Democratic messenger., 1889-04-20

lie wants the earth 10 come, but just 10
walk around one stripped and bare and
lcaiicss tree with two branches, not arch.
ed but horizontal But lie is waiting, ms
lie said lie would, for the corporation of
the church. When we are ready God is
ready. And lie certainly has all the
wcaponry ready To capture this world for
the truth, all the weapons Of Kindness or
devastation. On the one hand the Gospel
and sunshine and powcrio orcilardizc and
gar,lcnize the earth, and fountains swing.
ing in rainbow and Chatswoslhian ycrtlure
and aromas poured out Of the vials of
Heaven, while on the other hand lie has
the wcaponry Of devastation, thunderb0lt
aud conllagration and forces planetary.
solar, lunar, stellar mcteoric, that with
loose rein thrown on the neck for a second
would leave considerations aud galaxics
so many split and shivered wheels on the
boulevards Of Heaven. Aud tina, God is
on our side, all on our side. Blessed be
His glorious name Blessed was the hour
when through Jesus Christ my sinful soul
made peace with Him.
Ifvou continue to ask me why | think
that the world can bc saved in the final
decade OF the 10Th century, l reply be-
cause II is not great undertaking, con.
sidering the number Of workers that will
,rn at II if nneo ,Nors,,a.la,t Z, 49,, L. -.
We have sittcd the jOO, ,OO0. 600 of workers
down TO 00,OO0,OOO and BOG, ,O0O, 900 and
200. .OO0,0 900 and 100, 900 900 and 10 10000.
900. ! went 10 work to cipher out how
many souls that number could bring 10
God in 10 years IL each one brought a soul
every year and il each soul so brought
should bring another each succeeding
year. found out, aided by professor in
mathematics, that we did not need any
thing like such number of workers en-
listed. You see |, is simply question of
mathematics aud in gcomctrical progrcs.
sion. Then gave 10 the learned profes.
sor this problem; How many persons
would il require 10 start with il each one
brought a soul into the kingdom each year
for 10 years and each one brought anoth.
cr each succeeding year in order to have
100 0,Nm,OO0 people saved. or the popula-
tion of the earth ut present: Ills answer
was a,;d,3s5 workers. so you see that
when siflcd the 5OO,ODO.0n0 nominal
Christians of the earth down 10 50.Onn. .,ND,
and stopped there, retained for this
work i'mO,0 ,0n people L." many. There
IL j. ~ glorious mathematics. qua| c,ai
dcmp"sirdmd'm. Doyou tell me- thai Gn |
does not care ior mathematics Then Won
have never seen The Giants Cau>rNav.
where God shows Ills regard for tho
h"Nagoral in whole ranges ui rocky col.
unns with six sides aud six angles. Tnrn
ynu have not studied the geometry Of a
bees honryCnmh With >iN sides and six
angles. Then you have not noticed what
regard God has ior the square: the altar
OF the ancient tabernacle four square. the
hrra>iplatc four square, the court Of the
temple in EIrkicl's vision four square. the
New Jerusalem laid oui four square. or
YOU have no, noticed Ills regard for the
circle hy making II Ills throne. "si,iing
on the circle nf the earth" and ia>hinnins
sun and moon aud stars in circle and
sending uur planetary system around 9th.
or systems in y circle aud the whole uni
verse sweeping around the throne or Cod
in circle And rs To His regard for
mathematical numbers. lie makes the
fourth book in His Bible the Book of
Numbers, and numbers the hos, of Israel
and numbers the troops of Scnnachcrib
and numbers Solomon'S hewcrs in the
forest and numbers the spcarmcn and
numbers the footmcn and numbers the
converts at Pentecnst and numbers the
clmriOiS of God rolling down the steps of
Heaven. 30 | have ri.hl to enlist malhc.
maiics for the demonstration of the easy
possibility of bringing the whole world Ia
God in the coming decade hy simple pro-
cess of solicitation, each one only having
TO bring one Il year, although | want 10
take in 10000 and know mcn now alive
who think, by pen ar voice. or both, iii.
rccily or indirectly, will take hundreds Of
thousands each so you scc that will Ills.
charge some of the 2,:Ji,3.j from the
necessity Of taking any
TIIE WORK MAY M DIVIDED.
Another reason why know il can he
done is that we may dcviic the work up
among the denominations. God does not
ask any one denomination 10 do the work.
or any dozen denominations. The work
can be dcvi,lcd aud is being divided w.
not geographically but according To the
,empcramcn,s of the human family. We
cannot say 10 one denomination, You take
Persia, and another. You take China. and
another, You take India, because there
are all styles of tcmperamenis in all na.
lions. Aud some denominations are
specially adopted TO work with people of
sanguinc temperament or phlcgmaiic tenn.
permanent or cholcric Temperament, or bill.
lious temperament or nervous trmcrament
or lymphaiic temperament. The Episco-
pal Church will do iis most effective work
with those who by taste prefer the stately
AMI riiuaislic. The Methodist Church
will do its best work among the emotion.
al and demonsiriivc. The Presbyterian
Church will dn it, best work anon. those
whn like strong doctrine and the stately
service soi,cned by the emotional. So
each denomination will have certain kinds
nf people whom il Will especially affect.
- let the work bc divided up There are
the ;j0,OOO Christians ul the Presbyterian
Church. north, and other hundreds of
thousands in the Presbyterian Church,
south, and all foreign prcsbytcrians, more
especially Scotch, English and Irish, max.
ing, | guess. about .,OO0OOO Prcshy icrians;
the Methodist Church is still larger the