Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-05
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
Mem Years SERMON 81 kss. d.
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ye in the eisy u Jerusalem ustal ~ b en-
doed wish power from on high"
Yer lev months. IN the providsocs Of
God. have two pulpiGs. one In Brooklyn
and tss other Ia New York. and through
the kindness Of the printing press al ever
widening opportunity To all such hear
srs and resdsrs come with m especial
message The time hes arrived for = for
ward movement such ~ the church and
NE world have never seen. That there Is
need for such religions movement IL
evident frsm the TACT that never since our
world MAS swung out among the planets
k.. -s.,x s.i mad do
ternined effort 10 overthrow righteous
ness, aud make the Ten Commandments
obsolete and the whole Bible q derision.
Meanwhile alcoholism b taking down its
victims by The hundreds Of thousands. and
the political parties get down on their
knees, prsssiealiy saying; 20 thou al
mighty rum jugi we bow down before
thesi Give N the ottices-city. state and
national Oh, give Us the Offices. and We
will worship thee for ever and ever.
Amen"
The Christian Sabbath meanwhile. ap-
pointed fer physical, mental and spiritual
rest, Is being secularlzcd and abolished.
AS II the bad publishing houses of our
own country had exhausted their literary
filth. the French and Russian sewers have
been invited To pour their scurrility and
American swine are now wallowing.
Meanwhile there are enough houses Of in
fanny in all our cities. open and unmolected
Of the law, to invoke the omnipotent
wrath which buried Sodom under deluge
Of birthstone. The pandemoniac world,
think, has massed it's troops. and they are
at this moment plying their batteries upon
family circles, church circles, social circles.
IL. -. Il -.
Apoilyon Is in the saddle. and riding at
the head of his myrmidons would capture
this world for dark ness and woe.
THE MINISTERS or THE UNITED STATES.
That is one side of the conflict now rag
ing On the other side we have the most
magnificent gospel machinery that the
world ever saw or heaven ever invented. In
the first place there are in this country more
than eighty thousand ministers Of religion
and. take them as class, more conse-
Grated, holier, more consistent, more self
denying, more faithful men never lived l
know them by the thousands. l have met
them in every city. am told. not by lem.
but by people outside our profession, peo-
pie engaged in Christian and reformatory
work, that the clergy of America are at the
bead of all good enterprises, and whoever
truth OF this is demonstrated by the fact
that when minister of religion does fall,
it is SO exceptional that the newspapers re-
port it as something startling. while a hun
dred men in other callings may go down
without the matter being considered as es-
pecislly worth mentioning.
In addition to their equipment in moral
character the clergy of this country have
q ks.%% he L.
logical, rhetorical, scientific, scholastic,
literary attainment. So much for the
Christian ministry OF all denominations.
In the next place on our side of the con-
fict We have the grandest churches Of all
time and higher style of membership and
more of them. and host without number
of splendid men and women who are doing
their best to have this world purified, ele-
va:cd. gospelized Bat we all feel that
something is wanting. Enough hearty
songs have been sung and enough earnest
sermons preached within the last six
months to save all the cities Of America,
AID saving the cities you save the world.
for they overflow all the land either with
their religion or their MANY.
CHRISTIANITY HAS YET MUCH TO WIN.
Bat look at some of the startling facts
Jesus Ca-ist came by the way of Eeshle-
hem caravaasary to save this world, yet
the most Of the world has been no more
touched by this most stupenaous fact of
eli eternity than II on the hrst Christmas
night che beasts OF the stall. amid tho bleet-
ins:s of their own young. had not heard the
blesting of the Lamb that was to be slain.
Out Of the eighteen hundred million of the
h.,~ H..
without God ard without hope in the
world, the camel driver of Arabia, Ma
hornet, with his nine wives, having half as
many disciples as our blessed Christ. and
more people are worshi1ing chunks Of
painted wood and carved stone than ara
worshipiny the living and eternal God.
Meanwhile, the most Of US who arc Engaged
in Christian work. speak for myself as
we'll rs othcrs-are toiiirg up 20 our fall
capacity Of body, mind and soul. harne$sed
up TO the last buckle, no, able TO draw a
pound more than wc are drawing or kft
"a ounce more THAI we are lifting.
What is the nsstsers ny text lees out
the secret. We all need more Of the power
from on high. Not muscular power, not
logical power. net scientific power. not so
cial power not financial power, not brain
power. bst power from on high. With il
we eoald accomplish more in one week
than witAeat it la hundred years. Ana
am going 10 gst It. II in answer TO prayer.
earnest and long continued. God will
grant Il me. bis unworshy servant Aea
ard ,eoman who know how TO pray. when
yea pray fer yourself pray for me that
| may be eudued with power from en-
high weald rather have Il than All the
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