The Progress., 1898-07-30

iI nj on ClpJsis ant rUIuCuuiuE ..snu
all our leeds, but since wo may mako
mistakes IN regard to things Of the world,
do not let IS be SO egotistic and so pulled
UP AS to have an idcn that we cannot make
any mistake in regard to religious theories.
and then / think we will do great deal
to overthrow the scctarianism from our
heart and the sectarianism from tho
world by chiefly enlarging In those things
In which we agree rather than those on
which we differ.
Now, hero Is great gospel platform.
A man comes up on this side of the plat
form and says, Il don't believe in baby
sprinkling" Shall shove him Off Hero
Is a man coming up on this side of tho
platform. and no says, II don't believe in
the perseverance, of tho saints" Shall
shove him Off No. Twill say; "Do you
believe In the Lord Jesus as your Saviour
DO you trust him for time and for etcr-
nityP" He says, Eyes" "Do you take
Christ for time and for otcrnity2" eyes"
say, Come on, brotherl One In time
and one In eternity. Brother now, broth.
or forever" Blessed be God for gospel
platform SO largo that all who receive
Christ may stand on It,
Noble Institutions and Noble Men.
think we may overthrow the severe
sectarianism and bigotry in our hearts and
in the church also by realizing that all tho
denominations Of Christians have yielded
noble institutions and noble men, There
Is nothing that SO stirs my soul as this
thought One denomination yielded u
Robert Hall and an Adoniram Judson;
another yielded Latimer and a Melville;
another yielded John Wesley and the
blessed Summertleid, while our own de-
nomination yielded John Knox and tho
Acknowledgement Of whom the world was
not worthy. Now, say, If we are honest
and fair minded men, when we come up
In tho presence of such churches and such
denominations, although they may be diff
feent from our own, we ought to admire
them and We ought to love and honor
them. Churches which can produce such
men, and such large hearted charity, and
such magnificent martyrdom ought to win
our affeetion-st any rate our respect. So
como on, ye 600. 900 Episcopalians in this
country, and ye l,4O0, 900 Presbyterians,
and ye 1900, 900 Baptists, and ye 100000
Methodists, como on. Shoulder to shout
der we will march for the world s conquest,
for all nations are to be saved, and God
demands that you and help. Forward,
the whole linsl In the Young Mems
Christian associations, In the Bible society,
In the Tract society, In the Foreign Mis-
sionary society, shoulder to shoulder all
denominations.
Perhaps l might forcefully illustrate
this truth by calling your attention to an
Incident which took place 25 years ago
One Monday morning at about o'clock,
while her 900 passengers were sound asleep
In her berths dreaming of home, the steam
or Atlantic crashed into Mars Head Five
hundred souls In ten minutes landed in
eternity Oh, what scene! Agonizcd
men and women running up and down
the gangways and clutching for the rig
ging, and the plunge of the helpless steam
er, and the clapping Of tho hands of tho
merciIess sea over the drowning and the
dead, threw two continents into terror
But SEQ this brave quartermaster pushing
out with tho life line until he gets to the
rock, and SEQ these fishermen gathering
up the shipwrcked and taking them into
the cabins, and wrapping them In the
6annels snug and warm, and see that
minister of the gospel, with three other
mon, getting into II lifeboat and pushing
out for the wreck, pulling away across the
surf, and pulling away until they saved
one more man, and then getting back with
him to the hore. Can those men ever for
get that nightp And can they ever forget
their oompanionship in peril, companion
ship in struggle, companionship in awful
catastrophe and rescuep Ncverl Neverl