The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-24
In the hotel. and prays God for prepare.
ton for that day when,

In the hotel, and prays God for prepara-
ton for that day when,
shrivcling like paruhcd scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll
Our Sunday-school newspapers aud walls
are adorned with pictures OF Joseph in the
court, Daniel in the den, Shadrach in the
fire, Paul in the shipwreck, Christ on the
cross. Oh that We might, In our families,
think moro OF tho power OF Christian pic
turesl One little sketch of Samuel kneel-
ing in prayer will mean more to your chill
dren than twenty sermons on devotion
One patient face OF Christ by the hand OF
the artist will be more to your child than
fifty sermons on forbearance. The art OF
the world is to be taken for Christ. What
has become OF Thorwaldsen's chisel and
Ghirlandajo's crayon2 Captured for the
truth. There is none like that; give il
mel"
SO, / remark, II is with business acumen
and tact. When Christ was upon earth,
the people that followed him, for the
most part, had no social position. There
was but one man naturally brilliant in all
the npostleship. Joseph OF Afimathea,
the rich man, risked nothing when he
offered a hole In tho rock for the dead
Christ. How many Of the merchants in
Asia Minor bciriended Jesus? L think OF
only one, Lydia. How many OF the
castles on tho beach OF Galilee entertained
Christi Not one. When Peter came to
Joppa he stopped with one Simon, q tan.
ner. What powor had Christ's name on
the Roman exchange, or in the bazars OF
Corinth2 None. The prominent men OF
the day did not want to risk their reputa.
ton for sanity by pretending to be one Of
his followers. Now that Is all changed.
Among tho mighticst men in our great
cities today arc the Christian merchants
and the Christian bankers; and il tomor-
row, Mt the Board OF Trade, any man
should get up and malign the name OF
Jesus, he would DO quickly silenced or put
out In the front rank OF all our Christian
workers today are the Christian mer.
chants; and the enterprises OF the
world are coming on the right side. There
was farm willed away some years ago,
all tho proceeds OF that farm to 90 for
spreading intidel books. Somehow mat.
tiers are changed and now all tho proceeds
OF that farm 90 toward the missionary
cause. One OF the finest printing presses
ever built wns built for tho express pur.
pose OF publishing nfiel tracts and books.
Now II does nothing but print Holy
| Bibles. ! believe that the time will come
when, In commercial circles, the voice Of
Christ will be the mightiest OF all voices,
and the ships Of Tarshish will bring pros.
enis and the Queen OF Shcba her glory
and the wiso men OF the East their myrrh
aud franklncenso. | look of upon the
business men Of our cities and rejoice at
the prospect that their tact, and ingenuity,
and talent will, alicrawhilo, all be brought
into tho service of Christ. II will be one
OF the mighlicsi Of weapons. There Is
none like that; give II mel"
Now, II what have said bn true, away
with all downhoartcdnossl II science Is
TO be on the right side, and the travelling
disposition OF tho world on the right side,
and tho learning Of the world on the right
side. and tho picture making ON tho right
side, and the business acuinon aud tact Of
the world ON the right sidc--thine, o Lord
II the kingdom. Oh, fall into line. all yo
pcoplcl IL is grand thing TO DO in such
an army, aud led by such commander,
and on the way 10 such victory. II
what have said Is true, then Christ ia
going 10 gather up for himself out OF this
world everything hat IL worth anything,
and there will be nothing but the scum
left A proclamation OF amnesty goes
forth now from the throne OF God, saying:
"Whosoeyer will, let him come" How
ever long you may have wandered, how
ever great your sins may have been,
"whosocycr will, let him come" oh,
that could marshal all this audience on
the side OF Christ. lie Il the best friend
man ever had. lilo IL 30 kind--He Is NO
lovely. 80 sympathetic. cannot see how
you can stay away fro'a Him. Come now
and accept Ills mc-cy. Behold Him rs he
stretches out The arms Of Ills salvation,
saying. Look unto me, all go ends OF
the earth, and DO yc saved; for Il am God"
Maze final choice now. You will either
be willows planted by the water courses
or the chat which the wind driycth away.