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

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! tsss through Herschel's forty-foot tn
st~-lrn=nt in IKE. through Gruoh's crown
Ing e~ort in the mammoth TELESCOPE nt
Vienna in Isl and through the genius of
Avian o. Clark ard others since What
was Gutenberg doing in his room N
. Strasourg IN tire middle Of thu fifteenth
century Only whittling-ard thinking.
so today into che Of the great publishing
houses or either continent ard s@e a Hoe
or Walter or other printing press IN oper-
ation. throwing OF IS thousands upon
eaoGsa nd< OF sheets IN q single hour and
you viii have some ides 81 the developing.
multiplying power OF 3 human thought
These are simple illustrations. / hEva
chosen them purp0sely. The smallest
child can catch the Inference. Start 4
thought going. and Il Will encompass tie
eternitles. Let ii loose and 1t will plunge
, is beak into the sun. and measure the
distances OF tina stars. and bring out az
the darkness blazing worlds which have
been awaiting its searching glance. Give
X spade and X will dig to the fiery CEN
ter of the earth and bring up the ricnes
Of the geological underworld. Harness II
70 the lZhtnings and they Will flame and
write and speak Escaping from the
m!nd Of an Isaiah IL will bridge a gulf OF
seven centuries. and picture a suffering
and triumphant NJ sssiah Banished 10
Patmos it will fling open the twelve gates
OF pearl and reveal to John the divine the
glorfes Of the new Jerusalem above A
thought, Where shall we place It's hmitse
How shall we characterize its pow sr'
What is any art bat the ritual of thought.
its form of expires sion? In architecture
VS. have thought IN columns. In statu-
ery We have thought in bronze and mar
BILE What Is music bat thought In mel
ody? What is painting but thought in
color? In poetry IL is winged and in or
atory X is on fire Can there be any bet
ter definition OF religion than thought in
worship? What is the whole material
Universe but the crystallized thought OF
an Infinite God. BE not surprised then
that when YOU follow hack any magniri-
cent achievement. or when you sum up
the ANALYSIS OF any regal character 10
md at the very starting point a thought,
Now Christ came and looked both actu-
ally and prophetcally upon all this power
bern of conquest and produced BY the
mind or man. The first He discarded
entirely. Put UP the sW ord was said
not only TO Peter but 20 all His followers
The second He disrobed % It's apparent
greatness. unless under that garment Of
outward show there should be loyal
heart beating for God and mankind No
matter how the world should estimate
greatness, Christ taught that man
should climb through love. Whatsoever
ninisterad Ia this heavenly love should
De stepping stone 10 hcncr. Whatever
opposed the glorious ascent was TO he
contemned. This seed OF divine life was
dormant until Christ renewed it, Through
Him II was 10 start and flower and fruit.
II was 10 overarch the nations with its
arborescence It was TO feed the world
With It's sustaining life. Are we willing
TO apply this test 20 ourselves? Only thus
can We become true men. true women I
Plead for Christianity based on supreme
love to God through Christ. and out
reaching love 20 man; love that is awake
ana active. that has some power of &C.
complishmen-. that distinguishes between
personal ease and general good that is
willing 10 give up something, to brave
something. TO sacrifice something: love
that suffereth long and Is kind. that en-
Vieth not. that vaunteth not itself is not
puTed up. doth not behave itself unseen
~. seeketh not her own, is not easily pro-
voked. thinketh no evil rejoceth not IN
inicuty. bat rejoiCeth in the truth. hear
eth all things. helieveth all things hop
eth ali things. endureth all things: love
that never faleth, Hope is glorious but
II must be the fruit of faith. Faith is
glorious, hut il must be rooted and
grounded in love. This. then. is the truth
as II is revealed in Christ. The love II
God bending down and lifting VI the love
OF man and esta biishing on earth new
kingdom, the leading article In whose con
stitutton Is that. 'Ye love one another
Now Christ knew that no mere theory
OF religion would do. He came not more
to interpret than to he the truth. Tn ere-
fore when he laid down a rule He fol
lowed II. when He enunciated a doctrine
He lived il. Otherwise Christianity would
have been a mere sentiment. Now il IS
"a living power In Christ's life we have
manhood in the perfect sense. We need
no other example Was there ever an
other who 2racticed fully what ne
preached? The church has plenty Of men
who drop honey from their lips I'm the
pulpit and fash fire from their eyes at
home. There is no cloud in the sermonic
sky; there is precious little else in The
domestic sky If We preachers should tell
the truth in this connection we would
humbH accept for ourselves the comics
sion of the great apostle We also are
men Of like passions with You" Sancli-
monious talk Is cheap because Of its I'M
mense over production Thoroughly
sancti6ed action IS rare enough to he
ticketed with a pretty high price Only
IL one life have the two tides OF prom
ise and fulhllment reached their spring
flood. Where is the untelieyer who viii
undertake To say thar jesus was not tie
perfect example Of all lie taught? In
whom did self-SaCrsnCe ever reach SO high
or compassion StOop so low? In whom
consuming love run SO swiftly on its or
lands 81 mercy In whom was smile g.,
"insome and tear so grief-rente DO We
need grIco to resist tcmptation7 "a
hoid Christ in the wilderness An OK
ample Of praEer3 Christ all night in
communion with the Father. Rene.o-
ienCe9 Christ doing good Affectlonq
Christ In Bethany. Snbmi-2iou7 Christ
in Gethsema0e Patience. Christ IL,
. fHlaie's ball Forfltudeo Christ trn5.
the Scour-e. Forgiveness Christ On
the cross Ten out the long list Of hu
man woes, Christ suffered them all Ten
out the long HSt NJ divine attrthlt.s-
thris' possessed them al Turn then
from All human ideals There IS 70
c'7T0Cter In history Won dare foro.-
Jesus is tho only embodiment Of me
trGtn. Cory His mind Follow lr rs
steps. Tho grendes9 thing that can te
said about y0u VIII be thar You are Ike
yrrr Master.
Christ Reveals the Way 81 saliva
Finally Christ becomes The truth - ,,e
because ti@ has revealed ifs orf-. .rc-t "A
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