The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23

..as tls rsrescrcN before stss aa1icrcs
pas rot yery imposing. ard fssst bis yoaes
vas rot particularly rugstsal. ana t'saA,
r. his letter 70 TIRE CORN nsasss. quotes
4sss bit 81 go1xsp wtfh quaint facssrissss-
nezs. But the sznse critic Tse .fzsis &C.
sysefezs from Tire eTecs u the apostle -
uttered words wzs ob.sEed 70 sckoozae1ze
that MS I@ftefs uere ~e5gnfT zr1 pvwsf-
ia. This report wa i fancy. ore Of
those xafoeje-s criticisms t8af are pretty
SIRE 20 Re Aun= e. arw rzso&sg sgSsksS.
especially 81 he turn sne Hors1 upside
down - pcui ds4 sosneho1y viii md
eonsefhing ne dooz zsof iga<s. II ~ 5fsseh-
rr be overf,oid ia TIE Doc arasaeF o.
truth be viii ~ called Foss@h 81 cic-
-Hk3rfaf IL ~ - nxssdiY p~TsssSS8Ee -
Wi BE dubbed effsusaate. = BE sovas-
CAFES everybo6y's ca1zA. ~ ~ p essss1
DSsor. weak tool. Ass1. " ne sss : fasfSa
OF bis own and a~se~ss e. h. VII bring
dcwn spon rim ne Ferry Indignation q
RS sssssuccseyful petitioners. Paul was
es1a@fzffy no ~xespfson 20 tfss general
rue: so somebody ha1 % szy. tbs
bodily presence Is weak. ard has spNeea
esnternpsibls ! look spon ne whole
sssry as a Hnes he VINO m4fs F~fEx
kreee hnock .oxefber. and fook Azfspssss
su0Ensnt py storm. and eosngsetssy von
Cver the aofnz1 pyo-consfi- S~ryssls
TAulsse ard made Aths1s Quake uncer
the shork ~ his tigunSero1tts % ~Igeecss.
eousd not have isekt6 Mslee n tas ora-
4oysaai art Pa. be hat ~ 1; may Pau
wes AZ orator Ia method. ard that - the
reason why his written s0gtc - 40 tsowsr-
fllf and his dictated agpesia 80 passionate
ard convincing. fse dealt largely IN
aufsfrese~ and ei,rnaxss. and these a~s
stss foremost resufsEseS % fns oFafoFscAi
uefAod. Have you not aiFes1y traced
n these verpes we have iseefs consider
Ing He begins On q los plane ard
1919 -. -. fffzE7 AZ
aHd loss sse then puts himself into TIRE
xa5eulzrlor ard infensifies the sasa. and
hints al tBs comfort 20 be sought Fl Tns
expsxsence ~ fsing found n Christ. BE
now unfos9s the --rsnH purpose 80 View,
ard declares thar sbe FIRST eIeTnen' u this
abiding In Chris f. that he may know
film. And as we follow clause after
ciause % this declaration. vou VIII potice
now he cismbs M into heights Of thought
ard expression. That may know HIM"
Why dsa raul say that. here ~ this par
fiesiisr stage Of me argument re bad
already said. YEA. doubtless. and
count all things bfs Ines for the excel
my Lord. !" Was this sezt I announce
today fepetitioD7 J hsnk not. There
wasn't any tautoiozy about Pani. There
must be- some further meaning IN this
later expression. Let us study these two
together. This method vii throw add
tionai light or both: The knowledge OF
Chris. /" That l may Know Him.
Two Kinds of Knowieige.
Are there not two kinds % knowledge
Intended here the one external. intsliec-
fuai. superficial. and the other experiment
tai heart-searching. eilafactsf-buililng
close In fellowship. unutterablY sweef IN
its communion Let me call the first a
knowledge Of Christ which Paul finds. In
itself, far saDefior az . possession e any
thing belonging 70 The world be had ever
enjoyed And let me call the second :
knowledge In Christ % the staircase or
which the apostle desired 70 mount after
ne realized his so.ii-re&i8t nee in the Bless
81 One How many times ueepie have said
10 me: '.Do you know such person."
Perhaps he was . leader amcng men In
the po.ftiCai financial. social OF religious
world And how often I have been onlig-
ed 70 reply: II know Of him. know him
by fepufa ION. ] krou o. his work. but
have never grasped his hand Dr. exchanged
word NTH him" OF anoFher ] have
said: Know. hnas I should think so,
We roomed together at college. We mar
rfed into the same family. We have been
engaged in the same enterprises" or we
have shared the same losses" Nv pur-
pose then. this morning viii be 20 discuss
these two sorts of knowledge concerning
Christ. OF which men arc possessed. The
threshold acquaintance. which has no
personal element IN il except in a general
way: and this iuner-chamber. upper~roofn
knowledge. which every true Christian
longs 70 experience
II nof the simple conviction that Christ
has lived. and left mDnn the ages Ills pure
impress. tremendous gain for the life OF
today What makes The nineteenth CEN
fury the grandest time 20 be born fnf
AMI what viii make the twentieth cen
fufy rrauder epoch stgliz II Il nos. viii
& no; he the thought that now and
IN the days 10 come tue glorious fart OF
sAFisits mission 10 earth Is being fulfilled.
N the anaeliofstion 81 the worlds woes.
tn the developing Of the worlds forces. IN
tire enlightenment 81 educational meth
obs. IN the environment az tender SYM
pathies. in The snreaa ee charity that sur
fereth iong and l. kind. 81 the upbIllosnE
Of all that - noblsst aud pursst ia mani
Take the nroudeat and pSimse8t DAVIS o.
she past. when nations were ignorant Of
this prophetic coming. Take tae proud
est DAYS az that single nation t1Rt saw
the advent OF the ChFlk; as a tiny sDeck
upon the horizon Of TIE centuries. And
vAas wtre they when contFastea with fhe
fullnsss of TITS age and timef The vSriest
daelerd Ia any % oar common schools
has a secret ia his heart Ter which al the
pomp and majesty q Fericlcan DAYS. ali
she wisdom az Solan aEa Socrates. ali the
ar o. phlalas ana pfAxiteies. all ms war
like grandeur % Nhlin o. N&eedan and
Caesar % Rome. n1iEhE well - sacFiace3.
ard Il IS the knnwlf ledge thaG ihe 0oti- Man
.s2Bfe. saw ihc worlds nec8. conquered Sc
H. love. snd sEans4s IA tIis slovHsd ferm
as the one and pnsY hope Of all nations
10 the sad OF time
There - net one 81 you that SITS IN this
audience who does aot appreciate the I'm.
menss value IN this knoWle1se as an edu-
eating and rivilizlUS f0Fce in the Nfe o.
The present a8y. Aad whether yoG ars
arfss ftstfrr
-ef. WHISTLER sea mcfsiv kno& Him. -
sraly know HIN as year SaTser. ysa wo8la
choose this era. VITA SIS haFi 0ght foi
bread ana IL lsmcatAbis ubevenueas II
esrcugnstance. and tha possibilities az
ssasentsalilles CT This knowledge. above al
the woai.h ana luNurg - an age that knew
aoi Chtist To ne born Ga Caris,iaa zEl
and cline j. an aarantaFa uot 20 he de-
sar!aea "a words no weedtr Fa3 60
excited and was vlHins 20 al1z ever. ,afns
else away that he mlkft kn3W tHat fset
FYen before ne began 20 realise Tia woa
s Srrs OF that know.1dge. 8; charmed htF
more than all he HAD ever oassi9cd. 4
who,s worsa lying a. bis tce: w{thou
sshs4ss was not worth crowded staining.
raan wiih the cross So view. an5 th'
faseinaisng story ~ that ltfs threhhus &
his SOU. And - come - yoa again -
.ssN ana make :he simple a0EaaFceanem
-h8t CHRIS has lived I; IS great vita
sass II. she worlds Asstary. Is enters mrs
every commercial treaty AMI every Cor
,.gttatea taw Il - the spirtt % evesy az
sss8Yastan and TIE f98n4ation ~ sFerr Per
,aanras prfnrsnie. e IS she kcNstHne 20 th
rse~chsat's intewrity. ghe power tha' tafn
.Ae politician into tee Statesman. "a
strongest element tn tao t4asTeHi go %
,arsss. fae inspiration 81 ne highest 49,
ana thu anly. message ihat makes ia
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