The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-18
TWO RIVAL SUIT0RS.
n, Temple Presents Their
Claims to Young Women.
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.,,h church will have 10 be en-
y - fna congregations continue 10
Az avsteree room Is they have been
~ - 80 serleg OF sermons which Rev.
61''rIs = Temple has been delivering on
=. - ,,ss TIE sermon last nigat was the
hsa-.s A. that series, and vas addressed
ssEf. s.i,s n daughters. For about forty
So wr Temple made an impressive
na.s,oArt Of the claims o. Christianity
So. -r,rv vornanhood, and he was Is
- - an audience limited only By
- ~ouaeity Of the auditorium.
x,ssker selected as the starting
- sss discourse the picturesque Bib
pan' ..oiSsrr IN which Rebekah appears
- ..sil IN response 10 the meSseng er
:. .s..s1n Who comes TO call her as the
- ~ fxaac. Uncertain as 10 wheiher
v ,Es maiden for whom he Is seek
- .ss messenger asks her, Whose
ser.hts- art thoug" and IN taxing these
go a. his text Mr. Temple made
- r4rsenal and impressive Application
= ,hsr1. asking the question directly OF
80 yosng woman present, ana that not
80 reference 70 her earthly pafehtase
~. -,ts regard 20 her spiritual condition
- - .,eestry. The earthly position OF
So. ssuaIlv. he maintained, Is Of COM
e...,rsig small account. a good fam
= = not 10 be despised, and a good fam
- zane il q rich possession" said he,
., mere ezeutcheon Is a very poor
go n Tie about a sinking character.
- IN the yanderbilts are rich. not all
:. psahodvs we're phiianthropists."
r.ksrr the character Of Rebekah as In
= ,exneetg = model for the imitation OF
- wefnep Of today, Mr. Temple point
80 three cornmen1able qualities shown
= 4. gIlustrious Jewess. The first of
,...s was that she was not ashamed OF
go, industry. Abiding beautifully to
- raw In which Rebekah honored her
81. NJ scored a heavy indictment against
80 kld.xloyed and fashionable young
asusbtsrs OF giddlness. who consider man
asltahsr beneath their notice. ana VINO 90
,sshlnx but sit around the parior. loaf
.bogs tie streets and shops, or gnde IN
graceful curves over the ball room floor
ue next called attention 70 the marked
A,.s,,-sTs az Rsbekab's character. He
,iaesd very high estimate upon kindli-
ssss and drew sharp contrast between
n ana the opposing quality Of selhshness.
Aynarx other things. he said strikingly:
"A curve never looks 80 awkward as when
Il Il irving 10 initiate an angle" He held
10 10 ridleule the common gossip, ped
sfng about In a basket OF tttle-tattle the
fables % her neighbors." The malicious
reanness 81 such people was aptly hit off
by The speaker when he pronounced them
'csrmorants swoapng down on their prey,
rlanglng their filthy talons into 1t and
leaving IL 20 rot In the hot sun Of merei-
fess exposure" There are enough Jeze-
t.es IN the world already" he said. plead
ing for a geutler and more unseliish type
Of womanh0od: "let Us have more Han
nahs and Decreases and Rebekahs."
The third point which he commended in
pehekah's character was her prompt ac-
eentanee Of the betFothaL He spiritual
tied this quality by urging upon his young
hearers a prompt acceptance OF the low
lng invitation Of the heavenly bridegroom.
There were many beautiful young women
IN the congregation. and as MIR. Temple
stood and presented TO them the rival
claims % Christ and the world he rose 10
The height Of his great argument. and
made an eloquent plea for Christianity.
He represented Christ and the world as
fsal suitors for the soul OF the young
sIlanhoed OF today and one by one he
ssineraied thu peculiar claims urged by
ash IN pressing the suit lie closed
sila an earnest prayer that the daugh-
'ss 81 the church might be truly the
esaghiefs o. the Almighty.