West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-04-25


last Turk, the last japanese the last Ameri.
can, the last European, the last Asiatic, the
last African viii zee the salvation OF God be-
fore he sees the opening gate Of the Twentieth
century
Again, feel the whole world can be saved
In the time specified because we have all
manner OF machinery requisite. IL Is not as
though we had 20 build the printing presses:
they are all built and running day and night
those printing religious papers (925 of those
religious papers in this country, those
printing religious tracts and those
printing religious books And thou
sands OF printing presses now i'm the service Of
the devil could be brought and set TO work i'm
the service OF God, Why was the printing
press invented To turn out biliheads and cir
culars OF patent medicines and tell the news
which ia three weeks will be of no Importance
From the old-timo Franklin printing press ON
up TO the Lord Stanhope's press and the
Washington press and the Victory press 10
Hoes perfecting printing press that machine
has been improving for It's best work and its
final work, namely the publication of the
glad tidings Of great joy which shall be 10 an
people. We have the presses, or can have
them before the first OF January when the
new decade is TO begin, TO put a Bible in the
nand OF every son and daughter Of Adam and
Eve now living, and II such person cannot
read we can have a colporteur. an evangelist
or missionary 20 read IL TO him or her.
But this brings me 10 the adjoining thought:
namely, we have the money TO do the work
mean the fifty million of Christians have n
Aye, the two million seven hundred and fifty
four Shc;,-s.l,d JfTiStisls nave 10; and the
dam which is beginning 10 leak viii soon
break and theii will be rushing
floods OF hundred and millions and
billions OF dollars in holy contribution
when you persuade the wealthy men
OF the kingdom OF God that the speedy con-
version of the world is a possibility and that
Isaiah and Ezekiel and Daniel and st. John
viii not stand in the way OF IL but help it on
have no sympathy with this bombardment
OF rich men. We would each one DO worth
i've million dollars If we could, and by hard
persuasion might perhaps be induced to take
fifteen million. Almost every paper / take
up tells OF some wealthy man who has endowed
college or built church a hospital
or free library, and that thing is going TO
multiply until the treasury of all our de
nominations and reformatory organizations
will be overwhelmed with munificence il 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 ba5tlements of heaven
and see the hammered procession and
the bonfires of victory. But 1 would like TO
see the procession closer by and just be per-
mitted myself to throw on a fagot for a big
ger bonfires. And If you persuade our men
OF wealth that there is possibility for them
TO join on earth I'm the universal glee of a re-
deemed planet instead of laborious beseech-
ing for funds and arguing and flattering in
order to get contribution for Christian
objects our men of wealth will
stand in line as, at a postoffice window or a
railroad ticket Office, but in this case waiting
for their turn to make charitable deposit The
Gentiles are not long going TO allow them
selves to be eclipsed by Mr.. Hirsch, the Jew,
who has just given forty million dollars for
In a
Joice that so much of the wealth of the world
Is coming into the possession of Christian men
and women. And although the original
church was very poor, and it's members were
fish 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 Chris
tan men and women there is enough money
TO print Bibles and build churches and sun.
port missionaries under God in ten years tc
save the world.
Again, think that the worlds evangeliza-
hon can be achieved in the time specified be-
eause we have already the theological insti-
buttons necessary for this work. We do not
nave 70 build them; they are built and they
are filled with tens of thousands of young men
and there will be three SETS of students
VINO viii graduate into the ministry
before the close Of this centurv and once have
thirty or forty years and taking into the king
dom of God a few hundred souls right before
them is the Sedan, is the Armageddon, and
these young men, instead of entering the
ministry timid and with apologize air, will
feel like David who came I'D lust as
the armies were set in array and
he left his carriage and shouted
for the battle and cried: ''Who is this un-
circumcised Philistine that he should defy the
armies OF the living GodY' and with five
gravel stones sltillfully flung sent SPRAYING
the Dragging ten footer his mouth into the
dust and his heels into the air.
My friends, what but such a consumma-
ton could be fit climax to this century?
on notice tendency in history and all
about us to a climax. The creation week ris-
ing from herbs to fish and from fish to bird
and from 10 bird to quadruped and from
quadruped to immortal man The New
lest testament l rising from quiet genealo-
doxology in Revelation. Now, what can be
an appropriate climax 10 this century. which
mas heard the puff Of the first steamer and the
throb OF the first stethoScope and the click of
the first telegraph ard the clatter of the first
sewing machine, and saw the fash of the first
electric light and the revolution of the first
steam pillow, and the law of storms was written
and the American Bible society and American
tract society were born: and instead of an
audience laughing down Dr. Carey for advo-
eating foreign missions as was done at North
ainPton IN England i'm the last century, now
all denominations vying with each other as to
who shall go the furtherest and the soonest
into the darkest OF the New Hebrides:
and three hundred thousand souls have
been born TO God in the South Sea
Islands, and Micronesia and Melaneda and
Malayan Polynesia have been set in the
crown of Christ, and David Livingstone has
unveiled Africa and the last bolted gate of
Oarbaric nations has swung wide open to let
the Gospel in. What, 4 ask with q thousand
points uplifted, can be ft. an
appropriate and sufficient climax except II be
u world redeemedY
Yes, believe it can be done if we get pre-
pared for Il, because the whole air and the
whole heaven IS fun Of willing help. Are
they not all ministering spirits sent forthr
We make an awful mistake II we calculate
only ON the forces we can see The
migntiest army is in the air. Nv breth-
ern, so much of selishness and pride
and rivalry and bad motives OF all kinds get
INTO our work here chat We ere hindored.
but the mighty souls that have gone I'D TO
the flying armies Of the sky have Left an
imPerfection behind; aud these souls are
with us and without fault and with per.
tect natures are on our side You cannot
make me believe that after toiling
here for long years for the redernIs
uon OF the world until from exhaustion some
Of them fell into their graves they have ceased
their interest In the stupendous conflict now
raging or that they are going to decline their
help. lrenWus Prime HonoreI on earth
but now glOrihed In heaven, have you forgot.
ten the work toward which you gave for more
tnan half n century your gracious lie youI
loving voice and Your matches penn Mo-
Then come down and help Alexander Duff
Have you forgotten the millions Of India for
whose salvation you suffered iu Hindoo fun
Rle ana numbered ON missionary PLATFORM
no. Then come down and help David Brain
ard Have Won fOrguffln ff.o et,,..t..t,,,.. Il,