The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-04-25

COlege or DullJ cQufCn or q nOSp1tal
or a free library, and that thing is
going to multiply until the treasury
of all our denominations and reforma-
tory organizations will be over
whelmed with munificence If we can
persuade our men of wealth that the
worlds evangelization is possible and
that they may live to see it with
their own eyes. | have always cher
ished the idea that when the world is
converted we would be allowed to
come out on the battlements of heaven
and see the hammered procession and
the bonfres of victory. But I would
like to see the procession closer by and
just be permitted myself to throw on
fagot for a bigger bonfire. And if
you persuade our men of wealth that
there is a possibility for them to join
on earth in the universal glee of a re-
deemed planet, instead of laborious
beseeching for funds and arguing
and fattering in order to get
a contribution for Christian OBJ
jectS our men of wealth will
stand in line as at postoffice window
or a railroad ticket office, but in this
case waiting for their turn to make
charitable deposit. The Gentiles are
not long going to allow themselves to
be eelpsed by. Mr.. Hirsch, the Jew
who has just given forty million dol
lars for schools in France, Germany
and Russia. I rejoice that so much Of
the wealth of the world is coming into
the possession of Christian men and
women. And although the original
church was very poor, and its men,
bers were fish dealers ON the banks of
Galilee, and had only such stock on
hand as they could take in their own
net, today in the hands of Christian
men and women there is enough
money to print Bibles and build
churches and support missionaries
under God in ten years to save the
world.
Again, think that the worlds evan
geliZation can be achieved in the time
specified because we have already the
theological institutions necessary for
this work. We do not have to build
them; they are built and they are filled
with tens of thousands of young men
and there will be three sets of students
who will graduate into the ministry
before the close of this century, and
once have them understand that in
stead of preaching thirty or forty years
and taking into the kingdom of God
few hundred souls, right before them
is the Sedan, is the Armageddon, and
these young men, instead of entering
the ministry timid and with apologize
air, will feel like David who came up
Just as the armies were set III array
and he left his carriage and shouted
for the battle and cried: "Who is this
uncircumcisedPhi that he should
defy the armies of the living GOdT
and with five gravel stones skilfully
flung sent sprawling the Dragging ten
footer. his mouth into the dust and his
heels into the air.
WHAT NoBIER CLOSE TO GREAT
CENTURY,
My friends, what but such con-
summation could be a fit climax to
this century2 You notice a tendency
in history and all about us to climax.
The creation week rising from herbs
to fish and from fish to bird and from
bird to quadruped and from quadru-
Testament rising from quiet genealo
gical table in Matthew to apocalyptic
doxology in Revelation. Now, what
can be an appropriate climax to this
century, which has heard the puff of
the first steamer and the throb Of the
first stethoscope and the click OF the
first telegraph and the clatter of the
first sewing machine, and saw the
flash Of the first electric light and the
revolution of the first steam ploW,
and the law of storms was written,
and the American Bible ssociety
and American Tract society were
born; and instead of an audience
laughing down DIR. Carey for advo-
eating foreign missions, as was done
at Northampton in England in the last
century, now all denominations wy
ing with each other as to who shall go
the furtherest and the soonest into
the darkest of the New Hebrides; and
three hundred thousand souls have
been born to God in the South Sea
islands. and Micronesia and Melanesia
and Malayan Polynesia have been set
in the crown of Christ, and David
Livingstone has unveiled Africa and
the last bolted gate of barbaric nations
has swung wide open to let the gospel
in. What, | ask, with thousand in
terrogation points uplifted, can be a
fit, an appropriate and sufficient eli
max except it be world redeemed2
Yea, believe it can be done if we
get prepared for it, because the whole
air and the whole heaven is full of
willing help. "Are they not all min
istering spirits sent forth9" We make
an awful mistake if we calculate only
on the forces we can see. The might
est army is in the air. My hreth-
ern, SO much of .selfshness and pride
and rivalry and bad motives of all
kinds get into our work here that we
are hindered. But the mighty souls
that have gone up to the flying armies
of the sky have left all imperfection
behind; and these souls are with us
! and without a fault and with perfect
natures are on our side. You cannot
make me believe that after toiling
mere for long years for the redemp-
| ton of the world until from exhaus-
ton some of them fell into their graves
they have ceased their interest in the
stupendous conflict now raging, or
that they are going to decline their
help lrengus Primel Honored
on earth but now giorified in
heaven, have you forgotten the work
toward which you gave for moro than
half century your gracious life, your
loving voice and your matchless pens
| No Then come down and help.
Alexander Duff Have you forgotten
the millions of India for whose saliva
ton you suffered IN Hindoo jungle
and Numbered on missionary plat
form2 No! Then come down and
help David Brainardl Have you for
gotten the aborigines to whom you
preached and for whom you prayed
until you could preach and pray nc
more, lying down delirious amid the
miasmas of the swamp MOI Then
come down and help. Moncrieff and
Freeman and Campbelll Have you
forgotten Lucknow and Cawnporei
mol Then come down and help.
rub out of my eyes the stupidity andun
belief, and /. the servant of these grea
Elishas in the Gospel, see the noun
tains alrround about are full of horse.
of fire and chariots of fire; and they
head this way. Hovered over are WI
ersl Clouds of apostles in the air lee
on by Paul Clouds of martyrs in tn.
air led on by Stephen Clouds o.
prophets in the air led on by Isaiah
Clouds of patriarchs in the air led OF
by Abraham Clouds Of ancient war
riors in the air led on by Joshua, an,
that Bible warrior at whose prayer as
tronomy once halted over Ajalon ant
, Gibeon seems now TO lift one hans
toward tho descending sun of thi
country and the other hand towars
the moon Of the last decade saying
Stand thou still till the church O
God gets the final victoryl'