Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-24

read now, the world would wor,lcr that it
was possible for them to have been uttered.
| The coarseness and malignitv coming from
prOfessed Christians is all but lnereaible and
! altogether APPALLING. Edmund Waller, OF
| kentucky, and Baptist, and ! think the
father OF John l.. Waller, who was at one
time president of the Revision Association.
is said 10 have taken MIR. Campbeils adopted
version with pair of tongs aui laid 1t care
fully upon the glowing logs ~ "a KIND OF votive
Offering to the devil, from whom all such un-
holy devices as new ver.i-n Of the script
ures came. Be the individual whom itmay The
story is indicative Of The L. mper of the time.
, 'bsequently the Bapusts became enlisted in
s.. ~avement and Edmund Waller's son in the
the III, ~tuf the battle. To-day we have
| lore .froh product of the combined learn
version the. the whole English-speaking
ing and pietyo 20 the provision of that
church. Once mo. 4 by the church Of the
great mind is vindicat.
present.
EnocAiioN' with the
Another thing these men saw mission
same distinct vision, that the 'Ycated
so dear to them must have eu. -uht
prOclaimers to keep it abreast of the thoL
uf The great moving world. The men OF th.
heroic age OF this revolution were not scholars.
They were uneducated men. in the current
meaning of the word. They knew men, but
the PrOfe>sOres Humantates. teachers OF the
hnmanities, but Latin and Greek and Hebrew
lay within the boundaries of land indeed un-
known 10 them. But after all, they were
men, and large men of vast powers, as is
clearly accredited by the result of their labOrs.
MIR. Campbell always looking to his one great
purpose, began the work OF building up
school, cOnfessedy based upon the word Of
God. A theological school it was not in any
proper sense. Its mission was not to make
cergymen. but that its pupils should learn
the Bible, the refuge and the hope of the
world. Some Bible schools destroy the
individuality Of their pupils, and they are all as
| like as two peas in the same pod. Men came
| away from Mr.. Campbell and his teaching
retaining all their personal idlosyncrasies and
mental habits, yet bearing in some sense and
| measure within them the inspirations and i'm
pulses of his mighty nature. The work and
| influence of Bethany upon the thought and
growth and aspirations of our people is every
where manifest. In the chair of the collegian,
| OH the platform and in the pulpit. in all the
great enterprises and activities OF the day ,her
| sons are performing work not unworthy of
| their great leader and of their birthrght.
Since bethany opened, in 1910, we have or
ganiZed n college almost for everv years. in
number. That this is wise and healthful do
not believe, but it shows the deep seated de-
and nobler growth in the elements of Chris
tian manhood. Our literature. our
papers, magazines, weeklies, monthlies
and quarteries have kept pace in numbers
and believe in quality, with our educational
and other enterprises. We are painfully con-
scOus that vast unexplored tracts are lying
before us, and that there Is much unfinished,
much vet to do; still we feel that we have
not been laggards upon earth's great battle-
fields. Having very short past. however,
there is but little temptation to look at the
Things behind, but with youthful vigor to
press on to the goal of sublime possibilities
God has placed before US.
OUR NUMERICAL GROWTH.
Fifty years ago we were few. and scattered
aud poor; and possibly in most cases iguo-
rant, as the world counts ignorance. But
to-day what q vast multitude, anywhere from
200 to 100000 of men and women, not
ignorant, not scattered nor poor. With these
numbers, with their wealth. and character.
and brain, what work ought we to do for
our race and day, in giving light and life to
the ignorant, bearing lessons Of mora. purity
to the degraded, carrying the joy of the ever.
lasting Gospel to all mankind. In the decade
comprised between 1S50-lS60 our numerical
increase was 126 per cent. leading all others.
catholic and Protestant alike In the Unite,i
States. From 1850 to 1870, covering the dark
period OF our war, increase was reduced to
% per cent, while that of the Methodists was
oniy per cent. people Of whom it may
be -aid. as Gen. Pope once said of himself,
. they have their headquarters in the saddle;
, that |. To say, they are the evangeizers par
i excellence of the Christian forces. These sta
tistics wer. not by ourselves, but BY others,
and it is n wonderful showing. do not saw
! this to encourage boastful spirit, but to en-
courage, and at the same time to give you q
. viewOf the vastness OF the responsibilities that
such state OF the case begets.
3 OUR MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES
We are yet in our infancy. or which fact.
we are sometimes ungraeiOusly reminded. 1t
Is not bad thing to be young however, even
, enthusiastically If you have more and better
things Than your more venerable associates.
! Years in themselves are neither virtuous nor
vicious, why then should our friends twit us
;, DIR. Hodge in the article already alluded to,
: says: 1T is simply absurd to pretend that
any one OF the various competing churches OF
the present or OF any former age since the
t second century is identical IN outward form
) with the societies founded by the apostles, or
that it has preserved its organic unity intact
,, by an unbroken succession of officers under
4 an unchanged constitution from that age till
e now." So they have the advantage of some
e years. but what Of it3 Yes we are young
people. few years ago single voice, the
e voice Of single man. in an obscure hamlet,
: nestled in the mountains of West Virginia,
n was heard in the proclamation of the old
IL order restored; then other voices, and other
}. men, iliterate men. simple hearted, awkward
e and uncouth perchance, but with big hearts
e and brain and Drawn, from the field and from
4. the workshop, Joined in their way. in the
u trumpet call Of that one marvellous voice.
y that shook systems girt with the strength ac-
e cumulated through ages and hurled supersti-
e tons and false worships from the hoary
" w
$ Indies. in India, the home of Brahmanism the
n birth place of Buddhism, the refuge OF
ZOroastrlani5m, world Of mystery and
% % philosophy, in Japan with its wondrously
81 antique civilization, in the land of the Dane,
II in the Australian gold fields aud under her
y tropical splendOr and luXuriance, in COnstan-
% tinop!e. once the seat of Oriental learning
u luxury and power, now folded IN fatalistic
e apathy, in London, in Paris, almost every
n where in the great centers of modern life and
y civl|lzatlon, the voice OF revolution Is heard,
+ doing its part, feeby 1t may be, In the great
II work of restoring the church to God and to
le its divine birthright.
le Leaving now. Brother Haley, whose name
N has been associated with all your interests,
;. to talk to you Of your memories and your
'f dead. both infinitely sacred to you, will
: close this address, unworthy Of you and Of
.f this occasion. We have, brethren, q mighty
10 work before US; great are the obligations
s. resting on US; let us In the midst of all that
m life brings us hold steadfastlv to our great
= plea Christ and Him crucified; the power
z Of God and the Wisdom Of God; the redemp-
At all the ages and the Prince of peace: the bond
he OF union for all the sacraneutal host Of God q
IS elect. Faithful to our great trust we shall
g witness at length the downfall of scepticism,
u the conversion OF the world, the church re-
r. deemed from schism and strife, filed with q
m larger knowledge,a n0bler and purer spirit,
he standing with strong feet and bearing aloft
q. her banner in final triumph over all the
NJ waste OF battle fields and graves ''clothed in
m the sun, and in her train the moon. and on
he her head a.corOnet Of stars and girded around
rs her waist with heavenly grace, the bow of
e. mercy bright. and in her hand Immanueps
ID cross, her sceptre and her hope, going forth
s. to win new victories, surprising fable, and
e. get tue"
l. THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLICANS VIEW,
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