The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-11

5 discipline wiM - over soon. Soon tnou
/ saslg have perfeet pace.
, &ot nDw. my caild. little more rough
tossing,
A IttIe longer on The bgIlows' foam:
i few more toarreTtnss in the desert
And ,heE ;Ae sunshine OF thy Fathers
home
When you have knelt in prayer. what
vision Of the Deity has been uppermost IN
your thought Did you think Of God as
III pss-l0us IN character dwelling amid
the splendors Of siniess intelligence. saf.s-
'lea with the glory Of heaven and caring
little for the wants OF sarth2 Did YOU
think Of Him as deightins In ceremonial
obseTvauces end bleeding victims and
smoking holocsusts7 And yet thi. was
largely the prevalent idea at The time
Christ was teaching the truth. judging
from their character as the Great Teach
er Hnaiyzsd ig. the Pharisees' idea of God
must nave been al least peculiar They
We're scrapulousIy clean In their cere-
moniai and pToportionateiy filthy in their
ilFes Having discharged their religious
duties they reiapsed into the slavery OF
their passions They were great sticklers
for form and great practicers of fo{fy
They mace broad their phylacteries. ard
then cheated the poor widows out Of the
last cent they had. That is why Jesus de-
nounced them. That Is why He told them
they We're in bondage. and when they
should anow the truth the truth should
make them free He exposed their cant.
lie rebuked that disposition which
TcFelca a. the blood OF ssert-
nee. and then went out and
reteied n the blood of men God vas
not material Deity. God was a spirit.
and they who wcrshipped Him must wor-
ship Him In spirit and in truth They
needed no oStentation. no attitudinlzing,
no variety Of repeated utterance. God
vas not looking for grace of ritual but
ior contfiuor Of heart. God was inter
ested IN the very thoughts OF their Utmost
selves. lie wished TO help and guide His
people. Until the beauty Of this relation
ship began 70 be understood worship had
not reached its purest sphere. Therefore
when Jesus came to frame for His dis
cipI"S Ills noble prayer. He made IL be-
gih with the words. Our Father" This
was the true revelation of God Christ
"aS It's exponent. DO we realize his
truth when We lift up our hearts In pray
err How sweet should be the lodgings
Tor richer grace that reach a Fathers earl
ho% the sigh winged with devotion should
ny upward until the dear Father touch
ms II with His love turns il into a song
INA you not know that seraphs framed
their anthems out of earth born prayers
Tor pardon? Heavenly doxologies are only
mortal Sroans clarified. Let us falter no
tence will set all the bells in all the heav-
emily towers ringing for joy. We are lay
ins our case before One who loves us be-
You'd all human expression. Let us tell
Hlm all cur warts He win satisfy THIN
with a Fathers generosity. Let MS sob
our SORROWS In His ear. He will give us
q tdthcrs kiss. fct IT'S rejoice over this
blessed truth which reveals to US God as
cur Father in Jesus Christ
The True Nature and Possibilities
OF Man.
Again Christ reveals to us the true ma
turc and possibilities of man Listen to
the w" extremes of His teaching: There
Is none good but one. that is God" BE
/ ye therefore perfect" What an infinite
distance between those TWO statements.
| yet christ came 10 unite them by the
/ roadway OF salvation. In His doctrine and
in Ills person He brought out mans true
nature Truly He was fun of grace aud
truth. What other reformer sought his
power from such humble surroundings?
The prophets of the Old Testament were
the companions of kings. Samuel rehukel
saul ana anointed David. Elijah famed
out his wrath against idolatrous Ahah
and sometimes ran before his chariot.
Isaiah stood in the court Of good King
hezekiah jeremiah encountered Jehoia-
ceim Daniel vas prime minister in
Babylon. Malachi addressed himself
to the people but relied upon the
power of the priests But when
Christ came He Was revolutionary I'm this
respect. Born among the cattle. reared
among the common people He chose the
humnlest citizens for His companions. and
manufactured APOSTLE out Of tradespeople
oi the fn"anest sort. When did He ever
darkvn he doors Of a king Only when
under military escort He stood trial for
hi4sphemy. When He met an aristocrat
He WAS apt 10 denounce him When He
met peasant He was apt 10 say Come
unto me ~ The kingdom He came 70 esfah-
lish Was 20 be a spiritual kingdom a king
4om within tne hearts II men II was A
new doctrine. Moreover IL was doctrine
which discovered mat Rhcn men allied
th mselves with the world and rs selfish
SIS ana glitter they ere less likely 90 be
governed ty spiritual truth \ man wnom
me world pats or The back is apt 10 pat ne
world ou The back. and mutual 9tmira-
tinu b. Immediately established II have
overcome the world sst1 Christ and He
meant That thts victory should be gained
hy each ore 81 Ills disciples Hence lie
sought fljs co-workers from the humhlest
walks % life hcr3use tbe WORLD had little
Ho.1 ON hem
Men had hitherto climbed 90 power
through conquest. through cnurt favor.
fHrereh hereditary pride The uama N
Caesar made tee jewish face grow male
"tH ttE "i rage. while the me II
I4slj nraaCh' sire. warm blood NJ patriot
lern to tter cheeks. The sword 1ad al-
WAYS V.ettzs = tremendous power IN
p" ""rit ara yct. wherever the Spirit
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.'-r rFaE -r p'1co far th,s sysubol ~ Nar
ass tren lh~ s~r ohar3 Mtr had h..apr-
'o climbed En- power throush immortal
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sh~ioa3 ln fhe Hebrew taart IS the pe~-
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