The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-25

.y-s6 Speaking 10 Man" was the subject
<.sseted oy Bishop crarsron. the res resi-
go bishop OF the Mesno1isl Episcopal
-sgveh for The Northwest, for bis inIslaE0ry
.rrmou 90 the congregation Of TIE First 81.
: ennrch last nigaf. Despite axe disagree
.sje snow storm that prevailed during the
-xsrsr.g every available seat 81 the largo
shurrh was occupied and the closest attea-
..ar vas given the learned divine through
a. nla discourse, waiea lasted more than
= hour. The singing was excellent,
1aarrstte By DIR. Gentle. Mrs. Edmands.
Us HuckiRs and 81. II. Gfout and 81
srsrtory D. Mrs. GFout being especially
Elective.
gsshop cranston created, a most profound
.zoyeesion by mis- mastery discourse, band
aag his broad subject esoqnently and d.
r3nesy The preseason OF q fns voice and
snfttaai bearing. he draws his Iisteusr 70
AHA AID each thought. a. Il drops from his
gpe. finds is way straight 70 the lEtsiieet
.rs the heart. He conducted the seripturai
r,aaisg. w5licb WA from the Fifteenth
pain After the ofTertory. wnica Has
besssisu.ly rendered By AIRS. Eamilncs. the
b.sscp began bis discourse. taking for hAs
fsxt the frat chapter OF Paufs Eplstls 20
sAe Hebrews. After impresssng on ais ON
grsxalion the Importance Of sas text. the
sDsaker. By the way % illustration. told OF
little sketch that ne had read. which waa
10 doubt a creation OF fancy. Ia which a
boy. being swept into the cold waters %
lake Erie. clunK 70 the rigging 81 vessel
and climbed into tne hold, and. after a
sanabcr OF hours Of sleep awokeonly TO and
aimse4 not only tae, master balt the only
saisor ali the otSers having been swept
from the decks by the gale. II pity taat
boy. said the bishop. although the work
n.ay have been one OF fiction. There are 70
many boys at sea, and also 80 many men
and women sailing a stormier sea ihan
Erie. wiEaout hope. without help and with
out plans for safe deiiveranee- The man
who does not believe In God is indeed a des-
olzte mar"
Ii would De impossible to depict the beau
tlfni thoughts that followed ln rapid sue
ression unless writer had a mind that was
b. touch with tne speaker. And on this
hangs the bishops theme. which wss that
God could not speak His thoughts TO man
because the human mind could not grasp
the meaning, that mans language could
not translate Gods thoughts. God sent
His son Jesus Christ 10 earth 70 teach His
thoughts. and also placed them IN the
zrandeSt work. the Bible. Way, then,
should man doubt that there IL a God2 Be-
cause he cannot grasp the meanings as
placed I'm that book Of books The trouble
Is that man does not sufficiently compre-
herd tie word language, As regards It's
spiritual meaning. When the soul becomes
corrupt the language becomes rotten. Lam
gnage f. the expression OF the mora side
OF mans inward character. II tells what
. mans nature is and what mis- thoughts
are. and 10 illustrate This the divine traced
out ths life OF baby from the time Il said
It's first word until grown. The blame. he
said. rested with the parent in the early
narsuTing and rearing.
Al the close of the bishops sermon. the
Sacrament OF the Lords Supper was eele-
brated. the exercises being conducted by
Presiding Elder wiimot Whitsneld. %. ID.