The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-01

years tina. almost continuous city encrcliug
Lake Gzlhee was the metropolis Of our
planet. II was - the very heart Of TIE
world that Jesus came 70 soOt1e Its SorroSs.
and pardon its sins, and heal It's SICK, and
emancipate It's enslaved, and Teanimate is
dead
And let the church and the world take
the suggestion. While the solitary places
are not % Be neglected, we must strike for
the great cities, II this word Is ever 70 be
taken for Christ. EvanEeliZe all the earth
except the cities. and IN one year tue cities
would corrupt the earth B1t BRING TIE
cities. and all the world will come. Bring
London, and England viii come. Bring
Paris. and France viii come. Bring Berlin,
and Germany will come Bring ST. Peters
burg, alc Russia viii come. Bring Vienna
and Austria viii come. B ing CAIRO, aud
Egypt will come Bring the near three
million peoJle in this cluster Of cities on the
Atlantic coast, and all America viii soon
see the salvation Of God Ministers
of religion let US intensity our eva gelism.
Editors and publishers, purify your print
ing presses, Asyiuns OF mercy, enlarge
your plans of endeavor. And instead Of
this absurd and belittling and wicked Ii
valry among our cities as TO which happens
to lave the most men aud women and call
dren. not realizing that the more useless
and bad people a city has the worse OF 1t
is, ard that city which mas 10000 good
people, Is more 70 be admired than a city
with l0O,0 90 pad people; let Us take moral
census and see how many good men and
good women are leading forth how large a
generation of good chi dren who will con-
secrate themselTe IS and consecrate the round
world 20 holiness and 70 God. Oh thou
blessed Christ who didst come
TO- the mighty cities encir-
cling Lake Galilee! come IN
Thou who didst put thy hand on the white
name of the foaning billo Of GenneSaret,
and make them lie down at tay feet, hush
all g raging passions Of the world. Oh
thou bic sed Carist, who, on the,night when
the disciples were trying TO cross this lake.
and ''the wind was contrary" after nine
hours Of rowing had made only three miles,
dist come stepping on water that at the
touch cf thy foot hardened into crystal,
meet all our shipping, whether On placid or
stormy seas, and say TO all thy people now
by whatever style of tempest tossed or
driven, ss thou didst, TO the drenched disci-
pies in the cyclone, BE Of good cheer. It
Is l. Be OF afraidh
Thack God that have seen this lake Of
Cnristly memories, and l can say ETith
Z bert McCheyDe, the assembled minister OF
Scotland, who, seated on the banks Of this
lake. wrote in his last SICK day, and Just
Def re be crcsSed the Jordan. not the Jor-
dan that en- ties into Galilee, but the Jordan
that emp-es into the Sea of Glass
mingled with fire. tnese sweet words fit to
Be PLAYED by human fingers on strung
strings Of earthly lutte. or by angelic fin
gers on sersphic harps:
X is not that the mild gazelle
Conss down u drink thy tide,
But He that was pierced to save from hell,
Oft wandered by thy side
Graceful around t1ae the mountains meet
Thou calm, reposing sea;
But ali, far more the beautiful feet
OF Jesus walked over tlee.
O Saviour gone to Gods right hand,
Yet the same Saviour still
Gravsd on thy heart is this lovely strand,
And every fragrant hill.