The evening times., 1896-07-10

versty, and the name and presence was
sufficient guarantee of meeting the need.
DR.. Whitman was received enthusiastically
as he has been since initial appearance
here.
The address, he said, was to have been
give AT Tent Williston this morning On ac-
count of the accident it found place now.
DR. wHITMAN's WORDS.
His subject was God With U.s. His
strong voice and lion-like thought pro-
vokei serious thinking rather than i'm
pulsive feeling and applause. Rounds Of
cheers followed his recitations of bits of
poetry, with which lie embellshed and
.ightened his speech
President Whitman, among other things
said:
The two testaments have a common KEY
word, Emmanuel. Its Interpretation is
GOD is with u.s." It's significance is the
wIilof Gou 10 Il We'll III the in,usJu OF men that
men may De transformedby the indwelling.
Man has never been left in ignorance OF
God. successive disclosures nave Decn
made OF the uIvine cha aracter and WALL As
men were able TO receive it, the divine pnr-
pose has been spelled out. Slowly, but
steadily, progress mas been made III tle
concepuIo nor truth. Instruments nave
been many, but their use has been one.
Many forms have been followed, but the
central idea has remained the same.
Moses looked TO Jehovah as redecmer.
! The latest SAINT IInus his faith satisfied by
the same thought. only in the fullness
and clearness OF the thought has there been
change. The time came when the message
could be delivered in completer form.
God, who at sundry times and III divers
manners spake III times past by the propiI-
cts hath III these last days spoken unto i.s
by His son, whom He hath appointed heir
OF an Things, by whom aiso lie made the
worlds; VINO, being the express image OF
| His person, and upno!ding All things by the
| word OF his power, when lie had himself
pnrSed our SIN, sat down on the right hand
| than the angels, as He hath obtained a
more excellent name than thcy."-hcb,.
Ii. In this manifestation the issue OF
| all revelation WAS made clear.
Then Emmanuel WIS written in the be-
| ginning or the gospel III token that the TEL
| lowshIp which GUd had offered, and 10
| plisled. Christ was but the culILiuat.un
| uf revelation. In Him God made OF HIM
| self personal offering, so that iEcn knew
una, He h''n accepted he lot Of their life
| 10 The end that he might win them IL HIS
nc, anu so abide with them forever.
HABITS EASILY FORMED.
| We understand now the Importance Of the
| law by which an impulse may become d
| principle. Choice may lie SO often Repeated
mat II habit is formed. On The bass uf
| habit what we call second nature grows
| up. Second nature Is simply the sen Ihat
is developed by choice, tnat has become
| Ii titual.
Whether il is for good or evil depends
| upon tne character ut the choice. Under
| the touch Of God a right impulse is ina
parted which is accepted as dominant.
| and which presently shapes tie life, not
| without struggle. Impulse is not exempt
| from struggle because Tegnant. Only at
cost II continual struggle uoes 1t maintain
mystery.
Appetites and appctencics OF an ungodly
sort assail IL Constantly. one has only
10 read Romans To find The outline OF the
! impei downward. Spiritual impulses impel
| upward. God or the devil-whICh shall the
soul have? The man who makes his choice
| of God finds that the earthward Impulses
| have lost dominion over him.
With any kind of fai,tfulness the upward
impulse grows III power. More ana more
| OF iife is brought under it. Presently every
! thought and feeling Is made subject to the
| divine VIII, ana the divine nature becomes
| second nature. HenCcfurth the way OF life
! lies along the heights.
| II is useless To enumerate the things we
must not do. OF course. a man must not
| abuse his power or throw away opportuni-
| ty, or forget God. OF course, Ir man burns
| out his heart by passion his life will he "A
| wreck. OF course, If a man violates the
| laws of his being he VIII one day curse the
| hour of his birth.
| THE REDEEMED LIFE.
| a man may avoid all these and still do
| nothing and be nothing What he needs is
| 10 know the secret of new mastering i'm
| "
| tions and new purpose until he is trans
| formed into the likeness OF God. That iin-
! pulse Is gwen by the touch of God. The Ie.
! suit is not for moment in doubt.
But come it fast, or come il slow,
| Twill come at last surely know,
| And heaven and earth shall feel the glow
| And men shall call it love-"
| The motto of the redeemed life is saved
| to serve" man has very meager notion
| OF salvation, il, indeed. he is saved at all if
/ he regards ms lie as an end IN itself. Far
| better is the conception that the saved life
| IS part OF tine great order in when right
| eousneSs is working Itself out The universe.
| The man who has found his life renewed
stands for the first time in right relation
TO the order of things.
| How great the marvel If after all the
dynamic conception of the universe proves
| TO be the truth, that atoms are centers Of
activity, that the formula of the molecnlc
is Il formula of motion. Oh, the joy OF the
| thought that the living, personal God is
working through all. Atom calls to atom
| and planet to planet across immensely, and
atom ans ,i wers atom, ana , planet planet; be
| is no stranger in the world in which he
walks. He has only to open his eyes TO
find God. Let him travel where he will,
though it he to the remotest star, he will
still be at home with God. The atom is
Gods handiwork, and SO is man. But
mans relation to God is unique. God was
not loneso some or lacking before man was
created But the glory of the creation ia
the life which God Dcgat in His own image
! that hencefOrth there might he in the uni
verse some to work in Gods way. Through
them in special sense God works His will.
We have only begun to realize the possi-
bilities of our life: but better things are
coming. The dawning OF the day of tri-
mmph already reddens the sky. With bet
ter sense OF ourselves as Instruments of
the divine purpose we shall find the day
hastened. The vessel for Gods filling;
senger for Gods sending: the redeemed for
Gods witness-this is our glory and joy.
Bishop Fallows said a request had been
received that the delegates on the street
cars and on thestrects should sing" Scatter
Sunshine" even though the clouds might
hang above.
That's a reflection on the weather.
said Mr.. Excel, and the fun crcled way
to the outer edges Of the mighty throng
Rev. j. Wilbur Chapman, of Philadelphia,
was introduced as man who had been
useful in saving souls, within the knowl.
edge of many of those present. He was
warmly received. His subject was
''Some Conditions of Successful Sery-
ice." He said, in part:
DR.. Chapman then went on to say:
bring greeting TO the representatives Of
the Christian Endeavor Societies through.
out the world, and salute you as young
people redeemed by the precious blood of
angels would like to do, and offered for
qualification to make this work con.
spicuous success. And yet, with all the
glorious outlook before us; with all our in.
herted qualities Of greatness~if we have
suchan inheritance no Christian Endeavore
can ever be successful in the service of
God until he has surrendered himself alb.
solutely to God, for three things:
/. For the baptism with the Holy Ghost.
This is every Christians birthright, and
II he did not receive it at his regeneration