The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-28

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spoken His approval and especially
during these last days, He thus COM
mendtng . ministry that has put the
gospel forward as the SUFFICIENT and
the only sufficient remedy for human
Ills. Glorious indeed are the stars
ana stripes as they float from the
mast OF our navy. but more glorious
IS that flag. the only flag that may
ever noat above the stars and stripes.
the flag Of the church and emilia zon-
cd with the cross. That cross our
pastor has ever raised as the domi-
nant standard of his ministry Like
raul ne has ever declared, I am not
ashamed OF the cross of Christ for
IT Is the power of God unto saliva
|tion.'
Has Been lnspirstional
HIS ministry with us has been in
spirational. The last public service
Is being held but his ministry with
us Will not cease He has been too
true to the cause During the last
rev days what flow OF personal re-
gard has rushed out toward him and
sweet 1t Is. yet dare make the
statement that were it in his power
tonight to transmute that feeling from
MS person to that of the cause, he
would unhesitatingly do so. If he
could exact one promise from us more
than another as an evidence of our
real regard for him 1t would be- that
OF loyalty to this church and this
cause when he is gone. This church
for which five years ago he came
to Grand Forks. for which during
these years he has given his best
MANHOOD and for the interests of
which have no doubt he believes
ne Is now leaving Grand Forks.
AS l have watched his militant
spirit for the cause l have been re-
minded of that grand old German |
general. Butcher. who, when Napoleon
bonaparte had, practically CONQUER
ed Europe. when Europe was covered
and dtlatory in its attack upon Ma
poleon. cried Forward When al,
Europe said Napoleon was inyinci-
Die. he rushed to the front Of his
troops and cried Forward until his
soldiers sprang to victory and chang
eo MS name from Marshal 3luchcr tn
Marshal Forward
MY fellow privates, had We re.
sponded to the ringing call we have
so often heard from our leader No
might not tonight be called unon tn
change leadership. Yet no tears for
!onient' only gratiture-gratitude that
tne great Leader OF hosts has for Ave
Years gwen us this militant yet sweet
splrited leader Of the church. For
Maru may his cry still be as else
~here ne leads another company Of
the same army. Forward may our
cry De as we remain on this field I'M
uer other leaders and 30 he and we.
acohs unaer the same orders, shall
De increasingly knit together in heart
ana at the last be able to say. 4 have
Kept the faith. l have fought a good
The Christian Field.
IN his sermon Sunday morning, Rev.
Miller set forth his ideas on the snh.
1ect OF work III the, Christian field
Taking as his text. Jesus Magnificent
conception of the Scope of the Reliei.
GUS. being from Matthew 1929. CHE
Held is the world; the good seed are
the children Of the kingdom" he
showed the ideals which he had aimed |
AZ during his five years pastorate In !
Grand Forks. and along which he will
work IN his new charge.
An extract of his sermon follows.
There are moments It has he on
SAID by a great saint and sage. when
.he cnild OF God seems to be with his
master on the mount of transfigura-
tlon. ana to have escaped from the |
we'll worn ruta and beaten HIGHWAYS
OF ordinary and trivial thoughts Of
action.
Such moments are to be coveted
ana treasured as travellers seek ann
cherish the grandest visions afforded
OF the eartf's scenery. Years ago
while rejecting upon the means and
power of christianity. and reading the
gospels in the hope Of seeing this sub
Ject from the standpoint of Jesus
Christ. l came suddenly, startlingly,
as 1t were' upon this verse of scrip
The Idea Daring.
The idea was SO daring as to al
most paralyze the mind at first. and
then. as the inner eye became more
accustomed to the continental reaches
of the landscape, tho impulse to sum
mon others to the mountain peak
arose. oh. people! felt like crying.
come up here and see what the Mas
ter sees. but ere could lift my voice
the doubt arose that l was seeing or
could explain what the Master saw.
Awed and humble, descended and
looked longing1y back to that Matters
horn. Its attractions were irresista-
Bile. Alone in the hours of medita-
ton and study. l have assembled to its
glorious peak.
Now. though 1 may not have a
perfect focus; though can only suc-
gest the panorama: though each one
OF you must look through your own
lenses of your spirituality and now
er. yet feel the time has come for
me to cal! from the valley to tho peak.
on that toda.r the sense of time and
flesh may fall away as sleep from the
eyelids. that our eyes may be an
nointed with eye salve, and we may
be endowed vision strength And il
we see what we have come up to view,
may the snbse quent years of toll and
life serve no other than the purpose
to intensity and render the experience