The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-16
cart of the pardoning and sympathizlng

REVEALS throughout Christendom to-day is an
unconverted ministry. We must 6elicVe tnht
the vast majority Of those VINO 0t'GIus s,n nn
there may float into the ministry OF ~ au
nominations Of Christians men whose nenris
or course they are ull antagonistlc to revivais.
How did they gctinto the mlnlstryI Ie.mun'
some of them chose 1t aS q respectaole piulesf
slon. Perhaps some chose III u nero Gin.
cere but were mistakcn-as lhoihas Santhe
said he had been many years preaching vmS
gospel before his heart had been changsa; nnu
we're preaching and had been ordained W ~.
cred orders yenrsand years before their hearts
were rccenc-ntcd. Gracious God, what u sol.
emn thought for those ina n OF US M mini Enr'iit in the
present temperature OF picty tnis ,W Hhu
never be cnvcloped with r~eviVals. Mn.le t ~
pews on one side the altar cry ior 'n mu:f c cv
or down. Ministers struggling for ecSIeS,a Soie
cal place. Ministers lethirgic MIN >V Thntt n
spcctacie! Aroused pulpits Will make arous,
cd pews. Pulplts nfiarnc will make peWs
aflamc. Everybody believes IN a revival ~, ~.
trade; everybody likes II revival! IN litera arna
everybody iik es n revival in art, yet q srehe
multitude cannot understood q revival III
matters Of religion, Depend upon II, WheLe
you iind a III man IA ,u Tnias 90 nsw' he needs to Ge
rcgcncratcd by the grace or COO: r ~,
nrove IN n demonstration that without. ie'i,
ynis his world VIII ,so ba Te eShy ye"rs With.
cut r~cvivals christianity VIII DC PIhct ariihs,
extinct. 1t is n matter Of astounding m. L,
metic. In each of our modern seilGinut.m'
there arc at least thirty-two million cliiu..T.
Nova add thirty-two million TO the woriu :
population and then have only one or IVY
hundred thousand converted every, yehr, ni,C
Never. absolutely never. Your common sense
viii tell YOU that rs long as more are porn Ia.
to the world than are born un1U "S Vet iii
worlds redemption WI :, ~ n enmca THROUGH re-
vivals. In time of war recruiting sta snnnicd
established. Flute and drum are souEuGu,
flags arc run up, and the nm, more 1fk Per II IT is
come and en nasye tne Oh ne o%a s SIe he'll he'll on the 9th.
or side. The church OF Coo ID inS - Sn"itGI-
cruiting station, and the greater tmJ ~ he
tudes WHO press In the bct,er we Hn a. nf the
United States n,"uE prSSe Some Of You relncniGcr
lfc tilouSa'u t,UoPn o Pin" of lie Universe to-
the Dig SUI; but tie Nm M, red millions more
DAY asns vleI heom aniiSfcd. and we want
troops IMAM n"HU r uvT gently, no ex-
r iu " ono by one. You arc q dry goods
citenhrm,; ~ nn . y ynrnc scnIe. and / am mer-
ch d on Il small scale, and 1 come TO you and
want 10 D .T a vom. ri sell YOU a thousand
YOU say; uinan hn fG ri se 81 You twenty yards
salus VI Si1',, 49, to"n,nrrnw and twenty
to-day, ana t"umiy ~ tnRes me six months
the next u;ty, ana IL ~ nis.nnd Yards. YOU
II! sell you the whole thousanI ~ sd tho Goods
VIII want as ione as ChaS ~ thnt'in %nxaImine the
anu ! u Wun tios "a thot a thousand wards of
credit, ana Des,ue lt's = aII oi once?" No,
cloth are 100 mucn " S Vn, iaEe me into the
you 40 not sly lnat; Il, io ~ n%inntcs the whole
counting Io2nn, va un,n"toL The fact is. we
cnnmot Hard to he FOOLS in anything but reli-
glon: dns sol In "a The thousand wards OF cloln
afternoon sold me ens GoH6ath IN church will
az OH. one G S his hcar s' and wonder whether it would
not he Detter lof u tnous"nu iNstn,S If holt
struggling along for ten Sears, ileLeuo " Gonl
r IN IN al; at one so serI Hines that are coming and
fore they will come? There IS man WIZ
t says five hundred years. HeIS - sn,nc one
+ more confident, who says In iilty y ,G rs;
r What! fifty years? DO you propSse &C. ths
two generations pass on Tue SUN = exIro e
=. world Is convertedI SupposG' ~ ~ end of the
l proionGutiom W ,on shnnid walk from Fulton
Ferry to South Bushwick, and IRON n l. NEW
; Point to Gowanus, ana rom 'ue oSa i. ,voiis Vol,
. ; aorEI 70 no Gt ind one enc person that you recog:
q nized. Why7 All dead, or SO cn.'ngGL So =
G would not know them. III QUIT th VI wnr, d
| you postpone snr admit that the majority OF
e the two whole generations Mnd Snail soon '"e
/ stage nnblessed nm ,lc mn Hf 'Issus Christ canno,
$ tel YOU the e Wa must Ei I pray and toll. and
c I pnvn Tho reviyai spirit and we must struggle
;. to tSi have the whole world saved before en- me =
and women now In am m,d ap e utpS1ri TO b,
y Conducted in so short u time" DO you Know y
= how long IT would u 10 save Inc "oniu :
{ each man would bring anotnerI ~ M mUm
take ten years. by c;ticulat,un n,hor nuI i'm;
n interest, each man bringing amothSr ," ,Iu T.,
d one another, In ten years the wGri COW woo o,,t i i
= saved-ls90! Before this organ is %oLn oIu !
ought to SOUND me granI n ~ nnt 81 81 vei I'm tn,
g earth saveG; &c q T. viii iii he the laultof the churcl
S OF Christ. Is IL 700 ~ ~ us must bring more
@ to bring on ne so Som viii not do their duty.
IMAM one, Lol o'm ,hnnsnnI souls. I SHOULD
h ma STAINED 70 meet my God In Judgement If
S with all my OPPORTUNITY III not h,tnn ten thou
CHRIST 70 Ihe PepR = Gil NJ, GcnenG upon tht
stiu sGa sSir,t The hook .and.flne fishing vii
If not do 1t, Catching one neI 80 aiI thot Which wa,
l. 1t will be by y gTcat nv, ~ e 1I%:.niIIc" until tht
If swung throu2h ZIG ~ '
net brake. IT, coa &c nrcnaIno the
If 1t seems to me as n COO iS p,ep"h' ,Sowc
~orlu lot soniJ Cd electrician gaye, me &
teiegfapn En@sIv the continents and the ca
bles under the sea iook = ihet the headouar
o blood: IN tnht ,n mas = n 70 in Great Britain unr
o ters Of sne estnias In London and New
a Snu The iIrbtnings are stabbed, waiting to b'
harnesseu iCa s Iml e1e~ranh is in the pos
IS shows you ina tnS tGHs' e n sirni1cnm,
l session OF CnlIs'm ~ wanted the t1ierrupt
iact nat et1 innshioncd Observation-Disclosures
Q Was al ou9 thottSn man who nut the tele
o nlorSe.aIu ~ ~ s s 10 an o,i.fasbioned Chris
8 graph unuS " Si'J Eic1d9and That the presiden,
9nSf fomnns of the telegraph compa'
OF INT y SSs nnunIrv WINS an old.fushloncC
:; nies ~ = M wiIIiam Orton-roing from tht
Cnris.inHm" nhIn N Garth Straight To his
0 eoinnlu II II 90 vsD WVhatdoes ali that mean
n nome III IieL.sn. tIo teIcpranh was in.
s 40 .supPose I Iat us know whether loul
Venteu merely W IGSnH HiiN "von. Tho race nj
Is up or down, OF "niCt ~ hnnt ot DoIly.
Derby, or when ntarkSiion I| ~" inwnn;.
mount. l suppose Inc Ieie6lnpn w. Cod IT
4 ed and built 70 cali tne ~ MY ord we seem
Sonic OF TIC attrIoules ~ - ins,"ncr ir
TO share on q snaii sGn,g, g" Rmf mil o.
s HIS love ana IN LiIs hrnuircinnce onninres.
late .oa,n :" have been eSclu.
c ence, omnipotence sJen' cod drsirin" tc
s make the RACE IKE Iii,hhou athar nTnhnhiIi.
:. OF reknowieu IN .no mnJ.cinnc 20 in trlc.
tics, gives us u specics ~ az nn1ninrcscncc in
Q graphy, gives us species VI nf ]o|nninn.
o tho telephone, gives unn oP'o's'
= tencu in the steam power. ,bo,,,
S Discovcricsand 1nyentons al Wno;
us, people are ASKING, mLav 10y Nox+ t%e
S next? ! will tell you whaI hcAt: N"NT, " rm "
! end Of war. Next. the CRASH VI uSl.ote ~.
: Next, the worlds expurgatlon. 49,, ,us
T. Christly dominion. And next, the luaeIhent
7 What becomes of the world after that l care
not. 1t will have suffered anu aChieSsu
enough for one world. Lay itup ~ ~ o ons
: docks Of eternity like an Ola mah-0i-"nI son.
, out of service, Or, fitit up nKea COhs1euato"
, to carry bread of relief to some otneI sulcl-
I Ing planet. Or, let 1t be domoliShed; rare