The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-19
NEW FIELD OF WORK
FIRST SERMON OF REV. MR. KEEL
LoGG AT THE ~ r. CHURCH


Rev WHfor9 n. Kellogg. who has been
engage: 20 ga tns pulpit OF sAs FRS.
Protestant church. o. tbs city. made
vacant ~ the resignation OF Rev. Clark
preached MS first sermon yesterday mora-
ing.
M-- keT-ogg came here direct fr0rn Ceaa-
Pa. IL. Were as had charge Of a large
church he IS an Interesting figure. ard
his career has been one that has peea-
larry atte1 him for the WORK thai ne has
dedicated his lie to. He has been Wei
known In the Ezs; as lecturer and pub
issasr Of re-lg.o-scieatifc journals. devoted
to TIE denial o. tae theory o. vibration
ard the setting up Of another theory es-
taasishing the fact OF sabc;Aatiaasrn. DR..
kei.osg took a course az tie Union semi
mary, IN fpsiana. 5sch.. and was a
sraoolElate CT Hon. Taou1sg Burke. OF
this city. al that institution Subsequent
y ne attended Albion college, Method IS.
Protestant institution, a.so in Michigan.
" ale al Albion he had charge OF Con-
cord church. Of the Western Michigan
conference. He was ordained In is72. after
wnicn re served a number OF churches II
Michigan and Western New York. 4,
was after this that DR. Kellogg spent sew
srai years on the lecture platform
Ills text yesterday was from the Is:
chapter. 9TH verse OF Genesis: God ere
ated man In his own image" The sermon
was forcefai talk. fun OF the individual
opinions OF the speaker. and contained a
NUMBER OF passages OF more than ordinary
strength. among which were the follow
ing:
God has nature possessing natural
a.rso1.es 50 has man. Every natura,
aIssfs'ssie OF God has q corresponding at
frsolie IN man.
Col IS pmnlpotent: -nan has strength"
= II
NSo. Is INN aE4.hie: man maintains his
lholsldualIty, and identity from ire .Irne
re oeglast 20 exist forever more
1t = true tha: fhe attributes in one
Sase are Infinite, and in the other finite;
out Ane anags % Us.ty - reflected In ira
creature noE~stAsta nding this fact be-
use man possesses every attribute as
er.oesi 20 Coz. though finite
Inesa attributes e-rs nestaer Yne-1al nor
mora, 'buS lnheFe In The smmateriaf sur
s'ance constituting the na.re OF Cod.
over and above the onnnpresent srn-
material substance constituting the ma
tuT's OF God. or at least a portion OF e.
srod hes a mind. Mlna has but ore attri-
otxe. which In Deity we call 0untsrler,.ss
AZ me image u IS called @ssso1n The Gre
stor knows all things. He never learns
ana never forgetz"
Another extract from Or. Kellorg's SER
mon that exhibited his iean.ngs toward
sns thsories taat found expression IN his
te.suFes ara publications vas as follows.
Mind. whether IN the Creator or the
creature. = divided into % reason. -
e1notlon. tSl evolution BY means OF the
reasoning faculties we deliberate ard
tnink out the problems OF the universe
our emotional faculties enabie US 70 en-
JOY our environment or grfeye over orr
adTsrsltes. We love or hate. we weep
or laugh as the great organ.st of oar
lives touches the ke~s that awaken glad
anthems or evoke d.rges written r., M
nor chords. and though the creeds declare
that God IL without; body parts or "a a.
SONS, yet II read Alright He Is affected
oy His and our environment in the uni
verse A
He loves us. though we stray: He mites
Us when We faint and fail: He grfeves
over our waywardness. He watches MS in
tenderness. and reioices when we return
TO Him II God had no emotional nature
the scat Of all the passions OF All tntaIfj-
Eences IN the universe. he would be he
could De- no more 20 us than the dumb
senSeless rocks OF the mountains
TIE voiltion l. the great r7ge9sfer OF
our mental being. steering MS into the
shoals. auleksands and breakers of life.
or SAFELY over HES ternpsztuous seas 20
the raven Or eternal rest and glory. BY
lis exercise. God determined 10 rescue a
lost world and bring K again into Sshti-
cation 70 the true. beautiful and good
DR. Kellogg has been conspicuous
worker as prohihiuonlsi. both In his
lectures and writings. The matter has
been one OF conviction as TO the right
with hfn and not OF politics. lie SAYS
that be Will advocate temperance, bat
that his theories shall not ind expression
In any political connection.