The Progress., 1893-11-04
!dcTLEAD OR BE LED
n,ocu,s ALTERNATIVE IN THE
~ .osseN1 GREAT CRISIS.

s.,;es on "The eoiis
,,,c, to workinsmen'
vopv Oct. 29.-Rev. Thomas
SES :, cave the fifth and last SER
rSOn' o." series for October on The
pn y p Revolution" in Association hall
piu9 na9ornjng. The specific subject of
was "The Call of the Hour"
"osiutained ~ that the hour ', was as one of
n1,"t nnSant importance to all who love
and right and live for that hu-
rn ,rb;ch is broader than self. He
r'n ..ied to the politician to be patriot
Ev s"sten 10 adjust the state and its
. .o tbe crying needs of the people.
B1~..led W. 10 the rich to consider the
p10J responsibility to God and So
d'E 1.on6rrned by their great power,
cs n-ced that they lead in social re-
and thus best conserve their own
p'us, :.,e-ests and the interests of the
NOE. u.,o,, os,os 80
y snc people to frown on all forms of
'S .,,rcs and put out of their organiza-
". an mch advocates, perfect their
n.;zation. local and national, and to
and vote as a unit. He appealed
.sa conservative to hear with open
and fair mind the cry for new
,e;r society. The church, he declared,
I. heen given the opportunity of the
- this crisis and must lead or be
q r,rst master and save the move
or be slain by it. The text chosen
=. from Matthew tx, 81, The harvest
,,Ir !. plenteous, but the laborers are
..r.'
This text has been usually interpreted
weanipg the call for more laborers
s,bs foreign mission field and the evan
ss.t;c departments of our home work.
Vs need above all things today an en-
.,ud conception of the work and mis-
IN d Jesus Christ and of his church.
M very next sentence in the context is
ss,ontradiction A. in so many words of
,,h narrow view of the truth set
srh in this lament of Christ.
Listen: And he called unto him his
. disiples and gave them authority
mg unclean spirits, to cast them out
nd 10 heal all, many of disease and all
manner Of sickness"
This he did Immediately upon his OBJ
sraticn of the great call of the harvest.
H. xrlt his disciples forth upon work
d adicsl reform and physical minister
hs Jesus recognized the sanctity of
ts BODY. He recognized the breadth of
es kingdom he came to establish to be
No ess than the saving of the whole
whitman in his entire relations and
hum every i'll at last that brings pain
md tears and death.
DAYS THAT TELL on THE AGES.
Vel might Phillips Brooks say that
b snved the babe born this day the
rrlege Of living for the next so years.
lka divine privilege to live in any day.
But there are days that tell on the ages.
And this is one of them.
To hive, to think, to act today is to
touch the hands of centuries that reach
mi to Us from the past and join hands
With ages that sweep out before us.
liis ian age on ages telling
To be living is sublime.
The under masses of the world are
moved By mighty impulse pressing
hem upward On their backs are piled
he majestic structure of conservative
uylizs,ion This Samson cannot be
nd down Shall he rise in blindness
nawrath and pull down on his own
heal the giant columns he has helped to
nr Or will some kindly teacher take
fm by the hand and lead and help to
hhigher life that now throbs within?
hss the burning problem of the hour.
kyef that kindly hand has not been
uisnded to lead. So far from it, the
rwus that might teach and lead seem
Mltten with blindness themselves and
snseln anger at this disturber of their
pace
Ihe issues at stake in the conflict thus
threatened are worldwide in their sig
ncance and involve the fundamentals
asocial organization.
Hsan hour of solemn import to the
nee II is an hour that calls for the
1nest thought and loving sacrifice of
very man who believes in truth and
Sni and his fellow man.
IRE STATE A DIVINE INSTITUTION.
hnt-lt is trumpet call to the pa
aM i is an hour when the politician
suged by every consideration of per-
nA Advancement and by every motive
sn'y Craftsmanship to hasten the ad-
lape
! eleve that the state is divine in
A'non- More, believe that the mod
.Mle presents to us today the ever
ssnding outlines Of the Kingdom of
va which Jesus Christ said he came
Establish upon this earth.
As impossible for those who are in
rsu 70 resist this divine work of pro-
lung and saving the people. he who
ss e Will surely be destroyed. On
soever this stone falls he shall he
psand to powderl
Ssaid Jesus.
/ II
sutne hour that calls for a higher
nooler political ideal. The time has