West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-04-11

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More Christian men in official position to-
day In Great Britain aud in the United States
than ever before. Stop that falsehood going
through the newspapers-I have seen IL In 90
that the Judges OF the Supreme Court of the
United States are intidels except one. BY
personal acquaintance know three OF them
70 be old>fashioned evangelical Christians, sit
ting at the holy sacrament OF our Lord Jesus
Christ, and i suppose that tho majority OF
them are staunch believers In Christian re-
hgion. And then he the dying words of
Judge Black, a man who had been Attorney
General OF the United States, and who had
reen Secretary OF the Unitei States, no
stronger lawyer Of the century than Judge
Black-dyiug, his aged wife kneeling by his
side, and he uttering thatsublime prayer: %,
Lord God, from who N l derive my existence
and in whom l have always trusted, take my
spirit to Tbyself, aud let Thy richest blessing
come down upon my Mary The most popus
lar to-day is the Bible, and the mightiest in
stitution Is the chu ch and the greitest name
among the nations, aud more noaorod than
any other Is the name OF Jesus
Why, this age is not so characterized by
invention aud scientific exploration as IL Is by
gospel proclamation. You can get no idet OF
IL unless you can ring all the church bells in
one chime, and sound all the organs In one
dlapason, aud gather ali tbs congreg atoms OF
Nhristendom In one Gloria OF Excelss.
Mighty Camp Meetings Mighty DC AN
Groves. Might Chautauqurs. Mighty coa-
eral assemblies of the Presbyterial church.
Mighty conferences of the Methodist church
Mighty associations OF the Baptist church
Mighty conventions OF the Episcopal church.
L think before long the best investments will
not be In railroad stock or Western Union.
but In trumpets and cymbals aud festai
decorations, for we are ON tho eve of yicto-
ries wide and world>uplifting There may be
many years OF hard work yet before the con-
summation, but the signs are TO me so en-
nUafsfa rts.are Na.N n.
II 1 saw the wing Of the apoc ,lyptic angel
spread for its last triumphal fight In this
days sunset; or IL tomorrow morning the
ocean cables should thrill Us with the news
that Christ tho Lord had alighted
on mount Olvet or Mount
Calvary to proclaim universal dominion
Oyou dead churches, wake upl Throw 0ack
the shutters OF stiff ecclesias,icism and let the
ilght or tle spring morning come in. Morn-
ing FOR the land. Morhing for the ssl Morn
ing OF emancipation. Morning of li2ht. live
aud p 'ace, Morning Ola day In whic there
snlll De no chains to break, no sorrows to as
suhge, no despotism TO SKATER, no woes TO
compassionate. o ChrisC, descsndl Sc lrred
temple, take the crownl Bruised hanl. take
the sceptre. Wounded foot, step the throne /
Thine Is the Kingdom
These things say because want you to b,
alcrt want you To bs watching all these
wonders unrolling from the he lvens and tbs
earth. God has classified them, VIII ,ther ca
limitons or pleasing. The divine purpos IS
are harneSsed in traces thai cannot break
ana Ia glrths that cannot slip, aud in buckles
ina cannot loosen, aud are driven by reins
they must answer. preach no fatalism. A
swarthy engineer at one or the depots in Da.
kota said: When will you get on q loco.
motive and lake ri 10 with usP well
SAID. now, II that suits your SO 1 got on Quo
SHE the locomotive,and Methodist minister
VINO Was also invited, got Oh the other side,
and bstween Us were the engineer
AMI ths stoker. The train starteJ.
Ihs engineer had his hand on the agita,ed
pl,se OF tue great engine. Thestok shoyeed
In the coaland shut the door with a loud cllng.
vast plain slipped under us and the h lis
swept by, and tnat great monster on which
we rode trem let and bounded AMI snorted
aud ragged as it hu led US on / slid To the
Methodist minister on the other side the loco.
motive: MY brother, why should Presoyter-
lans ana Metho1ists quarrel about the DEGREES
and Tree age cyl You see that track. that
nrm track. that iron track; that is thu decree.
You SOS this engineers srml That is free
agency. How beautifully they work togeth
or. Tney are going 10 take US through. We
could not DO without ths track, and we could
not do without the engineer SO | reiSice
day by day, Work for US all to do. ard we
may turn the crank OF tn, Christian m cain
cry this way or tn 1t, for we are free agents
But there is the track laid % long ago no
one remembers 1t, laid by the hand OK AL.
satanic pressure can ever affect. And along
that track the car of the worlds redenntioI
VIII roll aud roll to the Grand Central depot
OF the millennium. Ihave no ANXIETY abont
the track. am only afraid that for our in
dolence Col will discharge US and get soma
other stoker and some other enQinesr. The
train is going through with us or without US
30 my brethren, watch ell the events that
are going by. II things seem to turn out
right give wings to your joy. IL things seem
q a.
faith and hold fast.
Those Of rs who are in mid-life my we'll
thank God that we have seen so m INV won-
drous teings; but there are people here to.
day who Will SEQ the twentieth century.
Things obscure TO us will be plain To Won vet
The twentieth century will be as far abe al of
the nineteenth as the nineteenth is ahead OF
the eighteenth, and as you carlo Lture the
HABITS and Gu toms AMI inorancs OF the past,
others will carlo iture this age. Some OF YOU
may live To see the shimmerIng veil bet yeen
the material aud the spiritual world lifted
Magnetism, word with which we cover up
our ignorance, will yet be al explored realm.
Electricity, the fiery courser of the sky that
BenJ1min franklin lassoed, and Morse and
Bel and Il iison have tried TO control, will be-
come complete manageable, ard lOcomo-
ton viii be switched, and a world OF prac-
tlcal knowle ige thrown in upon the race
w neither we depart In this century, or sSh ,th-
OF we zee the open gates OF more wonderful
century, we viii see these things. IL does not
make much differences where we stand. but
The higher the standpoint the larger the
prospect. We will ies item from heaven IL
We DO not see them from earth. / was at
fire Island, Long Island. and went up into
the cuDOla from which they ielegr oh 70
New York the approach OF vesss 5 IA urs be-
fore they come into port.
There - an opening in thu wall and the
operator puts his telescope through that opsn-
ing and looks out aud sees vessels far out at
sea While | was talking with him be went
up and looked out. He said: we are ex-
pecting the Arz)n0 tonight said: rs it
p)ssiole you know all thoss Vesselsl d Won
know them as you know a mans FACET He
mistake; before see tho bulks.
often know them by the masts: know
them all; have watched them 80 lOngt Oh
what grand thing IL Il 20 have ships tels
grdphed and boralded long before they come
20 port ttat friends may come down to The
wharf an welcome their long absent Lowell
ones 30 to-day We take our stand m the
watch tower aud we look or and thrOuyh
the glass OF inspiration or provideuce-ge
look on and see q whole feet Of ships coming
In. That IL the ship ~ Peace. naZ with ons
star OF Bethlehem n Jatiug above the tor,
gollanis That is the ship Of The church
mark Of salt wave high 40 on the
smoke stack, showing she has hal roueb
weather, tut the Captain n "a va ton CON.
mands her and all il well with her.
The ship Of Heaven, mightiest craft eyer
launched, millions 81 passeugers wait No Tor
mi 80.