The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-11-22
OUR CHAPEL SERVICE.

Protestant services were held in the chapel
Sunday morning conducted by the chaplain Rev.
l. Fl. Albert. The prelude was the anthem,
.Crown Him Lord of All'' sung by the choir.
The scripture lesson for the day. Matthew VII.
was read by the chapain the choir following
with HYMN 49, After an invocation by the
chaplain. a quartette sang, almost Persuaded"
when the chaplain took for his text Joshua
XXIV15. And # it seem cril unto goa to SERGE
the Lord choose ne this day ThOm ye aCtH sefre,
etc.
The discourse was mainly historical. with the
view of showing that God ever intended man
! should have freedom of choice both temporary
and spiritually. Going back to the ancient
Semitic races. the reverend chaplain traced the
life of Abraham and his people. where for nearly
400 wears they were slaves. but were finally de-
iivered by Moses.
When they numbered G00.00O men who could
bear arms, and represented nearly 100000 men.
women and children. Moses at 81 years of age
led them out of bondage, across the Red Sea to
Palestine Sending spies ont over the land to
locate they returned. saying THAT the country
was wild and barbarOuS. and the men were
giants" Moses then gathering around him the
old and the children. went back into the Wilder
ness After 3s years the lot fell on Joshua, who
subdued the nation and distributed the land.
when he delivered the words of the text: IF Ye
serre not the Lord choose lcton' ye ,ciU serrc.'
That sense of liberty and freedom can be
found all through the bible. From the days of
Eliza on IT. Carmel when he eXhorted his fol-
10" tiff Jehovah be their God. to serve
~ if Raal to serve Baal, down to the time
Christ when he said: If ne are freak and hed'y
1odep rome unto me and ,riH girc You rest and
70 ST John who said: ~ hOsOerfr rH Ht h'h'
. come" man has been given the greatest free
II dom of choice. Still. man must serve SOMEBODY
All men serve their God but do not serve the saile
n God The truest words ever uttered by lngerso
q were: Happy is he who serves gooo "oo.
% The reverend speaker in clear and eloquent
:, manner then described the different Gods ina
man at the present day is bowling down to. The
y, ono for Measure until his whole being became
weakened through the lusts of the hesh
IS Another for gold. until he becomes as hard ant
v cold as the coin he wOrships. Another some
thing else Another looks to Jesus CHRIST as IN
fount of all his pleasure in this world. ana TIL
world to come until he becomes like HIM, Tul
noble. You cannot Judge man by what he
RS today: there is always something wanting
W ALWAYS a plus; and that is the way we are ioof
lie ing: for something better. for something "
"A have not But of one thing we are sure; IL GU
= God is in the mire we will be down III the 'i'rt
even if our head touched the skies. If our Go
of is above we will reach Him even if we are In t
ne mire today Freedom is the greatest word
VS. the English language. The right of choice' NJ
in intellect makes man great it's the right OF chol'
* that has made life what it is. 1t was not hars
at treatment or cruelty that made the negro GRAY
for liberty. but the thought that he was owne
ed nv man. that he was chattle. SO through a
history man has struggled for freedom: Tor u
Ter right to choose to think for himself. even dow
ING to our own country, the freedom OF Amerlc
di- Behind all this freedom stands the greater ire
his dom .'choose We this day whom We small serV'
shall if be the God of mammOn. OF SIN al
BILE wretchedness, or the God of Him who mas sal
Come unto me We who are weak and hea
laden and will give you rest" This is the e.
the YOU must choose if you would be holy, II
xed would be free. ..-.,,
md The chaplain closed his sermon. which was
NV eloquent and fOrcible One and Wnlcii iecolv
rs marked attention. by an earnest appear f0r All
e 60 choose today that freedom which only Goa e
IFS give. ,, q
It's The congregation joined in singing LYNN
one Services closed with benedctlonb by the chapia