Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-05

| vivid presentation II w0ulu De, Wueh'
ot such n c~onvocation, the physicians
of the world should tell what christ
had done for hospitals and the assuage
ment of human pain, and when chris
,;an awe declare what CHRIST mas
done for the establishment OF good laws,
and christian should tell
what Christ has done in the conquest
of nations. and Christian rulers OF lie
| earth would tell what Christ had done
in the government Of earthly domil'
ions. Thirty days Of such celebration
would do more to tell the world VINO
| Christ is than any thirty years. NOT y
land on earth but would hear Of 1t int
discuss it. Not an eye so dimmed Dy
the superstition Of ages but woulu see
the illumination. The difference Oh
| Christ's religion from al others is mat
its one way Of dissemination IS by a
simple telling" not argument, not
skillful ~exegesis, polemics or the science
of theological fisticuffs, but telling.
Tell We the daughter of Zion, Behold,
thy King cometh.' go quickly m
! 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 lnterna-
tional emphasizing of his Maturity! All
| India would cry out about such an
affair, for you know they have their
railroads and telegraphs; What is go
ing on in America" All Caina would
cry out: What is that great excite
! ment in American" All the islands or
the sea would come down to the gang
| plank of the arriving ships and ask:
What is that they are celebrating In
America" 1t would be the mightiest
missionary movement the world has
! ever seen. 1t would be the turning
point in the worlds destiny. 1t would
waken the slumbering nations with n
touch.
Question second: How would you
have such an International jubilee CON
! Quoted? Answer: All arts should DC
marshaled, and art in its most attrac-
tive and impressive shape. tlrst, arcil-
itecture. While all academies OF music
and all churches and ali great hails
would be needed, there should pe
great auditorium erected to hold SUCH
T, an audience as has never been seen on
any sacred occasion in America. III
ScribCnius Curio at the cost OF a king
dom could build the first two vast am
phitheaters, placing them back 10 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 gladiatorial contest and YES
pasian could construct the Colosseum,
with it's eighty columns and its tri-
umphs in three orders Of Greek archi-
lecture and Il capacity 10 hold $1,000
people seated and 1900 standing, and
all for the purposes of cruelty and sin,
cannot our glorious Christianity rear in
honor of our glorious Christ a structure
large enough TO hold $4,000 Of its wor-
shippers? If we so cropping 10 among
the ruined amphitheaters of Verona,
and Pompeii, and Capua, and PuZzuoli,
and Tarraca, and then stand transfiXed
with amaZement at their immense
sweep that held from $4,000 to 100000
spectators gathered for %carousal and
moral degradation, could not Christi
anity afford one architectural achieve
mcnt that would hold and enthrall its
$4,000 Christian disciples? Do you say
no human voice could be heard through
out such a building? All. then you
were not present when. at the Boston
Peace Jubilee, Parepa easily, with her
voice, enchanted 5000 auditors. And
the time is near at hand when in the
illogical SeminarieS, where our young
men are being trained for the ministry,
the voice will be developed, and in
stead of the mumbling ministers, who
speak with so low a tone you cannot
hear unless you lean forward, and hold
your hand behind your ear, and then
you are able to guess the drift Of the
SUBJECT, and decide quite well whether
it is about Moses or Paul OF some n
else-instead of that you will have
coming from the theological seminaries
all over the land young ministers with
voice enough to command the atten-
ton of an audience of $4,000 people.
That is the reason that the Lord gives
us two lungs instead of one. 1t is the
divine way of saying p~hysiologically,
BE heard" That is the reason that
the New Testament in beginning the
account of Christ's sermon OF the
mount, describes our Lords plain ar
ticulation and resound of utterance by
saying. He opened his mouth" In
that mighty concert hall and preaching
place which / suggest for this nine
teen hundredth anniversary, let music
crown our Lord. Bring all the orches-
tras, all the oratorios, all the philhar-
monte and Handel and Haydn societies.
Then give us Haydn's oratorio of the
Creation, for our Lord took part in
universe building, and without him.
says John, was not anything made
that was made" and Haldel's "AIes-
siah," and Beethoven's Symphonies"
and Memberships Elijah" the prophet
that typified Christ, and the grandest
compositions of German and English
and American masters, living or dead.
All instruments that can hum or roll
or whistle or harp or flute or clap or
trumpet or thunder the praises of the
Lord, Joined to all voices that can
chant or MARBLE or precentor multitu-
dinous worshipers. What an arousinp
when 10000 join in Antioch or Corona
ton or Ariel, rising into HaIleluisb or
subsiding into an almost
Amen.