Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-24

and Melville, another yielded John Wesley
and the blessed Summerfleld, while our own
denomination yielded John Knox and the
AleXanders-men of whom the world was not
worthy. Now, | say, il we are honest and
talr- minded men. when we come up in the
presence of such churches and such denomi-
nations. although they may be different from
our own. we ought to admire them and we
ought to love and honor them. The churches
which can produce such men, and such
large hearted charity, and such magnificent
nartyrdom, ought to win our affectiOn-at
any rate our respect. So come on ye $4,000
Episcopallans in this country, and We 10000
Fresbyterlans, and ye 100000 Baptists. and ye
ziOOO,OOO MethOdlsts, come on. Shoulder 10
shoulder we will march for the worlds con-
quest; for all nations are to be saved. and God
demands that you and help do it. Forwards
the whole line!
But there is a better way yet of overthrow
ing the Sectarianism and bigOtrv of the
church, and that is by t0iling in Christian
service right beside people who differ from u.s.
on cannot get two Christians to hate each
other il they have suffered together and
stflven for Christ together. Here find two
Christians in angry controversy. a messenger
comes asking them to appear in a sick room.
Ihere Is man dying; he wants to be prayed
Tor. These two brethren kneel, one on one
SIDE the bed, the other on the
other side the bed, and they COM
mend the parting spirit to the Lord
Can they ever be angry with each other again?
NO, by the memory of that dying pillow they
will be brothers forever, And SO | am glad
when the spring comes and the anniversaries
In all our great cities take place and on the
same platform there me ministers of all de-
nominations of Christians to plead the same
cause. Alter / have been on the platform
pleading the same cause of charity or mercy
beside some man with whom l have always
dlHered in thousand things-after | have
stood beside him pleading for the same cause.
1eel IN my soul the spirit of brotherhood. /
cannot help it.
Perhaps might more fOrcefully illustrate
this truth by calling your attention to an in
cldent which took place few years ago. One
Monday morning at about O'Clock, while
her 800 passengers were sound asleep IN her
berths, dreaming of home, the steamer At
lantic crashed into Mars Head. Five hundred
souls in ten minutes landed IN eternity
Oh, what a scene! Agonized men and women
running up and down the gangways, and
clutching for the rigging, and the plunge Of
the helpless steamer and the clapplng of the
hands of the merciless sea over the drowning
and the dead threw two continents into terror.
But see this brave quartermaster pushing out
with the life line until he gets to the rock
and see these fishermen gathering up the
shlpWrecked, and taking them into the
cabins, and wrapping them in the flannels
snng and warm, and see that minister of the
gospel with three other men getting into 4
life-bOat and pushing out for the wreck pull
ing away across the surf, and pulling away
until they saved one more man, and then
getting back with him to the shore. Can
those men over forget that night? And can
they ever forget their companionship In peril,
cOmpanionship in struggle, companionship in
awful catastrophe and rescues Never! Neverl
In whatever part of the earth they meet they
will be friends when they mention the story
of that awful night when the Atlantic struck
Mars Head.
Well my friends, our world has gone into a
worse shipwreck. Sin drove it on the rocks.
The old ship has lurched and tossed IN the
tempests Of 5000 years. out with the life
line! do not care what denomination carries
it. Out with the life boat l do not care what
denomination rows it. Side by side. in the
memory of common hardships, and common
trials, and common prayers, and common
tears, let us be brothers forever. We must be;
we must be. God hasten the time when all
denominations of Christians shall join hands
around the cross of Christ and recite the
creed: 81 believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus
Christ, and in the communion of saints and in
the life everlasting"
zone army of the living God,
To whose command we bow;
Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now"