The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-27

could be brought out 1t might take the
public iniqu tiles Of the day by the throat |
and make them bite the dust. II human
eloquence were consecrated to the Lord
Jesus Christ 1t would in . few year, per-
snnds this whole earth TO surrender to
God. lhersis eapush undeveloped energy
IN thN caes church to bring all Brooklyn
Ito Christ-enougA undeveloped Christian
energy in the city Of Brooklyn to
bring all tha>United States to Christ
en- oush Of undeveloped Christian
energy in the Unitei States to bring the
whole world to Christ; but It is buried un.
der strata Of Indifference, and Under
whole mountains Of sloth. Now, is 1t not
time for the mining TO begin, and the pick.
axes to plup 60, a ~, for this buried metal
to beSbrought out and kpu. into the fur.
naces, and be turned into howitzers and
csrbines for~the Lord's~host 'fhe' vast
majority OF Christians in this day are
useless. The most OF the Lords battalion
halous TO the reserve corps. Tho uaost Of
the crew are asleep 10 the ham,nockA The
most Of the metal is under the hills Oh,
,is It not time for the church Of Gid 10
rouse up and understand that we want all
the energies, all the talent and all the
wealth enlisted for CArist's ssakeI I like
the nickname that Tho SEnglisha soldlsrs
gave TO Butcher, the commander. They
called him "Old Forwards" We have
had enough retreats in the church of
Christ; let us have q glorious advance.
And say to you as the General said
VIII en- his troops were affrighted; rising
up in his strrups, his hair flying In the
wind, he lifted up his voice until twenty
thousand troops heard him, crying out:
Forward, the whols linew
We want all the laymsn enlisted.s Minis.
tiers are numerically too small. They do
the best they can. They are the most
overworked class on earth. Many Of
them of die of dyspepsia because they can
not got the right kind of food to eat, or get.
ting the right kind are 80 worried that they
take it down in chunks. They die Of con.
sumption coming from early and late ex.
posure. If novelist or historian publishes
one book a year he is considered indus
trious. But every fruitful pastor must
originate enough thought for three or four
volumes year. Ministersrscsivs snoug b
| calls in wear from men who have maps,
and medicines, and lightning rods, and
| 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 unventilated rooms or inval.
ids, and waited upon by committees who
want addresses made, until life becomes q
burden to bear. 1t Is not hard study that
makes ministers look pale. 1t Is the in
finity of Interruptions and deliberations to
which they are subjected. II die before
my time, it will be ut the hand Of commit.
tees that want an address or a lecture.
man c'lled on me to give him lecture by
which he might pay the expenses
Of his wedding trip. II there were
fifty hours In each day Of the year, and
/ worked forty of them, could moi
do the work Of this one parish, and l am
no. behind most clergymen in disposition
to toll. Numerically too small, II is nc
more the work Of the pulpit to convert and
save the world than IL isAthe work Of thu
pew. II men 90 to ruin there will be al
much blood on your skirts % on mine
Lot Us quit this grand farce Of trying Il
save the world by few clergymsn, and
let all hands lay hold Of the work. Civ,
US In all our churches two Or thres aroused
and qualified men and women to help. II
most churches to-day ave or ten men arr
compelled to doall the work. Avast ma
jorty Of churches are at their wits enc
how to carry on . prayer .fnseting II thu
minister il not theres when there ought },
he enough pent-np energy and Religions
force to make meeting 60 on with sucf
power that the minister would never b,
missed. The church stands working tn
pumps of few ministerial cisterns unit
the buckets are dry and choksd, Will
there are thodsandsl Of fosntsiis from
which there might be dipped up the waters
OF eternal lifsi Bsfbre you and have til
sod pressing our eyelids We will, unde
God, decide whether our oh iliren shall
grow up amid the aceurssd surround Ing
Of vice and shame or como to an in
heritance of righteousness. Long, loud
, bitter will be the curse that scorches ou
grave IL, holding within the church to-
day enough men and women to save TIL
city, we act the coward or the drone. |
wish could put enough moral explosive
, under the conventionalties and majestic
stup dities of the day to blow them +
atoms, and that then, with fifty THOUSAND
/ men and women from all the churches
knowing nothing bat Christ and desir
to bring all the world to him, we nigh
move upon the enemy's works. For lit
| tie while Heaven would not have trumpet
enough to celebrate the victory. VIZ
: NV friends ID II not right for Us 10 en-
, ploy the worlds grindstones! II there b
art, il there be logic, il there DO bushes
faculty ON the other side, let u 20 over ant
, employ itfor Christ's sake. The fact ID, "
: fight with too dull weapons, and We wor
. with too dull implements. We hack an
/ wemaul when We ought to make kee
! stroke. Let US 60 over among sharp bust
{ ness men, and among sharp literary mer
: and find out what their tact Il, and the
transfer 1t to the cause Of Christ. II the
. have science and art it will do US good
rub against it.
h In other words, let us employ the world
Q grindstone. We will listen to their must,
and we ill watch their acumen, and "
will use their grindstone; and will borro'
4 their philosophical apparatus to make on
experiments, and We will borrow, the
: printing presses 10 publish our Bibles, an
z we will borrow their rail trains to carr
e our Christian literature, and We will boz
q row their ships TO transport our mission
J, aries. That was what made Paul such
g master in his day. Henot only got all Ii
/. learning he could get Of DR.. g amaliel, b,
}, afterward, standing on Mars Hill, and