Telegram-herald., 1889-04-15


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i4ss. tLoae t-4vs were T. bs far tLo4zala
ye.gs or five thousand Years be would, II ths
wori repsntet, substitute Def.ed-cll3a S1-
divine c~ge,a God cAlEse. ID salni about
So1om 81 times He l~l determined ou iis
Dst spare II II nfIy righteous I--ople were
fount there, AID, narro"lng down the nam
Der. u forty five peQplt were found there Il
forty people q thirty people II taeaty leo-
pie. Il tea p-opia Nefe found ll-re. And
e-eL % Tie * t.al.s sl.e Lord answered, Yes
OBJ why ds-ilt A.ra44ri g. 90 j.is. Two steI.s
furth,r All sas il hse b. found t-ege AMI y
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Lor. ia o-o god citizen. tli4A ol1on
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tie hil.s s-y tAat God rclssatet via Be has
promised plni'lmenrs aud wiihA-ld The
stroAa. " - II slip " l-ais ren when be
sp5ke of Gods cutting sh.rt TIC work ia
risAteousae1si 10, PaIls Pen never slipped.
There Is nothing la the way ~ propAecy 70
hinder tie crusade have proposed for the
last decace % lie Nlaetcenta century
rROcaAsTNAT Is TIE TuUB o. THY
TIE wAo.s trouble is that no put on the
compieu,n OF ths worlds rel -iaptlon T. such
long aud indefinite distances TIE old pro-
verb that what is every b03y's business IS
Eob0dy's business. might be changed a little
and be n.ate trgtlfuliy - say what Is the
Gosuel businoss u al tho sgs-s is the Gospel
business 4 10 age. We are 20 constituted w
cannot get up much enthusiasm about some
thing iire hundred years frorn now or a thou
sand years from now. We ars fighting 1t
too long range That gun called the
swamp Ansel' was a NUISANCE II shot SIX
miles bat il hardly ever Lit anything Ii dil
it, chisf destructive work whom il burst aud
killed those who were setting il OF Short
ranSo IS the effective kial OF work, whether
il De For worldly or religious purpose. Some
man with his eyes half shut drOnes out l. mo
tie Bible qu sof1 - thousand years aro
as ono day. that !. t,sa centuries are not
long for the Lord Il. why DO you nos quote
the previous sentence which saws that one day
Is with the Lord as a thousand years4 That
is. ne could DO the work Of ten centuries in
tWentv-fonr hours. The mightiest obstacle
70 Christian work il the impression that the
worlds eyangelization il away off, And we
take tho telescODs and look on and on
through centuries until We see two
objects near each other, and We strain
our vision and guess what they are.
and we call great conventions 10 guess
what thoy are, and we get down our heaviest
theological works and balance our telescope
on the iii and look and look and finally con
clude that they ere two beasts that VIC Sc
and the one has hair and the other has wool
am. guess it must be the lion and-sl
Al2 lying down together Ia that great
cradle Of postponcmeut and sOmnolence We
rock tho church "a though it We're an impa-
tient child and Say Hush, nay dear, don't
be Impatient Don't get excited b. revivalsl
Don't cry Your Fathers coming Don't
get uneasy! lie win bo here in two or three
OF ten or twenty thousand years" And we
act as though We thought that when Ma
caUlay's famous New Zealandcr II the far
distant is seated Oh broken arch Of London
bridge skctch;nS tho ruins Of St. PauIs his
grandchild might break IN and jolt lis pencil
asking him II he thought the millennium ever
would appear Men and women Of the eter-
nal God. Sons and daughters OF the Lord
Almighty! We may have 1t start IN tie de
cado that is soon TO commence, ond Il vii be
done II we can persuade tho people between
low and then 10 get ready for the work.
What makes mo think It can be doacl
First, because God IS ready he needs no
long persuasion TO DO his work, for If d is
not willing that any should perish, be Is not
willing that any Of tie people Of tho next
decade shall perish; and the whole Bible IS i
chino Of bells ringing ont Come, come,
come, and yoI need lot 80 round tho earth
10 find out how much be wants tie world .
come, but just % walk around ore striped
and base and leafess tree with two branches
not arched bat horizontal But he IS wait
ing, as hc sad be would, for the cooperation
of tie church hen we are ready God Is
ready. And lie certainly has rl 'he veap-
/ cnry ready 70 capture this World Tor the
/ truth. all tue weapons II kindness or devas-
tatiop- On the one hand. he Gospel and sun
shine and power 70 orchardize and gardenize
I the earth and fountains swinging ia rainbow
;. IAN al