The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-17
cYNIcIsM AND OPTIMISM
DIR. MITCHELL, OF MINNEAPOLIS
Fits FROM ONE TO THE
OTHER
T ADDRESSING THE LEAGUE.
CantraI NJ. r.. Church Is the Scene of
Number of Enthusiastic
Meetings..

munity in the United StaleS yeoleio'J
was celebrated the eighth anniversary
of the Epworth league. In st. Paul the
exercises were held in Central M II.
church In the morning there was
prayer meeting led by Rev. T. A. OIL
son and attended by nearly 100 peo-
pie. Piano music for singing was fur-
nished by Miss Edith Miller. Later
there was an Epworth league sermon
by Rev. William Mckinley, who gave
a sketch of the early life OF John YVES
lev in a sermon on Methodism, to be
concluded next Sunday morning. Inc
afternoon service was opened with
half-hour song service led by +. r..
Shuman E. N. Wolever followed with
nrayer and President Lackey, Of the
city union. made a few congratulatory
remarks to the leaguers present on the
work and progress made. the ADDRESS
of the afternoon was made by ReV.
Charles B. Mitchell, of Hennepln Ave
nue. NJ. E church, Minneapolis. DE-
Mitchell sail: "This is a strange coun-
try in which we live. There are all
sorts of folks in it, Here we have peo-
pie from everywhere. There are more
Irish in New York than in Dublin;
more Jews than in Jerusalem; more
Scotchmen than in any place outside
of Glasgow or Edinburgh. On an IN
terurban car in which 1 came over to-
day from Minneapolis there were all
kinds of people crowded in together like
so many sardines. The ungodly crew
got off at your ungodly ball park. The
rest of US came on to st. Paul. But
rlo 1,nr T dn NO
in the cry against these foreigners. If
some of us had had our way we would
not be here ourselves DR.. Mitchell
contrasted the conditions of things in
America and in other countries, telling
humorously of the assortment Of ma
tionalities it takes to make thorough
bred American He said that not only
had the United States all sorts of peo-
pie, but all sorts Of religions. The peo-
pie were becoming liberal and had been
taught that their way is not the only
way. and that there was not very much
difference what one believes so long as
he or she was true. They would get
to heaven just the same. He hailed
with gladness the day when every one
would not be so narrow. He was glad
religion had come to wear good clothes.
The best women were not confined to
nunneries, nor the best men to mon
asteries.
A Christian girl nowadays might
marry a man who had not been con-
verified and Christian men marry girls
who were not Hfefessed Christians. The
world and the$ehuTeh were coming to-
gether.-' But heres lies the danger; the
+ danger gf Becoming so liberal the
: CHRISTIANS and unbeIievers can't be told
apart. The= danger was that the true
lover Of Christ might compromise his
religion. The first thing of Importance
was to be loyal to what is held to be
the truth as it is in Christ Jesus. To
be loyal to Jesus. To put that above
dogma or creed, not to be ashamed to
own to being Christian; to be tact
full and wise, gentle and kind, firm yet
sweet, and this was not an easy thing.
DR.. Mitchell did not think piety a
thing to make one look sad. On the
contrary, one should look pleasant and
smile. The scur-faced Christians did
not have piety, but liver trouble. A
Christian should have smiling face.
Christ does not dwell in the heart of
d llldI WilOSe LlUuIll LuIlS uOWu DIT UllG
corners" he said. He urged his hear
ers to be loyal to the Methodist Epis-
copal church, Of which there was no
reason to be ashamed. He remem-
bered a time when churches did not
exchange pulpits. Now the NJ E.
church has mere preachers more Sum-
day schools, more scholars, more men,
bers, more colleges and more professors
than any other in the country. He
read extracts from the last religious
census showing the great growth and
extent of the NJ. E. church
In the evening Rev. c. B. Wilcox, D.
D., former pastor Of First M. e. church,
now of Lafayette, Ind, and one of the
ablest speakers St. Paul ever had,
spoke on "The Glory Of Young Men"
His remarks were interesting and
strongly given and were listened to by
a large gathering of young men of the
st. Paul churches.
The church was handsomely decorated
by members of the social committee, I'M
der the direction of J. A. Campbell A
large Maltese cross in red and white,
the league emblem and colors, was ex-
trenely beautiful. Palms and large
flags were also used with effect. The
musical programme in the afternoon
was furnished by Miss Anstis Stebbins
and Owen Norris, In the evening there
was music by q male quartette and Mrs.
c. D. Hayes. Prot, W. G. Reynolds pre-
CHI OF "a ~ ord