Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-05

ssAir AEound the world put forth no direct
Effort for the salvation OF rrea. Did l say
there would have &c be a CHANGE l correct
that and say. there will be a change. II
tlske be fifteen million persons added every
year to the worlds population, then there
will be thirty mill,ec added to the church,
and forty r.il!ion and fifty million and sixty
milsica. How viii it be done: II viii be
done when the church will meet Chris. On
the plain. Come down o.t of the mountain
Of exclusivenee-. Come down out of the
morn.ain o. pride. Come down out Of the
mountain Of Journalism. Come down ont of
the mountain Of freezing and indifference.
Old DR.. Stephen +. Tying. great on earth
and in hca-1I. once said to me: Il an in
fave. Of a change. do not know what is
t e best way Of doing things In the chnrchec,
but I Know the way we ar" dcirs now IS not
the best way. or VIC World would be nearer
its sal-etfon than it seems to BE- SO L feel:
~ we all feel, that there needs to be a
change. The point at which we all come
short is presenting Christ on the plain, Christ
on the level with all the wc1ids woes and
wants and ne~ssstt.es.
The Nl..l Change will have to come from
NE rising ministry. We now IN the field
are too set in our ways. W. are iumbere1
up with technicaiities. We have too many
concordances and dictionaries AMI encyeIo
1edias and systems of t~hec.c,y On our mead
TO get down on tpe pam. Our vocabulary
i. too fvoettt. We are too muca under the
domination of customs regnant for many
centuries. Come on, young men OF the
ministry. Take this pulpit. take ali the
pulpits, and in the street, and the market
place, and the family circle praacr cfr.st
on the plain.
AS soon ~ tre Church says by its attitude,
nat nffessarily by its words, My one MS
Son is to help for this life and help for the
life to come all the people" and IT proves its
earnestness in the matter. people on foot and
on horseback and in wagons and In car
riages will come to the CHURCHES il sctn
numbers that they viii taveto be met at the
door by uahers, saying: You were here
last Sunday; you cannot coma today.
uchtlenen AMI ladies, you must take your
turn"
And It will be as in the Johnstown freshet
and disaster, when a government station
was opened fer the supply OF bread, and 1T
took the officers Of the law to keep the suf-
fcters in line because OF the great rush for
food. When this famine struck world real
liz S that the church is a government station
set up by the government OF the universe to
provide the bread Of eternal life for all the
people, the rush will IS unprecedented and
uni,na eirafle.
Astronomers have been busy measuring
worlds, and they have told us how great is
the circumference Of this world anu how
great is its diameter. yea, they have kept on
until they have weighed our planet and found
its weight to be six saxtlflion tons. But by
no science has the weight of this worlds
trouble been weighed. Now. Christ stand
ing on the level of our humanity stands in
sympathy with every trouble. There ars 50
many aching heads; His acbe1 unter the
thorns. There are so many weary feet; His
were worn with the long journey up and
down the land that received Him not. There
are SO many prosecuted souls. Every hour
of His life was under human outrage. The
world had no better place to receive Him
than a cattle pen, and its farewell was a clap
on His cheek and a spear in Ills side. SO III
tensely human was He that there has not
been in all our race a grief or infirmity or
exhaustion or pang that did not touch Him
once and that does not touch Him now.
The lepers, the paralytlcS, the lmbecile,
the manic, the courtesan, the repentsnt
brigand-which one did He turn of, which
one did He not pity, which one did He not
help2 The universal trouble OF the world is
bereavement. One may escape all the other
troubles, but that no soul escapes. Out OF
that bitter cup every one must take a drink.
For instance, in order that all might know
how He sYmpathizeS with those who have
lost q daughter, Christ comes to the house of
Jarius. There is SUCH a big crowd around
the door He and His disciples have to. ptsi,
their way in. From the throng of people |
conclude that this girl must have been very
popular. She was one OF those children
whom everybody likes.
After Christ got in the house there was
such a loud weeping that the ordinary tones
of voice could not~bs heard. / do not Won
der. The dead %daughte: was twelve years
OF age. 1t is about the happiest time in
most lives. Very little children suffer many
injustices because they are children, ami
childhood is not a desirable part of human
existence-they get wnacked Or set on. But
at twelve years OF age the enid has come to
self assertion and is apt to make her right.
known. And then, twelve years Of age il
too aa riv for; I hp ara nnl "a nvjnti,.. ar ttfa
So this girl was, L think, the merrlment OF
the household. She furnished for them the
mimicry and the harinles mischief, nnC
reused the gutfaw that often rang through
that happy home. But now she IS dead, ans
the grief at her departure Is as violent as bel
presence had been vivacious and inspiriting
Oh, the bereavement was 50 sharp, SO over
w%helming! How could they give her up!
suspect that they blanei themselves for
ibis or for that. On, II they had had some
other doctor, or taken some other medicine,
or had been more careful of hor health, or il
they had not given her that reprOof some
time when she had not really deserved it. II
they had been more patient with her hllar.
ties and, instead Of huohlng her play, haC
participated IN it? You know there are 5,
many things that parents always biam,
themselves for at such times. Only twelve
years Of age! So fair, SO promising, Sd fut
OF life a few days ago. and now 50 still. Oh
what it is to have a daughter dead! Th'
room Is luil or folks, but yonder Is the room
where the young sleeper is. The crowd can
not go in there. Only six persons enter. fiv
besides Christ-three friends, and. OF course
: the father and mother. They have the frs
right to go III. The heaviest part OF tn
l grief was theirs. AL Eyes iii that room at
= on the face Of this gar
: There lay the beau,I nj hand, white an
t finely shapen, tut it was not IItte! III erect
: ing 10 any OF the group. Christ steopet 10
> ward and took hold OF that hand and sap
1 with a tone ami acc-utuat.ou charged wit
q tenderness ami cpnulsn "ltnl,-f. :.
z uuto thee, arse" Ami without i moment
y delay she arose, her eyes wide open, h
cheeks turning from white lily To red ros
= and the parents cry. she lives Sac ii .es
le and in the next room they take up the >ouD
e She lives, She lives" and the thronC
front Of the doorway repeat il, She i've.
It She lives" Will not al those who have 10
It a daughter feel that such 4 Christ as II,
II can sympathlze2
! Christ on the plain. / care not from N.
- side you approach Him. you can touch Hi
q and get His help. Is it mental ieoressfo
$ YOU suffer- Remember Him who said, M
: God, Ny God, why has Thou forsaken Ne
10 lsit a struggle for hreais Remember Hi