The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-21

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All r.t into she hearts % o1r Puritan
forefsthers a yz1or tkzx would rvr be
ussprrEss4 81 klnzsv egrrssstoFz- Were =
-r~st that Christian Erzen have been rEfgtr1g
70 Set rsA light Of Cod shine through them
TITO q cezszzts S1<z1 zboEt them. Cs-rz4
VOID rot have benefited by Dr. Ab@~Es
iahors. Tncsz xozI1 zos have read Henry
Martyrs Eih5ss Africa would not have
ssen DAVID LEvSngssone's sturdy EsstFs
ard North American Indians would
rot have beheBe David BraEnard-s savscr.
d. that sorns gncn sp4rfs wcsali sefzs ESscn
us al 90 stand here upon the platform
ant vOz ~. 81 the pews. wksch. when
voiced r words. wozie pray. Here ara !.
Lord uze ne
car ygu measure ftss spsrf.uaI ZIu-snz-
tton fhzt ray shire through ore mars
fifes o. that the church q God were
huge reflector Sealing the dazzling rays
Of saving truth into The utferrscst parts
q heafhensona. and 50 bizzinz witn zcfn-
sfz1znt glory thaE TIE hea1nsa At home
might get an occasional ray q sympathy
that would make thsrn see Z CHRISTIAN
iiTee the light q God
Chrsstfaa Civilization.
There II : general sense IA which Christ
IS TO-DAY tbs light of the word " hat u
esgfI.zaffors7 II il Christianity IN national
X Gs civilization with its thinking cap o.
Wherever The blessings C the gospsi 20.
society Assumes q higher grade human
rights are more generally respected De-
revoGence oTerthr0~E crpi61fy and self
lshnsss. restraint H. placed Epo1 al forms
O. vice. and man r. uPiifts1 and snnobleo-
These colleges that as5oFn our lard. these
public Ibraries that place beneficial
ks0Eieszs within reach % the poor class
%. these common schools that teach the
entire world and from some OF which cur
foremost statesmen and phIIantnropigts
have come these hospitals Of merry for
the suffering. these homes for the aged
and outcast, attest 70 the illuminating
power % the worlds Christ. II ss true thar
personal Christians do not always appear
fn ali the details Of AL these enterprises:
but Christian men inspire them and man
age them, and iufuse their eonsecretion
into them ] care not where the REFORM
you UII find Christianity al the fossnSz-
ton % e. and the men who stand amid
this haze Of gospel Light and benefit by
its blessings. and then deny Him who Is
stS central sun. preferring the poor salts
faction Of sin 20 the sustaining power Of
salvation. are using the yerysxea pons God
has given them 70 turn upon Him In de-
liberate rebellion.
Eighteen hundred and Fifty years ago.
the guiding star ghone down upon
baby's manRer bed. Gathering IN infen-
ssiy. that infant ray Of light. struggled
toward the zenith cleaning up and down
the fhoroBghfares Of Palestine. gliding the
bossferous waves Of Genessaret. sending
it's healing beams into many desolate
life. dazzling ia splsndor from the mount
q TRANSPORTATION, pouring upon the early
church food Of PentecOsfal glory, and
IS now encircling the whole world with
halo CT missionary zeal Shine on, Thou
glorious light Let thy revealing power
bring out into the day every lurking form
OF sin. and cheer every home Of sorrow
and dispel every gathering mist OF doubt.
Let Thy identifying power make the des-
srt bloom. and the rough places smooth.
and the barren wastes fruitful and the ST.
lent ones songfal before the Lord. Let Thy
rejecting power so use our individual lives
that We may be the means Of transmit
ting the blessings we have received 10
others. and thus extend Thy realm. build
Up Thy kingdom. and giorify Thy name.
Ride on, LORD Jesus. in Thy trfumphal
car OF light from horizon 20 horizon. IN
I'll the earth shall be encompassed with
Thy glory, and all nations shall behold
Thy sway.
The Inefrs bic Glory.
What Them j seem 10 stand amid the
inenable glory. Whence all is spiendor?
No sun 20 dazzle. no stars 10 twinkle,
and yet, shimmering up from the sea OF
glass are waves Of Hight; and dripping
from the rustling leaves are fecks OF
light: and sparkling from the peariy
gates are streams OF light; and
surging over from the Jasper
walls are pillows OF light: and playing up
on the giorified faces Of the redeemed are
smiles OF light; and blazing forth from the
great white throne are bewildering circles
Of light. and / seem TO stand dazed and
riveted with the scene, and ask again,
Whence all this splendor2 And turning be-
hold Him OF the thorn crown. and the nan
prints. and the spear thrust. and awaking
from my reverie ! remember the e1pIzna-
ton Of il all: The city had no need OF
the sun. neither Of the moon to shine in
~. for the glory OF God did tighten IL,
and the Lamb is the light thereof"