The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-25

After an absence OF six weeks in the
Ssst Rev. A. l. Hutchison. pastor OF the
r,rrt Presbyterian church. preached to
~ congregation again yesterday morn
~ He took az his text Matthew, xi:2s:
.r,one unto Me, all ye that labor and are
heavy laden. and / will give you rest"
After a word OF greeting he said. In
paft:
s1ne OF the most gifted writers and
reachers In our great church, In a recent
ssekoiy spreads over this questioning, I'M
certain, disillusloned age. Ianguid signs
a WEAKNESS breathe from its salons
snd palaces. Bitter discomfort mutters
70 rs workshops and tenements. lie
quotes another. who says; Never. I be-
1eye, have men been more universally
IA than In the present time.
Much Of tho literature OF recent date
hys foundations for such conclusions.
n daily record OF life adds force to the
sfafsmert. Til round OF ccaseless strug-
IL draws the tension so high that nerves
snap and lives go out In despair. Men
see The gloomy shadows lenEthcn around
thsm and the nights OF troubled days
~ peopled with specters. The stars grow
aim In the heavens above. and the song
n bope IL 80 feeble In the heart IL
seems 70 be hushed; and sadness Is writ
tan upon the countenance.
The whole world grows sad when dies
TIE inner light; and no ray OF light
~
LAY. But we are told that healthy re-
seiion IL getting in; that many Of the
literary and scientific leaders, who pushed
their Investigations to the borders OF the
missionary. like "A tensioned bow. have
sprung hack again into positions OF spir-
Iiua rest These men discovered the
mirage which they and others were fol-
owing: and increasing soui-thirst led
them 10 turn back.
Futures Solemn Hue.
L.
out OF harmony with the best feeling and
highest aspirations, according TO stand
ards OF the past other multtudes seem
10 be- at war with the established order
OF economics and government. Alarming
outbreaks OF this spirit, ike the great
strike OF 1884 and others, paint the fn-
fure with somber hues Many remedies
for the world malady OF suspicion and
liver us from some OF them' We do
NOT want dose OF Nordaus relapse
into peaceful barbarism' We never will
b. healed by Blsvatsky's nostrums OF an
cent occultlsm, borrowed from barbarous
Tibet, We are suspicious OF the re-
censtructionsts In theology economies
and government We cannot agree with
some, that a secularised church viii sat
isfy the masaes Above the babel Of
theorists the hum OF industry and the
rumble OF the chariot of progress comes
the worlds heart cry for peace, rest and
freedom-'and ! know Of no source o. help
10 sure as the offer OF my text, The key
10 this text Is Me What sublime. YET
jnstifnble esotiam' None but Jesus
could honestly speak thus. n Is the ex-
preston OF what has been termed Gods
human life whose grand denouement was
Calvary. Every century has known men
Who inbored 10 explain away the mar
Of The chaos OF crumblng speculatlons
comes the old confession OF the centurion
II Calvary. Truly this was the Son oi
God
the intelligence. power and benencence
81 the Creator. In the Incompatible har-
mony OF the universe We behold the wis.
dom and majesty Of God. Throughout
toe centuries from Adam 10 Nshemla i
God was unveilng 20 His people His jus
tee truth and righteousness. but Him.
cell still stood within the shadow Hut
He purposod TO uuycil ilimseh 70 man
and II came 10 pass that the Word be-
came flesh and dwclt among vs.. and WI
heheli IIis xlory--the glory as Of the
cniy berotten OF the Father. fun of grace
.ss Jesus emptiod Himself os Deity ant
became "a man amongst men. he laid
aside His celestial robes aud took up tbs
garment OF iesh, that fIe might unvei
10 the worlds sad heart the Fathers
tate He could utter the text. As 'Sor
u Man He knew mans limitations; his
physlcai privations. his temptations
heart warnings and deepes, sorrows,
iiiasataes Problems OF To-day.
'This human life OF God illumines the
Problems Of today. Men long for brother.
hood. and organize ~. inhnitum for this
purpose. These brothsrhoods are splen-
ais. 81 long as seif-inicrest II realized
and the necessary quid PRO auo IL forth
coming. The church OF God In the onls
hoay known 10 me which maintains tbs
bonds 20 brotherhood when dues have
ioAs ceased, " character and fellowship
continue
Again the weary world clamors foi
AAerty which, too often, means license
Bot Jesus supplies this demand In His
seaehiugs ana BY HIS transcendant per
sohaity \ am the truth and the way
sad the HE ~ sc abide in My wort
~ shall knnw this truth and this truth
shan make YOU free Tho responsibility
rests with aan The highest freedom
n not Known outside OF Christ and away
From God our text invites 60 such q
sfecdem one has sRid When The Wcrd
aeame desh Ne hnmblei Himself and pun
" HIS glory, that Tie might pass through
ks mortal conflict with all the risks
q freedom Because ~ thts, my hroihrI
with weaty. troubled heart. God 70 sorry
tar you In the trueat sense, and in oui
itst efcrS relief What men most need
ietAy Is truer conception OF th,. Mat
= SNrroNs our elder brother Hut N,
weld will never get this conception an
rss tnu Christians upveO the Christ IN
lahr daily lifs AS Jesus unveiled IN,
h FATHER 20 Gallee. In order 60 DO this
h Yen nGst know thc personal christ Prtd,
Il assi se sutdund wrongs forgiven, At
afness sweetened and low enthroned
shefc stN has long swayrd the sc"pter
lAen. when tempt tiops aasaii. Wiafor
4 lsae< plgEuc aud sorrow Ike sea hi|luwi
s~l above tte iis'u VII como 'hs