The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-09
IpASTOR'SFAREWELL
pss. ". G.. Eliot, Jr, Closes His
Ministry in Seattle.
sev. DEAN WATSON AT TRINITY.
xr..nor's Second Sermon on asad
aemories"-The Christian kn-
deavor Conventions.

-. n.rtine of minister with his con-
..~~tsan where peace and good fellow
- have duelt in unbroken harmony for
- endearing one to the other, Is
.'-.wx an event in which large element
sfssdness prevails on both SIDES and ono
- acts out in bold relief the strength OF
80 giving ties that bound the one TO the
go. The First Unitarian church yes
ss-s.v had that experience. its retiring
,...or. Rev. w. 6. Eliot, ir., preaching his
=. sermon preparatory to assuming the
srs;es OF assistant 70 DR.. stebbins in~the
rs. church Of San Francisco. The church
..:erday had been handsomely decked
"a aosers by the ladies. and the coy
.s;kee vas crowded with the members OF
4. church and hosts Of outside friends the
,.s,or had made during his stay in Seat
~ His sermon. though not exactly q
s.rsxesI ermon. was accepted as such and
-s.ny feeling farewells were taken AZ the
<ass Of the services. The following is an
ssstracs Of the sermon Mr. Eliot preached
vs..efday, his subject being: 'sThe In
sssnes Of Jesus in Modern Life" and his
81. being from John xiv:6: 81 am the
xsx. The truth and the life He said:
,na dnty than that Of perpetuating. mni-
tssring and intensifying the influence of
1es1z. In human relations influence is
sxsvs personal; il is the effect of soul
se6sa soul, character upon character, and
II influence is most complete when
90 i literally an infowing Of one soul
% other souls, where. as IN sympathy,
f-ctan, or inspiration, souls seem TO
.snele Ia the deeper currents OF their
ina 1f les Ia I'm - of
at an impress of soul upon soul. char
sr.sr upon character, and is most complete
xhsn there Is an inaowing of His spirit
isto the human life.
II. some so-calIed orthodox circles II is
maintained that the defining difference be-
fxeea the so-cailed evangelical Christian
and the so-called liberal Christian lies in
the acceptance Of Jesus as a personal Sa-
sior As q barrier this is Q fence of straw.
In human relations there is no saving III
earth or heaven but personal saving, one
soul inslnenrng another soul. and he is
savior auong his fellows who can help
them 70 ay from indifference, and sin and
death, and inspire in them willful holt
ness Of life. Jesus Is prominently the
saYior Of the world, because of the pre-
emlnsncs OF His influence upon humanity
through His relations TO humanity. And
HIS relations TO humanity are pre-eminent
because OF what He was in His nature aud
life
Bot some will say that this Is not the
knd OF salvation which they want. Man
i soa'iy depraved. Since Adams fall
man has rested under the curse of Gods
wrath. Gods INFINITE wrath could be
nconciled with Gods infinite love only by
Infinite justice. which involved an infinite
seompense, and since God alone Is inf
Mte He alone could provide the sacrifice
Which should reconcile Him with those
whom He creates, born ruined, and by
batafe spiritually incapacitated. Jesus
nses Us from the wrath of God and takes
shon Himself the penalties of our sin il
u will believe in Him. Thus He is our
sssi0r So some say, and when they say
nthe fence OF straw turns into a wall of
a1ne The only salvation in earth or
nven lies in the domain of character.
zsaslon is not escaping the consequences
four Gin or putting our penalties upon
SINE one else. nor is IL essentially a mat
hf Of belief, nor 10 IL attained through
sfAiirary form or process. We are safe
shsh We are striving 10 be what we ought
sebs and Jesus Is our Savior because in
Na We behold the human ideal.
Ii The animal creation species culmi-
Rates in the ultimate perfection of the
tFTe and the beginning of new species.
IN that plane of life evolution Is pushed
onward by environment and natural
selous. humanity participates consciously
IN it, own evolution and for the first time
We have real progress. The conscious,
rational. spiritual nature of man is a new
factor. making aspiritual evolution possi-
bic The elimination of humanity, how
ever. Is not the final issuance at tke end of
human history OF perfected type who
stall become the first OF new species, but
The elimination Of human history is a so
moi htff all uh -
iala The ideal life. Such a elimination
can result only If that ideal be present
sfherin imagination or in the flesh some
Tine, not al the end but during the course
Of human history
! believe that the conyerging testi-
hgnies OF history and the experience OF
ns most spiritual show that this ideal
saAsacser vas manifest in Jesus. There is
sRme xith ais of Us when our gropIng
hsss come athwart the absolute ideal.
sss u these take their natural course we
80, OF NJ least begin to learn, what the
Void means By the common word Christ
ne Christ begins TO have an influence
s9sa our souls. Ihen,as We grow in expert
sAss eur own experience reveals deeper
meanings IN ChriA's words and expert
saeeA These, agFn. call forth daeper
sfpsAs and higher heights in our own
ss-s aata the clear image of human per
ssssoess IN our own imagination IL super
s@Ressa upon the image OF Christ and the
sAse = one; the hope of the possible is
sale dynamic by the certainty that that
.sssehily Is really a possibility and by
IS isst effect OF that realized possibilityfs
ssAags IN the race since Jesus lived
sgea the earth
iae inBuenee OF Jesus in social prob.
sas IN human institutions and in the in
staaas hie was considered, aud in clos
- as sermon Mr.. Eliot made brief men
20 q The death OF DR.. Houghton, and
lev parting words 10 the congre-