Arizona republican., 1899-10-16


 1 with arrogance. but would meet my
 fellow man on terms of perfect equality
 So let us come this morning and look
 into the face of every brother and per son. Whether Catholic or Protestant
 if his heart is thinking the same | thoughts of Christian charity, I say: ] Give me thy hand.
 There is too much difference be tween pulpit and pew. The pulpit comes out from the study after reading and studying the lives of such men as Jeremy Taylor, with hearts glowing with spiritual exaltation. The pew comes up from the duties of the week, 1 dulled and careworn by it's trials and 1 conflicts. There is no sense, I say, in
 placing the preacher five or six feet above the pew, to stand behind pull
 pit which acts as a barricade." The minister cited the cases of the lawyer and the physician where, in either, to win his cause, the profes- sional man looked straight into the eye of the jurymen or felt the pulse and
 scanned the countenance of the pa tient Daniel Webster said that in his
 opinion the proof of the holy divinity of religion is found in the fact that it had lived through the centuries in
 
 ..The merchant" said the minister, ''does not say, Wait until I get behind a dry goods box but is eager to drive a bargain with his would-be customer. Yet you put us behind a pulpit before YOU think we can be of service. You array preachers in somber black suits and white cravats. But we are, after all, beggars like you at the throne of grace. I think sometimes of arraying myself in hod-carrier's overalls to get close in contact with the sympathies of humanity.
 Let us have a talk this morning on Christian handshaking. First, about extending a Christian welcome Some persons in this congregation have just returned from the seashore and from their summer vacations. Some prob ably were never here before. Let us join together in shaking hands and be- coming acquainted with one another.
 Pursuing his line of thought, Rev. MT. Cowan thought many churches are too conventional. He decried the sane timonious, sour, graveyard Christian who has made Christianity repuls1Ve to the world. He related the experi- ence that once befell John B. Cough who was being entertained by a lady of this sort. In speaking to MT Gough the lady used a sanctimonious tone ana in asides talked naturally with the servant Betty, commanding her to bring a scuttle of coal. MT. Cough, in relating the circumstance to friends, | uueried: Now, why couldn't that : lady talk to me in the same natural tcnes that she used to the servantE This false idea of the tone of voice that 1 should be used in talking of religious matters causes many persons to be blamed for having a shifting, cant re- igion.
 Let us congratulate the brethren pursued the speaker He used the ;imiIe of the bride who is given kind words by her friends. Those compos- ng the congregation, which is the pride of the Lamb, deserve congratula- ions for the house they worship in, or the service each is rendering God
 II would. like to go through every pew and reach out my hand in con ratulation for the work you have done md there is yet to do,' he said.
 Rev. MT. Cowan then spoke of -lacier in the Alps, which, although ruly magnificent sight, is of the mag lfffcence of death. traveller slips yer the edge of a gorge and holds on " his hands. Death is his portion, as eIp is not to be secured. 1 '"The conventionalities of the church { re too often the rnagnifcence of ice ( is cold and formal. The world hangs n and dies because of the magnifi- i ence of these ice cold formalities. Is i here need of congratulations in heart ! D heart work that will make the I -orId know the church is in sympathy . -ith it? The business man in his of j ce is discouraged under financial diff { culties. There Jet us come in and say: 1 Iere is my hand, with the sympathies ( my heart in it. In trials we all ( eed sympathy. If six men put their S to a burden, there is only t of the weight on any one of C le men, f Rev MT. Cowan referred to woman's e lrden. He also referred to the young e lan kicked out of the store because he i ouldn't lie. That young man needs e our sympathy and help. Sorrows are V i1e sheep-they go in herds. Like t rds, they go in fiocks. Like waves, S ley go in threes. Troubles never ,me singly. Sickness, poverty, be- t avement-then, shipwreck. Oh, my a -other, if in sickness or in trouble, a we me thy hand and let us have t, hristian talk. God the mother in the t -nderness of Jesus Christ is always b filing to receive you.
 It is customary, continued the " ,eaker, to shake hands over a bar lin. He said he would like each one a
 the congregation before him to take r. pledge to indulge in more prayer and e ore Christian work.
 ''Who will join hands with me this t