The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-14
NOT FLYING FROM FOES.
Christianity's Triumphs Pictured
By DR.. Talmage.

Let us see whether the Bible Is q
last years almanac. Let us see
whether the church of God is in a
Bull Run retreat, with muskets,
haversacks, and canteens strewing all
the way" said DR.. Talmage yester-
day morning in the Brooklyn Taber.
nacle. ''In the first century there
were 100000 Christians. In the
eighteenth century there were 200,
OO0,O 900 Christians, and the estimate
for the nineteenth century is 900, 900,
900 Christians. Poor Christianity
What pity it has no friends Who
will take it out of the poor-house In
= few weeks of last year there were
2,50O,O0O copies of the New Tesla
ment distributed. During the last
zen years mole persons have connected
themselves with Christian churches
than in the first fifty years of this
century. Is The Bible becoming an
obsolete book You find it in every
court room in every house. Voltaire
predicted that the Bible would be
extinct in the nineteenth century.
The room in which he wrote the
prediction was recently crowded from
Aoor to ceiling with Bibles for Swift
erland. The bible is to-day the most
popular of books. There are five times
as many copies of the Bible sold as of
any other book. The Methodist
Church erects a new house of worship
every day in the year. What insti-
tuition stands nearest to the hearts of
the people? Is it the Post Office Is
it the hotel ? No; it is the Christian
Church. You may talk about the
Church as q collection of hypocrites,
but when the diphtheria sweeps of
YOUR children you don't 60 to the
postofice for consolation. You don't
call in the Attorney General or the
Postmaster or the Alderman, and you
don't want the body taken to the
hotel or the theatre, and you don't
want them to sing the 'Marseillaise'
or God save the Queen or our nation
al anthem. You want the minister
and the church and the Sunday school
hymn your little girl sang the last
time.
"Let man proclaim himself an
enemy to the Bible, and he can not
get a majority of votes in any city,
county, or ward in America. Mr..
Ingersoll, years ago. riding in . rail-
road car in Illinois, asked. What
has Christianity done ? There was an
old Christian woman who heard him.
and she replied: Christianity has
done one thing it has prevented Mr.
Ingersoll from being Governor of
Illinois, The Christian religion is
to-day mightier than ever. Do you
think such q scene could be enacted
now as in the days of Robespierre :?
Suppose one passenger out of five
hundred on an ocean steamer Jumps
overheard does that stop the ship !?
Yet that one passenger makes more
excitement than the five hundred who
stay on board. Do you believe these
people are going to be frightened by
infdel scientists. who have fifty diff
ferent theories about the origin of
life ! I tell you that all denominations
agree in two or three or four radical
ideas of the Christian religion. They
are unanimous as to the authenticity
of the Scriptures and the divinity
Of Christ.
"How is it with the infdels ? No
TWO of them think alike. 1t makes
me sick to see one of those literary
folks going along with a copy Of
Dsrwin's works under one arm, and
under the other a case of transfxed
grasshoppers and a book on the
organization of protoplasm. Just as
soon as one of these fellows begins to
know the differnce between the feel
ers of wasp and the horns ola bee
tie he begins to patronize the Al.
mighty. But Aggassiz set his face
against the theory of development.
The scientists don't agree about
everything. They don't agree about
embryclogy. They don't agree about
the graduation of species. Herschel
wrote q book on the errors of astron-
omy. How many colors are there in
light? One says seven another
says three. How high is the aurora
borealis ! One says two and half
miles ; another says 1913 miles. How
far is the sun from the earth :? One
says rs. 100000 miles another saws
1O4 900, OOO-only a little difference
of 2S,O0O,OOO miles. If a jury does
not agree, you send it back to deliber.
ate. ln6delity has failed to agree
after celebrating 500 years. Let it
go::back and deliberate 500 years more,
and agree on something.