The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-05-26
Charles Wesley by Peter Boiler. who.

ned tho words:
Oh, for q thousand tongues to sing
| My dear Redecmel'S plnisc
Tho glories Of my God and king.
TIE ttiumphS of his grace.
Jesus, the name that Gains our fears,
| IL hat bids our SORROWS cease:
us music IN the sinners ears,
lis life and heath and peace.
While much of the mo dcrn music is q
religious doggcrel, consccratcd non.
sense, sacred tOmtoolcry, | would like
10 see some great musician of our time
mt the baton and marshal Luther's
Judgment Hymn, Yarmouth, Dundee,
ARIEL, Braltle Street, UXbridgc, Pleyeps
LYNN, llarwcll, Antioch. Mount Pisgall
and Coronation, with few regiments OF
mighty tunes made in our own time, and
storm Asa, Africa and America for the
klngdum OF God. But the first thing to
DO Is to drive out The dunn b devil Of the
text from all our churches.
DO not. however, let us lose ourselves
IN TcncraliticS. Not one of us but has
had our lives sometimes touched by the
evil spirit of the tcXt-this awful dumb
devil. We had just one opportunity of
saying 4 & 'ristian word that might have
led L mau or woman into a Christian
iIic. The opportunity was fairly put
before us. The word of invitation or
warning, came to tie inside gale of tho
mouth, but there it halted. Some Inn
dcrInI power locked the jaws together
80 that thcy did not open. The tongue
lay Hat and still III The bottom of the
mouth rs though struck with paralysis.
we were mute.
In sculptOr'S studio stood a iiyurc of
The god Opportunity. The sculptor had
made the hair fall down over the tace of
'ic statue so as TO completely cover it,
ANA there were wings TO the ieeL. When
asked why h. so represented OppOrtun-
| ny, the sculptor answered, The face of
the statue Is thus covered up because
we do not recognize Opportunity when
IL comes, and the wings to the tcet show
that Opportunity is swiftly gone"
But do not let the world deride the
church because of all Of this, foc the
| ulilhO devil Is Just as conspicuous in
the world. The two great political
parties will soon assemble to build
! platforms for the presidential candi
dates to stand on. y committee of
each party will he appointed to make
The platform. After proper delbera-
llon the committees Will come in with
Il ringing report, "Whereas" and
"NhrrraS" and "WhereaS." prooun-
riamentocs all shaped with one idea of
| getting the most votes
All expression IN regard to the great,
moral evils Of the country Ignored
NO expression a,ont the liquor traffic.
Tor that would lose the rum vote. No
expression iii regard to the universal
a'temp" at the demolition of the Lord s
day. NO recognition of God in the
ilStOIV OF this nation, for that would
lose the vote OF the atheists. But
Nv hrreaS" and "Whereas" and
NhereaS.' Nine cheers will be given
tor the platform. The dumb devil Of
Tn" text will put one wing over the
Republican platform and the other
wing over the Democratic platform.
Ihert is nothing involved in the next
election except Offices. The great con-
VentlonS VIII be opened with prayer by
their chaplains.
If they avoid platltudes and tell the
honest lruth IN their prayers, they will
say: 90 Lord, we want to be post.
masters and cOnsuIs and foreign minis
tcrS and United States district at
,orneyS. For that we are here, and for
that we Will strive till the election
next November. Give us office, or we
die, forever and ever. Amen" The
world, To say the least, is no better than
the church on this subject Of silence ut
the wrong time. In other words, is It
not time tor Christianity TO become
| PRONOUNCED and aggressive as never
before: rake sides for God and sobrl-
ely and righteousness "If the Lord
hr GOD, follow him; ii Baal, then
follow him" Have you opportunity
IL | lIIi Gin Df,l
you chance to cheer a dishearted
soul? Cheer it. Have you il useful
word to speak? Speak il.
lie out and out, up and down for
righteousness. 1t your ship is afloaL
Oh the l'aclllc ocean Of Gods mercy.
hang out your cOlorS from masthead.
snow your passport If you have one.
i'J not Smuggle your soul into the
narDor of heaven Speak out for God,
rms morning close up the chapter of
lost opportunities, and pitch it into
me East river, and open a new chapter.
ijrlore You get to the door on yolr
way out this morning shake hands
WIN some one and ask him to Join YOU
on The road to heaven. DO Lot drive
up 10 heaven In two wheeled ''Sulky,"
with room only for one, and that yOur-
self, but get the biggest Gospel wagon
ana nelghbOrS, and shout till they
near you all up and down the skies.
"Cone with us, aud we will do YOU
good, for the Lord has promised good
concerning Israel"
Ihe opportunity for good hich YOU
may consider insignificant may be
tremendous for results, as when on
The sea Captain IIoldane sw0re 1T the
SHIPS crew with an oath that wished
them all IN pcrditiOn, and Scotch
sailor t"uchcd his cap and said.
"Caplain, God hears prayer and we
would br badly Off If your wish were
answered." Captain noldane was con-
victed by the sailors remark and was
converted, and became the means of the
SALVATION of his brother Robert, who
had been an inlidcl, and then Robert
became Il minister Of the GOSPEL. and
under his ministry the goddess Felix
Men became the world renowned mis-
Slonary OF the Cross, and the worldly
Merle I'Aubigne became the author Of
The History of the Reformation" and
VIII be the glory Of the church for all
ages.