The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-05-26

1890 oAA. sCioHCI WIFI an lnQlSnHnC
word, or doubled up fist, make re-.
Spouse. And yet here is our Christian
rellglon, which has done so much for
you and SO much for. the world that it
Will take all eternity to celebrate it,
and yet, when it was attacked, you
dld not SO much as say; II differ. I
| OBJECT. am sorry to hear you say
that. There is another side to this
You christian people ought in such
| Times as these to 60 armed, not with
earthly weapons but with
| THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT.
You ought to have four or five cues
tions with which you could confound
any man who attacks christianity.
You cannot afford to be silent when
| God and the bible and the things of
eternity are assailed Your silence
gives consent to the bombardment OF
your fathers house. You allow a. slur
| TO be cast on your mothers dying pill
low. In behalf OF the Christ, who for
you went through the agonies of as
sasslnation on the rocky bluff back of
Jerusalem, you dared not lace sick
| ~ joke. Better load up with g. few
| questions so that next time YOU will
be ready. "My dear sir, will YOU tell
me what makes the difference between
the condition of woman in China and
the United States? What doyou think
OF the sermon on the mount? How do
you like the golden rule laid down in
the Scrlptures?s Are you in favor OF
the ten commandments? In your
large and extensive reading have you
come across a lovelier character than
Jesus Christ? a
DO not let us lose ourselves in gen.
eralities. Not one of us but has had
! our lives sometimes touched by the
evil spirit OF the text
THIS AWFUL DUMB DEVIL!
We had just one opportunity of say
ing Christian word that might have
lea man or woman into a Christian
Life. The opportunity was fairly put
before US: The word of invitation or
consolation or warning came to the
inside gate of the mouth, but there
1T halted. Some hindering power lock-
ed the jaws together so that they did
not open. The tongue lay fat and
still In the bottom of the mouth as
though struck with paralysis. We
were mute. Though God had given us
the physiological apparatus for
speech, and our lungs were filled with
air which, by the command of our
will, could have made the laryngeal
muscles move and the vocal organs
vlbrate,' we were wickedly and fatally
silent. For all time and eternity we
missed our chance. Or it was pray
er meeting, and the servicewas thrown
open for prayer and remarks, and
there was a dead halt-everything ST.
lent as a graveyard at midnight. In
deed it was agraveyard and midnight.
An embarrassing pause took place
that put a wet blanket on all
the meeting. Men, bold enough on
business exchange or in worldly cir
cles, shut their eyes as though they
were praying in silence, but they were
not praying at all. They were busy
hoping somebody else would do his
duty. The women flushed under the
awful pause and made their fans more
rapidly. hutter. Some brother, with
no cold coughed, by that sound try
ing to fill up the time, and the meet
ing was slain. But what killed it?-the
dunno devil. This is the way I &C
count for the fact that the stupidest
place on earth are some prayer meet
lngs. | do not see how a man keeps
any grace if he regularly attends
them. They are spiritual refriger-
ators. Religion kept on ice. How
many OF US have lost occasions OF
usefulness. In sculptor's studio
stood the figure Of the god Oppor-
tunity. The sculptor had made hair
fall down over the face of the statue
so as to completely cover it, and
there were wings to the feet. When
asked why he SO represented Oppor-
tunity, the sculptor answered: The
face of the statue is thus covered be-
cause we do not recognize Opportun-
ity when it comes, and the wings on |
the feet show that Opportunity is
swiftly gone" ..
But do not let the world deride the |
church because of all this, for the
dumb devil is just as CONSPICUOUS in
the world. -a !
THE TWO GREAT POLITICAL PARTIES
will soon assemble to build platforms |
stand on. A committee OF each party |
will be appointed to make the plat
torm. After proper deliberation the
committee will .come in with ring |
ing report: Whereas, and "Whereas,"
and ''Whereas." Pronunciamentoes
all shaped with the one idea of getting
the most votes. All expression in re-
gard to the moral evils of the country |
is ignored. No expression about the
liquor traffic, for that would loose the
rum vote. Noexpression in regard to
the universal attempt at the den1oli-
ton of the Lords day. No recogni-
tion of God in the history of this ma
ton, for that would loose the vote of
atheists. But Whereas" and |
Whereas Nine cheers will be given
for the platform. The dumb devil of
the text will put one wing over the
Republican platform and the other
wing over the Democratic platform.
There is nothing involved in the next
election except officers. The great
conventions will be opened with
prayer by their chaplains. If they
avoid platitudes and tell the honest |
truth in their prayers, they will say:
90 Lord, we want to be postmasters
and consuls and foreign ministers and
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