The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-14
MUST so MANY BE DAMNED2
Parson Min.ins Pitches Into ChriNiian
Lnafers-Sineteen-Tw OF Church
goers Are Children of the Devil.

goers Are Children of the Devil.
The Rev Mr.. Mingins of New
York seems to be a man full OF fer
vor whose differences tIom the pull
pit are attaining attraction. On
Sunday last his scrmol was on
"Christian Lazincss." his text being
.NWoe to them that are at ease in /ion."
His sermon was timely anywhere.
He said: Il am sick of loatcrs in
the church who do nothing but
grumble and tind fault. God will
surely smitc them. | don't know
where such men and women go
probably TO special place of their
own. | sometimes think that God
will have to fix up some place for
them-somewhere between heaven
and earth.
Referring to the smallncss of the
congregation, caused by the bad
weather, he, said that it seemed as if
the devil had something to do with
the weather, as he (thc spcakcr)
never got up a sermon which he cs-
pecially desired his congregation to
hear but it raincd. "If there is an
abomnation on the earth, he said,
''it is close-fsted saint-such as a
minister who gets all he can and
keeps all he gets. God and the an
gels must despise such man. This
delusion Of righteousness is carrying
many to pcrdition. They are pro-
fessors of religion who say they love
Jesus; they look pious, act piously,
but are not pious. They are lazy
and indolent' and the Church is cold
today because of them. Activity is
as necessary to the welfare of the
soul as it is to the operations of ma
ture and the mind. Stagnation is
death. There is not a lazy person
in heaven-or in hell. Why should
the church be the only place where
stagnation exists. Statistics show
that not one in twenty of church
people is doing active work for God.
Fully nineteen-twcnticths of all
churchgoing people will be damned,
and yet no one will pretend that
God wishes to condemn them. 1t is
because of their own indifference.
"This great religious stagnation
has been recognized by two Of tho
great denominations, and the Epis-
copal church brought over eight
celebrated evangelists to rouse its
members. If the 100000 Christians
in this city should each g in only
one convert year in seven years
New York would belong to God.
There is not in the ministry the ac-
tivity there should be, and if not
there, why. in the pews we know it
ism t.
"a dawdly woman is of no use in
the world. She is an abomination.
She does nothing but frizz her hair
and fry her brains. God pity the
man who gets her.
"The lack of money in the church
is due to want of sympathy. People
threat kindly what they love. They
love themselves, and wear fashion
able bonnets and patent leather
shoes. If they loved God they would
try to help him also. What they
give is given stineily. They say: %
Lord, | go to that church, and | sup
pose I've got to give somcthing.'
They drop in their miserable mite
and let God go starving. The times
we have to go out into the world
and beg for what ought to come
from members of the church. at
has been said of me that have not
kept my work, because when we left
the Thirty-fourth street church |
promised to live on $40 a week. |
said | would do so if the church
could do no more, but it is amply
able to support me as clergyman
and a gentleman should live. 1t
does not do half what it ought to do.
This lack of sympathy with the
Church will never furnish the means
of converting the world. Christianity
is hardly holding its own in this city.
You put your hand i'll your pocket
10 1ccl Wndl IS lett. bOQ IS lcll-Oul
in the cold. And so Gods poor and
the church are starving. Without
tervent zeal nothing can be accom-
plished, but that is not looked upon
with tolerance by fashionable people.
If a loving woman should say
'Amcn, or a man Praise the Lord,
during sermon, they would turn
up their noses and say, ooh, these
people must be undcrbrcd Metho-
distsn "Therc are Methodist
churches i'll this city where amen
is never heard. They want to be
fashionable, and God is only tolcr-
ated. | don't believe in shouting,
but would rather see a man stand
on his head and shout for God than
do nothing. The apathy of the
church and protesting Christians
makes the world worse than it would
be without them Mr.. MinYins
said he would complete this sermon
next Sunday.