The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-04-26

too long q range. That gun called the
swamp angel" WINS u nuisance. 1t shot NIX
milcs. butt hardly ever hit anything. 1t did
its chief destructive work when II burst and
Killed those who were setting it off. Short
range liz the clisctiveknd oil work, whether it
liz for worldly or religious purpose Some
man. with his eyes halr shut, droncs ont to
me the bible quotation, o., thousand years
ore us one day" that is, ten centuries are
not longfor the Lord. But why do you not
! quote the previous sentence Which says THAI
0ncday ~ with the Lord as n thousand wears.
Ihat is. he could do the work often cc,lturi,s
twentN-fonr hours. The migltirst Obstacle
to ihr'stinn work is the impression that the
world's rrnngc!iza,ion is away OF. And We
take the teles'ul'rand look ON and on through,
centuries until we sen two Objects near each
other and wcstrniu our vision and guess
WIN, thry are, aud We call great conventions
!" s9r what they nr" and We get down our
h"arrs Theological works aud balance our
telescope on thu lid aud look md look, aud
| finally conrlnd" that they are two hras;s
that we srr. aud thu ol:c has hair nni the
other has wool, ami WI guess i, must be the
| lion anil the lamb lying down together. In
that era "" olpostponrmrn' and sommocncc
we i"k the church AZ though il were an i'm.
patient child. and say: HUSH my dear
don I he inpatient, Don, get excited BY
REVEALS! Dol cry. iOur!athcr ia coming.
Don get uneasy. II" will he here in two or
| three nr ten or twenty tliuusnnd years"
Anil We act as though We thought wien Ma.
rauiry famous New Icalan,lrr IN Il he far dis.
thnre ~ seated on II broken arch of London
bridge skrtrl;ng the ruins of ST. Paul's his
grnnlrlild might break i'll anu Jolt his prn-
llby asking him ii h. Thought the mirn-
ni the rtcrna! COL Sons n.d daughters %!
| thu Lord almighty! We may havri! start
in thu dcrnlr'ilat il soon to commence. and
IT VIII br done II we can persuade the people
between now and then tn got ready .or tIn
! work.
First, because Col is ready. lie needs no
long lrrsnasion To do his work. for. ii Ii, is
not willing tina, amy of the people of the nex,
Decade shall perish: anil the whole bible is II
chime of bells ringing out Come come,
come. md you need not go round the earth
To mud ont how much hc wants the world tp.
| come, nut Just to walk around one StripIicd
and bare and lriIcss tree will, two
branches. not nrchcd, but horizontal. "
| he Is waiting. as lie snid lie would. for the
operation ~ the church. When We are re:t
| God is ready. Aud h. certainly has all
wrap"nry ready I" capture this world fort
| truth. all tho weapons of kindness or ,lcyi
tation. I'm thu one hand the GOSPEL i
power To orchnr'lizc tho EARTH and fnu,',
tiohs swinging In rainbow and Cl,itswort...u
| r"r'iurr ana iro1nas poured out OF the vi;As
o. heaven. while ON the other h,nl hr las
the wcaponry of devastation. thundcrl,ot
and conila2rntion, an,! forces planetary.
solar. lunar, stellar, or mctcoIic, that with
loose rein thrown ON hc neck for Il second
| would leave consultations and g;ax;cs so
many split and sivGrcd wheels on the brule.
wards Q: heaven. Aud that God is on cur
si,lc--;ill on our side. Blessed he his glorious
name! Blessed was the hour when through
pst my inf,
him!
II Won continue 4" ask mo why | think that
the world can Inc saved in he final decade of
the ninrtrrn'h century. | reply, because i, is
not n great undertaking. considering the
number of workers that will go at it. it once
persuaded ii can br done W. hive siftnl
the 800. 000,0O0 at workers down to 400
900, 900 AMI 3nO 0aD.Uo0 and 2OH.UGO. UnO
l0o.00O,0u AMI to lO.OOO.O00. went to
work to cipher ont how many souls that
number could bring tn Col in ten years ii
each one brought II soul rvr;y ycnl aud il
r''r,i soul SO brought should bring another
each succeeding year found out. aided by
professor in mathematics, that we did not
need anything like such II number oi workers
enlisted. You sr" il is sim;!y II question Of
mathematics and in %comrtriral progression.
lhrll gave TO Ill" learned professor this
problem: How many persons would it re-
qulir to start with ifenrl one brought Il
soul into the kingdom each year for ten years
nnd each one brought another each slcrec,i-
ing year. in orlert to have Lion. GOO. 0UU
people saved. or the population OF thu earth
III present HIS answer was 2.l.I :"15 work
Org: 80 you STE tiat when SIT ID the 5OO,-
4m.noo nominal Christians OF the earth
tanned Tor this work lI,O00.0OO people too
many. There il is in glorious mathematics
Ino'! erit drmOnstrnndnm. Do you tell mo
thai God does not care Tor mathematics
linen So' nav" never scea the giants raus'-
why where God shows his regard Tor
ne heNaEonal III whole ranges .! rocky col
!'iis with SIX sides and six ANGLES. Then you
nave not studied the geometry of Il bees
Tl.n r"" , WI IN sii"s anu SIX angles;
m,n you hnva NO.. .n'"en what regard Tod
i W. Wv 'ne ',i'iir III Ilie iihr"hl
ss, ,h. iour s';,re. w" hrasir'i,t" Tour
sH",e. .ronr. ~ w" tet'I," Ill Ezekiel
nmt ,"n ,., Su'r ,n' new n"r,si''m lu
, n.' ,ou, r,i.'." WI you nave no! noticed
Us ,el, XII ,.,e ,irr ny making II lils
NM, f'shionn,r r "" '"nrarm u, 'ie ";'rih'
Mu a''",'ao".s sun anu moon ana stars IN
.,,,', "nu s..''''.I our p',,'tary system
,.ln" ss"s VI IT. c,rr'e :'i.n ,!le
nfE,,I -, "c',..iS ato".u tne ,hrohp
,t,,nmat,I ,,,i.. M" a> ", ms .tSaln ior
hn,', IL, L., HILL ~, Nv MAKES M .,e ,"art'
m,,hnm, ,Io LIZ, " i'f, y, .1niLs. h,u
..'c w. .ius.s VI isr"e, uhu RUNNERS 'ne
r, h ~. .,e1, y. ., anu hunters sol"
,nm We =" wv ,o.es' ,lnu n"Hiners tGr
,,m,,'t.. nas' mmal'ntS .hr ioo'iheh ana
,,,,,,,i,,, luz nn,cr.s ~. ith,etost ana
t,, ,,,,'' Wv, ..".eS o' you roiiihS down
i lt ,n.tI, ",.e. >. hive tlSht 10 on.
IL. , ,,,". ,or s" ''i'stration ni
,,,,% y f ~, W ~ u. u!'hShs ,hG whol"
WY, y" m'' W. :" III tos n''''h' ny SIM
I, n,.i'. vi s s', rii'h one only
.hanni, !" ,. n's o". year; ~,
,mI ,.no,, ""n ,,,o 7" .ake Ill ,s"'oo1
.h;',. i 49," NV, Nv" INV WHO
;nh;roo, ~ F, I'll, ~ "r un'n uli"t''N or
. ~. . ",' .aA m'.''i'S vi 'n!'usi'u'lS
SOMA r. ~, ~. t a,'a,' WI, 'i'S'IGr
,"i.in.r " nm, nv. ''" ''"''' '"' necessity "i
".- "''
aholhff reason WHY KNOW II r'i'i done
y, ~, a''i'' We ;nn! uiNin" 'ne WORK mp among
,he 4eholninaiiois. God does not ask any
doZrn ashoihihilt'"ns. ne work can BIZ ,li-
vfieti ana Is beng divided ul, not s'ogr;ph-
really. bnt according 10 the Compartments of
ne human iamily W"rni' not say to one
denomination. You lake Persia. aud
ahothrr' you take 'iiIhii, AMI another,
you take lh"''i. because there are al styles
OF Compartments III a'i nations. And some
DENOMINATIONS are especially adapted to
WORK WIN pr"ll!roi s;'ng'i'ne temperament
or phlcsmatic tnmperainrnt or rholcrir tenn
permanent or oii'ious temperament nrncrrous
temperament. w or Hmpiia'ic temperament.
Inc f.l'isrorli church viii do its most ei1rc-
i've work with those who by tast" prefer n
stately anu rithalislic. Tile Methodist church
Will do Its hest work among the emotional
and lemonstrativ". The Preshv teran church
will do its best work among those who like
strong dortrlnr AMI I le stately service soft