Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05
WISE CHILDREN.
rbo+ tbe World Wants is More
Common Sense in Religion.
Nan Who Viii Not Admit that He
an Imperfect, Sinful Being is
Simply a Fool.
Immersed His Image on Our Race, but
~ not Image Has Been Getting Fainter
and Fainter for Ages.
MP. r,ruAGE IN MONTANA.

r. preached here to-day, taking for
.,+s.-. tOutwitted by the World. -
-..,z for his text St. Luke xvi, g:
-.-,. children Of this world are in their
.-s.fon wiser than the children of
-. =, and delivered the following dis
course: 49, 20 ao-. +so.
-.-...:.rs are not so skiilful in the
'-.........,-tfau OF spiritual affairs as
-l- --5r-pgs are ssillful in the manage
Not +amr0raiities. l see all around
-s.rlc who are alert, earnest, con-
rated and -killful in monetary mat
--ro I'm the affairs of the soul, are
-s-,a-ls. uaue, inert.
-.,,,rgv S.N~E N RELIGION WANTED.
~s. Great want of this world is more
..r,rron sense i'm matters of religion. II
I.5rf rna skill and forcefulness en-
80 IN financial affairs were employed
i,.ssrgfga-ug the truths Of Christ, and
&c 70 make the whole world better
-,f.n fen years the last juggernaut
Nd frrf. the last throne of oppression
.-.at che last iuiquity tumble, and the
..-rsrr that was chanted over Bethlehem
~ rr-.s-ua. night would be echoed and
-..a.aaaJ from ali nations and kindred
.-5 nsrnle. ''Glory to God in the high
~ and on earth peace, good viii to
n.g.
s1ne years ago, on n train going to-
-a-1 the southwest, as the porter Of the
.rsaaf1- l.r WAS making up the beTths at
,aa evening tide, l saw a man kneel
f.~r TO pray. Worldly people III the
.a~ looked on. rs much as to say,
uWmtdoas this mean?' suppose the
rr.f0r thep people in the car thought the
man was either insane or that he was
-grat... but be disturbed no one when
h. srelt. AM he disturbed no one when
be- arose. lu after conversation with
rrI found out that he was member of
achur.h in my own city, that he was a
safqrlug man, and that he was on his
WAY touew Orleans to take command Of
lrg,,al. though then, as l think now,
that ten such meu-men with such cOur-
gge for Goi as that man had-would
bring the wnole city TO Christ; a thous-
AMI sueh men would bring this whole
hrl 70 God: ten thousand such men, in |
short time. would bring the whole |
earth utc the Kingdom Of Jesus. That |
BE was successful in worldly affairs, | !
found 0ut That he was skilIfuI in spIr- |
tgl affairs, you are well persuaded |
Nmau had the courage, the pluck, the |
G'rtUess, the acumen, the industry, the |
common sense in matters of the soul. !
ga. they have in earthly matters, this
would .e very different kind of world |
% Useiu
IGr BUILDING AND CONDUCT OF
CHURCHES.
In the first place We want more COM
mon sense ia the building and conduct
ucLureGa- The idea of adaptiveness is
always paramount in any other kind of
structure. If bankers meet together
all they resolve upon putting up Il bank
i-. bank Is especially adapted to banking
purposes. +. q manufacturing company
ll una .a.la.u-, it is to be adapted TO
L21..a0tEH- purposes; but adaptive
le@ is not always the question in the
4r-- .i churches. In many of our
--L.l.s we want more light, more room.
-',a ventilation, more comfort. Vast
'-ls Of money are expended on ecclesi-
i,.-. structures, and men sit down in |
-.a, and you ask @ man how he likes
.a ,-I..a- lie SAYS: u like it very
's. butt can't hear. - As though q 1
nav. factory were good for everything
QUO making -aawls The voice of the /
..-..Tr aa@ae- against the pillars. Men
u. Gown under the shadow of the Gothic
---> and -a.Eer and feel they must be
sung religion OF something else, they
-u 50 Uncomfortable.
We @F friends, we want more common
-'. ID tine rearing of churches. There
d. eAcas" Tor lack of light when the
-' ..s ATE .Gll of It; no excuse for lack
.s,- air when the world swims in it.
..-.- ,' be aD expression, not only Of
S...al happiness, but Of our physi-
=. .......t wien we say: How amiable
.. ,-' -..rrae.gs, O Lord God of hosts.
--. I'D Thy courts is better than a
ST CONCENTRATE.
eau ...-ArNs We want more COM
'.-s- =" ,.e obtaining Of religious !
49, A- l."H understand that in order
r.. 3" worldly directions they
1885, ...gelt,ara. They think on that
H.. .-L. their mind takes fire
tE al their own thoughts. :
,.- ..... all their strategy, all =
H. All their common sense, d
... -a ..4. one direction and they
But how seldom il is
"a matter of seeking after
Will. Lo man expects to
,. anything Tor this world 7
- H.ratau and enthusiasm, {
..a. There are expecting after q
p. ~. --. the kingdom Of God ! e
r... ... Use ol any such means. A o
f" .".-.,1.a, many years ago, il
... .1-a.a Of gold until it be- d
mi. Tens Of thousands of
.-.. ...r homes. They took their v
ri. ~-t their pickaXes and their Q
~ "... sH the wilds Of CalIfor- e
a.4. s.an- up suddenly on the q
nm. --. Merchants put aside their s.
n and pat on the miners "
... '- line land was full of the talk il
co., Gold III the eyes, gold in II
III. --A I'D Tie wake of ships, gold It
,a... gold, gold, gold. Word v
g Is r.. .... ,le mountain OF God 5 Il
3. f. --. Vi bright treasure; that men a
raa. digging there, and have st
.r,.- ~I sold, ana amethyst, and Il
r.. "-a jasper, and sardOnyx, v
l=s.... I.l.as, and all the precious
sH..'. u. which the walls of heaven W
b. a....'. Word comes of a man bt
lr..-..- .a that mine for one hour, W
DE- ...- treasures worth more than 81
dr.r' ..s mat keep vigil over our sick &C
81. World. is it q bogus company NJ
4. 0.. Is it undeyeloped terri til
,aa..-.. ..'i the story is true. There bI
r-.-,s ol people in this audience in
ts.- .5 willing to rise and testify O
a.. IL. ,.l .e discovered that gold, and l.
snr ~, '-.Ir possession. Notwith- iii
lee. r --' this, what is the circum- be-
los-a g-s would suppose that the an it
terarr,, would send people IN great m