The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-07-25

the matterp Has there been a new tar.
| 1Hp Has there been failure of crOps2
| Has there been an unaccOuntable panic?
This is the secret, the Lord God has set
up his throne Of judgment in the ex-
change. He has summoned the right
eOus and the wicked to come before him.
What was 1892 A day of Judgment
What was 1882 A day of judgmentl
| What was 1892 day of Judgment
Do you think that God will wait until
he has burned the world up before he
rights these wrOngs2 tell you nay.
Every day is day of judgment. The
fraudulent man piled up his gains, bond
| above bond, United States security
above United States security, emolument
above emOlument, until his property has
become great pyramid, and as he stands
| looking at it he thinks it can never be
/ destroyed, but the Lord God has come
and with his little finger he pushes it
all over.
You build a house and you put into it
rotten beam. A mechanic standing by
says: ut will never do to put that beam
| in; 1t will ruin your whole building."
But you put it in. The house is cOmplet-
ed. Soon it begins to rock. You call in
| the mechanic and ask what is the matter
with this door? What iS the matter
with this WALTZ Everything seems to be
giving out. Says the mechanic: You
put rotten beam into that structure
and the whole thing has got to come
down. Here is an estate that seems to
be all right now. 1t has been building
a great many years. But fifteen years
ago there was dishonest transaction
In that commercial house. That one dis
honest transaction will keep on working
ruin i'll the whole structure, until down
the estate will come in wreck and ruin
about the pOssessOT's eaTs-One dishOn-
est dollar in the estate demOlishing all
his possessions. l have seen it again
and again, and 80 have you. Here is
your money safe. The manufacturer
and yourself only know how it can be
opened. You have the key. You touch
the lock, and the pOnderOus door swings
back. Let me tell you that however
firmly bOlted and barred your money
safe may be, you cannot keep God out.
ing room and He will demand: "Where
did that note of hand come from? How
do you account for this securityP Where
did you get that mortgage frOmP What
does this mean?" If it is all light God
will say: well done, good and feithful
servant; be prOspered in this world, be
happy in the world to come" If it is all
wrong He will say: depart ye cursed;
be miserable for your iniquities in this
eternity with the thieves and horse
jockeys and pickpOckets. You have an
old photograph of the signs of your
street. Why have those signs nearly all
changed within the last twenty years?
Does the passing away of a generation
account for it? Oh, no. Does the fact
that there are hundreds of honest men
who go down every year account for III
Oh, no. This is the secret: The Lord
God has been walking through Wall
street, Broadway, Water street, Fulton
street, Atlantic street, and he has been
adjusting things according to the prin-
clples or eternal rectitude. The time
will come when through the revolution
ary power of this Gospel falsehOOd, in
stead of being called exaggeratiOn,
equtYOcat1On or evasion will be branded
a lie; and stealings that now go under
the head of percentages and commits
stOns and bonuses will be put into the |
catalogue of State prison Offenses. So |
ciety will be turned inside out and up
side down and ransaeked of Gods truth |
until business dishOnesties shall come |
to an end, and all double dealing, and |
God will Overturn and oVerturn and
OVerturn; and commercial men in all |
circles will throw up their hands, cry |
ing out: "These that have turned the |
world upside down are come hitherP'
The religion of Jesus Christ will pro-
duce revolution in our churches. The |
nOn-cOmmittal, dO-nOthing policy of the |
Church of God will give way to a spirit |
of bravest conquest. Piety in this day
seems to me to be kept salted down Just |
so as to keep. 1t seems as If the Church |
were chiefly anxious to take care of it
self and IL we hear of want and squalOr
and heathenism outside, we say: "What
a pity" and we put our hands in our
pockets and we feel around for a two
cent piece, and with great flourish we
put it upon the plate, and are amazed
that the world Is not converted in six
weeks. Suppose there was great war
and there were 100000 soldiers, but ali
of those 100000 soldiers, excepting ten
men, were in their tents or securing
their muskets or cooking ratiOns. You
would say, "Of course defeat must come
i'll that case" 1t is worse than that in
the Church. Millions of the prOfessed
soldiers of Jesus Christ are cooking ra-
tiOns or asleep in their tents, while only
one man here and there goes out to do
battle for the Lord. But" says some
one, I'VE are establishing great many
aud think they will save the
No they will not. Five hun
1red thousand Of them will not do it.
They are doing magnificent work, but
every mission chapel is confession of
the disease and weakness of the church.
II is making a dividing line between
The classes. 1t is saying to the rich and
we'll conditioned: "If you can pay your
pew-rents, come to the main audience
rOOm." 1t Is saying to the poor man:
Your coat is too bad and your shoes are
not good enough. If you want to get to
heaven, you will have to go by way of
mission chapel" The mission chapel
has become kitchen where the church
1oes its sloppy work. Hundreds and
thousands of churches in this country
built and suppOrted-thatl
sven on bright and sunshiny days are
not half full of wOrshipers; and yet
they are building mission chapels, be-
cause, by some expressed and implied
regulation, the great masses of the peo-
pie are kept out of the main audience
room. Now, | say that any place Of
which is appropriate for one
Glass is appropriate for all classes. Let :
the rich and the poor meet together, the
Lord, the Maker of them all. Mind
vOu I aaU that mission ahanalo ora |