The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-11-24

rays Of the Sun OF Righteousness on Che sins ~
and the denominations AMI the follies Of the
world, and FIRST they will blaze aud thea
day day there he 0 Wili be Do any you %ct think in ,1 that
5ho street, Do you think in that
Day there will be any kicking or from mar,
PIG steps OF Shivering mendicauts' Do YOU
stapse m ,9a ro aay there will be any inebriot's
no ioSsr beer saloons, No distil'eries whars
they make three KS, no bloodshot eve, no
olooted cteei, no fist poun'iod forehead |. Tn,
Eranuchildren oft at woman who goes iown
follow her, will be the honest merchant, ami
inc retormcrs and tho lhilanthropist, and
que CnrlStlans sixty years from now. In that
uay OF which my text speaks. what municipal
governments! Now l know there is a great
uluerence between municipal govern.
ments. But in many of tho cities you lust
go down and look around tho City Hall,
ana thon lust look into tho rooms where
tho politicians rcign AMI see to what
a sensual, besotted, loathsome nccursel
crew city politics for the most part haE boon
abandoned. and sec them standing all daY
long around somo of our City Halls. picting
their teeth and waiting for some crumbs OF
emolumeNt t, fall at their feet. Who arc
station mud then OF couse thrust into the
VT III BE- dono with tho
SruSsLots that me 10 them drunk Moth.
Ing Look into that pri on, aud so beYc n
woman who has stolen n pair Of SHOES, there
a hoy, who stole q dollar, there a Girl who
snatched a purse. All tho crimes les than
twenty or thirty dollars. But what
WI, 90 donc with the gambler who last night
look the young mans $5OO' y thin.
Wnat win they do with that man wh1
o"oic through and destroyed tho purity OF "A
CHRISTIAN homo with mn alroitnoss arl a
poriidv that heats tn strategy of holI, ding.
ing n shricking s0ul into bottom'oy IS pcditionl
MhlhinI What will thcydo with thos, men
money from his employer. which young man
como to an officer o this church aud rranti,-
ally asked what h, must do, Noshinr. No
merry Tor small criminal. If n man
stenlI $40 senl HIN to tho Ray nonl
Str ct Jail. II n man steals $4,000
let him got to Caradn Wc punish rcIplo
hera1so they do not steal enough, U,w is e
with the trl1ls in tho court rooms Of TIA
country, What 40 they dong with those
Coney Island gamblers! Whore i, he ecuiu,
in tho American court room TINT can a resi-
Try ana condemn such scolndralS! Before thu
trlal Is over, III some way. somehow. NOBODY
Knows eTa'tly, but ono OF tho jurors has had
gwen tohiman air of gold sOectaclcs though
winch ho 500, things in n differcntlight. Pun.
ISL the snail criminals b. all means, but [
have sometimes thought it might b, q cool
Thing if tho officers Of tho law wolll trrn out
ol tho prisons Somo of tho ten cant O.rcndrri
and the ten dollar dcsncra1o,s and rettv
CRIMINALS and put in their PLACES SOM OF
these monsters OF mi ruity who rido throu!h
tho street with their mott ed span going
so swiftly, that honest men have
o1G3 b6 liiap r to get %tor out of the way
nable schemes oven professors of religion ara
sometime engaged in, until the Lord puts
tn finger OF retrihution in tho collar Of thu
robe of hydro ariSy aud rips it clean to thu
bottom: Oh, my ~frien's, all these wrongs
flares i; must either. give up
statement. The cities are going to DO
I'LL I'd with q rcgencrated population. do
not know how soon that dav will como.
Something will de en- unon you and uoon
me and upon NIL Christian people. God is
ready in answer to prayer e. cut short tn ,
work in righteousness Arc wo alcrG'
A"o wo doing all our duty, Arc
Col, snpplirating divine help! Three
hundred and sixty bells chime. i'll music
when n primo was married. hut when Right.
cols1eSi aud Pca"c shall kiss each other in
al the earth ten Thousand times ten thousand
bells VIII strike tho iubilec. Oh. is this not
n cause worth working in: How are you
engaged in it, my brother How aro YOU
engaged in it my sister : Arc YOU disholrt-
cned. You are. Sometimes tho forces
despair, and whilo o arc toiling in
this sphere or that sphere somebody comos
and addresses to you soma dish,irtrning
words. Take good heart this mDrninr. tlyS
thn promises OF tho gospel, tato tn" utter
ance OF Tho icLt, take a thol>ani ponise'
for the cool cheer of your soul. Oh, says
some ono to you, all You do for Christ won't
amount to anything. All your wor.;
is Of no avail" i supposs when Moses
stretched out his hand over tho Rod Sca
To 500 it part suppose they said: That is
a ve"y foolish, that is n very weak thing to
do. What has the stretching out of the hand
of Nose over the sea got 10 do with tn % b.
ing of that great body OF water? 1t ca la
dono in that wag.' But Moses kept s.rot,h
ing his hanl over tho Itol Sea, aud after a
while tao wind began {, blow from III, cast
and 1T kent blowing until the wat.r gathered
IN into Offering walls on eith>r sido, and
the way was clror. Tho blow rco Hi as
line, OH israel! March, March, Path OF
pearl. flying Snrly lifted into a rainbow arch
for the con ucrors TO march undo. Shout ye
troops on The boa n. Answer 70 t. OPP on ito
sea and when til last limo OF tho ISrnsitc'
ron hes tho beach. tho cymb9lS claw. an tho
shields cl1ng all tho waters rush unDn tho
pursuors, and tho swift-nngarcd win Is on 'ho
VIII te KEYS of tho foam play the grand march
Of Israel delivered and tho awful dirgc OF
ESyntian overthrow. So so forth, oh, nv
brother, goforth AMI stretch ont yoir hanl
OF faith aud PRAYER DER the Rod Sea tho
boiling sea OF mum ,ipal crinc and sur,
fcring. oh SAYS somS one, lit wont
amount to an thing" You kae, right on,
heHD SIret IInS OuU yOUf nllu OF Iaitn
and PRAYER over the Rel Sea OF municinal
crime and si'fering, all nft,.' n while G. d's
wilds of help will blow and the rath
will b. cleared for the great army OF Chris
la re 'orm RS, and tho ra'h will 10 strcwa
with the TREASURES OF Chr stan teloircn g,
and wc WILDE greeted to tho other hna h hy
tIo clapping of all Heavens cymbols,
whilo those who pursued us AMI those VIII
dcrided US aud thos, who mo kad
at MS will 20 down under tn, SEA, and al
that is LOTT o: them viii he cast high and dr.
upon til beach, tho splinterai wheel OF 4
Roman chariot, or tnrust out from the foam
Of tao bIclthlcsS noStrilS Of q riderleS
charger. blessed be tho Lori God o. l.
rnel from cvcr'a ting to everlasting, and lc
the WHO'D earth 10 fillol with his glory
Amen md Amen!