The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-13
prays God for preparation for that day
when,

Shriyeling like a parched scroll.
The flaming heavens together roll.
Our Sunday-school newspapers and
walls are adorned with pictures of Jo-
seph in the court, Daniel in the den,
Shadrach in the fire, Paul in the ship
wreck, Christ on the cross. Oh that
we might in our families think more of
the power of Christian picturesl One
little sketch of Samuel kneeling in
prayer will mean more to YOU children
than twenty sermons on devotion. One
patient face of Christ blythe hand Of the
artist will be more to your children than
fifty sermons or forbearance. The art
of the world is to be taken for Christ.
What has become of Thorwaldsen's
chisel and Ghirlandajo's crayon? Cap
tured for the truth! "There is none
like that; give it to me-"
So, I remark, 1t 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 bril-
liant in all the apostleship. Joseph of
Arimathea, the rich man, risked nothing
when he offered a hole in the rock for
the dead Christ. How many of the
merchants in Asia Minor befriended
Jesus? / think of only one-Lydia.
How many of the castles on the beach
of Galilee entertained Christ? Not one!
When Peter came to Joppa, he stopped
with one Simon, a tanner. What power
had Christ's name on the Roman ex-
change, or in the bazars of Corinth?
None. The prominent men of the day
did not wantto risk their reputation for
sanity by pretending to be n of His
followers. Now that is all changed.
Among the mightiest men in our great
cities to-day are the Christian mer-
chants and the Christian bankers; and
if tomorrow, at the Board of Trade,
any man should get up and malign the
name of Jesus, he would be quickly
silenced or put out. In the front rank
of all our Christian workers to-day are
the Christian merchants; and the enter
prises of the world are coming on the
right side.
There was "A farm willed away some
years ago, all the proceeds of that farm
to go for spreading infidel books:
Somehow matters have changed, and
now all the proceeds of that farm go
toward the missionary cause. One of
the finest printing presses ever built
was built for the express purpose OF
publishing inidel tracts and books.
| Now it does nothing but print Holy
Bibles. 1 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 presents, and the Queen of Sheba
her glory, and the wise men of the East
| their myrrh and f~rankincense. L look
| off upon the business men of our cities
and rejoice at the prospect that their
| tact and ingenuity and talent will, after
a while, all be brought into the service
of Christ. 1t will be one of the might
lest of Weapons. "There Is none like
that; give it me-"
Now, if what I have said be true,
AWAY WITH ALL DowNHEARTEDNEss!
If science is to be on the right side, and
the travelling disposition of the world on
the right side, and the learning of the
world on the right side, and the picture
making on the right side, and the bust
ness acumen and tact of the world on
the right side-thine, o Lord. is the
kingdomi Oh, fall into line, all ye
people! 1t is a grand thing to be in
such an army, and led by such a com
mander, and on the way to such a
victory. If what / have said is true,
then Christ is going to gather up for
Himself out Of this world every
thing that is worth anything, and
there will be nothing but the scum
left. A proclamation of amnesty goes
forth now from the throne of God, say
ing, "Whosoever will, let him come"
However long you may have wandered,
however great your sins may have been,
"~whosoever will, let him come" Oh
that l could marshal all this audience
on the side of Christ! He is the best
friend a man ever had. He is so kind.
He is so lovely, so sympathetic! l can
not see how you can stay away from
Him. Come now, and acceptHi mercy.
Behold Him as He stretches out the
arms of His salvation, saying: "Look
unto Me, all ye ends of the earth, and
be We saved; for 1 am God" Make final
choice now. You will either be willows
planted by the water courses, or the
chaff which the wind driveth away.