The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-03
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I'D. Simond's Sermon at
Y Unitarian Church.
& 1essoN FROM PRESENT

= nat ne March Of Allied
...z = cAins May he One step
;IIs1s 4ennyson's Ideal Of = Fed
~. Il the worId-Deciares
5I - Centurfes Past show
y osi.--At other Churches.
IN church held its first ser
.*, SSs summer vacation yester-
es~ tonGregation was present,
= x.-S not members being includ-
= q eimonds preached on 1.-THE
S. fi0ht at Last" a sermon OF
& ...z ts1ft based In part upon the
i ~ {Sr1'e shipwreck and deliverance
NJ ~ - twenty-seventh chapter OF
a r. S1kufance Mr.. Simonds said:
t<<S tSera IA no place upon the
where man feels his utter
~ e At night in storm at
~ foS6en sky, the gray waters
fhe wind-swept deck, the
TIE chiid's toy upon the
1 n unite TO produce the Eu-
~ Ss1kness. Small wonder that
ln 81 Britanny are accustomed
7ix nreyer, %, God, be mindful of
xrsnn Il 20 large, our boats are
m tho midst OF night and
Oath seems near II Is we'll IL
knSf{ aboard can give us cheer:
s39 voice and true can say like
xz Waaf not. We shall outrid0
- often said that society n
ana may we not also say
7flon II like q storm-tossed
1IYu 10 possible peril. sometimes
Ionger. Admitting this. are
SpfiIniste. dealing In pleasant
IkooWe proclaim gospel Of hope
n n fhapsody or reason to af-
r. 122f tomorrow for the human
a the that during this tragic
I'M may have asked this qles-
~ ~ those who will not be
SIMMER. Not. indeed, for us
1of this favored coast. Never
1kSD more beautiful, the nights
VIS. Never was nature moro
= ~ wealth Of neid and forest
~ - cnlms and strengthens
1s6sn m~st - Horne.
161 eonnot isolate ourselves from
NUFdened world. The Cascades
~ ~ enough, or the Pacific wide
3 mt out the sorrow OF human
r13 soca upon tho globe helps or
81 III hlghest. What day so bright,
y m o1orious summer--but the
4 &<rx q midas famine. or the A.
y ~ Tho high carnival Of demon
w., ~ the heilish violence Of
S ~ Am&fican cities. or the insane
- II ~ otIArchist--what day 30 bright
9 md other woes OF suffering
~ rot cloud our sunniest houry
n ~ ndd to this the sense Of social
M ~ oSeryWhcre weighs upon the
r&63. aBd the cruel personal Gis-
o4lD that are the common lot.
~ uuee enough to understand why
- = NJ md why men turn almost
- from the man OF faith and
~ ~ sopoossr thought faith IL 1usti-
M from the events OF one tragic
III. ~ from the hard experience Of
~ tho eternal plan OF the In
j ~ knQwn. Not thus can that plan
~ Qepe, ~ Il were. in the life OF
- ~ 0sey each and all record the
~ min Of man. Primeval savagery.
~ H. based on, force and nn-
~ n. pity or BY Justice. then rule
UN4tWe1 with right divine 10
- yv1aG, then wars and revolutions
~ m people coming to power
elnr tnAtice. and the right OF
epUont ~ God ordained.
~ pepeeRt. Out Of the strife or
~ may come as In the past. II
W y1tRout Significance that the
~ = ~ civfli1ed world are march
WIN nan against the harbarism
- QE)e0l A. Nag blends with nag
~ movement seems, us Mrs
~ wrcte half century ago
ul4gure the grand solutfon
ol41 municipal insuiar sehisma,
- epapinG seif-love's conclusions
- venscuIar patriotisms.
~ higher example; release M
- larger coming timc.
Jew OF Greek then---taunting
entsd' no more England nor
= eonfederats hroiherhood.. plant
"a ~ only TO mark the advance,
Aad onward OF all humanity
toeelanent ef the world.
~ tt'fttN w lfNHt>AtU our
y W. say that even IN this
amer Ne ARE moving toward the
Of Tennyson'a vision OF
slI29e Of mankind. parliament Of
me 70 close by telling Won
found the title ~ this sermon.
briaxs Light al Last Not from
q youth and hope and Joy
49, giad words. As heinrich
tae modern job. pain-racked IN
sere. hay on his mattress grave
near the end of hts seven years
1911 he was heard TO murmurs
A. brings iIght NJ last And then
nnw IN his youth his German
ID. 80 70 sing him asleep with this
fsar Not. the sun Trlngs Light
~ ffpm the fatheriand. from the
neart 81 Germany. from strong
\ xs.ne' hearted mothers Of staiwart
eeci shall fall -
I. q net FAR off. az last 10 ali
svsv winter change Go spring
nsh n true that we 'fali 20 rise.
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