The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-05

there so long that L began to be en-
barrassed and had to recall to myself
again and again who l was and why
l was there to insure my continuing
to remain under such trying c1rcum-
stances. I tried to put myself in the
workingman's place for the evening
and yet 1 had to remind myself that
was not Workingman and that l had
better clothes at home. before L could
be willing to carry it out. l almost
felt tempted to tell who I really was
to get recognition, but l refrained.
"When the men with the silk hats
and those in fashionable attire had
been given seats down in front, around
J me, and almost over me, an offlcious
usher, evidently feeling that L was
numbering the ground, pointed out to
me the last seat in the house. He had
to bring me back a considerable dis
tance to give me the seat; for [ had
advanced some way down the aisle
to see if 1 might get recognized. l was
not told in so many words that [
was not wanted. There was no one at
the door with club to knock me
down and drag me out because of my
impertinence at coming to the church
of Jesus Christ, the carpenter of MAJ
areth, in the clothes Of carpenter
felt that if Jesus had come to that
llletI IlSHI, IL WOulo nave OSSH
with the words, Woe, unto you, Scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrits who 1.-THE of
mint and anise and cummin. and ne
glect the more Weighty matters of
judgment, mercy and peace
1.-The whole service was fitted for
the cultured. The preaching, the sing
ing, the entire service was very dig
nified and proper as our services go
these days, but the poor were not there.
If c1Jrnricincr thau
not wanted. If you were to ask the
| pastor of the church if he wanted the
| poor he would say yes If you were
| to ask the off1ce-bearers in that church
| they would say yes we welcome the
| poor and are glad If they come and
| feel at home in our church. The diff
Guilty is in the lack of welcome that
is felt by one who visits our churches
| in these, days.
after the service was out I stayed
around to see If 1 would be sought out
and asked to come again and made to
! feel at home finally. After standing
| around for time and watching the
! rich greet the rich, and no poor there
to greet me, I wandered home sicker
| than when [ started out I was sick
in body and sick in soul, for I love
| the church and it hurt me to see the
! apostasy in the life of the church
that Of doctrine.
Il would not care to investigate the
| creed of the church I visited that night.
! l wanted life and not musty theology
If L had gone to the church that night
dressed in my usual way I would
without doubt, have been given the
best place in the house, and possibly
would have been invited to the pulpit
/ to assist in the opening services
! found that in the estimation O. the
church the clothes made the man and
not worth
81 determined that night I would
make our church more open and see
that the men who worked on the streets
shoVeling, and the man who delivers
our ice, and the girls who work in our
kitchens, and the women who do ou1
washing. should find our church and
should find therein most cordial an6
genuine friendship.
Il began a series of sermons on the
line OF my visits and kindred subjects
and our audiences have been increased
by the hundreds in the past two OF
three weeks. L feel that the church
should be first, not fer those who have
most. but for those who need most
The light owes something to darkness
The wise belong to the ignorant The
good have duty to the bad. The live.
filed with love belong to those live:
filed with hate, even as Christ belong.
to the world more for what he could
do for it than what he could get ou
Of it, g.
Men of money are feeling more ant
more that capital has it's duties as vel
as its rights. Culture is feeling he
debt to illiteracy, and university ex
tension work is an evidence of sucl
sense of duty. The characterize ar,
feeling their belonging to the char
acterless and the social settlemen
work is the outgrowth of that feeling
The church must feel her belonging t.
all the multitude, not because they ar,
good, but because they may be- TIL,
man with the largest need should fine
IN our churches the largest welcome.
could ado volumes along this line bu
L have written enough. 1 do not write
this for the sensation it will make, bu
for the good it will do. l want to hell
the churches to lead them to see theil
sins and mend their ways.
Zone critic has said of me: The
Cleveland minister who disguised him.