The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-28
HOwrENDED.
CHAPTER III

) curious audience. 10 was 10th chaDfor
! and 18th verse Of Acts: Therefore
came | unto y0u without palnsayine
as soon as / WAS sent for, / asa there
( fore for what intent ye have Tor me. !"
tie made some remarks on the cen
neelion 10 which tue passage stands.
and then said Il was as applicable to
bis purpose asit vas apprOp ale 70
the occasion on which Peter uaad &.
His first point vas: "All the peo
pie in Verden want 70 bear the Cos
pei This sounded strange 70 those
who were IN church that dav for the
hrst time in years Yet no one
could dispute it as explained by Mr..
GreatheaFt. To sant is 10 one sense
TO necd, and since an men need to
hear tue Gospel. be asserted that al
wanted 10 hear il. There i another
sense in which tIut Is true. Very
lev men ale willing for the preaching
OF the Gospel 10 cease; while there
are some who do not attend service
they want their children raised %
under religious iuadeuces The ih6
del voiced the sentiment Of tue ma
lority OF manhind when ho said 10 .
minister II want you preachers 10
continue your work Tot see that the
Gospel Las civilized this ooanlryn
Tie was Rat = believer in the divinity
ef tie Gospel, yet be wanted L
preached for The general good.
Rev. A. Grealheart said that ell
the people in Yerden had il some way
sent for him. but the motives prompt
ing them were az varied as the objects
for the accomplishment Of which they
had sent for him. Some had called
him because be was thought to be
eloquent, and they desired = nan Of
that style. That elAss wanted 70 hear
preaching bat they liked no man who
could not embelliah his discourse
with aoWers, and euflch Il with spark
ling gems gathered from the mineO
IN The fair zelda OF fancy. They
wanted him TO sttrac. them TO Christ
a. with golden chains. They were
willing for him to soar on the pinions
Of thought beyond the limits Of the
solar system and carry shem 10 gaze
upon the ''llvjna aapphiFes" OF the
skleg, II he did not carry them TO the
dark abyss beyond the confines OF
creation. AS long as be careered
with steady wing amid the beauties
OF better world, they gAzed with In
eflble delight, bet the moment be
folded his soaring piniOns and began
to plead through the processes Of
reason they were ready to exclaim
Away with such fellow"
Others had seat ioF him because
they thought he Was logical. aud could
build up systems OF truth whieh
would be a aource Of admiration 70
all who gazed upon them. They
hoped be would remove the apparent
obsearities from the moral world,
AMI reveal BY ths light Of truth its
sublime harmony. To satisfy them be
must be able to a. axe g nsralizations
fruin known facts. aud lead the mind
through the dagkaess di error into |
lha Epglun Wh0se landscapes are
radiant with the sunshine Of eveFlast
ing truth. He must pursue q train oi
thought, see its relation TO other
thoughts and enforce It upon the
heart by an irresistible loglc.r They |
cared little for that el0qnsnce uhioh |
fires tho Geld pieee, but theg admired |
the reason which points the darts.
A third class wanted man who |
would preach q kind of Humanitarian
Gospel which makes salvation easy
by reducing the whole process Of
regeneration to the assent Of the
mind to q sylIogism. But theTe WeFo
some who bad sent for Aim to bear
the whole tfulh==tAey wanted to
know what 20 do 70 be szxed
Rev. A. Gleafheart possessed the !
are gift Of preaching The Gospel |
heetively without driving any away |
from bis church. He nevoF desesn-
ded from The vantage ground Of faith |
70 fight tha battles Of the Lord With
carnal weapons. did not preach to |
tickle the fancy, OF 70 please his audi |
tors, and yet no one could taxa
ofIense ct him. His sermons we're
pointed, and still thosa who wsre
pricksd in their heagt uould repest- |
edly attend his services. He some
times spoke % the consciences of bic
bearers with & diroctness that len
no room for etasion, aad brought
them 70 E moral erisia where they
had to yield q rapadiate their Own
convict ons. ais iirei aadienee u
Verden vas composed Of representa-
tives from I'll The zhavb elassea He
stated that shalssef maY have beeu
their object IN sondlng ioe hlm be had
come to save souls be did not seek
popularity except as q meaBs oI aoing
| good did not wanl their temp lral
lhlnes except such as Hoald lhe hst-
ter prepare hin b minister % them
ID holy things. Every one went home
from service resolved . reiurn. and
week after week the lriunpet q the
Gospel gave no uneerlain sound from
the pulpit 70 the attentive people in
VeFden.
| Old truths we're presented ander
new conditions. aad iapssted ailh
fresh Interest. Those uho he'd long
loved TO spend the precious hours Of
the holy Sabbath ia novel readlne, or
TO sleep them away u laxurloua IN.
consciousness, became regular aktan-
dants upoa the serYice e tie eaacl-
uary. The effort necessary 70 de-
tach them from their Old habits and
lllt them CT Of lhe ruta ialo aAich
they had fallen. prepared lisa lol
new departures and q beioar liio'
: The church received q aea lmnulre
ahieh sent i l0Faard % u mIasIon
Maav of th0so Who bed afowh cold
returned 3 their 2Gsl lnTe. aaa a
econ as Mr. Grea1Aoaft had inIascd
: Hle into his members, - beaaa h
I altzck sin @sesPeeially deaeine shlel
had lOng been paeealeal Ia tsFilen
Aitsr be had visited hia people and
talked 10 thsm aaeund lAe areside ol
E this siu be anneeaeod s. Iho sIeFe1
= o'clock aeraice that he Hould nzaaol
: the folloaing Saaday oa pAFelNa