The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-20
agv DR.. TAbMAdE.
SUBJECT, "Oppos'enstie- y"
Nilans. . tPrsachst 40 nAni'
non, WIS.,

e-,s.. a., BAutifu was the wfe u |
At,asse,,ns ~ Ahominable Ths Nine had
s-gi.., 10 her 10 present petition = hof IN.
fse,e,,. laisband In behalf Of NJ lgrnelltish
.ati,,a n wlllrh she had once bclonged She
wAsnIfau 10 undertake the work ies! she
should los her own life: but her uncle, nor,
dotni. she had brought her up, encoirhssl
her WITH me suggestion that probably sho
had beesg rnissd 30 Of Ord for that peculiar
mission "Wbo knowsgn whnthw thou art
s.,sne a. ~. kingdoms for such time ~
tblsy lEthsf sd her God,appointed work;
Won auA khaas ours II h my business "
tel you ahat blyie q people 20 ought 70 hs
u order dat W. uay meet tho denAne ~
Ae AGO inhshich God has east our lot. II you
have oonla expecting v hear nberacllons
disNassd D. dry ttchnicnlitiss Of roiigion
elorihsd yot have CON T. the wrong place,
bni II tou xsiliy wodld ike N know wnnt
dis aEehan &rigbt 70 expect 81 you ~
: GbriAtau men ana soinen, then ann READY
inShe Lords name 20 leoL you ~ inc fnes
N.pen two MfFics lave rushed into tmttle
The oNcera Of eiAher army 20 not want pun,
osophiAal discuAi0ns alyout tbs chemical
probortles oil hanhan hl0ti Or tho nature Of
grinpOWdtl4 Thsy wnnE some Dne 70 man
The bnJtfieA and sNab Qua the guns Anh
NON whAn ah fha ltrces ~ lignt aud dark
nAtA 81 beaycn and he'll, Dave plunged into
the fight. Il IL ~ tine " igive ourselves y
the definitions and fdrnnIns and technienlt
ties aud coiiyeDtionniisea oi religion what
20 want Ia practical earnest. concentrated,
entbumnstinfnd tfitimphnbt help What We
need IA the East You ~ wDsconan Mood.
Ia the tirat placo.in order TO meet the
gpepia, demand Of thb age you need 70 be
an Enthusiastically aggressive Christian. or
hail AMI hrlf Christians We 10 not want any
more Tho church OF Jesua Christ viii be-
better without tnn thousand Of them. They
ARE The chief obstacle 10 tho ohurcb'a ad-
vancament ! am speaking OF another kind
Of Christian. All tho appliances for your
becQning an earnest Christian are at your
baud, nlid there IL a straight path for you In
70 tho broad daylight Of Gods forgiveness
You may have como bere to-day tho bonds.
men OF tan world, AMI yet before yon 10 out
" thesr doors you may become the princes
~ tiio Lord tiod Almighty. You know what
excitement there Is In this country when n
foreign prin0o comes ~ our shorat Whyi
Because ID * expected that some day no viii
sit upon a throne. But what II all that
honor conpe,ed with the honor 10 which
God calls yon--to be sois and daughters Of
the Lord Almighty, yea, 10 De queens aud
kings unto aod They shall reign with
Him forever aud forever"
But my friends. you need not be aggres-
sive Christians and not like those persons
who spend their lives in hngging their Chris
tinn graras and wondering why they do not
make amy progress. How much robustness
~ health would man have II he hid him
SELF Ia a dark closetY A great deal of pioty
uf the day Is too exclusive. IL hides itself.
II needs nors fresa mir, more outdoor ex0r-
else, ThnFn are many Christians who are
New ars tss fii'irR ubtp ~ sRl 2
the condition 81 thair Asfmavuua ssasaAth, How
long would n,an have robust physical health
II he kept all the days aud weeks and months
ana wears Of his life feeling his pulse instead
81 gning out into active, earnest everyday
work.
i was once amid the wonderful hewltah-
inv chntua growtha OF North Carolina. |
never was more bewllderod with tue heauty
OF flowers aud yet when ! would tako up
one OF These cnctuaes and pull the leaves
apart, the beauty was all gone. You could
hardly tell that u hal ever been a flower.
Aud Cher. are great many CHRISTIAN poo
ole IN tnis day just pulling apart their
Christian experiences 90 sea what thorO N
IN thea,, and there IL nothing attractive
left. THIS style os self examination Is
damage instead Of an Advantage TO thei,
Christian character. \ remember when
wa a boy / used 10 have small piece IN
ehe aag.ian that | called my own, and
plAiited corn there, and every few days l
nottld null Il up to see how last " was
growing. Now, there ara great many
Christian people in this day whose self ex-
animation merely amounts 10 the pulling
the day before planted.
Oh my iriends II YOU 'wapt TO havs a
ftaiwart Christian character plant u rsght
out oi doors IN tho great Held OF Christian
useluncss, and though storms may come
upon H. an though tue hot sun OF trial uay
try to consume ~, Il will thrlva antli y w
COMES great tree. W which the fowls o.
heaven may have their haoitation | have
no patience with These hogerp1t Chr stiau y
They keep themselves uader sheltar, aud all
their Christian expericate In snail, OK. u'
siye Circle, when they oAsht to plant 10 ia
the great garien OF ths Lord. " tnat tue
whole atnos ghpre cauld bs aromatic with
their Christian usatllness Whaa we want
ln tha uAurch OF tod u moro Drawn ut plety.
The catury plant Is wonderfully suggss-
two and Wonderfully heantiiu. uus j never
hook at Il .Aithout thinking OK its parsimony.
1tiaiH 10 generations 80 ny before II puts
- ,...A blossom; 50 1 have really
INtp bsnf fot admiration when | SEQ
uos* NV hears Ia the blue owes OF
~ asMs fSrtiey come every sprins. nv
~ man friends. tune IS going by 50 RAP
~ fhaf we cannot AFFORD % ba idle.
2..'llf statistician says that human life
-, hne an average of onl thirty-two years.
t<s,n. these thirty. two yeAfs you must sub
tas,f all che time you take Tor sleep and the
lnklns Of food and recreatien' thst wlii leave
IN about sixteen years From thosestxteen
Sears vnu must subtract all the time you are
neccs-ariiy engageiin the earning 81 a hveli-
hood: faat viii leave you about eight years.
Frof, huosa eight years you must take all the
dnxs 4, weeks and months - All the length
~ ~ tnat Il passed IN childhood and sick
800. " wing Won about one year IN which 20
va = God. oh, my SOUL wake upl How
Al ID ia sleep In harvest time aud with 80
go in which 20 reap 80 that state
h a. Sihple fact that ALI the time that the
Val inaiAity Of You will have for the ex-
clesive srvico of God will be less than one
year
But avs some man, Il literally support
the Gospa and the church i open ana the
Gospel pnAnhad; all the spiritual advan-
tagos an spread before men ant Il they
want 10 b raved let them come and b.
Enved; lave discharged All my response
hiiity." All isthat the Masters spirits Is
s1ere nc, "A old Book somewhere that com.
nnands nia 20 out into the highways and
hadgcs al compel Tho people 20 come IN
What would have become OK you and me n
Christ BAD not come down OIL the hills Of
heaven. ani IL He had not come through the
door of tha Rathlehem caravansRry, and u
Re hadnot With the crushed hand OF toe
crucidxion lnorkei a. tbs iron gate OF the
uronichtr u our spiritual death, crying.
t.f.arariis oonc forthF
ah. nvCfrisrian frienis this IS no time
n.r Intriia saan Al the forces OF darkness
z -assn d bafa .rull bias, when steam printing
r4ns.as afe lnhishing intdel tracts. when
rrnf..s rlilr,ad trains are carrying mes
--rl,-r-s 81 ia when fast clippers are laden
1.Ist % .irn ana ran. when the night air 81
...,r crises b polluted With the laughter that