Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-07
A LARGE AUDIENCE GREETS HIN.
He Speaks of the Choicest of All
PearIs.

auu NtIe AuuIesseu IN an aOie manner
by Bishop Thos, Bowman Of ST. Louis
Tue solo and chorus "Iuehne Thine
Ear to Me" by Prof, h. A. Heritage
and choir, which preceded the ser.
mon, WAS nicely executed, after which
a large collection was received, the
amount to be used in German mission
AIRY work.
As text Bishop Bowman chose
Matthew l3; 45 40: -"Agsiu the King.
dom uf heaven IA like unto a merchant
man, seeking gOOdly pearls, v no, when
he had fOuud one pearl of great price,
went and sold all that he had aud
bought it," A synopsis of the sermon
Is ~ follows:
"Christ was accustomed TO speak to
to his diSci pies in parallels, While in
China, Japan aud India noticed the
people Of tbose foreign countries carry
on conversation by means Of parallels.
The people OF these countries are SINH
lar to our children in one respect. They
understand things in that manner that
would be impossible 10 teach them.
Some jewelers. will close up Ineir place
OF business and go to some foreign
country aud search for some precious
stone. Having found one they will
return to their native country, adver-
tise their valuable jewel and hundreds
of people will flock to his store to see
the rare jewel. The result Is he sells
more goods in one year than he has for
several years past. This jeweler is u
wise merchant. Make Ia sacrifice Of
everything you have and purchase
the greatest prize of all-heaven.
"The religion Jesus is talking to bis
disciples is in the parable quoted ln the
thirteenth chapter of Matthew, is the
most important thing that could be
brought to man. / will give several
reasons why the bible Is 80 important
to us.
"First. Because IL is the only thing
In the universe that provides for mans
moral and spiritual needs. You forget
you have moral aud spiritual needs.
When you awake Sunday morning the
first thing you ask yourself is! What
am going to eat for breakfast: This
part of the mornings work done you
next ask yourself the question! What
will / wear to church todaSg / will
venture TO say that nine-tenths Of this
congregation spend more time before
the looking glass than on their knees
thanking the Lord for the many bless-
ings bestowed upon them. Does the
body signify anything? II Is Gods
germ. God made these bodies and We
should take care Of them. Whatever
constitutes my personal identity will
come up again after death and will live
forever. We have no right to damage
our person. l dare not damage my
body. / quit drinking coffee because
knew il was injuring my health.
Tobacco Injuries your health but maybe
you don't know II. These powerful
locomotives that traverse this universe
are evolved out Of the mind OF man.
We are evolved out Of Gods mind and
are far superior to the locomotive. We
are far more intellectual and more
skillfully constructed and should be
taken care Of. It's not only marve-
lous body but the intellect Is usually
located in the brain. Look farther and
we fipd something that's not intellect
or body-somethlng that says do ana
do not'-it's conscience. We are con-
tented when we follow conscience's
directions. Go farther aud you ma
something reaching out searching after
God-the spiritual. Go where you
nlesse. men and women have consci-
ence although they may not be 80 well
educated as we are. There Ia no human
being that does not believe In Deity
OF course there are skeptics and inndels
who say they do not but they do. They
helieye in a God Of some kind. ln
China the Inhabitants worship souie
times 100 idols, one Of which Is always
superior, the others being representa-
lives They have al underlying ide'
Of God feeling after him If perchan''
| might find Him as Paul said In'
morals in China correspond TO those o
the old testament. The spiritual uH
derlIes the moral and both are inue
nendent Of the body aud the intsllee'
There is a little morality In socle1y'No
enough. Where is the spirl'ua'
Where can / get IL? 1t is TO DO foun'
in the bible. Something tina. ss'lSns
= the spiritual desire Of man. II you al
:, without spiritual growth you can ss
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