The evening times., 1898-10-05
KECHT & COMPANY, 5l3=5l5 9TH St.

nestness. But It is the one great shield
Let us look on the earrles tness side only,
and be glad and grateful for their ear
nestness in things of the soul, sin and SAL
vation.
Blame Not Others.
But we. not blaming others for their
narrowneSs, rather commencing their
! earnestness instead If we are narrow we
ought to be blamed. We have not con-
sidered and run away with one aspect
of religious truth The Blessed Master,
Himself the truth, left rounded truth 10
represent Him in the spiritual field on
this earth. That rounded truth by his
year on earth, the Holy Ghost. through
his chosen apostles and chartered
church was fixed to the form of sound
words in the Apostles Creed. fortified I'm
the sacramental and liturgical embodi-
ment provided, and entrusted to the
teaching and guidance of the Christian
sunday and the ever-recurring observ-
+ ance of the Christian year We are
ourselves in direct line with the goodly
heritage. but ii is not ours to claim self
lshly and hug closely and to keep mar
rowly. We hold the precious patrimony
In trust for others well as ourselves
Nothing becomes faithful trustees more
than an attitude of considerate kindness.
Alas! that theological hate should point
many sneer In the unbelieving world
oh, think the Master would have us in
love look wide and far He would NAV
we not feel sure, have the great shield
set up with earnestness on one side and
breadth on the other
Sc"pe of Church Work.
What blessed Iengthening out of the
cords of the church it is. when our minds
grasp and our hearts take in part of
those who love the Lord Jesus Christ.
and are baptized in the name of the
blessed Trinity, are members in Christ.s
Holy Catholic Church, no matter by what
of earth's shibboleths they call hem
selves, and are partakers in his grace and
full sharers in his bequeathed estate and
brothers of ourselves, heading alongside
as, with wandering steps and In wander
ing faith, we all walk on in hope to his
home.
'Wide-aye-wide the work of tho
church should be. Extension is in the air
Tor us Americans now If we fall into
line at its bugle blast, some NAV claim
to our risk and harm, for that it is an
unwonted call, an out of the way CALL
an unfit call to such as we are. Be that
as il may. the logic of events is a force
not to be counted on, and it may make |
the sounding of bugle calls and the roll
ing forward of the chariot wheels of des-
tiny things that we cannot stop IL we
would. We who think are startled and |
subdued. and awed at the responsibilities !
involved upon the Union now.
Now If the things which we are look
ing at as citizens are wide and far and !
deep. how shall we bear it if the church
covers and draws back and lies down?
Speak to the children of Israel that they
ard SaiI ha ,rJ %,
Speak unto the children of the church
that they go forward may now easily be
heard by the listening ear of faith. The
anvil stands ready. Right good work that
for the anvil But we are not the anvil
now. We ought to be, we want to be,
the hammer, and the arm driving it to
strike hard Hawaii. Porto Rico--go for
ward to posses the land. The Philippines
if the flag We honor and love is to float
sovereign there-go we in there also. And
If the forceful logic of events that we wot
Of lift the flag into prominence over other
regions yet-go ye there, too. to bide and
work and help and save. We may find
China likely to be our neighbor, even in
the ordinary sense of mundane locality.
In the literal sense and in the catechisms
sense she has been our neighbor for
years. We have tried to do a little some
thing for her. There shalt be an asking
and a pleading and a demanding that we
DO more things for her. A huge dark arm
Of the earth's housekeeping she is.
But 1t is no good to get scores of men
ind set them to bail darkness otIc of the
Earth with buckets. So for China we
shall be constrained more and more in
,eart, and conscious to let Chrfst's Cos
'el light in. For Japan stage of awak-
ming from her blindness is upon her.
she now sees men as trees walking The
precious eye salve which shall avail to
complete her relief we have in trust and
commission. Give eye TO her, and she
hall see with eye Of sense men as i'm
Mortal souls forgiven, comforted hope
vi, and with the eye Of faith the Lord