St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-02
A Golden Link that Should Bind the
Whole Family in a Celestial
Circle.
Cornelius, the Centurion, Affords a
Text for Sermon of Wither-
ing Sarcasm.
The Preacher Phenomenon Deals
Some Epigrammatic Sledge-
hammer Blows.


much aims TO the people, and prayed to God
always" His sermon was as follows:
The second century presented many re-
markable characters, of which the most re-
markabie was this man Cornelius. His
character was rounded and symmetrical, a
picture for angels to look upon and fit for
all good characters i'm the immortal part of
man. While we lay down our bodies as
schoolboy lays aside his books, character
OutliveS the universe if well-rOunded and
complete. When l speak to you of Cor
nelius, say to you that he was heather.
When l look at this heather l am ashamed
of myself and every other man that walks
the earth. In the noOntide blaze of this
nineteenth century. with its capacity for the
highest heights and deepest depths, L find
no men who can compare with Cornelius L
! look at him and reverse the Darwin theory.
If Cornelius was q sample of what men were,
then we are going back TO monkeys. Some of
Us have nearly reached that point already,
and IL we could get little more HAIR and
few tails ii would set usup. Cornelius was
devout man; this term is broad and sig
nificant. We say of one that ne is piOus
man, or that he is a generous man, or for
giving man. God covered all when he said
Cornelius was devout He was thoroughly
religious, an honor TO God and blessing TO us
ali. He was religious from head TO foot and
covered over. There was a time. when
alone with God, as it happens to every man,
he settled the question of religion.
ALL DEPENDS on OURSELVES.
say to you that no amount of mothers
prayers, training or endeavors ever made a
man a Christian. God can't make man
good and the devil can't make him bad. If
God could we would all be good. and il the
Ia hoH oil 10
| hell. If a man will walk up TO God and
/ ask for it lie will be made religious. II 1
want 10 be religious can, though fail in
everything else. Religion in man com
mences like William Lloyd Garrison began
his LiberatOr. Talk TO me about Lin
coins proclamation or Uncle Toms
Cabin If you want TO find what burst
! the shaekles of c, 0O0, 900 slaves, l tell you
it was William Lloyd GarTiSOn's Liber-
ator that did it. The first four sentences
of the book show what is in it. He began
with: Il am in earnest" That's the spirit
for man. The world sees when one is in
dead earnest, and will get out of his way.
It's just what have seen on railroads COM
ing up from Florida. 1 have seen those
wire-graSs cattle get on the track, and the
engineer would have TO
SLOW UP AND STOP,
and even send his fireman TO drive them off.
They knew he wouldn't run over them.
Last fail was upon the Lake Shore and
Michigan train which has a schedule time Of
forty miles an hour. L saw some fine cattle
get on the track once. The engineer Just
reached up and gave little whistle and
they flew like mad. They knew if they
didn't he would knock them in forty differ
ent pieces. An OK can tell If you're in
earnest, and so can the world. If l want
TO go home to God III do il if / have to be
on the dead run. I'll get there hatless,
shoelesS. c0atleSS, and may be reputation
less. but I'll get there. Brother. take of
your cow-catcher, take off the brakes. and
you'll get home if you'll just keep on the
track. Poor Lazarus. have pitied him a
thousand times, with nothing but crumbs
to eat and with only the dogs for doctors.
But in moment there came change, and
he was a millionaire in Abraham's bosom.
l don't want TO be rich. L don't want my
Father to give me something that l can
only keep little while. I'd rather lie laid
UP for me at home.
When Cornelius Vanderbilt, the riches;
man in America, was dying he turned over
S75, coo. 900 to his children and S25, 900, 00O
TO his other relatives. Then he turned over
to his Christian wife and asked her TO pray
for him. poor sinner. tell you you may
take Gould, Fisk. Vanderbilt and all the
other millionaireS in hell and all they've got
won't buy them a drop of water 10 cool
their tongues. My Lord, let me fail in
everything else, but succeed in religion.
When that one question is settled you have
settled great many others, and I'm glad
of it.
REvILED FOR THE TRUTHS SAKE.
declare to you that in this nineteenth
century of light, if man breaches truth
and nothing but truth they call him a crank
It's not bad on him. but it's rough on the
crowd. L expect when Paul burnt the books
at Ephesus the crowd thought he was crazy,
but he could say: Not so; am not mad,
but the Bible is true" o, brethren. if thi:
book is tTue L want to be called crank;
want to be called raving mad I'm not
mad, though, but there are 1000 Christian:
here that are. They are so mad they wont
pray. When 4 man calls me a crank lOOh
him in the face and tell him he is either q
fool or a scoundrel, or mixed. That's the
worst mixture ever was. about half fool ana
: half rascal and you can't help one part fol
the other. l once went to dedicate a churcl
i'm Jones county, Georgia. a school teacher
a sweet young lady, came up and talked t.
: me. A few minutes afterward one of The
trustees said: did YOU notice that Mis-
a
= He said ''she was nice, but was about hal
= cracked on religion" l told him If tina
$ wass so she was all right. If she was eracke,
: that way, I'd like TO burst wide open
How many people pride themselves on well
balanced liveS-they never go of after thi
thing or that. No wonder when a fellow
: been side-tracked and scOtched at both end
5 he can't run off after anything.
= CORNELIUS WAS 4 DEvoUT MAN,
= devout enough TO be a crank. / suppos
: I'm called a crank because don't preacl
!. like Brother Moses. Bless you, God neve
6 did make two men alike, or if he did. on
was no account We can't tell the tut
= unless we fix it up nice. These paten
medicine men know what it is TO sugar-coa
:, things. God help US TO give the plain oil
u powders OF the gospel. Suppose you had
{ patient very sick, and were to leave lot O
u medicine for hiTa to take. When You com
back he is worse, and you ask his wife
she gave him all the medicine You left. Sh
SAYS ''oh, yes. all but little; took on
part because / thought il was too bad.
s Now, madam. your husband will die, an
= You'll be 10 blame. There are lots q
:, preachers in the world mean in Georgi
;, who sugar-coat their pills for fear thei
, patients Stomachs won't stand it. Coz
= nelius was a devout man. and-did yo
notice that eopulatiye conjunction; beliey
they call it copulative. Cornelius was
devout man. and feared God, with all hi
house Watch. when you ask about Chris
n tians for that conjunction.
DOESN'T LIKE but" CHRISTIANS.
"a Brother A. is a mighty good man. but h
v doesn't come much TO church. Brother b.
mighty generous, but he drinks little
Brother c. is a good steward, but they
nar11 s1-i in a hO,