The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-07

Yesterday morning II - attentive ~
sIsnce listened to thAG Of the speaRi
serses OF sermons noGk4king given by T.
Hutchinson. OF the First PresbyterhR
church. The sermon was entitled PFC
tyisrianism In History The spea<W
took as his text, Honor all men. Low
ire brotherhood. Fear God. Honor thaa
king" In his Introduction he saidsT
what a wonderfully comprehensive
Scripture is thlsi A veritable compound
81 the divine law. All who would keep
this law accep,abiy must show record
n which the four injunctions Of the text
have chiefly characterized conduct. Notice
TIE graduation OF this text. First, our re-
alton 70 all men: second. our relation 70
me church. third. our relation 10 God.
Those having beesn fixed. then the proper
conception Of the relation between ruler
and subject il indicated. These four ad-
monsions Of the text enter into the con-
ssructive principles OF all genuinely re-
Iigious forces. Pres byteTlanism has al
ways been uncofnprornisinF iii its attitude
towards tyranny. whether ecclesiastical
or political. II was this spirit that 40
successfully resisted ths attempts Of Rome
to crush the Waldensr-. who nearly
half century before Calvin and Luther
withstood in the cotfian Alps an army
az 1890 sen, against them BY lnnocsaa,
VIII. The System ~ doctrine which grew
out OF the teachings Of Calvin ard Knox
was elaborated IN ths we@t minister con-
fe~aion Of faith. This symbol Is. unfor~
funAtely. a poaderous document. whose
metaphysical phraseology has led 10 many
misconceptions Of the doetfiral position
OF the Presbyterian church. have been
asked why Is Il that HreshyteTlanism has
80 signally failed 10 make Itself clearly
understood by the masses. I have ar
swered--inasmuch "a the authors OF the
Bible who were specially Inspired nisa.
failed 10 make themselves clearly under
Stood Ia all their statements. how can
YOU expect a company of unlnspined men
te speak more understanaingiy upon the
SAME profound subjects II you knew tho
historical setting Of tho confession ven
would understand II better. II was a faith
taih upon the Word. and this confession
tAa' ncrvess The hearts ~ prcshvtertaus
vi By William the Silent and the brave
fallguy, 20 endure SO long thu bloody
parsscuticns under Catherine De Medici
fhsries *. snd the Guises Eathused
wllh such fatfh. more fhan ONCE I'D
the patriotic general assembly save thA
Reformation IN Great britain, and cnca
a. least Il saved constitutional liberty -
she world Those we're stormy times I'm
Scotland when James V and Charles l.
seaght 70 compel the Presbyterians 70
conform 70 the menarohical forms OF the
s~tAAsA AlAENa
'nr Marsh describes a scene He says;
~ the great church sn Edinburgh wprn
ssser1hled archhishops ana bishops. lords
= the session and magistrates of The eitv.
has when tho dean began 10 read TIA
foeulacc ciappefi their hands and cried;
napei r pope' Down with snti-Christ.'
and greatly endangered the lives OF the
hshoqs'
ia the long parliament Presbyterian
I'D scted a most important part. Tire
sfxi 81 ;he contest was virtually Prslaev
ss fTesbyiery. and the latter won, Out
q his parliament came our confession 81
alsA snd form % government 0at ~ e
also came the Solemn League ard Cove
hsat IA iea" Here the spea ker gave
EsnS historical references and quotations.
sAostaS that Pr0shyterianissn never as
aa'ilstsd NitN monarchy,
epHilnufnF ne said: "PreshyteT
ass noble rtoerd In the aage* cf Amer
VISA his'ary The spirit which animated
a~ whole organism ls the closest akla
3 ne spirit 81 American institutions"
Here tte pastor quoted grem she writ
rs e Lowell Morley. Ven Rauke ard
trsade foeeesHl uttoranceS sustaining the
above statement
Haea British oppression grew more ia-
sse ana British fnsolcnce became an
esATAele. and the last resort was az an-
~ . arms. Freshyterians were ready