The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-20

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Rcv. W. 4. Meloy Delivered ~ ~
dress ON che ssNtsnistsy - SynA- s
patAyw-UnioH Shows aeln. N,

the Young Peoples Chriatian Unton -
the United Presbyterian church. ne
weather was clear and cool and the attend.
anco large The aub1ect ''Ccnsecratton
was presented BY the Rev. y. ID. RANKIN.
ID. ~. OF Denver. AZ $3.50 o'clock the arst
session Of the day WIS begun at Tomllnscn
hall. After devotional exercises Rev. J. a.
Dun. general secretary, read his annual ~ 1
port = Il
Next came the report OF the Junior work
award Of tho Junior banner. 70 the prcs-
bytery reporting the largest increase "a
membership Of Junior societies. TINS Dan
ner has been hold for the past year ~ tne
Allegheny presbytery.
This banner now goes to Mononganeias
Pa. prcsbytery, which has shown the lAfG-
est increase In membership Of Junior So
cieties during the past year.
After the Installation OF new officers =
short song service was had. after winch
Chester, s, c.. chairman OF the executive
committee and eynodical delegate Assoc
cato Reformed Presbyterian church.
The forenoon session was concluded ~
the Rev. w. r. Meioy, ID. D.. OF Chicago:
who spoke on 1.-THE Ministry OF Sympathy"
'Sympathy Is the quality of being aatvV,-
ed by the condition of another with feel
mss corresponding thcrtgns Knowleuyc
OF that condtios calls Y Into exefeisa. ~
| n hall where mary musical iifstrum"nts
| between every chord Touch but one u
these chords AM the keen ear may detect
| every corresponding chord giving forth
she s.,srs, sound, The home. tho chutrh,
the community should bc. so reguiatsd tnnt
every nature wi be IN harmony Win us
| fellow II one member suffer every oiher
| member suffers with H. This IL sympa-
| ihY Where this pathos produces action
saNadanso de stnsl soin that the beauti-
| ful architecture OF the Cologne cashedrai
Is frosop music, Coieridse enlarged tbs
\ idfa and added with keen Irony that the
| Gothic church Is patti,iiiod rclig on. But
| sympathy In It's MINISTRY can neither be
| frozen nor pcirined, II IL tho water OF
| llfn gushing from; the fountain which is
| hy tho throne or God and satisfying tho
! thirst OF pilgrims all along their Journey.
n ss not the fountain whore waters nte
frozen into clrAt crystals dellghtinS me
eye. but tho fountain in It's FREE play ana
,Siad serving rejoicing the sotE, Or. 10
abruptly change the figure u O. life NOT
| chilled and frozen. but Appearing IN nuu
and bursting into blossom and ripening
Into a fruitage which bends the bough ana
} brings itself within the reach OF human
hands.
"Ye who servo IN the temple of symra~
thy mtrSt study the ministry OF Jesus ~
,oqn ana yy PHI His friend diss al but V Jesus
does not weep. He calmly says. OF him:
Il our friend IS aslccp.' AZ, when lie hoard
came PIN ard He wept- Death did not
wrng tears from Ills eyes, but sorrows
dit. He rriun,phed over death. for 40
for IIr was a 'A;an of sp'fows.'
Frozen music may charm the eye, hut
1t ;hrillb no chord OF sympathy u the
!, soul. Pctr'ted religion may satisfy our
prlde. hut II sends death chill TO tho
heart Tho church and the world do not
/ need beauties OF form. but ministries OF
THE heart OF Jesus crayed tho touch OF
} human souls, Again and again IN dark
Gsthsenane lie turned ned irein romn ,Nw .,
the chosen three. Bur alas. they slept
and ne hungry teatt q the lnying ,, Mas,
tSr l ha1 BACK 20 h s,su gye, wry
life has It's Gcihremane in which It CRIES
Tor sympathy, But how often we sleep
and the disappointed aotil <nirns back to
rs lonely Atinralc without the help we
couli have gwen
''Ssltshnoss must be- bar shed. Without
either service or sympathy, IT has wrought
lscord in thv economic relation OF Me.
The struggles and cnvtes OF the poor ana
greed ana Oppression :, Sa.o Of ,Us
Gears Of the century Witness a slruggl.
. between the classes. without q bond OF
sympathy or look Of pity. The toaer
smar,s under a sense OF wrongs which. no
| one lscs TO correct. The man who has
more than he can use refuses all pcts-
lion, offered him, and. while enjoying the
throw. He who suffers want is enyious
, hecause o., the selish forectfuiness Of tho
who iiSes + r aasae e. Ike 5Ss s.
she nobility Of . wealth that dos not turn
O ia face away from the poor. Selfishness
binations The rsly chnsm yawns at our
added wears o. the NATIONS life. This Z.
4 world You can not legtssate against envy
/, and passion ana selIishncSs. You can mol
u settle these disputes by the sword, fol
I. ii. You can not settle these disputes BY
coid arbtratong which weighs and al
iusts without an. feeling OF love. Violence
| .x..l .t1lo hut lcpA q n
swered by love.
"a mighty army rs recruited. which ma,
c heal the diwsiols which the world tell
,is arc eternal. One corps OF this arm,
n met few week. ago AT the Golden Cat
I, and talked OF love eternal; another corp
and Is saakes Ui peac e ana Eood Vii
: nooga and glorlried the bonds OF sympa
q fh''. a corps OF this great army has takel
!, possession OF Indianapolis IN the name Q
Al tho Lord TO toll the people OF a might,
20 STATE that divisions can be healed by Wv
tb~ % cs Ss, a amy we wnnasrsa Sesss
Il sands. for three days without water, A
II last their souly 'resoiced 1T the sight Cf
- perennial foiintn'I, whose waters sparkle
= before them But the waters were bitteI
n The LORD showed their leaders ira
/ which when cast snte the waters ;,l sauS e.
70 hsa. bitterness OF heart than the 5ranchs
s5 sss % oe asts n how far . z shs p
siple to be excrcisedy Is there no Linn
80 heart obligatscnr Must my ear after
sie the 10 .sa ns q s ~ spnn ~:
u u moriai~ who arc ever talking Of the
soulsis that cone from the tcnbs u syn
:. iathy always a yirtueY The answer
81 non difhcuat- As that s not charity wntr
z. II no. sympathy which eagerly responds
Y. assumed Joys or sorrows.