Democratic messenger., 1889-04-20
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religious books. And thousands Of print.
ing presses now IN the service Of the devil
could he brought and set to work in the
service Of God. Why was the printing
press invented! To turn ort billheals
and circulars Of patent medicines aud icll
the news which in three weeks will he uf
no Importance From the old time Franl
lin printing press on up to the Lord Stan
hopes press and the Washington press
and the Victory press 10 Hoes pcricciing
printing press that machine has been i'm
proving for lis best work and It's final
work, namely, the publication of the glad
people. We have the presses, or can have
them before the Is, of January when the
new decade is 10 begin, 10 put Bible in
the hand of every son and daughter of
Adam and Eve now living. and il such
person cannot read we can have a celpor-
tcur, an evangelist or missionary to read
1t To him or her.
But this brings me to the adjoining
thought, namely: We have the money to
do the work. mean the 5O,000,OOO Of
Christians have 1t. Aye, the 2,754,0O0
Christians have IL ; and the dam which Is
beginning 10 leak will soon break and
there will be rushing floods Of hundreds
and millions and billions of dollars in
holy contribution when you persuade the
wealthy men of the Kingdom Of God that
the speedy conversion of the world is n
possibility, and that Isaiah and Ezekiel
and Daniel and 81. John will not stand in
the way of ii. but help il on. | have no
sympathy with this bombardment Of rich
men. We would each one he worth So
000,0 600 il We could. and by hard pcrsua-
! sion might perhaps be induced 10 take
| $ij, 100000 Almost every paper take
up tells Of some wealthy man who has en-
dowcd n college or built church or n
hospital or a free library. and that thing
is going TO multiply until the treasury Of
+ all onr denominations and rcformatory
organizations will be overwhelmed with
muniiccncc if we can persuade our men
| cf wealth that The worlds cvangclization
/ is possible and that they may live 10 sec il
with their own eyes. have always cher
+ ishcd the idea that when the world is con-
vcrtcd we would be- allowed to come out
on the baitlcmcnts of Heaven and see the
/ hammered procession aud the boniircs Of
victory, But would like to see the pro.
ccssion closer by and just bc permitted
myself Ia throw on iagot for bigger
bonfire. And il You persuade our men of
wealth that there is n possibility for them
To join on earth in the universal glcc of
redeemed planet. instead of laborious bc-
sccchins for funds and a:Suins and flat
tcring in order 10 get contribution for
Christian objects. our men of wealth will
stand in line IL al 4 postn,icr window ur
Il railroad ticket office but in tbs ease
Whiting for ihcir turn 10 make charitable
deposit. The GcniilcS ARE not ron going
Ia allow themselves Ia he ccipscd ny Mr..
llir>ch, the jew who has just given $i0,-
0O0 0hn for schools in France, tern my
AMI Russia. | rejoice that - m;irh ol he
wealth of the world is coming into %
possession of Christian men aud wnm.
And although The original church wa,
very poor and its members were fish deal
crs on the banks of Gallilce. and had only
such stock on hand as they could take in
their own net. to-day in the hands of
Christian men and women there is enough
money Ia print Bibles and build churches
and support missionaries under God in
IN years To save the world
PLENTY az TnEoLOGICtL INSTITUTIONS.
Again, think that the worlds cvangcli.
Xaiinn can he achieved in the time Spcci.
fled. because We have already the ihcolog.
ical institutions necessary for this work.
We do not have To build them; they are
bull, and they are filled with tens OF thou.
sands of young men, and there will he
three sets of students who will graduate
into the ministry bei re the close of this
century, aud once have them understand
That instead Of preaching 30 or 40 years
and taking into the Kingdom of God q
few hundred souls. right before them is
the Sedan. is the Armagcdilon. and these
young men instead Of entering the minis
try iimid and with apologize mir will feel
ike David, who came up just as the ar
mics were sci in array, and he left his
carriage and shouted for the battle and
cried: who Is this unciicumcisch Philis-
tine tha, he should defy the armies of the
living Cod : Aud with five gravclstoncs
skilllully iluns sent sprawling the brag.
gins i0.iootcr, his mouth into the dust
and his heels into the air.
Ny friends, what but such consum-
nation could be n iii climax 10 this cen
tury: You notice a tendency In history
and all about us To climax. The crca-
tion week rising from herbs To lish. and
from fish 10 bird. aud from bird to qtladru-
ped. and from quaduped 10 immortal
man. The New Testament rising from
quiet genealogical table in Matthew to
apocalypiic doXology in Revelation. Now,
wha, can he an appropriate climax to this
century. which has heard the puif of the
first steamer and the throh Of the first
slclhoscopc AMI the click of the tirs, tclc.
graph and the clat,cr of the first sewing
machine, and saw the flash of the first
electric light aud the revolution of the first
,icam.plow aud the law of storms was
written and the American Bible Society
aud American Tract Society were horn:
and instead nf an audience laughing down
Dr. Carey rnradyocaiins foreign missions.
as WAS done "a, Northampton In England
in the last century. now all denominations
wing with each other ~ Ia who shall 20
the furlhcrcsl and the soonest intn the
darkest of the new lIchrides; and 100000
soul, have been born To God in the South