National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-10-18
Woodward & Lothrop,
No. 1913 II street Northwest.
fattening, on, the public spoils and reckless Of

fattening' onl the public spells and reckless of
the wages of q street sweeper,
But In the glorious time of which speak,
grieeyous taxation will all have ceased. There
will be no need of supporting criminal; there
Will be no criminals. Virtue VIII have taken
the place ofvice. There win be no orphan
asylums, for parents VIII be able to leave
no voting Of large sums of money for some
municipal Improvement, which moneys, be.
fore they get TO the Improvement, drop into
the pockets OF those who voted them. No
oyer and terminer kept up at vast expense to
the people. no .impaneling Of juries to try
theft, and arson, and murder, and SANDER, and
lecture. Fine eqnipagc. Larger fortunes.
Richer opulence. Better churches
In that better time, also, coming to these
cities, the churches OF Christ will be more
numerous, and they will be larger, and they
will be more devoted to the churches Of Jesus
Christ, and they Will accomplish greater inilu-
enccs for good. Now, II Is often the case that
nominations collide with each other, and even
ministers of Christ sometimes forget the bond
of brotherhood. But in the time of which
speak, while there win be Just as many differ
ences of opinion as there are now, there will
ness.
In our great cities the churches are not TO-.
day large enough to hold more than q fourth
of the population. The churches that are
built, comparatively few of them are fully oc-
cupied. The average attendance In the
hundred Now, in the glorious time OF which
speak, there are going TO DO vast churches
and they are going to be all thronged with
worshipers. oh, what rousing songs they will
sing Oh, what earnest sermons they Will
preach oh, what fervent prayers they will
offer Now, in our time what Is called fash
ionable church Is place where a few, Deope,
having attended very carefully to their toilet
come and sit down. They do not want to be
crowded; they like whole seat to themselves:
and then, II they have any time left from
thinking Of their store and nom examining the
style of the hat In front of them, they sit and
listen TO O sermon warranted to hit no mans
sins and listen TO music which Is rendered by
Il choir warranted to sing tunes that nobody
knows, and then, afer an hour and half of
indo!ent yawnng they GO home refreshed.
Every man feels better after he has had n
sleep.
day the music is simply mockery l have
not cultivated ear nor cultivated voice, yet
no man can do my, singing for me. have
nothing TO say, against artistic music. The
two or i've dollars pay to hear any of the
great queens. of song Is good investment
But when the people assemble IN religious
convocation, and the hymn Is read, and the
angels of God step from their throne to catch
the music on their wings, do not let us drive
them away by our indifference. l have
preached in churches where vast sums of
money were employed to keep up the music,
and Il was as exquisite as any heard on nth,
but thought at the same time, for all matters
practical | would prefer the hearty outbreak
ing song Of backwoods Methodist camp
Let one of these starvelIng fancy songs sung
in church get up before the throne of God,
how would Il look standing amid the great
doNOlOgles OF the redeemed2 Let the finest
operate air thnt ever went up from the church
OF Christ get many hours the start, II will be
caught aHd passed by the hosanns Of the sab.
the choir did all the singing save one Chris.
tian man who, through perseverance of the
saints, went right on, ana aiterward u com.
mitteee was appointed 70 wait on him aud ask
he bothered the choir.
LET those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God
But children OF the Heavenly King
Should speak their Joys abroad"
praise ,ye the, Lord Jet everything with
breath praise the Lord ln tho gl5gIous time
VIII meet hosanna, and hallelulah, hallcullh,
In that time, also, OF witch speak, all the
hannts OF iniquity and crime, aud squalOr,
Will be Cleansed ana will DO illuminated, How
is II to be dOne2 You say perhaps by one in
iiuencc. Perhaps / say by another, will tell
you what Is my idea, and know am right In
II. The Gospel of the Son of God is the only
Mr.. Ecsler Of England, had u theory that if
The natural forces OF wind and tide and sun-
shine and wave were rightly applied, anu
earth paradise. IN book Of great goniuI,
ana which rushed from edition TO edition, he
said: "Fcllowmon-I promise to show the
means OF creating paradise within ten years
where everything desirable for human life
may be had by every man in superabundauce
without labor aud without pay-where the
whole face of nature shall be changed into tho
most beautiful farms. and man may live In tho
most magnificent palaces In all imaginable
reinements of luxury, and in the most de.
lghtnl gaGdens-where he may accomplish
without labor In ono year more than hitherto
could be done in thousands of years, and NAV
Level Il continent, sink valleys, create lakes.
drain lakes and swRmps, ana intersoCt the
lard everywhere with beautiful canals, Rud
loads for transporting heavy loads OF many