The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-03-28
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the gospel to those who have it not p
ut is the loaves and the fishes that carry
them to commercial centres, where the
people have the gospel preached to them
every Sabbath" We confess that We do
not see much self denial in a ministry
that goes with a great blast of trumpets,
and with much n~otoriety, and for a
couple of weeks service pockets from
one to two thousand dollars.
We certainly rejoice when any minis
ter Of CHRIST fares we'll at the hands Of
admiring friends but if what We have
said is true, "that self denial is the test
| of our devotion to CHRIST" then some ev-
idence of self denial on this line is needed.
Here at home there are many quiet
servants Of COP who know what self
denial means. We have seen these
earnest, self-sacriicing servants Of CHRIST
sitting at the feet Of the modern evange-
list, and receiving abuse that stirred u
souls for not having done greater things,
when it was their sacrifices and tolls that
made the emoluments Of the popular
evangelist a possibility.-Atlantic Meth
odist.
So, so! Here is a pretty kettle of fish
the greatest geniuses censured for saving
the world! What on earth are we COM
ing to- Does not the author of the above
know that things have changed within
the last ten years? This is a day of tele-
phones and buzz saws. Let him be care
full how he monkeys with a buzz saw.
Tallow dips have given. place to electric
lights. All slow coaches are left behind
by the steam-car and telegraph, and even
the human form divine has been re-
modelled and the top of the head is looted
to give room for swelling brains. Brains,
yes, this is a day of brains; and does he
not know that brains have been applied
to the bible, and that the old book don't
weigh as much as it did when grand
mother thummed it? Self-denial, indeed.
Why should an evangelist have any ac-
quaintance with self denial? Why, he
would not recognize it if it should meet
him in'the road and bark at him. And
why should he? Self-denial to the dogs?
Strolling evangelists, as they are sheer
ingly called, are doing agreat york They
are like comets. The Genet dashes into
the solar system, wheels round the sun,
and dashes off to do so again somewhere
else; and the grandest thing about him
is his tail. Let the evangelist have his
dollar. Isn't a pretty tail worth a dollar?
The evangelist does good, then, in dis
abusing the mind of the public of the false
notion that preachers ought not to make
money and become rich. They show that
gospel is merchandise, and that it is just
as right to sell ten days of gospel for
81 900 as it Is to sell any other commodity |
for a like amount. Why should not a
preacher get money enough for preaching |
to buy a p"alatial residence and clothe his
wife with silk and diamonds? "The
poor?" Oh, to grass with the poor
True, Christ was poor, and never saved
sinners at 800 a head, and had to borrow
a grave when they killed him. But,
then, that was in old times. Things have
changed now, and the people are being |
taught that preachers ought to be paid
better. So be it, amen. Hold a bit.
Amen don't mean quit.
Let all the preachers learn the evange-
trade. Ten days WORK in financial
centres only require twenty-five sermons,
you see. You can shoot. the same pop
gun at every flock of sinners. If you
should run out of powder, there are al
ways two classes of hearers to abuse. The
first is the saloon-keepers, who are not
often there-just wear them out world
without end! Open your mouth and let
her foam! The crowd will do the rest.
Then call upon all who want to go to
heaven to stand up, and then you count
the converts-count for all you are worth
count early and often and then get
silly editor to publish it-and you
are mLde-see?
The other class to abuse is the regular
preachers! Poor devils, they are so fear
full of doing wrong that they'll take all
you put upon them. Tell the people that
they have not had any revival in their
churches. OF curse you know that your
carousement made his methods and
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