The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-18

M preached mastery sermon on ERE
ngion From Common-Sense Point OF
sles.' The church contained about as
many people a. could be comfortably
seated In the peus that have sit,ings for
boz Toe full choir vas present, the large
number OF men, sixteen. with well trained
voices, being . conspicuous feature. The
bishop was veil pleased With the hearty
and devotional character Of the music
and the whole service. The number
confirmed yesterday makes o total OF
nity-nine presented by the rector Of
II. Marks for the laying on Of hands
ssnce January /. This parish will repors
for the convention year ending May 81 tbs
largest number confirmed in any parish
IN the jurisdiction, and this. too. after
long, careful aud conscientious prspsra-
ton. Although the communion Is adj
ministered every Sunday at ST. Marks,
'he sttendancs at the sacrament yesterday
was surprisingly large. evincing the spirit
hal NE OF this church and the after devo-
ton OF those who have been confirmed.
Ahe sermon OF the bishop made deep i'm
preston 1t vas delivered with great ease,
without recourse to manuscript Without
stating text the bishop began in a con-
versationsi way aud said in substance:
What are the facts facing man OF to-
day thinking carefully OF life as be finds il
firsr-As he examines himself he finds
that he has o body aud a souI; BODY
with wonderful endowments, faculties.
talents, powers, and capacities; the mind.
with Its growth, its power Of absorbing
and grouping facts IS presented by the
senses; the brain, with its strange mem
DRY, which can bring up the past at will
and rroiarf ifsaff a
the eye, with its delicate perception OF
color. shade and distance; the muscles.
with their power OF tension at the COM
rnand OF the will. their power of endurance
under test and strain. Grouping ali these
powers together he hnds an underlying
law 81 once evident The Law IS that each
endow ment has an almost infinite capacity
tor training aud education.
Then he has soul. liz - the universal
sense OF mankind that there is hereafter:
therefore something that survives the
shock Of death--a soul
These tso-body and soul-Interpens-
trate, interiace, affect. sway, influence
each other.
The next point made by the bishop
was that there Is a wonderful
gradation in nature, sweep upward in
lie, which he traced through the plant
the Insect the animal and man. and then
man with sout. Underneath ell mani
growth, development. advance. progress.
III Is seen In the flower, the animal and in
the body Of man.
Can IL be possible that there is such a
law of growth on the spiritual side of
human iife7 The bishop claimed there
was and that the Bible is the record of soul
growth and progress. The possession of a
faculty in an animal is the sure prophecy
OF its use and growth. God never gives
faculties or possibilities without the power
10 develop them up TO the highest pitch.
Away back in the past there is man with
new form. He can look out on the
spiritual world, can know something of
God. Having that faculty or power, there
IS open before it the possibility of growth.
We can grasp truths and weave them into
life. God Is ever unfolding spiritual truths
as be Is unfolding physical truths. Men
study and strive TO grasp and possess
them. God is ever the same and ever re-
yeaiing more Of himself as men are able
TO grasp His truth. Men are grasping
more OF physical truth today than ever
before, simply because they are prepared
and sufficiently educated to understand it,
SO with soul truth; from one point OF
view IL Is all a revelation Of God by God.
From another point of view il is all dis
coyery by man. The call comes then to
men to reach = well rounded manhood by
developing this most valuable and endur-
ing side of life To every man dissatis-
fed with hirnseif-failIng TO reach the full
ideal of manhood, recognizing an incom-
pleteness In lffe--this call comes and
brings its answering echo. The bishop
then described an experiment by the
great Tyndall when lecturing on light
in Philadelphia soma years ago when he
was in college there, with the leaping of
different gas lets into prominence in an
swer 10 different musical notes sounded
by tuning forks of various sizes. SO when
the call comes to men today from some re-
ligious leader. some book. some incident in
life. there is the answer deep down in the
heart. There, Tor that man. begins the de-
velopment of this side OF life-then there
is before him the goal OF q well-rounded
manhood. Ii IS well then that the COM
muntty should be constantly aroused on
this subject.
A common-sense religion will take a
man as he is and will help him by every
means to develop the soul side of life. IL
wall associate those engaged in this in a
church organization The service will be
expressive of a common aim-the public
recognition OF n common motive. Ii will
be sacramento. because the Great Revealer
of the possibilities Of human life has so
ordered il.
A common-sense religion will take q
man then as he is, will help him TO. a
well-rounded manhood by opening out the
possibilities OF the education and enlarge
ment OF the power OF the soul.