-TWO by two." came $50 of the
men and women of the convention BY
1880 all were in their seats, filling the
central part of the large audience room.
On the platform were two immense
baskets of roses, Gala lilies and other
flowers, one presented by the B. of l..
E. aud the other by the Southern dele.
gates to the q. l. A.
The order OF service was as usual,
leaflets with the hymns on being dis
tributed through the house. DR.. Smith
spoke a few words OF welcome and
thanked the delegates for the beautiful
flowers. His sermon was specially ap-
propriate to the OCCASION, being in sub
stance as follows:
The religious significance and CHE
hope involved both 10 labor and tn the
church in the fact that the representa-
tives OF the greatest body of organized
labor i'll the United States came to-
gether for public worship is great. DR..
Smith said it would do more 10 put to
rest the absurd statement that there is
any coHfiictbetween the Christianity of
Jesus anu the reasonable aspirations zOf
labor, than scores OF addresses ,,ror
phamphlets. 1.-The most notable Ser
mon in ST. Paul today will not be
preached from this pulpit or from any
pulpit. But that preached by the pres
ence of the. Brotherhood gwtits the
church of Jesus Christ" He then de-
llvered his discourse Oh the practicabil-
ity of "TlIe, Teachings of Jesus, "aS Ihe
real guide in human affairs. =; ,.,....
The great work of the Spanish afltifor
Cefvantes represented a litw epoch
quite as distinctly as the application of
Steam to loeomoiion. In lliS9 character
n Han nniv II ru,> 70 ,>T
Imagination without sense, and in the
robust rascal, Sancho Panza. man of
sense without Imagination. 1t is. the
combination of these two uncomfortable
characteristic makes the hamor of the
book and furnishes its significance. The
work destroyed chivalrUus ronIaIfces.
and Indicated the realization Of the
modern world. ~ T.
2 Is the Christian well-meanhg
dreamer like Don QuiXote, as the
skeptTc is man like Sancho Panza,
without the discomfort of any trouble
some ideas? Does the Christian lack
sense as the skeptic lacks Imagination?
Whatever one may say about this, if it
was the mission of Cervantes to destroy
romances 1t was the mission of jesus to
create them. The Old gods of antiquity
were dead in the thoughts and hearts of
men. and i'll the m0ckery of universal
laughter there were no Sobs for their
funeral. Jesus came and brought the
eternal Father near to men, and filled
tine empty pantheOns. not alone with
worShipers. but, what was more sign f.
lcant, with the richness and beauty OF an
everlasting life.
Many people secure comfortable re-.
lation between their Imagination and
their common sense by admitting the
beauty OF the teachings of Jesus, while
denying their practical usefulness. His
teachings contain beautiful ideas, but
their ideal is best adapted to some other
world. He inculcated lofty motives
very excellent, indeed, bu. obviously
intended for some other people. Mean-
time, we who are Shrewd know that in
reality this world belongs to the devil,
and have sense enough TO act accord
ingly. This is the attitude that en-
courageS man to be Christian amid
the SomnOlent surroundings of lux
uriOus church without interfering with
his powerful activity as an embodiment
of evil in his office or warehouse.
1t must be confessed that up TO this
time there is decided contrast be-
tween the ideals of Jesus and the
every day working world. His life was
with an nndimmed faith. He was COM
forted with a perpetual vision of God.
This world, both business and social,
is broken and distracted. 1t is domin-
aled by desire for physical comfort, by a
passion for visible success. The fierce
struggle between interest and interest,
class and class, is often only i6etter
organized sayagery. The doctrine. of
the JOY of cross-bearing for the go6d of
Others still sounds strange in thtipars
OF men. ke39
The principles of Jesus are confessed
~ intended for all ideal man in ali. ideal
world. How. therefore, can they be
practically applied? The question be-
comes depDer when we mem Iitsr riv