The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-08

TIE Hiaesurza 6sllvers1 - David Starr
.5orzan, pgn4ss4nt ~ ss&nfe-f university.
before the B@~ksleg Uulfarlans. sunday.
January g. IN xntza tie noted educator
stated tkat - revival y reslEion e whieh
mar ioss their reason u q form - drunk
srnAEs ne mofe Sors ~ % respect than
fhe kind w4!en lies ln TIE gaEfers. has
caused a rnllS sensatien u naiuEstsTzal cir
efss "a 5eaffis j. paEss 20 request
sns feli0wsnx statements Su TIE discourse
aave beer seat 70 tas Post In te83A zencsr
Fer pabiisail7n.
Rev EaSin NJ BanGsu. &. pastor o.
sna FlEst Methodist Episcopal church.
Il suppose Freshest Jordan - have
5een correctly reported ~ tae press.
al is an example % amazing Ers8u4lee.
ISIS unnecessarily offensive terms indicate
degree q msEt2l brutality tnaf proves
tne strength nf this prejudice. Ens Dis
IsaF2Eepsnf ~ religious wofk a. form
~ drunkenness comes well from Ma n
81 Ire head Of Institution that l. sup
psrte1. quite exclusively. o. TIE pro93c-
ton. MANUFACTURE ard sals % vine and
brandy chiefly brandy. sOt c4luTcn %
evangelical character would accept his
Institution. with rs insauiio1s revenue,
IS gift
the pretu9lees % the man wbo can make
ssea assertions. but are tot argument as
10 their truth.
.-Tae whole body and influence OF evan
gsltsAl Gnrisslsnity aFe q standing evil
denae Of the fals~hoo1 % bic assertions
Thsy are wholesome. TIE effect OF any
form Of dfurksDnsss could not D. 80. Re
viyals as the occasions Of directing the
attention Of people 20 religious matters.
have s1yen us the larger part Of the body
OF Garfsfiag people. TIE prevailing type
o. people ~ our evangelical churches. and
the cAaractsr Of their Influence IN the
community is q contradiction 20 MS asseT-
ttpns The morals u England before the
Wesleyan revival, and Of New England
fs1Fw f4A q ga r44z Al mi AE e.
fsetA OF these and other revival periods
upon public morals ths fransf0rna lions
wrought Ia foreign missions fields. and ga
the ~iarns ~ frs&t cities b. missions that
are practically continuous revivaig. the
testimony Of the French government that
the MeAli missions we're each worth
more than q police station fn the city Of
Paris. the Acknowledged value OF the
salvation Army work svsry where. the
knowledge Of every unbiased and compe-
tent observer Of the work o. every church
Of evangelical power. al ohtsinabie facts
without exception. are witnesses 81 the
monumental folly Of President Jordan.
'fiia statements viii do no harm 70
Christianity bat stand. while they are re-
msmb@red. a. curious example Of mar
veiously rash Misrepresentation 70 be ae-
counted for only b. colossal pretaftcs."
Rev. II. II. Go~en. Trinity parish:
'tMy opinion practically comedies with
that 81 Dr. Jordan. The ideal q the
Protestant Episcopal charch IL that every
member. from baptism onwards. should
realize his vocation member Of
Christ the Child Of God. and an inherfior
Of tho kingdom " heaven. and 30 grow
day ny day IN grace and experience Con-
saqasntiy. although II may be necessary
where Afe Il almost extinct. TO apply
splT1tuous stimuinnts. yet these ike other
stimulsit-. should only De used ia very
extreme cases
Man Is made up 81 reason. VIII and
feeling. and his religious lie should take
account equally % al parts Of his com
piex personality. To las stress upon any
one part 10 the exclusion OF the ether
two r. both wrong In principle and dam
Eer0ns tn practice. The evil - nartIcu-
thffy mischlevous whore. a. IN rexiyals
tire undue stress Is laid upon the feelings
This way madness lies. The highest
Christian fife IL q matter not 81 feeling
hsi ~ fact not % impulse, hut Of duty
not eanyulsiVe ard ecsfatic. but coutiHu-
Gus ard progressive The great need OF
the dav ~ religion is the education 81 the
will and Il q 10 b. feared that the re-
viyai type OF religion has tendency 10
weaken The viii aefhrons the reason and
leave q man exposed "a gusts of passion.
Christianity has sufficient ground In so
her judgment and sound prinsiples 20 rem
der it's professors independent Of the
methods Of the dsrviEh and the conyui-
slonaiFe.'