The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-15
MRS, WI[BERFORCE ATTENDS
UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.


Is one OF the largest places OF worship In
the city. and it's Gothic style OF archi-
lecture make II very much In accord with
the work that IL was designed to do. It's
the best style Of architecture for churches
roof. and under the hand Of the organist,
Mr.. Edward s. Roberts, WHO ~ also the
musical director. the great building MAS MAS
railing in front of the organ hides the
singers, and when they got ready 10 sing
the anthem they st9od he whsrs snsr ns peBsse Br
rick Schloss, started In all alone and
sang his part with richness or tone that
Harriet Il. Barrows Joined in with her
s%Se' some Of o2pts them bird notes that sound 50
snosher SoS" Voice IF e joined In hat they used to
traito, and IL belongs 10 I'M Miss ,;S IennIe xor !,
derful strength OF expression And these
voices as the basso. Mr.. George M Hay.
caught up the tores sSst thsf sothss
thanksgiving. so rich and beautiful i
mIs eause it havs Was DsS' aimed in hat dirsetion
After they'd finished federation whis-
pers: '1 guess we didn't sing IKE that
Mother. when you and used 10 belong 70
the Westminster choir down ter CenttS
'tNo." says I. I'VE couldn't sing like
that. And there wasn't many that could
In them days. Singin' has improved as
we'll as morals and other things. But yet.
| I think the souls OF the people were just
| as well turned then as they are now.
Yes" says he maybe they were, but
| the trouble with the old fashioned singers
was then demisemiduavers. which used 10
git them so hopelessly mixed up III "
! hadn't been for the congregation ahelpin
/ xtfhar IA
a landed II old Abner Chesley had been
| allowed to have full rein In reeling them
| off You know the minister used ter say
he'd got In the habit OF 'slngin' by the
yard"
After some more singing. and the min
ister. the Rev. Wallace Nutting. had OIL
fered prayer. he preached an intensely in
terestins and spiritual sermon on the SUD-
ject OF
'HEROISM IN MODERN LIFE"
He selected his text from the Eighth
Psalm. fourth and NTH verses: What is
man. that Thou art mindful OF him? And
the Son of man, that thou visitest him
For Thou hast made him but little lower
than God. and crownest him with glory
and honor
"Heroism IN man is the broken reflec-
ton OF God Heroism Is manlness rising
10 Gods likeness. Among the Greeks the
| a
demigod A truly great soul standing az
the head of his race steps off then into
the upper world AS warriors rose 10 be
worshipped among military races, saints
came 10 be worshipped among religious
bodies. BY being perfect men they were
at last revered more than men.
"A hero was nothing more or less thar
the ideal man of the pagan world. lt has
grown TO be common 10 discount the deco
| Of the epic hero. and say they were mag
nifed by time so that they loomed large
than human. like statutes In An ltaliar
garden showing out OF mist In the twi
light But the fact that every nation hai
its heroes Is hopeful for the future o
human nature. Alas for people that doe
not have ideals and ideal menl As a goo'
man will see in his sweetheart or wife al
IDEAL woman and endow her In though
with merits which are perhaps beyon'
\ her absolute desert. 40 the fact that ma
ton has heroic figures in It's mythology 1
only another way OF saying that II ha
) people who themselves feel the spirit o
heroism and ascribe TO others what Is 4
| themselves.
!? ''The great hearts know better tha
!. ! anybody else that there are other great
) hearts above them. II was a cynic VIII
said no man ls n hero to his valet. Heroe
n have generally been adored by those hear
"a est 70 them. Familiarity breeds contemp
only when the persons are contemptibl,
l. No one thought more reverently Of WASH
n ington than his body servant. No on
70 adored Bernard or Clairvaux more tha
Ie his companions To no one was Jesu
1t greater than 10 the Mary who bowed an
l. kissed His feet. Every hero is most her
l. TO his own nearest friends. Mr. More
l. saw more of the glorious I'm Mr.. Gladstor
n. than strangers could see
THE grandeur and interest in huma
he life arises out Of the fact that here ar
sl.x-A til
~ stature, and loom large with the highe
r attributes OF manliness
God is hidden IN every man There
deep I'm the human heart.
=, when the heart sees unfolding I'm al
other being some moral splendor like Il
n act OF risking life for saving another lf
A. then tho heart OF him thrills and leal
es and feels kinship with what Is great. al
e. heroic spirit is born.
- Deep answereth to deep. Great n
peals to our courage reveal our come
ton with the family OF God
,g There is no such thing as total d
pravity, unless a man has become total
" devil. OF all the doctrines OF the fathe
T. this Is the only one with which / tai
ke issue. Total depravity meant that eve
nj FACULTY OF man was completely Civ,
II. over to evil, and IL was a doctrine a
20 piled 10 all men, not Christian. II was Il
III most wholesale lie ever perpetrat
against human nature and divine wisdoi
OF THE true position is that all our powe
re are touched. weakened, clouded by ev
a and we must have the power and the 70
ar giveness OF God to bring us back to q
s. full stature OF manhood. We must
born again. Then the feeble fires OF her
ism that burn low In us. or only rise nc
e. and then 10 power will become consta
or flames.
I'm See how the idea of heroism has ris
Sc with Christ as a model. once hero W
he merely pugihst-a Hercules: n Samso
q with gigantic physique but loose life
er David we see the awful battle betwe
he the powers Of light and darkness. In hi
in were the qualities OF physical prove
NJ and spiritual ideals striving I'm interneci
er war. The struggle was titanic. Now I
or hero is brought low TO a~lust-ruled char
an pion, attractive by his prowess. Now
AZ rises again to spurn the rule OF flesh a
ed devil, he becomes type OF primal knigi
nd hood. magnanimous, patient. humble. d
en- cerning the outlines OF Gods Christ a
nj rising 90 the colossal height OF moral "
he tor. Beloved OF God; so that from the We