The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-23
THE OLDEST CHURCH.
In Able Discourse by the Rev.
DR.. E. A. schell, Of Chicago.
or. aLlson,s SERMON ON JOB
xrs. chronic PAUL. Findsr"-Rev. Nj
e.rrsss on the Datieso Towara
God and Man. eco


nrr A. gchell. Of Chicago. q occupied
a. naluit Of the First Methodist Episco-
- eburch lastoesening. The doctor IL .
.ss..sgng talker and the large audience be-
-. enthusiastic With las sermon He
~s.ase for his subject my churchs g from
xard. found In Matt, xyi:is:o Said hee
ssuv church is older than your church.
r.had more distinguished fSander and
- I. larger and Observation-Disclosures
saie man yotir church, HIS Eminencst
rsrdiuak Gibbons, in his book on The
F.ath Of Our Fathers, gives tHeD origin OF
he different denominations. The Metho-
- church was founded by John We=yey-
Il 1888; the Baptis. ehugch 3by Boger
Eilhams IN 1899; the Protestant Episco~
~ by Henry Will in h534 - the Presbyte-
a. by johns alvinfn 100: pne Isutheyap
shnfch by Martin Luther in ISIS; bat My
<harch.b the Holy Catholic Church. "a
handed By Jesus Christ in the year q,
xken on Calvary He gave otp Hisrlue Tor
lie sins Of the world. u confess myself
sow and here 10 be a member OF that
rharch: Your church II 80 years old or
nsy be 80 years 0oid. but my church
roes back over 800 years. Iojoipsin the
sreas Apostles creed end9say Il believe In
,he Holy Catholic church,
sHew incomparablyo insignificant %
the founder Of your church compared
q nine do ali homer 20 your Wesley.
on Williams. or Calvin. ooF Luther, buE
Jesus. the founder of my church, Is the
magnificent sun in the center oofo the sys-
ten They loom mp across TIE centuries
ike great mountain peaks but Jesus
Christ giids them all with HISS glory. L.
they have 1uster or fame or dhonQr, II IS
because be illumlnates them, and because
tkey followed Him. u our chuEch has a
large and influential membership bnt
nine enrolls In its ranks the good and
re great Of all times. Who belong TO my
church?' Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and
Joseph, Samuel, Elijah. Elisha and Daniel;
the prophets David and solomon. and
HsEakiah, we're all once pSobatonSrs in
'my church, now received into fall corfse
nsctlon above the skies. In secular his
,orv men like Constantine and Charlie
msgne. Anselm and Abeiara, the Der
nuds of Clugny, and Clalrvaux, 81.
Louis, Bousset. Fenelon, Micklifie and
wabsrforce, Argyle and Livingston and
6Es1stone are ali members Of 5my church.
NsEe
eone army OF the living God.
The sana above, beneath, Q
Though now divided by the stream, 30
the narrow stream otdeatb.
ALet me try again: My church is the
Methodist Episcopal church. | wish r
s0ald picture 10 you the century when my
1hnrch' was born, when othe masses were
heglected, when the parsons were fox
bunting; when men were made priests and
bishops IN the church, net because OF their
insight into spiritual things. but because
they or their friends had pulp at the
curt II vas high time that somebody
should get religion ard knew H. In that
upper room at Lincoln college the Wes-
legs and VIII tfieEd came under the in ffu-o
snce Of the Holy Spirit, and went out into
The streets of London, and intoq the high
xsys and hedges of old England to gather
back TO God the massesaot the ofitcast and
neglected. They preached instantaneous
conversion, the witness Of the Spirit. and
the sanctihcation of believers. Men
trenbIedC at their words. and fell down
believers . by acres before them. Today
there are q. COS, 600 Methoffsts, speaking
every language of the babbing earth;
saey are the leaders of the church mili-
art, and will soon ground their arms on
Re celestial pavements in the church
Hamphant
LET me try once more: .Mylchurch' Is q
skhodist church With canS Epworth
Isgne Inc ii. You ask me, why cali IL
Epworth Leaguef' Because, first, that
name Epworsh is fragrant with the youth.
fai association of those two sons of genius,
the WesIeys, who went from shat old
rectesy 10 put their impress on the the
ology and church of all the future L
4
We can thus, under denominationaL con-
troll. work onr own field better thsn any
outside organization can do for Us. In-
stead OF trusting our organizations TO
others We have pushed il on Methodist
Ines, and today we have 5000 chapaaipss
siih 10000 members more organiza-
tions OF young peopEe i'm Michigan, In~
diana Illinois, iowa and Kansasdhan all
other churches combined. We have more
sasscrhers for our 0Epr6rth Herald than
thifty-ezght different Denominations have
given the other great religious paper for
young people, and all will ALLOW that
We have worked our own field. And
iaen We can thus best perpetuate the
spirits and methods of our own church.
We believe IN the Old -fashioned Methodist
altar service We believe in going down on
oaf kases when We pray: we believe In
rsvvAls; We sre set IKE flint against
nhisky and dancing and cards. We be.
hsve in the old Methodist hymns, and
We're Is no modern music that can take
ihe place Of that hymn of our fathers. the
eaiy genuine Epgorth League hymn:
S'A5charse % keSp Ihave,
A God 20 glorfiv,
aeyer-dying soul save 40
Aud dt IL for the sky
And then We believe that thus We can
eFas these great divided bodies of Msth-
eaism together Fifty years ago this year
N%Nes OF MekHOuistn lafteu III
sageF They met each other on many a
eeody he'd. But We have had enough OF
sFae We ought 70 see 70 II thai the sins
y the fathers are not only forgiven, but
isFgo.ten IN our day, and this Methodisnl
g oars made united aud harmonious and
s'ssslhie once more. ln0May the great
fssaodiss church, Scpth, organized an
1pSofsh League pure ard Simple. We
salss he'd already great state conventions
both keRtucky and . NJ lssouci Shall
v not pray for larger fraternity and Tor
.eaY not iaFoa when We shall keep step
~ssther once more2 q o
= HAL toyoouF great church and 20 You
aes ought 10 save the battle when the
- sayerS You. ON royal million 81 the
aap&orth League ought 30 be the standard
a'rFs OF the Lord OF Hosts. God grant
AAs you may push oyeF the whole earth
- Anedom Of Jesus Christ. aud that in
1851 aay HIS kingdom may aarae."
xoS scheli will speak 10 young people
IS svenins a. O'Clock ia the First
A''Aoa'si Episcopal church.
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TIE CHRONIC FAuLr-FINpER.
sermon Preached by Rev. DIR. Alison.
he first fresbytertan Church.
hss. DR.. Alexander Alison. of the First
ssoyieF'an church. preached an interest
ssssnen Yesterday morning to an aadi-
Wat fairly flfed The handsome new
ssa. Ills subject WAS The Csrouie
- s'sfla aeT, taking his Text from Job
Doth Job fear God for nanghtf"
Y Alison said, substaptialIy.