Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-08

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| Cries of Amen, and thank God! There
ara more human voices in prayer to-day
than ever before; there are more children
being taught to sing IN oar Sunday
schools; there are more churches of the
living God erected; there are more persons
that hear of the Gospel, and public opinion
fuence of the teachings of the Lord Jesus
| Christ. "Of the increase of his govern
ment and peace there shall be no end"
| Now, in giving this rapid sketch do
not mean that these ages are seen per-
fectly and distinctly all the time.
1t was not so in Chrisps life;
in Christ's life ne was wonderful and at the
same time he was counselor. A miracle
generally preceded the teaching; the mir
acle called the attention of men, fixed their
thought, and then he taught, and then he
showed his power; then be turned and ex-
h;bited every attribute of his nature; so,
all these were mixed up in the life of
Christ. And SO they are mixed up in the
progress of the church, because the church
work is with every human being, and the
church is founded on principle that is, in
its very nature, calculated to fill this whole
earth. It cares for the old, 1t cares for the
middle-aged, but its chief care is for the
children. Unlike every other system of
philosophy unlike every other organization
mat was ever formed before Christianity,its
chief care is for childhood. The Savior
was teaching, the people were around him,
he was uttering those sublime truths that
seemed just dropped from heaven, but, in
the midst Of that conversation, and when
the disciples were aoxious to hear more of
it, the mothers brought their children and
lifted them up that the Saviour might see
them. The disciples told them to go away,
they didn't want that conversation to be
interrupted; but Jesus was mnch dis
pleased. Pat the accent on that word much
and see its force. He was mach displeased,
and said unto them, ''Suffer the little
children to como unto me, fsri such is the
kingdom of God" No other teacher ever
stopped in the middle of his sublime teach
ing to take take the little children to his
arms, and Christianity has ever done
so. Now, suppose all these men and
women of mature years should live
il their sins and die in their sins. Sup
pose All these middle aged people were 10
be inidels. Men live bat few years at
best. Give us the children in the nation,
and in fifty years we'll have the nation.
Amena!
. GIVE Us THE CHILDREN OF TIE WORLD,
and we'li have the world. Anens!l
Christianity opens her arms to childhood,
and childhood feels kind of home in the
church, and you may go where you will,
and it is strange thing, the little chi,-
dren gather around the church. Yoo
start the Sunday school, and no matter
vr>, ba hatj ha
dren will come to the Sunday school.
The progress Of the church,
while advancing in these diff
eerent lines, is, nevertheless, mixed
progress. There are all the time occur
ring wonderful events; ell the time need
for teaching; ell the time there is needed
exhibition of the proper power, the yearn-
ing over evils, the trying to do good; but
the world is all the time advancing. is
not like the Ancient's dream, of an age of
gold, and then of silver, and then of brass,
and then of iron. We have had the age of
iron, and Of the iron mingled with the clay
an age almost of clay, in the dark parts
of the earth,-but, Thank uod! We are pass
ing upward Cries of Amen to the silver
age and to the golden age, until the light
of the gospel of the Son of God shall gid
every hilltop and its voice of music shall
sound throughout this earth of ours.
T"Amen" and ''glory to God",,
Now, let us return and look for a mo-
ment at just few of these striking char
acteristics How wonderful was the life
Of Christ! How wonderful. when boy OF
12 years of age, he went into the temple
and the doctors of the law talked with him
and ne asked questions and they conversed
With him until they wero astonished---he
had just begun TO be about "his Fathers
business" Follow him on in after life.
He goes to that wedding-feasS and turns
the water into wine; he sails on that little
Lake of Galilee and the storm comes up
and the fishermen that are with him are
afraid; "Master, carest thou not thas We
perish?" and he rises and speaks, end
the winds are hushea, and the wavea
lie down, and they SAY 'What
manner of man is this, that the winds and
the sea obey him?" He goes to that gate
of the City where the sick people are laid,
and he jHst speaks to
them, and that man, almost
dying with fever, rises up. Away yonder,
together in little group By themselves is
a leproas company, apart from men,
bound It they see a stranger coming to
lay their hands on their lips and to cry
'Unclean!' that no man touch them, and
yet they cry and Jesus comes to the leper;
he touches him and the leproey ID gone.
HEAVEN Is NOT AFRAID TO TOUCH EARTH.
I Applause and amens. Divine power
can touch the fouiest heart and the touch
can make it clean, cries of "Praise the
Lord"'] Leprosy flies, every form OF
sickness flies; the people hear Of hinl and
they bring the sick on couches
and on beds, and it is said, in one general
sentence, "he healed them ALL" Oh, how
glad am for that passage: ''He healed
them all!' There never ives disease He
could not remove, never was a sickness He
could not cure, and SO He can cure me; Hs
can cure my heart and your heart, cries
of ''bless the Lord" rs who has all power
over nature, has power over the souis of
men.
How wonderful His life! He taught.
but the people hated his instruction and
thirs.ed for his blood, aui the great Il en-
among whom perhaps were those who Lad
been healed, cried ''sway with Him! away
with Him J., cruelty Him." de
had all power, and yet
never exercised it against His enemies,
naver took vengeadce on any human being,
never WIS angry with them
sc far as to inlare them