The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-09-27


tion the kings and queens of the earth
would not send their representatives;
they would come themselves. The
story Of Savior's advent could not be
told without telling the story OF His
mission. And the world would say:
Why this ado, this universal demon
stration? What a vivid presentation 1t
would be, when, at such convocation,
the physicians of the world should tell
what Christ had done for hospitals and
the Arrangement Of human pain,
and when Christian lawyers declare
what Christ has done for the establish
ment of good laws, and Christian con-
querors should tell what Christ had
done in the conquest of nations, and
Christian rulers of the earth would
tell what Christ had done in the gov
ernment Of earthly dominions. Thirty
days of such celebration would do
more to tell the world who Christ is
than any thirty years. Not a land on
earth but would hear Of 1t and discuss
1t. Not an eye so dimmed by the SUI
perstition of ages but would see the IL
Elimination. The difference of Christ's
religion from all others is that Its one
way Of dissemination is by simple
telling" not argument, not skillful
exegesis, polemics or the science OF
theological fisticuffs, but telling"
"Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold,
thy King cometh." "Go quickly and
tell His disciples that He has risen from
the dead" 'Go home to thy friends
and tell them how great things the
Lord hath done for thee" when He
is come, He will tell us all things" A
religion Of telling" And in what
way could all nations so well be told
that Christ had come as by such an In
ternational emphasizing of His nativ-
typ All India would cry out about
such an affair, for you know they have
their railroads and telegraphs: What
is going on in American" All China
would cry out: "What is that great ex-
citement in American" All the islands
of the sea would come down to the
gang planks of the arriving ships, and
ask: "What is it that they are cele-
brating in American" 1t would be the
mightiest missionary movement the
world has ever seen. 1t would be the
turning point in the worlds destiny.
1t would walxen the slumbering nations
with one touch.
Question the second: How would
you have such an international jubilee
conducted? Answer: All arts should
be marshaled, and art In its most at
tractive and impressive shape. First,
architecture. While all academies Of
music and all churches and all great
halls would be needed, there should be
| one great auditorium erected TO hold
such an audience us has never been
seen on any sacred occasion in Amer
ica. II Scribonius Curio, at the cost OF
kingdom, could build the first two
vast amphitheaters, placing them back
to back, holding great audiences for
dramatic representation, and then, by
wonderful machinery, could turn them
round with all their audiences in
them, making the two auditoriums one
amphitheater, TO witness a gladitorial
contest, and Vespasian could construct
the Colosseum, with its eighty columns
and its triumphs in three orders OF
Greek architecture and capacity tc
hold eighty-seven thousand people
seated and fifteen thousand standing
and all for purposes Of cruelty and sin,
cannot our glorious Christianity reaI
in honor of our glorious Christ a
structure large enough to hold fifty
thousand of its worshipers? If we
20 cropping now among the ruined
amphitheaters OF Verona, and
Pompeii, and Capua, and Puzzuoli and
Tarraco, and then stand transfXed
with amazement at their immense
sweep that held from fifty to a hun
dred thousand spectators gathered fol
carousal and moral degradation, could
not Christianity afford one architec
tural achievement that would hole
and enthrall its fifty thousand Chris
tian disciples? Do you say no human
voice could be heard throughout such {
building? Ali then you were not pres
ent when at the Boston Peace Jubilee
Parepa easily, with her voice, enchant
ed fifty thousand auditors. And thu
time Is near at hand when in theolog
ical seminaries, where our young mel
are being trained for the ministry, tn,
voice will be developed, and instead o
the mumbling ministers, who speal
with so low tone you cannot hear un
less you lean forward, and hold you
hand behind your ear, and then ar
able to guess the general drift Of tn,
subject, and decide quite well whethe
II Is about Moses or Paul or some on
else-instead of that you will hav
coming from the theological seminarie
all over the land young ministers will
voice enough to command the attention
Of an audience Of fifty thousand people
That is the reason that the Lord give
us two lungs instead Of one. II
the divine way of saying physio
logically, "Be heardp' That is tn
reason that the New Testament 4
beginning the account Of Christ
sermon on the mount, describes ou
Lords plain articulation and resoun
Of utterance by saying: 'He opene
His mouth" In that mighty concer
hall and preaching place which sui
gest for this nineteen hundredth ar
niversary, let music crown our Lord
Bring all the orchestras, all the ora
torios, all the philharmonic and Har
del and HAYDEN societies. Then Civ
us Hayden's oratorio Of the Creation
for our Lord took part In univers
h,,,i1lno and nwithout Him. aav