National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-10-11
Woodward & Lothrop
No 1913 F street N. w.

against Schenkel. and Strauss, and Renan, n
Theodore Chris,lieb, of Bonn; and against the
intdel scientists Of the day God'worshiping
Sillimnn, and Hitchcock, and Agassiz. We
want TO capture all the philosophical appar-
atus, and swing around the telescopes on the
swivel, until through them we can see the
eralogiCal hammer discover the Rock of Ages.
and amid the Fora ofall realms fud tho Rose OF
Sharon and the Lily OF the Valley.
We want q clergy learned enough to discourse
Of the human eye, showing 1t to be micro
scope and telescope In one instrument, with
eight wonderful contrivances, and lids closing
80 900 or 5000 times day; all It's muscles. and
nerve, and bones showing the Infinite skill of
an infinite God. and then winding up with the
peroration "He that formed the eye, shall He
not ,ee And then We want to discourse
ments membranes, and vibration. and its
chain OF small bones, and Its auditory nerve,
closing with the question He that planted
the car, shall He not hear~ And We want
some one able to expound the first chapter OF
Genesis, bring to IL the geology and the
astronomy ofthe world, until asJob suggested:
with the truth, and the stars in their course
shall fight against Sisera. o, Church OF God,
20 out and recapture these weapons
Let men of God 20 out and take possession OF
the platform. Let any printing presses that
have been captured by the enemy be recap
tured for Cod and the reporters, and the type.
swear allegiance ale to the Lord God of truth.
All, my friend, that day must come, and II the
great body OF Christian men have not the
AIR. or ths courage e s bsy d
and on his praying knees, climb up on the
rock Of hindrance. aud In the name OF tho
Lord God OF Israel slash to pieces those literary
Philistines. III these men Will not be con-
verted TO God then they must be overthrown.
ii. Again, learn from this subject what
large amount Of the church's resources is 40
tually hidden, and buried and undeveloped.
The Bible intimates that that was very rich
land, this land OF Israel. It says; "rhe stones
IRE iron, and out of the hills thou shalt dig
brass and yet hundreds and thousands OF
dollars worth OF this metal was kept under
the hills. Well, that is the difficulty with the
church Of God at this. day, Its talent Is not
brought out Il might take the public iniquitiea
of the day by the throat and make them
bite the dust. II human eloquenee were
whole earth to surrender to God. There is
enough undeyeloped energy In this lone one
city of Brooklyn to bring all the United States
to Christ-enough undeyeloped Christian en-
ergy In the United States to bring the whole
strata Of Indifference and under Whole
mountains of sloth. Now, Is II not timo
for the mining to begin, and the pick;
TO be brought, out and put into the furnaces,
and be turned into howitzers and carbines for
the Lords host2 The vast majority of Christ
lunS III inns gay are useless. Inc most oil the
lords battalion belong to the reserve corps
The most Of the crew are asleep In the ham.
moeks. The most Of the metal Is under the
hills. oh, Is II not time for the church OF God
TO rouse up and understand that we want all
the energies, all the talent, and all the wealth
enlisted for ChIists sake2 like the nickname
that the English soldiers gave 70 Blneher, the
wards" We have had enough retreats in the
church of Christ; let us have glorious ad.
vance; And / say to you as the general said
his bis stirrIps lis hair lying Ia the Wind he
| lifted up his voice until twenty thousand
troops heard him, crying out, Forward, the
whole line"
We want all the laymen enlisted. Ministers
are numerically too small. They do the best
they can. They are the most overworked class
| on earth. Many of them die of dyspepsia be-
nSy ne bas s Sed SO OF woqe 90
| that they take IL down In chunks. They die
| nom consumption coming from early and late
exposure. liza novelist or historian publishes
one book year he Is considered industrious.
| But every pastor must originate enough
| thought for three or four volumes year.
Ministers receive enough calls in q year from
| lightning rods, aud pictures TO sell TO exhaust
| their vitality. They are bored with agents of
all sorts. They are set in draughts at funerals,
and poisoned by the unventilated rooms Of in
| yalids, and waited upon by committees who
want addresses made, until life becomes bur
den TO bear. II Is not hard study that makes
ministers look pale. ~ Is me lnhnlty q inter,
subjected. If die before my time, it will be at
| the hand of committees that want an address or
| a lecture. man called on me TO give him a
lecture by which he might pay the expenses OF
his wedding trip. Ifthere were flly hours in
| each day ofthe year, and worked forty OF
them, could not do the work Of this one par
ish, and am not behind most clergymen in
| disposition to toll. Numerically too small, II
is no more the work of the pulpit TO convert
and save the world than II is the work of the
| pew. II men go to ruin there will be rs much
blood on your skirts US on mine. Let us qui