The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-04-25


God rolling down the steps OF Heaven.
SO have a right to enlist mathematics
for the demonstration of the easy possi-
bility Of bringing the whole world TO God
in the coming decade by simple process
OF solicitation, each one only having to
bring one year; although ! want to take
in forty thousand, and / know men now
alive who | think by pen or voice. or
both. directly or indirectly, will take
hundreds Of thousands each. SO you see
that that win discharge some of the two
million seven hundred and fifty-four thou
sand three hundred and seyenty-tye from
the necessity Of taking any.
Another reason why / know 1t can be
done is that we may divide the work up
among the denominations. God does not
ask any one denomination to do the work
or any dozen denominations. The work
can be div ided and is being divided up,
not geographically, but according to the
temperaments of the human family. We
can not say to one denomination, you
take Persia, and another, you take China,
and another, YOU take India, because
there are all styles Of temperaments in all
nations. And some denominations are
especially adapted to work with people OF
sangUJne temperament or phlegmatio
temperament, or choleric temperament,
or bilious temperament or nervous tenn
permanent, or Emphatic temperament.
The Episcopal church will do its most
effective work with those who by taste
prefer the stately and ritualistic. The
Methodist church viii do its best
work among the emotional and DEM
onstrative. The Presbyterian church
win do its best work among those
who like strong doctrine and the stately
service softened by the emotional. SO
each denomination will have certain
kinds OF people whom it will especially
affect. So let the work be divided up.
There are seven hundred and fifty thou
sand Christians of the Presbyterian
Church, North, and other hundreds of
thousands in the Presbyterian Church,
South, and all foreign Presbyterians,
more especially Scotch, English and
Irish, making, guess, about two million
Presbyterians; the Methodist church is
still larger; the Church of England of
both sides the sea still larger; and many
other denominations uch, II not
more, consecrated than q have men
toned. Divide up the worlo svangeliza-
ton among these denominations after
they are persuaded it can be done before
the nineteenth century is dead, and the
last Hottentot the last Turk, the last
Japanese, the last American, the last
European, the last Asiatic, the last
African will see the salvation of God be-
fore he sees the opening gate of the
twentieth century.
But this brings me to the adjoining
thought; namely, we have the money to
do the work. | mean the fifty million
Christians have it. Aye, the two million
seven hundred and fifty thousand Chris
tians have it, and the dam which is be-
ginning to leak will soon break and there
will be rushing floods of hundreds and
millions and billions OF dollars in holy
contribution when you persuade the
wealthy men Of the Kingdom Of God that
the speedy conversion of the world is a
possibility, and that Isaiah and Ezekiel
and Daniel and st. John viii not stand
in the way of it, but help it on. / have
no sympathy with this bombardment OF
rich men. We would each one be worth
five million dollars if we could, and by
hard persuasion might, perhaps, be in
duced to take fifteen million dollars. AL
most every paper / take up tells OF some
wealthy man who has endowed a college
or built church or hospital or free
library, and that thing is going to multi
ply until the treasury OF all our denomina-
tions and reformatory organizations will
be overwhelmed with munifcenee, If we
can persuade our men of wealth that the
worlds evangelization is possible and
that they may live TO see it with their own
eyes. have always cherished the idea
that when the world is converted we
would be allowed to come out on
the battlements of Heaven and
see the hammered procession and the bon
fires of victory. But | would like to see
the procession closer by, and just be per-
mitted myself to throw on a fagot for a
bigger bonfire. And if you persuade our
men of wealth that there is a possibility
for them to join on earth in the universal
glee of redeemed planet, instead of
laborious beseeching for funds and argu-
ing and fattering in order to get con-
tribution for Christian objects, our men of
wealth viii stand in line as at post Office
window or a railroad ticket office, but in
this case waiting for their turn TO make
charitable deposit.
Yea, believe it can be done If we get
prepared for it, because the whole air and
the whole Heaven are full of willing help.
Are they not all ministering spirits sent
w e ulhh6 an aNIul mistake We
calculate only on the forces we can see.
The mightiest army is in the air. Ny
brethren. so much OF selishness, and
pride, and rivalry, and bad motives OF all
kinds get into our work here that we are
hindered. But the mighty souls that have
gone up TO the flying armies of the sky
have left all mperfection behind; and
these souls are with US, and without
nj n+fsh
our side. You can not make me be-
lieye that after toiling here for long
years for the redemption OF the world un-
til from exhaustion some of them fell into
their graves, they have ceased their in
terest in the stupendous conflict now rag
ing, or that they are going to decline
help. Irenaus Prime! Honored on
earth, but now glorified in Heaven, have
you forgotten the work toward which you
gave for more than half century your
gracious life, your loving voice and your
matchless pen; No! Then come down
and help. Alexander Duff Have you
forgotten the millions of India for whose
salvation you suffered in Hindoo
Jungle and Numbered on missionary
platform? No, Then come down and
help. David Brainard! Have you forgot
ten the aborigines 10 whom you preached
and for whom you prayed until you could
preach and pray no more; lying down de-
lirious amid the mias mas Of the swamp?
No! Then come down and help. Moncrief
and Freeman and Campbell! Have you
forgotten Lucknow and CawnporeY mol
Then come down and help. | rub out o,
my eyes the stupidity and unbelief, and l,
the servant of these great Elishas in the
Gospel, see the mountains all round about
are full Of horses of fire and chariots of
fire; and they head this way.
lowered over are we by great crowds OF
witnesses and helpers Clouds of apos-
ties in the air led on by Paul Clouds
Of martyrs ia the air led on by Stephen
Clouds Of prophets in the air led on by
Isaiah Clouds Of patriarchs in the air
led on by Abraham! Clouds of ancient
warriors in the air led on by Joshua, and
that Bible warrior Mt whose Drayer as