St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-10
BISHOP FOWLER SAYS THE TASK
OF THE CHURCH Is IT'S CON-
QUEST.
ADDRESS GIVEN AT THE GRAND
TO AN AUDIENCE THAT TAXED THE
CAPACITY OF THE
HOUSE.
SUBJECT HANDLED GENERALLY.
The Eloquent Divine Puts No Limit
to What the Church Should
Do.

Livery seat ITUIH lIle " tliC
gallery Of the Grand opera house was
filed yesterday afternoon long before
Bishop Charles H. Fowler, of Mime
apolis the resident Methodist Episco-
pal bishop of Minnesota, began his adj
dress on 1.-THE Task of The Church -
the Conquest Of the World" at mass
meeting of the Methodist churches Of
ST Paul, called in the interest of mis-
sions. Hundreds were glad to stand,
while many others were turned away
before 3 o'clock. Hon. Hascal r. Brill
presided, and seated upon the stage
\ were Rev. DR.. Daniels, an aged clergy
man from India; Rev. DR.. William Nc
Kinley, Of the Central Park M. E.
church; Rev. M. L. P. Hill, of the West
minister Presbyterian church; Rev. j.
Frank Stout, of the First M. E. church;
Rev. W. N. Jameson, Of the Bates
Avenue M. E. church; Rev. A. AvisOn,
of the Clinton Avenue M. E. church;
Rev. John Pemberton, of Merriam
Park Trinity M. E. church,; Rev. H. F.
LANCE, Of the Dayton's Bluff German
M. E. church; Rev. c. G. Nelson of the
Swedish M. E. church, and others. An
excellent instrumental accompaniment
to the congregational singing was sup
piled by a quartette from the First NJ
e. church-Mrs. Birch, pianist; Homer
Hillman and F. A. Herself, comets, and
Benjamin Hillman, trombone.
After all had sung that greatest of
missionary hymns, From Greerlands
Icy Mountain" Rev. DR.. Hill, Of the
Westminster Presbyterian church, in
voked blessing. Dr. Mckinley read
the Second Psalm, and Rev. ]. F. Stout,
in announcing the collection, mentioned
that there would be a mass meeting
held at p. m. Thursday, at the First
Baptist church. A hymn preceded the
introduction Of Bishop Fowler by Judge
Brill. who compared the bishop to the
founder of Methodism, John Wesley,
| himself. wesley has said, The world
Is my parish and surely Bishop
Fowler can truthfully say, after his
long years Of evangelical labor in all
parts of the earth, The world is my
diocese"
Bishop Fowler then delivered the fol-
lowing notable address:
Friends, countrymen, lovers" sub
Jects of the moral government, heirs Of
all the ages to come, wound UP never
to rum down, immortaIs, never to be
swept from the planes of life, hear me
and answer in the secret recesses of
your hearts.
What would you take for a reward
or compensation for which you would
be willing to have the Bible annihiI-
ated or demonstrated to be false? Can
not you conceive of any gift or treas
ure that could form even a motive for
such loss? Solid globes Of gold, vast
as our sun and countless as the stars
of night, with all earthly dominion and
honor, would be as nothing. They are
gone in moment. A desirable ex-
change is unthinkablee
You have received something worth
having and worth giving. Freely We
have received, freely give" You have
divine Redeemer-'a full, perfect
and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and
satisfaction for your sins. You have
perfect salvation through faith. You
know that "the Son of Man hath power
on earth to forgive sins" You have
tasted" of the good word of life. You
know the power of an endless life
You are purchased with a price, and
with such a price that it's repetition
would bankrupt the eternal treasury
Having received like the children of
the King, you must give like the chill
dren of the King. Belonging to Jesus
Christ you must have the spirit of
Jesus Christ, for ''if any man have not
the spirit of Christ he is none of His
Christ is in the world on a soul hunt.
He is here in "a world full of sinners
as the sinners friend. The very pur-
pose of His coming is mercy. HE is
| abundant in goodness and truth, keep
ing mercy for thousands, forgiviRg in
iquity and transgression and sim He
is here to save. For God so loved the
world that He gave His only begotten
f1,ot
should not perish, but have everlasting
life. For God sent not His Son into the
world to condemn the world, but that
the world through Him might be
| sawed"
He is here to save the world
His presence brings hope. Light
breaks in. The prison walls give way"
He calls to the ends Of the earth to come
| and live.
1t is impossible to breathe any spirit
| in the presence of such a Savior ex-
cept the widest and most jealous spirit
of missions. In His presence we are not
surprised that Christianity seeks the
lest, but we are compelled to believe
that the religion of Jesus must have
the missionary spirit With the Bible
in your hands, and it's unbreakable
promises enkindling in your bosoms the
hopes of eternal life, you must feel the
y
should do to you, do We also to them
likewise" ''As we have opportunity
we must "do good unto all men" There
| is no escape from the supreme law,
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind. And thou
shalt love thy neighbor as myself
There can be no intelligent New Tes-
lament Christianity without missions.
Soldiers Of the cross, hear the final COM
mand from the captain of your sal
walton: "All power is given unto Me
in heaven and in earth. Go We, there
FORE, and teach all nations. baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and Of
the Son, and Of the Holy Ghost; teach
ing them to observe all things whatso-
ever [ have commanded you; and, 10,
Am with you Away, even unto the
end Of the world" These are omnipo-
| tent words: go" preach" "teach."
"baptize." And "the field is the world !"
''all nations" ''every creature"
This work has all the intensity of a
death struggle. Every force within the
| reach Of Omnipotence is marshaled and
marched to the front. Every motive
which infinite wisdom could mold or
fashion is poured red hot upon the
conscience. Every argument that in
finite skill could draw from three
worlds is laid upon the judgment Ey-
cry term that could threaten or intirn-
idate is set on menacing. Every fig
ure Of speech that could persuade or
allure is exhausted in reckoning and
persuading. Every cavern in the re-
gions of the lost signs and means in
the very face of refusal Heaven her
self throws open her gates of pearl
and exhibits to mortal gaze her streets
of gold. her palaces Of fire. and her
thrones of light. Last Of all, the Mas
ter himself breaks ollt of the 11nsneak