The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-07

much in the NUMBERS % AneeIr, - 49,
asn expanded with the psssass q ne
hours Yesterday there ras little street
sntnu.sa.m- roday ne Endsavo af n. nu,t
TO sing. Street car loads OF them IreQu .a-
| II spun along the streets sang.ng . tney
veek Many groaps sang g IN sne .cusa. "a
MONDAY workers IN business houses ana
| factories They sang al the afternoon raj
lies and sang this evening en- fouts % y Inc
or after again assembling, and then sang
The people crowded into the tent vii
iiston' for this evenings exercises. Pres
fdent Clark presided over the meetings
and p. s. Foster. OF Washington. was
musical director.
| 'Wiiiiston' were delivered by John e.
| Poulds Of Indianapolis, and Rev. DIR. r.
| s. Henson. of Chicago. The former on
ana and ss soh w, were listened
| TO with undivided attention by the entire
| audience. and bursts Of applause were
frequent.
DR.. Henson'a Address.
| DIR. Hensorfs address was in part as
| follows:
.'ons of the shrewdest devices of the
devil lis TO persuade the world that there
isn't any. and In this regard In recent
| years his success has been extraordinary;
| Milton pictures him as squat like toad
| 1T the ear Of Mother Eve. and whispering
| softly internal suggestions and one may
| imagine him In like attitude BY the side
! Of the comic artists who have made the
| whole world laugh at their groteeque por-
| traits of him. for he knows right well
| that In matters of religion what Ia made
ridiculous very shortly becomes contempt
| ibie, and is then dismissed as incredible.
And well-meaning but ignorant eyangel-
lists have been influential In the same d.
rection by the very extravasancs OF their
language in denouncing the devil as If he
were the author of all the evil In the
universe and as truly omnfpresent as the
Lord of Hosts; and so We should have
two gods I'm the uniyerse-0ne supernal
and the other infernal-a doctrine so re-
pugnant alike to reason and to revelation
that men In revolt against u are tempt
ed to swing away to the other extreme
aud deny the existence of any other devil
In the universe.
1.-The Scriptures alone can lift the veil
that hides the secret Of the spirit world,
| and In the light of the Scriptures the dew
II looms colossal.
In the Book of Job. perhaps the old
to the front. In the Book of Genesis. the
| first book In the Bible. we hear his in
fernal whisper and have a taste of his
sse sue of sse sd a H 0ng through
see the Shiny trail Of the old serpent and
hear his hiss.
And II it be said. as it is said by the
lament represented dlspensation Of types
and shadows and Of myths and aiiegories.
| We reply that the New Testament throws
upon the devii a still more lurid light and
| more vividly reveals the reality Of his per-
| eonaiity. John represents him as a sinner
from the beginning Paul speaks of him
minds Of men to the light OF the gospel,
and who does 1t most successfully by dis
| guising himself as an angel Of light. He
| warns his brethren not to give place to
| him for an instant. and urges them to put
| on the whole armor Of God that they
might be able to stand up against him.
| lion. going about seeking whom he may
! devour.'
| The fact OF the matter simply is that
| TIE personality OF God IS not more clearly
| taught In the Bible than is the reality Of
| the personality Of Satan. and II we reject
the one we may as well reject the other.
| No sound exegesis can Danish him from
| the Book. and no true philosophy OF his
tory can ignore his presence in the world"
| DIR. Noble Talks Arbitration.
In tent Endeavor the principal address
| Of the meeting was by Rev. F. A. Noble,
! Of Chicago His subject was War
| Against War"
| In part he said
'Uhe recent assembling at The Hague
| OF the peace conference. called by the czar
ting to the senerai subject Of war ar ana The the
fresh impulse which the deliberations OF
this conference have given to the hope
e.d ana the
devised and accepted for settling .n.erna-
tional disputes. which seem to make both
the hours and the occasione eminently suit
and consctences of all lovers Of humanity
the high claims OF afbitratons.
The question of arbitration naturally
divides itself into two subordinate ques-
lions. Is arbitration desirable? To this
question there can be but one answer II
Justice, or anything like an approximation
the cases In controversy to the honest
Judgment OF dis.nterested parties II ag-
OF the people to themselves or their insti-
tut'ons or their territory can be main
tanned: II freedom and the precious oppor-
tunity OF freedom can be either held or won
tra.ion must be conceded by all well-dis-
posed persons TO be preferable to their
m,e,hod Of war; As i Is better for indi-
quiet way than to resort to blows or rush
into court. so 1t must he better for COM
munities OF -indiv ,duais to fail back on this
simple. natural plan
IN the nfst place war :s an immense
" expensive method OF harmoniz'ng diff
ferences and reaching agreements between
nations. 1t Is expensive in money outlay.
In the second place war not alone in
lis prosecution. but In the preparation.
imposes enormous burdens upon the state.
and In this way seriously binders the ma
teriai progress and comfort OF the people
I'm the third place. war means large
number OF the soldiers of the countries en-
gagged In war hardships and sickness and
wounds and lifelong disabilities and
deaths; and to the friends of the soldiers
consuming anxiety and heartaches and
binding tears and the bitter sorrows
which are associated with broken plans
and bafied hopes.
Here falls in the second question which
study OF the subject In hand forces up
on US Is arbitration practicabiae I'm
questtonabsy arbitration Is desirable The
consideration Just brought forward In sup
port OF this view. and the many more
which might be advanced. would seem 10
settle this point beyond all controversy
Few things indeed In the sphere ~ inter
natfona! relation can he imagined which
are 50 desirable "a finding out and apply
ing some method other than resort 10
deadly encounters on aattlefelds and high
seas by which the privileges of liberty and
the ends of Righteousness AMI the objects
IN general which make for the welfare OF
humanity can be- secured"
Attacks on Congressman Roberts.
The Mormon question was treated BY
Rev. pr. W. NJ. Paden. % Salt Lake who
made a bitter personal attack upon Con-
gresham Roberts, Mr.. Paden insisted
that majority nj the people OF Utah be-
steye IN rsaiy NOUS arrtaeE. that h,s-