The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-23
DUTIES TO GOD AND MAN.
Sermon By Rev. ID. c. Garrett at ST.
Marks Church,

The services At st. Marks Episcopal
church yesterday. both morning and even
fng, we're we'll attended. The musical
features were excellent aud sermons
highly appreciated. Rev. Or. ID. c. Gar
rett, the rector. chose for the text Of his
evening sermoa Mark ni:l7: Render TO
Caesar the things that are Cessr's. and to
God the things that are Gods" Mr.. Gar
rett said:
MAN stands in two great relationships,
| tow ards God and towards bis fellow men.
But the two are not distinct; they merge
in each other, and are both included under
the broad term Of religious duty These
relation ships are expressed IN the COM
maId of Jesus, Render unto Cesar the
things that are CHsar's, and unto God the
things that are Gods Here is the two
fold authority resting upon every man
and claiming from every one due respect
The things OF Cesar stand for the author
inv OF government. the supremacy OF law.
the love and honor due ali men. The
things OF God mean the duties Of religion
in its spiritual sense. the reverence that
should be paid sacred objects. Against
tins twofold authority We see a spreading
tendency. This - the secret of anarchy,
a rebellion against disinely appointed
authority. Every anarchist - an
ini,del He hates the very name OF God,
nOHQfS
liberty. bat license, in the meanest. cears-
est way is the object Of his cravings Here
- the KEYNOTE Of nihilism--5isbeiief Ia God.
There il " here II all begins. When men
once deny an oyer-ruslng God-one 10
whom they must render an aecount-then
they cease TO have respect to law OF any
k{nd That is logical II there IS no Col,
ne immortality: II mAu is not an heir oil
eternal iiie. but only senless comDlna-
,iop nj perfshabie atoms. which IS the
teaohing of ths mud philosophy. then no
wog1Sier those Who have none of the good
fnSuenees of Christian society % COM
ri them TO st least an outward
Conformity. rash into ~lid excess ana
sns,,d themselves in the widest wicked
meas II this life Is all. Why not demand =
dsvlsion of w0rkoly goods, even u Il has 60
h. auforeed by vsolence7 Such Is the logic
AZ anarchy, and strange 10 say u Is the
I.ritimate fruit of a skepSlcisp fosterrd by
many welI-to-do aud EsFg respectable Peo-
re Cultivated skeptics by reason Of their
environment, living in an atmosphere
sn-rharveai with Christianity, are quite
mora in spite u thear immoral theories,
Rpt IL il not so vita the rab6ie driven
hsadtons by their sensgous impulses.
That weak substitute for moral status
expresSed m the rimsv dogma Live i9F
the good Of humanity. can haFs Ntile
n,ssnins save for those who are we'll
noo~e3 SeIl.eloghad, Well-fed and we'll
reatf Wka. do the men Of bSss passions
ara ignorant m nds care about the good 81
humanity or the choir invisible III
thsrs ia no God, If ision Is ne. then
le1 rs make the most Of life we eah-ths
aaarchlss argues Ii this life Is al let rs
get as Taurh out 81 IL as possloAs, even y We
nave 70 break open every bank ana TOO
eyevx store ana piiiage every home. Ihus
the spirit of anarchy resides in resistance
10 anthority--the authority OF religion ex-
messed in sne widest sense by toe Two
rr4at commandments Of Christ Let as
learn anew the lessons these teach In tfe
light of the presens crisis N society, caE
S,stv 10 God and our duty 10 orr fellow
man are the two chief authorities that men
aazat 20 respect, bat whicA TOO many re-
go Ourlutv to our neignoor the chsrcn
has taught an the best ethseaI SUM
mar ever Soxmuiated. Find prayer
book. Turn 10 the ealschisn and read ID