St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
GRAND SABBATH DAY RALLY.
SCENE OF A NOTABLE
GATHERING
Eloquent Sermons I'm Other Pull
pits by Well Known Pre-
Iates.


made the day an epoch in the his
tory of the organization. Bishop
| Gilbert presided and made few in
| teresting Introductory remarks rela-
| tive to the society and its work, and
also descriptive of the speakers.
The first speaker was Rev. Mr..
| Hammond, of Wilmington, Del,
warm personal friend of Bishop Gill
bert, who has been prominently
identified with one of the most thriv-
ing brotherhoods in the country in
| his native parish. His remarks af-
! forded a brief explanation of the OBJ
! ject and aims of the brotherhood.
! He spoke particularly of its practical
| Christian workings and the princi-
| pies of prayer and service so we'll
! eXemplified by the members of the
! organiZat ton. He dwelt at length
| upon the Importance of the underly-
ing life, which is, after all, the test
of the value of any Christian insti-
! tuition. Life and conduct, he said,
! were the test which should judge
| brotherhood, life which is the result
| Of prayer and service and effort. All
members of the brotherhood should
have more than mere formal mem
bership; they should be spiritually
allied with each other in a great
soul-saving movement. They should
| be real disciples, conSecrated to all
/ that is good and noble and pure and
uplifting. Above all, they should be
willing to do the will of the Heavenly
| u
ments. Their lives should be great,
active influences, eXerting direct
personal influence upon men. He
spoke of the great significance of the
word brotherhood. 1t meant that
the members were banded into a
great organization to help and ibene-
hit one another. The great principle
of interdependence was the corner
stone of the organization, and its
motto must be mo man Liveth Unto
Himself The members should car
ry out into the world as we'll as
among themselves the influence of
! Christian character. They should be
so consecrated to the divine truth
that they will hold up Christ every
where in the daily labors that en-
gage them, thus spreading the net of
Christian influence where their fell
loWmen may become SHARED and they
themselves become truly fishers of
men," To each one should come the
truth of the words, "I slept and
dreamed that life was beauty; I &.
woke and found that life was duty"
The greatest lesson is to learn how
to live, and too few men learn that
lesson. The influence that the
brotherhood is to exert must be good
and true and unselfish. The mem
bers of the organization must first
conquer selfishness, and then avoid
1T and live beyond and above it. 1--WE
are too apt" said the speaker, ito
forget our duty to our neighbors
and on the walls of our inner lives
too often hangs the motto, 7 take
care of myself; let others take care
of themselves He who SAYS this
misses in his own life many little
acts of kindness, and he misses the
great blessing of knowing that it is
better to give than to receive. And
into his life comes not that divinest
OF benedictions, Inasmuch as ye
have done it to the least of these.
my brethren, ye have done it unto
me- AS we go through life we are
to help each other, and for His sake
try to make even our indirect in
f1uence an influence for the good, for
who can tell how far out it reaches
and how many lives it touches. We
orc TO foIv f1oAc III IL
under our brothers feet and lift
him up and send him on his way
feeling in his heart that we love
| him. We cannot estimate the moral
magnetism of Christian character,
and for all we know we are making
many home bright when we are
living with our faces to the light.
even though we are not thinking at
the time Of what our influence may
be-" The speaker then gave some
practical illustrations of the work
ings of the brotherhood in helping
invalid members and in other char
| liable ways and on errands of mercy
and of love-
Bishop Gilbert then introduced Silas
McBee, of North Carolina, whom he
| said was as solid and firm in the work
| of the brotherhood as the mountains
| back Of his North Carolina home. Nc
| Bee is an earnest speaker and never
| fails to hold the closest attention Of his
! hearers. His talk yesterday, while
| brief, was very touching and effective
| He told a number Of little stories to
| illustrate the duties of the brotherhood
| and applied the moral truths conveyed
a m
thought was the Christ in man. He
said that men fail to realize as they
! should the power of Christ ON earth
| through men. Brotherhood members
| were too prone to forget in their daily
| lives the cross on their button and
| upon their brows, and to forget that
they were holding up the cross day by
day and men were Judging of the
! Christian religion by the way in which
these brotherhood members We're living
| in their daily lives. Their lives should
be fully consecrated and hidden with
! Christ in God. "Others,'' said Mr.
McBee ''are coming through your life
to know and to believe in Christ if you
will give them a chance. Yours are to
many doubtless the window through
which they are seeing Christ. Be care
| full what kind of Christ you show to
them. How many men follow us to
| church to find the silent power that
| they feel lies in our lives somewhere?
| Do any? Are we not organized to en-
phasize that kind of Christianity? Can
any one point to our daily lives and say
| to his doubling neighbor I believe in
| Christianity because his life is evidence
enough to me that Christianity is
worthy?'
Would we be known if we wore no
| brotherhood button? Would our lives
| speak did we not belong to this So
| ciety? Are our lives living lies, or are
we exemplifying the Christ in our daily
acts and thoughts? These are all per-