New-York tribune., 1904-08-11
MORGAN STANDS BY JACOB
DEFENDS P1TRI4RCH.
Russian and japanese Meet at North
feH-Wr. Wcbster's Sermon.
fEr rEursRArH 70 -HE TnIsUSr. ,

fBT TELEGRAPH -HE TRIBUTTl
ras- Nor4haelA, Mass. Aug 1o-Who VIII ne
ar Norgaa's successor IL the NorthAeia extension
,novesnent2 VINO viii be the pastor Of the N"it IN
FED church? VINO viii lead the Moody Binie IN
stitute extension movsment IN chie@so @"o ''
Central West? .
..,,.~. e,a some OF tie questions that srs ds-
esssed or she verandas and about the soda water
Ten, They are not thrown out mere 10 nv nv
paasc5.oy apply for the three or to-r p's-l''. p
tcat are eiled 50 easily by this prince aih'"s
,-eachers and ssader among Elois 1eacHsTs-
whether II be in The classroom al the Mount
lFeYInon Boys School on the platform % 'he
r3hla Conference OF IN the pulpit Of tho fitIh-As-
Presbyterian Church, of NeW-4ork' ne - stN-,-
- home and holds The class or the congregation al
his ha1d and moves them accoTdins 20 i's VIZ,
The views which he presents may - ne" - 70,
audience but not is ever heard 70 say
Dc not accept that teaching over ana over as'1i,
this statement is heard: 1t IS strange 1lSt
never thought Of that before II seems TIE o'''S
natural view OF the subject
Trl,e nstrfarch Jacob has had 2 hard tiTne j" u'7
49,. ~ many preachers ana Bible class teach-
ers To-day Dr. Morgan handled him Tor the oe,-
+er ,art of an hour, and the convenuonai JACOB
-,-oujd have besn sgreeaby surprised AT some OF
-. ,t,-gs ssi6 IN his favor. Dr. Morgan did not
oopdone mis- offenoss; he DID not call black white
nor did he call the sinner saint but while CON
demuing him nerciIessly for wrongs coInIh1'tso
soafrst his father and brother. and while cen
s,1-i,v him severely for hts deceit ana dupliciy'
she preacher said that he could never read me
story Of Laban and Jacob without feeling 4 unilH
f satisfacton that jacob outNit'ed ms noie, one
Of the neanest men mentioned in the ola Tes'a-
EasEi-
JACOB a MAN or FAITH
s,oob according 10 DR.. Morgan, a man
80 ss3th as isaac his father and Abraham, ms
svsadfather. had been The faith varied IL Aiilo
r,d ,5eerse hlIt 81 was faith nevertheless Aora-
ham had an obedent faith, and JehoVah appeared
- him for initiation. Isaac had passion ia'lh
ana Jehovah appeared 10 him tor TaIhoauon'
while jacob had restless faith ana SehoFHu AP-
rssrsa 70 him for correction. In Abrahanls case
a.. manifestations preceded the actions n the
- - Tsoob they always followed the actions.
Tseao vas dismissed with few sentences ne
vas a good man. with occasional lapses- u L.
Moody said OF hin: Jacob don't count ne vas
zanaply a rlch mans son. added Dr NoEsAh-
rseor+ifuI lessons he sale, could be learned from
1ssao's meditation but, he believed that there
-,,sre more Jacobs than Issacs in his congregation
he devoted most Of his time 20 the nan WIN lile
restless faith aud the FIVE manifestations al Je-
1,ovah recorded in Genesis Szv-TNXF Jacon,
..eo-5ing TO his latest defender. be4eVed
COD. ana when It looked as though the olVine
PURPOSES were 10 be frustrated ne uleo 10 H@lp
yzos little The Lord overruied his duphclty
sra interfersd with his success. and brought MN
,scl N his native land. not as a supplaIlef' Is
ss lsft st but in peace with his brothers and with
a new name Israel. the prince. vino had preNelleu
,rstt, God IN tears and with broken heart
T+ber speskers this rainy day we're the Rev.
Tor George F. Penteoost. of this place; the rev.
q webster, Of England; the Rev. spencer
Tv.,+o, the Rev Willis R. Hotchdss and the Rev
y,br 7 rpube all Of Africa, the last Zulu MI
r1.bs "a rhe principal of the Zulu Christian IN
s,,S+al School IN South Africa and Is ca1iea the
.'Booker 7. Washington Of South AFRICA
DR.. Penteoost spoke this syening on ne
,.r.vsnrees OF the Resurrection" which are ne
- 49, The truth and validity Of the Script
-. second the setting at rest OF the 0uesuon
s.vVbo Is her" third the making sure not onIy
-, the efhciency but the sufhciency OF the stee'
a+oning sacrifice Of Jesus Christ. ana ioNIu
ande- e-uarauteeS life ana 1rnInOrNaA-
sty 10 Us. . l., .,,o ,-.s
.,ca of a Russian and japanese. Ihey nave III
-ea5v had several conversations, mainly about re-
sig1ous themes but now and then reference ID
PORT Arthur is made but in entirely good nature
There is 10 likelihood Of a miniature battle here
Vladimir Cielesnoff, the Russian. is thirty years
old. and was educated at the University Of 81.
Petersburg lie was formerly a member OF 'he
Greek Church but has been in this country seven
-esrs and IS a convert 20 Professionalism. He
holds daily Bible lectures in New-Hork Tor b0sl-
ness men. de is ceyout Able student. nooese
su demeanor and has made many friends both for
himself and for his country. The brutality some
times attributed 10 the Russian soldiers and tho
traditional autocratio methods OF Russian officials
ars harder 10 believe in after meeting and con-
vsysng Rith this Christian scholar from St. Pc
fsrsbuTg.
The Rev Naomi TeEnura. the japanese preacher.
came to America Ia 1852. studying az Auburn and
Princeton Theological Beminares. and received his
degree from Princeton. While here he wrote a
hook entitled ''ghs japanese Bride" For this he
was condemned by hts Presbytevy slanderer
of hts nation he. appealed 10 the higher church
court, which decided that while he was not guilty
az SANDER ne had written the book TO make money
Rad therefore the action OF the Presbytsry should
stand but his church stood by him end he has
strong Independent church He IS fhe vlce-Dresi-
csne % the Christian EndesvOr 6ociety OF Japan.
Besides his church work he las hourishng school
started on TIE Mortified plEa % sslf-help and
Knoeinsd 10 meet the needs ot the young men OF
Japan.
EE. TaTnura follows ths war news IN The Tribune
daily. lie expects 10 see the downfall Of Port Ar
sAur some CAV this week. and last week lie had the
same hope As soon as thts occurs he hopes some
OF ths neutral and friendly powers viii propose
nsaistoR and further loss 81 lie. Some of
ais countTVTasa. says he. favor carrying on the
yer until the srmy OF the AGissdo reaches St. Pc
ssrEburg. but 5Ir Tanlurs feels that-tis would be
q nistska
THE REV. r G. WEBsTBR'e SERMON.
The following Is the substance ot the address of
the Rev. 2. s. Webster. OF England on Sunday
morning. based upon the text; They drank Of that
spiritual Rock thst followed them; and that Rock
was Christ" q Corinthians. X. q.
This beloved is one OF tie many passages which
prove TIE identity Of the Church Of Christ in ali
sidrsn Of isrse i eT ,aTeH from E- % me
tanaan stephen spoke of them as the church IN
clear thar 10 these Israelites vas granted thai
reseaSe q Christ the real presence. the spiritual
re enjoyment sT 79 q which s the nvariabo Of
Now. this 6ringiag OF he ehIdTen Of Israel ont
st Egypt Is referred continually IN the Scrip
power. the great specimen Of what COD was abe
- Scoo11splsh On behalf OF His people; and so.
COO lays down what he expects from Us in the wsy
TIE Lord Thy Goe xbe sfSs bTa6sbt ne bss says G I am m
ne dano Of Egypt and out OF The house Of bond
I is impossible to conceive that that grand that