The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27

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Ono little sketch of Samuel kneelinQ
in prayer will mean more to your chill.
dren than twenty sermons on devotion,
One patient face Of Christ by the hand
Of the artist viii be more to your child
than fifty sermons on fofbearance.
The art OF the world is to be taken for
Christ. What has become Of Thor
waldsen's chisel and Ghirlandajo's
crayona Captured for the truth.
There is none like that: give it mel"
So, ! remark, it is with business acu-
men and tact When Christ was upon
earth, the people that followed him,
for the most part, had no social posi-
ton. There was but one man natur-
ally brilliant in all the apostleship.
Joseph of Arimathea, the rich man,
rislSed nothing when he offered hole
In the rock for the dead Christ. How
many Of the merchants in Asia Minor
befriended JesuSl | think of only one,
Lydia. How many of the castles on
the beach of Galiiee entertained Christi
Not one. When Peter came to Joppa.
be stopped with one Simon, a tanner.
What power had Christ's name on the
Roman exchange, or in the bazars of
Corinth7 None. The prominent men
of the day did not want to risk
their reputation for sanity by pre-
tending to be one of his follow
ers. Now that Is all changed.
Among the mightiest men in our
great cities today are the Christian
merchants and the Christian bankers;
and IL tomorrow, at the Board of
Trade, any man should get up and
mahgn the name OF Jesus, he would
be quickly silenced or put out. In
the front rank of all our Christian
workers today are the Christian mer-
chants; and the enterprises of the
world are coming on the right side.
There wns a farm willed away some
years ago, all tho proceeds of that
farm to go for spreading infidel books.
Somehow matters have changed and
now ell the proceeds of that farm 90
toward the missionary cause. One OF
the finest printing presses ever built
was built for the express pur-
pose of publishing infdel tracts
and books. Now it does nothing but
print Holy Bibles. ] believe that the
tlme 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
franl1incense. | look off upon the
business men of our cities and rejoice
at the prospect that their tact, and in
genuity, and talent will, after while,
al be brought into the service Of
Christ. 1t will be one of the mightiest
Of weapons. There is none like that;
give it mei'
BE DOWNHEARTED NO LONGER
Now, if what l have said be true,
away with all downheartednessl II
science is to bo 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 business acumen and tact of the
world on the right side-thine. o
Lord, is the 1ingdomi Oh, fall into
line, all ye peoplel 1t is a grand
thing to be in such an army, and led
by such a commander, 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 everything
that is worth ANYTHING, and there
viii be nothing but tho scum left.
A proclamation of amnesty goes
forth now from the throne of God,
saying; "Whosoever will, LET him
como" However long you may have
wandered, however great your sins
may have been. "whosoever will, let
him come" Oh, that could marshal
oil this audience on the side of Christ.
He is the best friend q man ever had
He is so kind-he is so lovely, so sym.
pathetic. | cannot SEQ how you can
stay away from him. Come now and
accept his mercy. Behold him as he
stretches out the arms of his salvation,
saying: Look unto me, all ye ends
of the earth, and be ye saved; for I
am God" Make final choice now.
You will either be willows planted by
tho water courses or the chaff which
the wind driveth away.