The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-28

tIBU NE M(DNDA 4. NO
church thirty-eight years ago, and |
forced the duty on me when l hesitat- |
ed. / love them. l am not old, but |
! feel lonely here today without them. |
In this period the Second or Me-
mortal church went off with our bless
ing. 1t carried the great majority of
my personal friends of my own age
with whom | had held sweet counsel
l was i'm hearty sympathy with their
going, for this city needed the two
churches Up to point | expected to
go with them, but duty overcame in
clination. | know all the history of
their movements, it was creditable and
well accomplished.
You will perhaps expect me TO speak
of the pastorate of Or. Logan, the long
est and most fruitful in many ways
that this church has had. 1t Is said
II is not well to give the judgment of
history on passing events, nor for the
historian to reCite or judge of that of
which he Is part. At the risk of
trespassing on this rule. we will talk
little i'm this family circle OF what
we have seen done. His pastorate, with
it's unspent influence, covers the whole
half of our .semi-centennal. He came
here at the age of As. His reputation
had gone before him, for he was known
throughout the churches. In 1866 he
made at st. Louis, n thrilling speech
| on behalf of the Freedmen which incl
| dentally was the cause of his being
| called to the pastorate of this church.
| for IL was the character of that speech
! which inspired DIR. IIickok to recon-
| mend to the speaker after we had
| failed to settle on a pastor to send for
DIR. Logan.
GLORIOUS BEGINNING.
| His pastoratc really began with the
| first sermon he preached in this pulpit.
| unconscious as he was of that fact.
1t was a glorious beginning from the
text He shall see of the travail of
His soul and shall be satisfied He
| was far away from the scholastic
| bigotry which trammels some men, far
into the spirit and scope, and in the
| trend of Christ'S glorious Gospel He
came here with the fire of youth still
in his veins. full of the Gospel, full
of the love of preaching.
What has been done is for history
! and the future church to deal with,
and it will, as all history does. deal
| with them with impartiality and JUS
tice free from the biased impulses
of any who were in the conflict. For
tunately this church has been only
slightly disturbed and the waters are
smooth ! wish ] could impress upon
|
nifty and value of pure and undefled
religion and individual liberty which
are guaranteed to every individual and
to the nations by our God-given gov
ernment. | doubt whether ii is now a
thinkable thing for this nation to be
come imperialistiC or to make and hold
any down trodden people as slaves Or
VaSsals under her benign sway.
our liberty and independence were
born out of the Presbyterian system
it was sneered at as PRESBYTERIAN
revolution. We derived our ideas OF
liberty and the free principles which
underly true government from the
Bible. Nearly every one Of our guar
antees 10 the individual which under
lie our system of justice can be traced
to the Bible. The presumption of in
nOccnCe until proven guilty, is only th'
charity of the thirteenth chapter %
: Corinthians, put into legal practice
| When a person charged with a Grim,
is once acquitted by the Judgment o
/ | his peers, he is acquitted forever from
- that charge. No government ecClesi
t astiCal or civil can suffer if the guilt!
. ! go free under the presumption of limo
: cence held over them until legally prov
= en- guilty, or that once in jeopardy h
I is not condemned, or that the broa'
= mantle of Il true Christian Chart,
+ | shields him when prosecuted. but Whe
|
function and prcrogative of transpos
ing the principles of our holy rcligiO
into the every day working of tn
Z freest government the world has see
allows any person to be condemne
either on popular ClamOr or withou
i the highest sanction of human Orde
$ and the presumptiOns of charity so a
to leave a doubt in either the form q
u the act of justice, then both reliGio
l and justice have fallen in the streets.
:, WHAT HE SAID.
Il DR.. Hickuk said: Il can never brin
s myself to believe that He, who workc
- and waited, for unCOunted centuries,
e prepare a habitatiOn for man: Wh
[ disciplined the race, for 1000 yeal
5 before they were ready for the adver
- of His Son; who has diversified OF
e Christian history, with reformation
$ and rc-fOrmationS: and is EVIDENT
j. waiting still for some higher dcvel0l
mcnt, or spiritual baptism: can ever
+ satisfied with the present attainmei
# of His church. There is to be -
e cial, civil and physical perfection f
e man; IA spiritual baptism and tran
n Ccndent glory. for the church, whiC
- "oye hath not seen nor ear heard
q The slow progress of redemption, Il
IS long waiting of His people; the disal
= puintmentS and counter revolutions
l society, are all prophetic of an inCol
Ic CciVablc perfection and blcSSCdnCSs y
y to be! The disaupointmcnts of fai
d indicate n higher dispensation abo
DO to dawn, a nOhlcr life soon to be inau
1t Grated! We can afford To wait lin Il
(. patience of hope" when we are a
iC Surcd that every hours delay pledG
1t | a nOblcr success; carries hope To
~ higher PiSgah; and builds on the Mou
i'm | of TRANSPORTATION bright tabernacle
ld | in which we may dwell forever, in {
Ir light of our Lords presence and ben
rs diCtiOn.
l. But. brethren. we must wait
n. faith ana faithful obedience: we mu
$, | stand in our lot and bear herOical
a the responsibilities of the age;
he must go forth, even weeping, beari
in precious seed; we shall doubtless COZ
re again with rejoicing, bringing q
at shcaVes with us. If not here, from
battlements Of heaven. from the f;
distant DEVELOPMENTS of an !mmort
life, we will peal the trumpet of v
v tory, and strike into a triumph wort
is of the Son of God, at the marriage
he his afIianced church," | bring Il
It's of hope as if it We're a teleDhol
a message from heaven today to {
en- courage our new pastor in his lal
Nv of love, and tn this congregation
ny their sympathetic labOrs with him.
,ss ADDRESS OF COZ" BOIES.
ir- Colonel II NJ. Boies gave a clev
7lr address as follows:
full We have Just passed through the c
nix uscating orbit of the Leonids, that eel
mis- tial celebration of the harvest hO
which signals the conclusion of the lab
= of the husbandman, and in our bles
lands calls the families together and
[ children home to their annual Than
giving. IT Is fortunate and appropri