The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-09-24

his own salvation and can be applied to
the salvation of others. If we were de-
pendent upon our fellow man for spirit
ual strength how unreliable the source
would be.
''Friends, we lift up our eyes unto
the hills and ask from whence cometh
our strength?' MY help cometh from
the Lord which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved.
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall
neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord
is thy keeper; the Lord is thy shade
upon thy right hand. The sun shall
not smite thee by day nor the moon by
night. The Lord shall keep thee from
all evil. He shall keep thy soul. The
Lord shall keep thy going out and thy
coming in, from this time forth and
forever more '
''Experience shows that the Lord is
our strength, that when he stands by
us we are strengthened. Man has
sought out many devices to serve as a
means whereby he may be able to with
stand the evil one, but they are all in
vain. He has withdrawn to the desert,
the caves of the mountains, the solitary
places of the earth thinking that when
away from his fellow man he would re-
ceive spiritual strength. But solitude
cannot give spiritual strength. It has
it's dangers and they sweep over man
as the angry waves sweep over the un-
protected shore. The battle for the
possession of the human soul is waged
within man and the contending forces
will struggle just as desperately in
solitude and silence as they will in the
midst of strife and turmoil. He prac-
ticed the most severe asceticism, de-
priving the body of the proper amount
of food, of the necessary means of COM
fort, inAicting the most severe self
torture, but it produced weakness in
stead of strength. You cannot feed the
soul by starving and torturing the body.
He has attempted to earn his salvation
and obtain spiritual strength by long
weary pilgrimages, by enlisting in So
called holy wars, by the most abject
forms of pennance, all of which are de-
vices of the devil and degrade the hui
man soul. He has tried to purchase
the power of the spirit by deeds of
benevolence but he has had no greater
success than had Simon Magus who
offered money to the apostles for the
power of the Holy Ghost"
Rev. Steenson spoke of the handsome
new edifce that was to be dedicated,
and said the church could prosper and
succeed only by strength from the
Lord.
Rev. W. H. Easton followed with
an interesting address on the meaning
of life eternal and mans spirituality.
Eternal life did not mean the sum
of mans existence as measured by
length, but by depth and breadth of
character and by his spiritual life
"A1N1 SOu1Nt Oll1y O0 u1eIO0 WIO10 dIlO
perfect in Christ, who had reversed
the order of things in this world.
At the close of Rev. Easton's address
Miss Kate Farnham sang "Face to
Face,' after which the ceremony of
unwilling the four memorial windows
took place. In the south window are
the memorial tablets dedicated to
the memory of Thomas and Mary
Goulding, charter members of the
Princeton M. E. church, and Mrs.
Evelyn Jackman Roberts, wife of one
of the former pastors of the
church. William Townsend unveiled
the tablets, and Rev. Gratz paid a
tribute to the memory of Mr.. and Mrs.
Goulding, who helped to provide the
first place of worship in Princeton. A
brief sketch of the life of Mrs. Roberts
was read. She gave up life of COM
fort to become the wife of Methodist
minister, that in early days meant pri-
walton and much sacrifc. After living
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Princeton with her husband and was
much loved and respected She died
while her husband was pastor of the
Princeton church, and she now sleeps
in her old home in Vermont.
On the north window are the me-
mortal tablets of Mrs. Ada L. Farnham
and Orrin Satterlee, the ten-year-old
son of Rev. Geo. d. Satterlee, who died
in October 1900, while Mr.. Satterlee
was pastor of the Princeton church.
Rev. Satterlee paid beautiful and
very touching tribute to the memory
of Mrs. Farnham, and one that moist
ened the eyes of many throughout the
congregation. AS Mr.. Satterlee set
down Elder Clemans approached the
pulpit and spoke feelingly of the little
Satterlee boy. 1t was pathetic refer