Evening star., 1896-07-09

for all things commanded ere possible to
him that believeth Walking with humble
confidence the way of Gods command
merits before God and man.
(0 By continuing to take up the cross
and to receive the pure milk of Gods word,
growing in grace and in the knowledge Of
Jesus Christ
These simple rules will lead the believer
in the path and cause him to grow in peace
and Joy all the days of his life. and when
rolling years shall be lost IN eternity, he
T,iu continue to grow in bliss and heavenly
glory The Lord will be his and his
crown and he shall be forever with the
Lord. where the perfection of spiritual life
IS attained. where the fullnesS and grand
eur of the King of Kings will burst on our
vision. and the bliss of the redeemed shall
he realized and we shall join in the saints
triumphant song, "Hallelijah, for the Lord
God omnipotent, the redeemed. in that land
where the mansions are tinged with the
electric light of Immortality" Angels and
redeemed spirits its citizens. whose lot
is neither poverty nor riches, but one OF
joy, happir ess and calm repose, innocent
and tractatle. bearing In their hands palm
bra ncheS, symbols of their wondrous VIC
tory; and who are living with God in the
heaven of heavens, and shall continue
throughout the endless ages OF eternity,
with bar of sickness. no distance OF
time place. gulf of death or the grave
to part US. We shall meet in the bosom OF
Jesus, the fountain and author of divine
love oh, that blessed meeting which shall
put US beyond the smiling anu the weep
After further renditions by the choir
Rev. VIM. RAIDER of San Francisco ad-
dressed the assemblage. The simplicity
and force of his discourse was marked
Mr. Raiders Remnrks.
Mr.. RAIDER said:
According TO Paul. man is a trinity. COM
posed of body, soul and spirit. The body
is the physical house. the soul the seat and
source of life, the naimating principal of
the physical organization; the spirit, that
restless something which laughs and cries
ard throbs with emotion; worships God and
faces eternity. refuses to die forever. The
depth Of man spiritually includes all his
available manhood; it embraces all that is
potentially good within him-an that re-
serve force that is latent in his moral ma
ture- The depth of the spiritual may be
measured by ones desires. If the soul
cries out for response to the grandest
music. you are a musician. though you
may not be able to strike a single note Ii
your mind answers to the highest thought
on poetry, you are poet, though you may
not be BILE TO construct word of rhyme
II. like Words worth, you in flower
thoughts too deep for tears" you are a
lover of nature, though yon may be unable
to express that love in speech. And II you
lave a genuine longing to be a better man
or a better woman. desire to live a no
Her life, you are spiritual though you
nay be weak and unable to realize your
best intentions. II is a duty owe to our
selves to make the most of spiritual
nature. The man who refuses to cultivate
his best nature is great a criminal be-
fore God as he who wastes his force and
Giss:eates his strength. Indifference Is as
lad as iEtemperance- If we have party
for prohibition we should have also party
for stimulation For the most part we are
responsible for the depth and richness OF
cur own spirituality. Circumstances deep
On life. SORROWS stir and awaken the
soul. 1t sometimes dsturbs nature as dyn-
sorrow
bread and tears are medicine. The great
grief mellowS US and draws us nearer God.
There are flowers that must be crushed be-
fore they expend their fragrance. John
Milton Wrote his grandest words when God
curtained his eyes. Dante, ir the solemn
splendor of his grief. became a genius.
John Bunyan became great in the shadows
OF Bedford Jail. Tennyson constructed that
marvellous tribute, more lasting and magni-
frient than any material monument, In
Memorium'' because his college friend has
passed ava suddenly in the world beyond.
WheE Jennie Lind sang in Castle Garden,
New York. Goldsmith, hearing her wonder
full voice. remarked. IF 1 could marry that
woman and break her heart she would
sing like a nightingale He did break her
heart. and the voice of the Swedish nightin-
gale will never die. Science asks, Whence
comes the spiritual in mani? The story OF
it's birth las never been told. The wisdom
OF the world stands mute before the mys-
tery of this fact. as children On the shore
watch the ship emerge from the dense fog.
and passing in magnificent action before
them they see ii disappear again in the fog
bank beyond. This evolution and escha-
tology alike are shrouded in mist, and the
honest thinker must stand before these
phenomena in the agnosticism OF Paul and
say, Now through glass darkly;
but then face to face shall know even
as We are Known One thing We know,
that the spiritual within us Is to live for
ever When all things are destroyed, when
the moon is blood and the earth shall meet
with fervent heat. the spirit, that passion
ate and immortal self. snail stand on the
summit of the destroyed years and reach
out for the living God. Our duty is to
yield it up blameless; and rot our spirits
only but cur bodies and souls blameless to
the God W no gave it for the eternal life, is
hut the mortal life writ in larger type
The service was concluded with "a q'het
hour" conducted by Rev. I. e. 1.anSdaie
of Clark. South Dakota.
JOHN WESLEY A. NJ. E. ZION.
There were three speakers at the John
Wesley African NJ. f. Zion Church. Con-
r.ecticut avenue near l. street northwest,
where a good-sized audience assembled last
eight in spite of the rain In the absence
of the pastor DR.. r. \. Fisher Rev. j. w.
Rice presided. The service was opened by
singing Onward Christian Soldiers.
which was followed with a scripture read
ing by Rev. J. E. Mason of Rochester, n.
V, and prayer by Rev. P. P. Watson of
D
troit. President of the Michigan State
Union, was the first speaker.
Mr. StrOnE's Address.
Mr. Strong said:
The things which are seen are temporal.
The things which are not seen are eternal
Nearly two thousand years ago, in Cor
inth, tine beautiful metropolis of southern
Greece. was church in the midst of the
city Not only was the city fair to look
upon, but full of the hustle of business, the
frIa thn x-if.lx-
edness of self-seeking wealth. 1t was a
spiritually minded church. full of thoughts
pointing to heaven and of temptations lur-
ing toward hell. To this church Paul wrote
at least two letters, and in the second he
said that tine real things are the inside
things. and that outward show. whether ii
he In church life. in business, or in society,
is passing and temporary. History and
daily life alike voice the same eternal an
tagonism. Thirty and five years ago our
ears were deafened with the of war;
the factors seemed to be men, money and
nluskets: il seemed as il old John Brown
had gone defeated to his grave, but the
end was not so wrought out. What kept
he nation herr facts hut faith