Telegram-herald., 1889-04-15
WORLD TO RE SAVED
Ley. Or. Tzlnzge says Il Czn Ok
Done II Ten Years.
his TEXT Is. "lxEy llIuul"


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IsAt Ressla1ion AZ. Amen. Ale
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lls N.nele~uta century Is departing Af,er
it 1ls tzzea = Tea ul1rs s-els, Il cd. se4r
~ q step. t sil D. ( sas ia1o The etegnttle1
Ia i short rin-5 ~s sh-I H. "a tns
lass tcc1ds of Ills century. Wliea fat
llakc1 LLs s1.olLest toCk outside TIE
Bible. tbs alnaI-.c. an1 tAe most suggestive
All ths INST Tremendous pieoe II "a -llners
Ia al tne eaEta, tas cos The last decade
u this century uPon which we shall son
enter MI % tie gr4nLesr. mlgntiost and
most decisive dscale ln al tas ebfonolosles
| zn glad u = lot % come imulasliately. FOR
80 Lesd by new baprlsn q tao Holy
Ghost 10 prepare fJr IL That last ten
years 4 the Nln7ts-,nth century, may we all
i've . sss tael4l DOES any one say ghat ttls
1ylsloa Of time Is arbitrary Oh. n. IL
other ages tbs divisions u time may have
Oesn arbitrary. but our years date from
Chris, Does any one say that the grouping
< ten together = a. arrangement arbirraryi Z
Oh no. nsxt 70 tie figure seven, ten Is ~lta
rod a favgrlte number Abraham tweit ten
years Ia Canaan Ten righteous men would
aave savoi bodon. Ia tbe ancIea- tabernA-
cls were ten curtains, their pillars ter ana
their s,ckets ten. H. the ancient temple were
tsn layers and ten cAntiesticks anl r. IL
bles AMI molten sea Of ten cgbiis. And tie
commandments written on the granite II
Mount Sinai were ten, AMI ths kingdom of
Tod was ilksn-1 70 ten virgins. and ton men
should lay hold u him that was Jew, and
the reward Of the greatly faithful is that they
shall reign over Ten cities, anu IN the effort
10 take the census Of the Now Jerusalem the
number ten swings around the thousands
-rving ten thousand times ten thousand
So come 70 look toward the closing ten years
u tho Ninetecnth century with an intensity
of interest | can hardly describe
have also noticed that the favorite time
IN m8ny of the centuries for great events vas
the closing fragment OF tie century Is
America 10 be discovered, il must be in the
last decade Of the Fifteenth century, namely
l4S2 Was free constitutional government 10
DO well established In America, the last
years Of the Eighteenth century must achieve
IL. Were three cities u be submerged by one
pitch Of scorie, Herculaneum aud StraDaie
and Pompai in the latter part OF the first
century mus. 90 under. The Fourth century
closed with the most agitating ecclesiastical
war u history, Urban the Sixth against Gle
nent the Seventh. Alfred the Great closes
the Ninth century and Edward Ironsides the
Eleventh century with their resounding deeds
The Sixteenth century closed with the estab-
lishment OF religious independence IN the
United Netherlands Aye, almost every cen
tury has had its peroratlOn OF overtowering
achievements As the closing years Of the
centuries soe.n a favorite time FOR great scenes
u emancipation or disaster, and as the num-
Der ten seems a favOrite number In the Scrip
tures written by divine direction, and as we
are soon 20 enter upon the last ten years Of
the Nineteenth century, what does the world
propOsei What does the church OF Christ
proposei What do reforncrs proposed /
know not; but now IN the presence of this
consecrated assembly propose that we make
ready got all our batteries planted and al
0ur plans we'll laid in what remains Of this
decade and then IN the last decade Of tho
Nineteenth century march up aud take this
round world for God.
When ! say we mean the fve hundred
million Christians now alive. But as many
Of them will not have enough heart for the
work, lot Us copy Gideon, and as he bad
thirty-two thousand men in his army 10 fight
! the Midanites but many Of them were not
made OF the right stue, and be promulgated
a military order saving "whOSOever Is fear
ful and afraiH let him return and depart
Early from Gilead, and twenty-five thorsaud
'vere afraid Of getting hurt and went homo
and only ten thousand were left, and God
/ told them that oven this reduced number was
too large a number. for they might think
they had triumphod independent OF divine
help and 50 tho number must be still further
reduced and only those should b5 kept II the
ranks who in passing the river should bo 70
/ In haste for victory over their enemies that,
| though very thirsty. they would without
stopping a second Just scoop up the water in
| tho palm OF their right hand and scoop
up ths water in the palm Of their
left hand and only three hundred
men did that, and those three hundred men
with the battle shout. The sword q The Lord
/ and of Gideon. scattered tho Midianites ike
1 leaves In an equinox. 50 out q the i've hun
! drei million nominal Christians u today let
/ all unbeii-vers and cowards 20 home and ge'
/ out OF the way AID supposs We havc only
/
/ hundred million left, suppose only ono hun
/ dred million left, yea, suQpose wo only have
/ City million left, with then wo wiz under
/ take the divine crusade. and each one just
| s,ooping UP q palm full of the river Of God
mercy In one hand and palm full Of the
river q Gods strength Ia the other. let u,
with the cry. The sword of the Lord aud Of
/ Gideon" the sword of tie Lord and x Johr
II ~.
| Sirnrson. the sword of ths Lord end of BishoI
I McIlvaine. the sword e. the Lord aud oi
Adouiran Judson, tho sword n The Lord anC
O; Martin Luther. g into the last decaie q
the Nineteenth century.
/ NOTHING TNFRA ACTT~AriE ~ THE PROPOSITION
l. it au.lacious for me p propose itf oh
10. captive servant IN - E-ca-n 0f y la
man told the c0nmsnisr-ia -oh.et wbo-e De
could v-t rid n th> b.oechas z las awfl. l-p
rosv AMI his complexion became far a.
babes A1i didn't Christ Ia order % t1'-
The oobthainia opt Z tie eTss = tla tlsu.
man 80 o mixture of ~pirf.e and llsti A..
who showed B.1oher a short c'.- for bis a-mT
e. that instead ~ 'skllZ IRE regular r0a1 tr
ch b. reud have come up 80 iste. 81
-s-.. M. in tin.s t0 save ~ srerloo arl IA
rrral Was it NJ ~ ulSuovn lad w1o rrr
fars -sa.l re write h.s own na-nsi A1l 81
-un. an .aes t-an tne lsas. = 8l saints,
rrrr.z, 81 m -4r q. vl--or7 AL an ~ y
ir- p ~ csc erre--1rafl"a an s~'e
en- All teI sers - enc nr -r z~lsrais
tas Io-i q 1,sfs hc~ r0.s slr1~-i 7r
~rar Ia the fra ie-aia cf fae fn-tee
ce-~- aa~. = 8s-s -1-no ~Tl1 as tae fs
rfa caUl
r. -es~e sr--tf~- f1 prophecy e. h'-l