St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-06
THE BATTLE OF LIFE
FIERCEST.
LET NO CHANCE BE WASTED.
RESOURCES LOST ARE NEVER RE-
GA AINED-PAssED OPPoRTUNL-
TIES Do NOT RETURN.
He Sends n Message to BE Read
While He Was Speaking in F.
Stillwater.

A beautiful and impressive service was held
at House of Hope church in the afternoon un-
der the auspices Of the Young Women g
Friendly Association. Mrs. R. M. Newport.
Mrs L M. Lichtenberger, Rev. John Paul
Egnertp Rev. Addison Moore, of Woodland
Park church, and J. NJ Liehtenberger oecu-
pied the platform, and after devotional and
musical service Mrs. Newport read the follow
ing letter from Bishop Gilbert, who was the
first president of the first board of the asso-
citation:
While you are holding your service with
the young women Of the Friendly association,
shall be preaching to the poor men In the
state prison at Saltwater. I want you to ask
every one who is present to pray that my
words to the prisoners may bring cheer to
their hearts, and new life to their souls.
How much 1 should like to be with you, and
IN person give the great Easter message to
the dear young women who will be present.
Say to them. from me, that my prayer is
that they may take home the lesson of this
Joyous day. 1t is lesson of hope and cheer
with the vision of the resurrection life Of the
true follower Of the blessed Master.
BY his lips He consecrated and beautiied
every path; by His death He sanctffed and
gicrifed sorrow and suffering; by His resur-
rectfon He has explained the mystery of
death and brought to light life and imu1or-
tality.
Easter bids every heart be new. It calls
upon us to bury the past with its mistakes
ana lts sins, and rise to now and noble life
IL ye then be risen with Christ seek these
tn1ngs which are above. Tell them to throw
open the windows Of their hearts towards the
sun OF righteousness and let the light Of
heaven shine in. What great and memora-
Die day 1t would be to us all if the dear girls
Oh the Friendly association, one and all,
would give their hearts to that Master who
died and rose again for them.
Faroon this message, but I wanted YOU
ana tnem to know that my heart and prayers
are with you all on this glad festival day.
Most truly your friend and fellow worker,
-"Mahlon N Gilbert"
MIS- newport then introduced DR.. Egbert
saying tnat three years ago. when he first
came to st. Paul, one of the first questions he
asked was what was being done for voune
girls IN st. Paul. He looked into the work
1rgs OF the Friendly association, and apurov-
ing or the work, sent 5000 cards out over the
state to ministers and representative men
asking them to bring the association before
their people, to let young women know that
there was place in St. Paul to which thew
Ihlent come and be cared for DR.. Egbert
salo that II was a pleasure for him to ad-
afess such gathering as the one before him
III church where he spoke each Sunday. He
spoke earnestly of the growth of spiritual life.
comparing the world before the coming Of
Christ to that period of it's growth before the
sun nao penetrated the carbonic acid surround
ing 1t, when all growth upon It's BODY was
vegetable. AT last the life of the vegetation
l1 assinlllaled the surrounding gas, and the sun
burst forth, bringing color and ytgor tn the
flowers and plants. So it was with tba com
Ing OF Christ. The world was covered with
dark cloud. There was no beauty. no light.
Wnen lie rose from the grave the clouds
rolled away forever, bringing bright and ever
lasting light.
he compared some souls to flowers hidden
under the snow, all ready to unfold when the
light and warmth Of the sun should reach
them, warmed by the earth beneath and light
ed Dy the rays shining through the snow
above. So some souls are surrounded by a
feilg1on which has not yet reached them.
Chr1sts resurrection was proof that all
others will rise. Life was battle There
was no one present who had not fought II.
and some Of them were doing It daily. and
he asked If It were worth while to fight II
all the way through and then lie down in
the grave with no hope beyond. No, in work
ing, one is not only working for the money
or the needs of the employer, that one is
working for what one can work out for ones
self. Would God have called us to battle
and victory had we not been equipped? The
one who wants to be true can; the one who
wants to love in a noble fashion can. He
deplored the wasting of ones abilities. Men,
tai resources which are lost are never re-
gained. One can only develop what is left.
Today's work Is a preparation for tomorrow.
Fight the battle now, in youth, with the vigor
of youth, not in old age, when on the verge
Of the grave. And he said that it must be
small soul which gave no thought beyond
the things of today.
The musical service was excellentIy rem
dered by House of Hope choir. There were
200 in attendance.