Telegram-herald., 1891-07-27

lzdeH VITA cDium AID run. When tEe Al ga
air Of car cites - po1lutsd vita tbs i4agh.
Ter that brcaks ap from the Ten th0as4nd
saloons Of diss patton All abandonment.
waea the ores OF tae secoad deatl already
are kindled IL tho CHEEKS Of some who
oRly little while 40 we're incorrapL
Never since tbs curse fell upon ths cart a
has there b~en tilas hea 10 was saca al
0eSise, such erael. such an aafui thing
Tor the church 20 s4cep' The great audit
enees are rot gathered In the Christian
churches the great Audiences are gathered
Ia temples Of sla-tears Of uDutterable woe
their baptism. the blood OF crushed hearts
the awful wine Of their sacrament, bias
phemies their htany. and the groaas Of the
lost world the organ dirge Of their worship
Again. II you want - DO qualified 10
meet the duties " hich this aga demands Of
you. you must on the one hand avoid reck-
less icon0clasn. and On the other hand not
seick too much % thiEzs beeaus. they arc
Old. The AIR Is fun VI new plans. new
projects, new theories OF government, new
tksolegieS, and am amazed To see how 20
nasny Christians want only novelty ia
order 60 recommend thing TO their conf
dence, and 50 they vaeillate aud swing 10
aud fro, aud they are useless and they are
unhappy. New PLANS secular. ethical,
philosophical. religious. cisatlantic, trans
atlantic. All, my brother, do not adopt \
thing merely because IL Is new. Try it by
the realities OF judgment day.
But. on the other hand. do not adhere TO
anything merely because IL Is old There
Is not a single enterprise II the church or
the world but has sometimes been scoffed
at There WAS time when men derided
even Bible societies: and when few young
men met near a haystack in Massachusetts,
and organized the first missionary society
ever organized in this country. there went
laughter and ridicule all around the Chris
tian church. They said the undertaking
was preposterous.
And SO also the work Of Jesus Christ
was assailed People cried out, whoever
heard Of such theories OF ethics and gov
eminent, Whoever noticed such style
OF preaching as Jesus Lasy" Ezekiel had
talked of mysterious wings and wheels.
Here came a man from Capernaum aud
Gennesaret and he drew mis- illustrations
from the lakes, from the sand, from the
ravine, from the lilies, from the constalks.
How the Pharisees scoffedl How Herod
deridedl How Caiphas hissedl And this
Jesus they plucked by the beard, and they
spat in his face, and they called him" this
fellow,'' All the great enterprises in and
out of the church have Mt times been
scotfed at. ard there have been great
multitude who have thought that the
chariot Of Gods truth would fall TO pieces
II it once got out Of the old rut.
MILLIONS NEVER HEAR THE GOSPEL
And so there are those who have no pa
thence with anything ike improvement in
church architecture or with anything like
good, hesrty, earnest church singing, aud
they deride any form OF religious discussion
which goes down walking among everyday
men rather than that which makes an ex-
cursion on rhetorical stills. On. that the
Church of God would wake up 20 an adapt
ability of work. We must admit the SIM
pie fact that the churches of Jesus Christ
in this day do not reach the great masses.
There are iitSy thousand people in Edin-
burgh who never hear the Gospel. There
are one million people in London VINO
never hear the Gospel. There are at least
three hundred thousand souls in the city
of Brooklyn who come not under the i'm
mediate minissrations of Christ's truth,
and the Church OF God in this day, instead
OF being place full Of living epistles, read
and known OF all men, is more like dead
letter" postofIlce.
But" say the people, "the world Is go
ing to be converted. You must be patient
The kingdoms of this world are to become
the kingdoms OF Christ" Never, unless
the church Of Jesus Christ puts on more
speed and energy. Instead Of the church
converting the world, the world is convert
ing the church Here is great fortress.
How shall it be taken? An army comes
and sits around about il, cuts off the sup
plies and says, NOW VIC will just wait I'M
Ill from exhaustion and starvation they
will have To give up" Weeks and months,
and perhaps year. pass along. and finally
the fortress surrenders through that star
walton and exhaustion. But, my friends,
the fortresses Of sin are never to be taken
in that way. II they are taken for God it
will be by storm. You will have to bring
up the great siege guns OF the Gospel To the
very wall, and wheel til flying artillery
into line, and when the armed infantry of
heaven shall confront tie bettlements you
will have to give the quick command:
Forward, Chargef'
All, my friends, there is work for you TO
do and for me TO DO in order to achieve this
grand accomplishment! Here is pulpit.
and clergym IN breaches in it. Your pulpit
is tho bank. Your pulpit is the store. Your
pulpit Is the editorial chair. Your pulpit
is the anvil. Your pulpit Is the house
scafolding Your pulpit il the mechanics
shop. | may stand in this place and,
through cowardice or through self seeking.
may keep back the word | ought to utter;
while you, with sleeve rolled up and brow
besweated with toll, may utter the word
that will jar the foundation of heaven with
the shout of u great victory. oh, that to-
day this whole audience might feel that
the Lord Almighty Is putting upon them
the hands of ordination. Every one, 70
forth and preach this gospel. You have
~ much right to preach "a have, or as
auy man mas. Only find out the pulpit
where God viii have you preach, and there
preach.
Hedley Wears was n wicked man I'm the
English army The grace Of God came to
him. He beerme m earnest and eminent
Christian. Taey seoffed at him aud said.
you are hypoerite; you are ss bad ~
ever vou wcr-" Still he kept his faith in
Christ, and after awhile. finding that they
could not turn him aside Ivy calling him a
hypccrite. they said 20 him, "Oh. you are
nothing but fanatic" That did not dis
turh him. He went on performing his
Christian DIZZY until he had formed all bis
troop into Bibie class, and the whole en-
eampment was shaken with the presence Of
Col So Hsvelock went into the beathen
temple in India while the English army
was there. ard pat a candle into che hand
OF each OF the heather gods that stood
srnuod in the heather temple. and by the
light Of those .asd es, held M hy the Idols.
General Hsvef1ck preached Righteousness,
tem9ersacs ard Judgment 20 rome. AMI
who will say. on earth or In heaven. that
Haveiock hsd not toe right - preechs
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