The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-04-17

rejoice that 80 much Of the wealth Of the
world Is coming into the possession Of
Christian men aud women. And although
the original church was very poor, and its
members were iish dealers on the banks Of
Galilee, and had only such stock on hand as
they could take in their own net, to-day
In the hands Of Christian men and women
there is enough money to print Bibles and
build churches and support missionaries
under God In ten years TO save the world.
Again, 1 think that the worlds evangeliSa-
tion can be achieved In the time specified be-
cause we have already the theological insti-
tutlons necessary for this work We do not
have to build them; they are lit aud they
are filed with tens Of thousands OF young
men and there will be three sets Of students
who will graduate into the ministry before
the close OF this century, and once have them
understand that instead OF preaching thirty
or forty years and taking into the kingdom
Of God few hundred souls, right before
them Is the Sedan, is the Armageddon and
these young men, instead OF entering tho
ministry timid and with apologetic air, will
feel like David who came up just as the
armies were set In array and he left his
carriage and shouted for the battle and
cried; "Who Is this uncircumcised Phil
istine that he should defy the armies Of the
living Godp And with five gravel stones
skillfully flung sent sprawling the Dragging
ten-footer his mouth into the dust and his
heels into the air.
My friends, what but such consumma-
tion could be a ct climax to this centuryi
You notice Q tendency In history and oil
80. - d. .ts,w nraatfnn vUaaE
rising from herbs to fish, and from hsh TO
bird, and from bird TO quadruped, and from
quadruped TO immortal man. The New
Testament rising from quiet genealogical
table In Matthew TO apocalyptic doxology In
Revelation. Now, what can be an appro-
pirate climax TO this century, which has
heard the pun OF the first steamer, and
the throb OF the first stethoscope, and the
click OF the first telegraph, and the clatter
OF the first sewing machine, and saw the
fash OF the first electric light and the revo-
luton OF the first steam plow, and the law
OF storms was written, and the American
Bible Society and American Tract So-
ciety were born; and instead Of an audience
| laughing down DR.. Carey for advocat-
| ing foreign missions, as was done In
Northampton, In England, in the last
century, now all denominations vieing
with each other as TO who shall 20 the
furthest and the soonest into the darkest OF
the Now Hebrides and three hundred thou
sand souls have been born TO God In the
South Sea Islands, and Micronesia and Nc
lanesia and Malayan Polynesia have been
set In the crown Of Christ, aud David Living
stone has unveiled Africa, and the last bolted
gate Of barbaric nations has swung wide
open TO let the gospel in. What l ask, with
a thousand Interrogation points uplifted,
can be fit, an appropriate and sufficient
climax except II be world redeemedl
Yea, l believe II can be done II we get
prepared for II, because the whole air and
the whole heaven Is full Of willing help.
"Are they all ministering spirits sent forthP'
We make an awful mistake II we calculate
only on the forces we can sec. The mightiest
army is In the air Ny brethren, so much OF
the selfishness and pride and rivalry and bad
motives get into our work here that we are
hindered. But the mighty souls that have
gone up 10 the flying armies OF the sky
have left all impcrfection behind them. and
these souls are with US, and without fault
and with perfect natures are on our side
You can not make me believe that aftel
tolling here for long years for the redemp
tion Of the ,iForld until from exhaustion
some Of them fall into their graves thoy
have ceased their interest In the stupendoui
conflict now raging, or that they are goinl
to decline their help. Iren@us Prime! Hon
cred on earth but how Rlorifed In heaven
have you forgotten the work toward which
you gave for more than half a century youl
gracious life, your loving voice, and youi
matchless penl mol Thon come down ant
help Alexander Duffl Have you for
gotten the millions OF India for whose saiyea
ton you suffered In Hindoo jungle an'
thundered on the missionary platformi No
Then come down and help David Brainard
Have you forgotten the aborigines to whom
you preached and for whom you prayed un
I'll you could preach and pray no more
lying down delirious amid the miasmas OF tn
swamp mol Then come down and hell
Moncrieff and Freeman and Campbell' Hav
you forgotten Lucknow and Cawnporel No
Then come down and help. lrub out OF m
eyes the st ipidity and unbelief, and !, tn
servant OF those great Elishas In the gospe
see the mountains all round about are fu
. Of horses Of fire and chariots Of fire; an
they head this way. lowered over are W
J by great clouds OF witnesses and helpers
Clouds OF Apostles In the air led on b
!, PAUL Clouds Of martyrs In the air led
, by Btephenl Clouds OF prophets In the ai
, led on by Isaiahl Clouds OF patriarchs
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