The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-15
sCHRIsT Is ALL AND IN ALL.v
Rev. Mr.. Temples Sermon-A Plea for
Liberty In the Puipit.


Rev. w. III. G.. Temple, pastor of Plyru-
cuth church. took for his text yesterday
morning. Christ Is All and in An" Col
I'LL Tfe said, in part:
Sprnglng from such a heart as Paups
what could express his thoughts more
naturally than the text have chosen? Do
you think he could have written to TIE
colossians Of the projections and permeat-
Ing influence OF Christ IL he had not felt
them In his own soul? He was advocating
The completeness OF no untried Savior.
And though now n prisoner and In bonds.
ne was enjoying the liberty of the Gospel
In proeiaiming to the churches the sufii-
eiency OF his Savior and ours"
From this fact Mr.. Temple drew a few
lessons First, to the faithful preacher
Christ Is all and in all. What he ,aould
commend to his people. the honest minis
ter must take to himself. What farce IL
IS. said the pastor, for an unregenerafe
pFecher 10 declaim upon the beauties OF
conversion and the nobility OF the Chris
tan life. II the speaker does not feel the
power OF his theme, the people will not
receive It's philosophy. Words. to move
men, must be lived before they are ut
.ertd. The speaker must remember that
~ Is speaking to human ears and eyes.
DIT. Temple continued
NHhA Hditt ana even now In
some localities, the absurd notion prevailed
that while the political and secular specch
nay be ornanented with all the graces OF
eFatory, the story OF the cross must be
'oia IN humdrum voice. with meager ges-
lure and behind a barricade which con-
nationality has styled q pulpit. In the
opinion OF some, ministers should repress
iheT enthusiasm for fear OF becoming
Ahafics; their exuberance OF fancy lest
ney grow sensational; their sense OF hui
neF 70 avoid being irreverent. They are
rKKed out IN gowns, are put into coops
70 preach from, assume unnatural voices
ana nave the last spark Of vitality crush
"a cut or them with a ponderous manu-
ssFipt and then the public wonders why
'ne audience goes 10 sleep and the messag.
81 love files out OF the window
plead for the largest liberty IN preach
ing the GOSPEL. If there he any power in
,he voice. any EMPHASIS I'm gesture, any
.hetihg force In the eye. any thrilling eff
wi IN dramatic attitude, any convincing
agency In stormlng passion and cooling
persuasiveness and honest raillery, let
saetn be eonscripted from the winning Of
suis IN the presentation OF the mighty
meme OF the Gospel. The intellect must
ee reached. for human reason must be
captured, and human Imagination must
ne nxed In the right direction. The heart
must De touched as well. oh. for a min
s'ry or such preaching AZ viii Danish any
'Hoaght secondary 20 the one absorbing
purpose OF God. ana IN which Christ shah
ee all and In ALL"
Again Christ. said the minister Is an
- AL as Savior. He has presented the
eniy plan for redemption that viii cover
al conditions Christ is all in all az
uniting bond among Christians He n
.aeir common ground. II they love Him,
.aey must be one. in spite OF the different
necios1es and forms of government and
meeFies or Interpretation. Christ will he
~ N all in heaven. lie viii be the con-
saR' wonder % that blessed world: It's
lgat and love and glory.