The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-14


and that possibly some other Christian
influences along the same line--and a
little broader, 1t may be, than those
which put forth-may be used for the
honor and glory of God. Why, in other
departments of human life there does
not seem to be any great difficulty,
Did you read in the papers recently on
a congressman that showed check for
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
to some of his friends? They asked
him, Where did you get that check
He told them, Il got that from Eng
land, for giving them the formula Of
the manufacture which is my speciality
and which Is my secret. couldn't
quite cover the English territory, as
had to cover all the United States, so
gave them the formula quid pro quo.
They were giving him quid pro quo,
and therefore they might have his for
mula, My proposition is this: that the
territory where the Congregationalists
and the Presbyterians and the Baptlsts
may not so, comes the American sun
day-School Union and gives us a quid
pro quo in lifting up human lives to
the bosom of God, in Strengthening the
religious sinews of this land of ours,
and in being mighty evangelistic and
religious force, Because it does all this
for us, we cannot only afford to give it
our sympathy, but if we have in our
hearts the throb and the beat of our
Christ we are bound to do 1t; for the
last thing that will be tolerated in the
Kingdom of God that is to come is a
small, petite and nerveless Christian.
And there is one thing more which |
want to say to you as reason why we
should be interested in this American
Sunday School union, and that is be-
cause of the great personal influence
which 1t has over individual lives. The
goal of improvement, as we have been
told over and over again, is the i'm
provement of the soul; and you have
not made any abiding impression upon
the world, as you have simply manipu-
lated our Institutions and fashioned our
laws. Not until you have made con-
nection with the soul which is behind
the institution and which Is operated
upon by the laws, and have touched
and influenced and moulded and
shaped that have you done the last
thing and the most urgent thing that
needs to be done. Now, wherever a
life touches another life and puts
through its personal relationship, a
new stamp upon it, there is work being
done which not only feels its influence
in time, but which shall find It's express
sion in eternity. Men of all degrees OF
life are doing that work. You remem-
Der the young student who came te
Phillips Brooks to consult him about
his practical affairs, and Phillips
Brooks, great hearted man that he was
Immediately began to probe into the
young mans soul and make certain vi
tai, strong expressions to him about
what the duty of a young man like
himself ought to be to his God. Ane
the young man looked up into his face
and said, 'Dr. Brooks, / came to con
suit you about practical matters" Ant
the bishop replied, But have always
considered religion to be the most prac
tical matter in the world" And as h
put, through Jesus Christ, his splendid
personality into the life of that younf
man and sent him out with new idea
new impression, new experience, t
fight his life battles more bravely and
to live more faithfully and truly, al
became a man in Christ Jesus Tha'
was magnificent work, was It not, for
great bishop to take a single individual
soul, and thus, by the grace of God
stamp it and shape it, and send 1t on
into life beneath the sway of a new i'm
pulse and new convictions? 1t is salt
OF Horace Bushnell that he had a yer.
beautiful young lady in his parish VIII
seemed to be thoughtless about spirit
ual things Whenever he tried to tall
with her she would repel him, as youn,
ladies know very we'll how to repe
when approached by their ministers
At last he thought Of a plan, and h
said to his wife, Let us invite tn
young lady in to tea" So they invites
her, and had the daintiest supper pos
sibIe. All the conversation was upol
| things which interested the young lad,
and when it was time to go home-i
was a beautiful moon light evening
| the doctor made his profoundest boy
and asked the young lady If he nigh
| see her home She thanked him an
said, Certainly" and felt very muc
| complimented that the great DR.. Bush
| nell should show her such attention
| AS they went out into the beautiful
| moonlight and looked up into the vas
| eternal blue and saw the constellation
| and the stars there, glistening an
| cleaning in the heavens, they fell t
| speaking about the constancy of tn
| heavenly bodies, and how every sta
was in it's place. and how everythin
| in the armament above was exactly ad
! justed to its divinely intended uses
and when they came to the gate an
| the doctor was saying goodnight t
the young lady, he said simply this
II hope, Miss So-and-So, that som
| time i shall find you in your place, eve
as the stars in heavens eternal blu
are in theirs. Goodnight" And tina
was enough. She knew what he mean
Before the next morning had dawne
she had come into her place, had give
herself, sweetly and beautifully, to he
| Saviour, and had commenced the de
veloping and unfolding of rare an
| oueenIy Christian life. That was splen
did influence, wasn't it, for the grea
DR.. Bushnell to lean over soul lik
that, and by such tact lead it into tn
kingdom of God? We might mutlipl
| illustra tions. DR.. Brooks and Bushne
are not exceptions in leading preciou
souls into the presence of Jesus an
leaving them there. Every one of thes
1876 missionaries who are going 1861
days in the year UP and down this Ian
| of ours ministering of the things {