The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-09
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ward side only. ard you virtually assert
t.iat man can save himself. hence there
~ 10 necessity % an asouereut which ia
practical Cnitarfanie~n.
Ioiay we have - rejoice because OF
tAs leavening infsuence OF Methe1istic doc
tIsfse- Cslunism = as firm Is a rock as
sfef. Dut has gained wonderfully ia come
Lbess since this trailing vine Of Mefho-
aisnl mas been running over H. Arrnsn-
iahism - srurdier OF trunk and broader
% isal. because q the CzlvIrfstic soft Ir.
when II has been growing. Though 80
many Methodist ministers have forsaken
the iIInerancy for the permanent y.zs,or-
az IN the Congregational church. their
Theology has not been unacceptahla =,
tl4ss new congregations. The DEGREES are
Sun eternal. but 10 longer arbitrary. The
perseverance or the saints IS still sure as
1ohg as they exercise faith. The model
osthoaox theology OF the future is going
God for itg' i''
~ speaking next about the uolitv o. the
Ale'i4otAists, air. Temple selected the i;tne-
.a.sIS ana the class meeting a. It's dis
s4a1s A4sfiltiS features. and TO each ne paid
h4bh tribute for is effective working
po"eF. Inc close OF his sermon was de-
'oe<0 70 ne spirit Of MethodISm" He
So. admire It's elasticity II adapts
I1aeA Vita wonderful ease to clrcurn-
stances IL Is episcopal in its government
III inls country. Elsewhere II i r,rasbv-
Ief4al- IL breaches in England in a gown
IN our country i assumes the ordinary
Ef4h@e AIDert froek. In the West and
S0atn' IN the less refined districts Il talks
ia It's shirt sleeves OF the message az sal
walton for the race. Frescoed ceiling ana
stained windows are not too costly for II
ana barn with dry goods box for a
pulpit meets its demands in default OF
soA'islnihg better. II counts its scholars
oy the thousand. ornamenting its best
men with degrees and distinctions, and in
its educational Institutions it takes laud-
able pride, but when 1t finds an uned-
ucated man OF ability and common sense
II uiiizes him somewhere in its vast field
where ne can DO the most good Il Is
missionary In a superlative sense. Its
one question is. How best can We win
for Christi and all honorable ana some
grotesque means are used for that re-
suit.
Il admire It's aggresslyeness. II has the
eye OF hawk, sights every available
opening and never loses any time IN Inn
proving It. II tries experiments. II they
fall II tries new ones. 1t lives and thrives
where other denominations would die OF
disbursement and starvation. II never
halts. II sometimes retreats but be-
fore you can turn round you will End il
advancing VIGOROUSLY in some other d.
rection- II is optimistic In the highest
degree. IL believes in the worlds final
lmpaTadfsation, and nerves every muscle
To bring it about. II moves sometimes
silently, and with as much secrecy as a
Masonic order, and sometimes with shouts
and multiplied amens, but il always
moves' 1t believes in the revival and
thinks IL is better to win a hundred con-
verts for Christ in an evangelistic cam
paign. though forty of them drop back
in the probationary stage, than TO get
only twenty-five in the first place and
hold them all. IL believes in the power Of
consecrated earnestness. and is not afraid
OF the charge OF fanatlcism because il oc-
casionally boils over. Take away It's fire
and you quench its life. 1t revels In the
Joy OF melody. II has marched down the
years over the highway of song. No bust
ness meeting is opened without singing.
Even a church trial must have It's sharp
corners prayed Off on one side and sung
off on the other. When the prayer meet
ings grow cold. they sing them into eX-
ultation. When the ranks waver before
the enemy they sing them into courage
and victory. They never go into battle
without the band ahead. A singing church
is pretty sure 10 be a successful church
Never can we Climb so high up into the
regions OF gladness as when we are step
ping the rounds OF sacred song.
u .et us extend cordial handgrasp 10
this denomination. and remind the Meth
odist church that our common field IS the
world throughout which we shall con-
tinue 20 work side by side and in the
spirit Of Christian unity and peace, and
let us solare ourselves all along the way
with the dying words OF its honoTed
founder: The best of all Is, God is with