St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-18

Harmony, breaches a Power.
full demonstrating Services.
Rev. P. Dreyer. of Harmony, MINI.
preached to large audience at the. Au-
.ditorium yesterday morning, taking for
his text Revelations H., !:
..,, And unto the angel of the church In
.S1rdis write: These things saith he
that hath the seven spirits Of God. and
LIE; seven stars: know thy works, that
thou hast name, that thou Invest, and
art dead"
Thou has. a name that thou Invest,
and art dead" is a charge which Justly
may be made against MANY of the con-
gfegatiOns of the United church, too.
There are too many Pharisees, too many
hypocrites among their members. There
are many congregations which have a
splendid reputation on account IF the
routine work carried OH by them. Sill
most OF their members may be spirit
bers are OF the strong, robust
kind. They unhesitatingIy accept
every tenet and rite Of the church:
but 1t is only matter of habit with
them. They are Christians because
their fathers and mothers are Chris.
tians; they are Lutherans because their
fathers and mothers are Lutherans; but
their own souls have never been agi-
tated by healthy. purifying doubt.
Again, there are Others who have tx.
perienced change of heart some time
in the past, but who have gradually
drifted into Indifference, and now live
upon the proud memories of the past.
There are also people in the United
Chnrrh whoa .idlolc nf ChriStion IJfa
are SO defective that they look upon the
controversies which for years have agi-
lated the church as struggle for saliva.
ton"
Upon the whole, the sermon was a
direct appeal to the individual nearer,
and an explanation of the necessity of
having the soul-life directly controlled
by the Holy Ghost.
The choir of the Trinity church, of
st. Paul, sang hymn at the close of
the services.
A collection Of Sl0O.66 was taken up
for the home mission.
Gov. Nelson attended the meeting.
TEMPERANCE RALLY.
AT O'Clock i'll the afternoon 200 peo-
pie. representing the backbone of the
temperance element in the United
church. hal rendezvous at the Audi.
torium.
Upon motion of Prof. q. Lokensgaard,
Of Madison, Mimi, Rev. Ii. G. Wik. of
Urine. Wis, was elected chairman, and
Rev. l.. j. Hange, of Moe, S. D., led in
prayer.
Prof. K. LOkensgaard was the first
SPEAKER. He thought it might he all
right to talk against the drink habit and
the saloon; but firm action in The shape
of direct vote against the saloon is
needed. As a former citizen of Iowa
he pitled that state for having declared
itself bankrupt on the saloon question,
and surrendered its young manhood to
liquor traffic. He finally said the tenn
perance people, in leaving the saloon
alone. acted as the inmate of the Insane
asylum who tried to dip the water out
of trough into which current of
water was continuously pouring.
Ii. T. Rud, of Fergus Falls, one of the
ablest vote makers of the, Prohibition
party in the state, made lengthy
speech in which he succeeded in strik-
ing the most tender chords in the hearts
OF the hearers. He would lay down a
principle in few short. dry sentences,
and :hen bring this principle home to the
iistt nar by. some pathetic story. In this
fashion he aimed to make it buth under
stond and felt:
That it is sad mistake to suppose
that one can be addicted to the imbibi-
ton of strong drinks without hurting
others; that the church element is
duped by the saloon element; that ''the
grand good. Republican party" is the
ally of the saloon power; that the poll
| ticians are more anxious to legislate
against gophers than against the curse
of the liquor traffic; more anxious to
protect the fish and the fowl than te
| protect the boys aud the girls.
Mr.. Rud closed by saying that he was
| sure the day is not far off. when NO
| friend of the saloon will be elected to
| office.
E. E. Lobeck. another temperance
war horse, closed the meeting by a
| vocal solo.
Several more speakers were on hand,
| bat there was not time enough left fol
| them.