The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-17

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good pleasure 10 give you the
kingdomg Does this look - though the
church was losing ground1 Joseph Cook
says there have been ,0n 600 souls added
10 the church In the past year Can she De
growing less, Is Christianity . faiiure
when the Bible Is the most read and has
the largest sale Of any book thaf = pub
ished? Other books are published IN
limited editions bnt printers presses are
kept running night and day year IN and
year ont and print nothing but the Bible
Ny friends, Christianity Is triumphant
The church Is sweeping on to grand snc-
cess. The world has never experienced
such period Of spiritual revival - we sre
just entering. All these great moral forces
have been started in motion in the last
century and most Of them in the last
quarter. Only . century ago and missions
were unknown, now they are known every
whsrc. The Y. n. C. A. was organised In
1874 Less than twenty years ago there
was no W. C. T. T. Today il encircles the
globe. Less than ten years ago there was
no Y. p. c. E. s. Today they count their
members by the tens Of thousands It is
only . few years since the Evangelical
Alliance was formed in its warfare against
sin, and today il has in its ranks % 900
Of the foremost Christian workers in the
land. The volunteer students movement
is but started And still greater
revelations are yet to appear This Is
glorious day for Christian workers.
We are living. We are dwelling
In grand and awiul TINA
In IN age on ages telling.
To be living Ii sublime.
But now. in conclusion. are We willing to
be simply living in this grand and awful
time? Or do We want to be one Of those
who are actively engaged in bringing about
the Kingdom of our Master? Remember.
God works by means. He employs men rs
his His agents in the overthrow Of evil.
We can each one be an instrument In his
hand for doing good in this world, The
only question is. are we willing? We are
30 apt to feel that We can't do much
and hence We will do nothing. You don't
need to do much. simply be willing TO do
your little. Some OF you have experienced
and the rest Of as have heard of how men
rushed into the army when rebellion
threatened our land. At the country's call
thousands OF men presented themselves for
enlistment who knew less about musket
or the tactics Of war than the most ignor-
ant or backward Of us know about the BIZ
bic or the prayer meeting. But they were
willing to shoulder gun and do their best
to obey their commanders. The true pa
triot never asked to be appointed . general.
captain. or q lieutenant but he
volunteered a. = private ready for the
duties OF the field. And in that severe
struggle Il was the private soldiers who did
the fighting that preserved the Union. So
II is in moral warfare. The true Christian
IL not anxious to be preacher or an officer
in the church, but he Is ready and willing
10 do the Masters work in Whatever posi-
ton he IL competent to fill, and. my friends.
il il the church members that do the hard
fighting for Christ's cause They must fur
nish the money. which Is an essential part
OF the chusch's weapon. but Of the men,
bers come the Sabbath school teachers and
officers. 1t Is the rank and file of the
church membership that do the hard fight
Ing for advance Of the kingdom and they
should realize their importance. And il is
. grand thing to be engaged in Christian
work. You cant afford to Be out OF II.
Young men know the joy and hap
piness of successful business en-
terprise. But there Is . joy and an
excitement in Christian work, in its
fight against Satan and his legions that
excells everything else. 1t is . fight in
which we are confident of being conquerers.
for right must always prevail Christ
Jcsus our Lord leads US on to victory. and
when this victory is won every one of us
must either be on the one side or the other,
Either n conqueror or conquered. Now
which shall IL be? With Christ and enjoy
the victory. Against him and suffer the
defeat. God grant that We may all have
the courage and grace TO say. Lead on. O,
Lord. and viii follow" and be enlisted as
a soldier of the cross