The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-25

- 800 s,.sIe never changes Like Him
sssgo nas the persoEsfcation Of H. u = ne
earns YESTERDAY todzy and forever iFuth
q Ss..r~aI TIE material form IL which
*he truth presents Itself may vary Gay y
aav. We know that 70 does age oy az.
srns mortal eye takes IN but the outward
manifestation. The inward or splritnas
&C. s,axceIves tho essenee Bnder the cover
Ing The soul sn the man responds 20 the
sos.f In the truth. lie who sees VILE bNt
his mortal vision therefore gets but SAT-
face gfIrnpzs. and the more material ana
seg.xsI4l he Is ia his nature. tire more CON
tracfed will BE- that glimpse OF truth
sv-s~~a are rsIussrs who are sde&lsstic and
kba~s who are reelistac in their nethocx-
The former start with the sp.T!tuai anu
eudeavor TO express IL IN recognizapiS
forms Burne Jones was an eminent rep
Te~entaflve Of this school Most AFtisl1.
however, besfn with the material and en-
.savor 70 bring out the spiritual thought
ii already contains. In our general expe-
rls.aes-s our effort Is TO discover the real
IDEA under It's outward appearance take
= child with mo TO see military parade.
To his eye Il Is nothing but regiment OK
soldiers marching down the street. he
sees the uniforms and the waving nag he
hears the band and the steady tramp o.
feet. But that IL ali. But by our side
stands veteran OF the late war. His eyes
see farther. His ears take In other sounds
lie recognizes Ia the ranks those VINO
fought with him ia some OF the battles
Of the rebellion. and 10 ham tnere comes
the Vision of patriotism which saved the
Union take the child on a farm or into
= factory. de sees the cattle. and the
horses hitched to the plow, or the Wheels
aud banda the looms or lathes OF the
great MILL but gets no further thought
from either scene. Ny eyes are keener
and behind the bustle OF men and macnin-
cry i perceive the idea OF industry. A
street bfaWi means nothing 10 him but
general confusion. bat 70 a maturer mrd
passion presents its worst forms And
now / stand by a cradle while a mother
bends over her sleeping infant surosy the
scene IL common enough IL is only
mother and "A baby. A superficial observer
would see no more. And yet behind those
gIisteBlag eyes. beneath that heaving
breast. ! see tue grandest emotion of an
earthly character known to human kind
mother-love-
Now. the Bible TO degree accomplished
I'm no other volume recognizes this fact.
IL gives us history. biography, poetry,
parable. song. vision; but all the way
through in material forms. As We have
ability. not so much intellectual as spir-
:tusl. We get beneath the surface. Ii IL
we're not for this marvellous fact preach
ers would DC exceedingly limited In their
selection OF texts. Now. the range is al
moss infinite. The ptainest statement Is
frsught with spiritual relations. sugges-
tons. evolutions. combinations innumef-
able. Take the simple expression In Cen
esIs: Let as make man IL Is unen-
numbered with any doctrine. God has
finished the material creation. File has been
ascending ia the process until now lie
has reached the highest point-~man. That
would seem 10 be all. But let the master
mind of Phillips Brooks grappie with the
"a ~ ...Esk
life. Here IL what he perceives. hidden
from tho eye OF the ordinary observer
MAN IL a necessity I'm Gods universe"
Take an incident in the Gospel connected
directly with the day we are celebrating
1T was Easter morning. Peter and John
had heard from the lips of Mary Msgda-
lene that the sapulcher was empty. In
great excitement the two apostles ran. and
John arrived first at the open tomb. bat
hesitated to venture In. But Peter, all
impetuosity. came up and dashed past
John down into the grave. Then went
ia also that other disciple" What IL
there an that brief remark TO base a ser
mon onf And yet TO the mind of Horace
Bushnell comes the real thought: '-The
power OF unconscious influence" He only
f. true preacher who has an eye for the
spiritual. All who have ever made their
preaching a power have had this faculty
largely developed. The Bible is 50 con-
structed that every sentence. no matter
how commonplace or even trivial. hrtsfles
with suggestiveness and fiutters with spir-
itnality as * rises toward heaven.
The Thought of Easter.
Take this very thought OF Easter. the
fact Of which we have related In the Cos
pels. II IL the most thrilling OF all Incl
dents connected with the life OF Christ
'Mhatr' YOU say. rs not the cruclflxion
moro thriilinET No. Sorrow Is never so
impressive a. JOY. Sorrow is detection
desperation defeat. JOY is aspiration. in
splTation. victory. Sorrow Is born Of earth
and sin. joy files down from heaven and
then flies hack again. garlanded forever.
The gladness OF Easter interpFets the vic
tory 81 the resurrection. Follow the dra-
matte recital of the circumstances. The
emhalmlnE OF tho body OF our Lord the
rolling up OF the great stone against the
deer 90 the tomb. the sealing OF II by the
Roman guard. the earthquake. the visit
OF the angels. the rising Lord the re-
moved and folded napkin the discarded
grave clothes. the deliberate walking forth
81 Jesus couaueTor over the Wrave-how
the recital thriiis' But all this Is express
I've 81 something else. II means the vic
tory 81 Jesus over death. IL means tnmor-
tally for THO race 81 man. II comes as a
consolation 20 every burdened heart The
grave will not forever hoid our loved ones.
There IA a brightness beyond the tomb. the
radiance OF which shall forever light up
the faces OF thosn who lie cold and silent
~ death But this 81 not all th~ spiritual
Significance ~ tho Incident. There q an
other death over which victory IS assured
through Christ. ana which could not have
been demonstrated hut Tor His triumph
over the material Erave-the victory OVER
the death 81 sin and tha resurrection uufo
righteousness. "a erough- ogt ~ my text
this morning. Here then fs fhe material
truth az Faster. "He - risen The Lord
Il risen indeed +" Hers - the spiritual
truth; We know that We have passed
from death unto ufe." There is then. a
Resurrection. not from the grave that
after all. Is the essence % truth around
which the other truth gathers. as a shuck
incieSss = kernel
Three Mighty Words.
HIT we must stlii 80 on With this work
O. sns esttsss8on. ~ Ne are 20 bring cat fae
meaning - &hss verse. Two yster3ous
and overwhelming wogis meet Us here
death aad Mfo. When We have Disposed q.
them third VIII demand our attention
an related TO thena-the nsost magnificent
waYi ~ the gniVcrse-1ove.
nc&th-whst - ST Philosophy SAYS.
Separation from ones environment. ''
That Is. the man does not respond 70 his
surrounding Ne Is as though they were
not You SAY, thar rasy happen in pro
found sleep M. The atmosphere san
fiils hts lungs, the refreshing or dspress-
Ing inraence 81 SIS Ingredients NAV aTeri
hss dreams and leave their impress upon
hira When ne awakcs Ia death he -
wholly cat &c from all correspondence
with tbeu Il 8 true that all we evef
sce ~ ra&n We SO IN SrAth The oter-
nal Is always unseen, The unseen i
eternal What thea is lsttr The out