Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-11-12
PARSON MTNGINSpS OPINION OF
CHRISTIAN LOAFERS.
He Tries to Wake Them Up, but the
s. Devil Rains on Him.

OnlOn IAOernBcle, IN w est InlTty-
9th street, said that recent prayer
meetings of the church had been large
ly attended and full of fervor. Then
be said:
II am sick of loafers in the church
who do nothing but grumble aud ind
fault. God will surely smite them.- -
don't know where such men and
women go-probably to a special
place of their own. / sometimes
think that God will have to fix up
some place for them-somewhere be-
tween heaven and earth
Mr.. Mingins's sermon was on
Christian Laziness," aud his text
was the sentence:
Woe to them that are at ease inZion.'
Referring TO the smallness Of the
congregation caused by the bad
weather, he said that it seemed as if,
abe devil had something to do with
the weather. as be (the speaker) new
er got up sermon which be especial
ly desired his congregation to hear
but it rained.
"If there is an abomination on the
earth he said, ''it is close-fisted
saint-such as q minister who gets all
be can and keeps all be gets. God
and the angels must despise such a
man. This delusion of righteousness
is carrying many to perdition They
are professors of religion who say
they love Jesns; they look pious. act
piously, but are not pious. They are
lazy and indolent, and the Church is
cold to-day because of them. Activ-
ity is as necessary to the welfare of
the soul as it is to the operations Of
nature and the mind Stagnation is
death. There is not lazy person in
heaven-or in hell Why should the
Church be the only place where stag
nation exists. Statistics show that
not one in twenty of church people is
doing active work for God. Fully
nineteen-twentieths of all church-go-
ing people will be damned, and yet
no one will pretend that God wishes
to condemn them. It is because of
their own indifference.
This great religious stagnation
has been recognized by two of the
great denominations, aud the Episco-
pal Church has brought over eight
celebrated evangelists to rouse its
members If the 10000 Christians
In this city should each gain only one
convert q year In seven years New
York would belong to God. There
is not in the ministry the activity
there should be, and If not there, why
10 the pews we know it isn't.
"a dawdling woman is of no use
in the world She is an abomination
She does nothing but frizz her bair
and fry her brains. God pity the
man who gets her.
"The lack of money 10 the church
is due to want of sympathy People
treat kindly what they love. They
love themselves. and wear fashionable
bonnets and patent leather shoes
IF they loved God they would toy to
help him also. What they give,is
given stingily. They say; % Lord,
go to that church, and | suppose I've
got to give something They drop
in their miserable mite and let God
go starving. The Saviour comes to
the church in rags. Sometimes we
have to go out into the world and beg
for what ought to come from members
OF the church.
1T has been said Of me that I have
not kept my word, because when we
left the Thirty fourth street church / /
promised to live on SO week. I
said would do so il the church could
do no more, but it is amply able to
support me as clergyman and gem
tleman should live. It does not do
half what it ought to- do. This lack
ofssympatby with the Church will
never furnish the means for convert
.ing the world. Christiahity| il hard
" holding its own IN this city You
put your hand in your pocket to feel
what is left. God is Ieft-ont III the
cold. And so Gods poor and the
Church are starving. Without fer
vent zeal nothing can be accomplished
but that is not looked upon with toll
erance BY fashionable people. fla
loving woman should say Amen or
q man Praise the Lord, during . SER
mon, they would turn up their noses
and say, oh these people must be
underbread Meth0distI' II
s.There are Methodist churches in
this city where an amen il never
heard. They want to Be fashionable,
and God is only tolerated don't
believe in shouting. but / would rath-
Or zee : man stand on bis bead and