The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-09-21

science is Christianity. There is moth
ing under which you can 30 appropriate
lY write, "Quad erat demonstrandu dunn -
"Genflemen of the jury, have you
agreed upon your verdictp" the cOurt
or the clerk says to the Jury, having
been out all night. on coming in, "Have
you agreed on your verdct?" 1t they
say yes, the verdict is taken and record
ed. II they say, mo, we have not
agreed, they are sent back to the iury
room. 1T one Juryman should say, "I
thlnk the mau is guilty of murder"
ana another Juryman should say, 81
think he Is guilty Of manslaugh ter, "
and another juryman should say, IL
think he is guilty of assault and bat
tery with intent to kill" the Judge
would lose his patience and say: "Go
back: TO your room now and make up a
verdict. Agree on something"
wen, my friends, there has been as
great trial going on for centuries and
ior ages between Skepticism, the
plalntin, versus Christianity, the de-.
iendant. The scientists have been i'm
paneled and s"orn on the jury. They
have been gone for centuries, some of
them. ami they come back, and we say,
"Gentlemen of the jury, have YOU
agreed upon Il verdict?' They say,
mo, W" have not agreed" Then we
say, GO back for few more centu-
rieS anH then come in and see if Won
can hgrer,sre II you can render some yer.
dlcI Now, there is not the meanest
prisoner in the rOmhS court who would
be condemned by Il jury that could not
agree, and yet you expect us to re.
nollnce our glorious Christianity for
Slch Il miserable verdict as these men
nave rendered, they themselves not
having been able to agree.
But my subject shall no longer be
defensive-it must be aggressive. |
must show you that instead of Christi
anity falling back it is on the march
ana that The coming religion Of the
world IS to be the religion of the Lord
Jesus Christ 10000 times intensified. 1t
Is TO take possession of cyerything-of
all laws, all manners, all customs, all
cities, all nations. 1t is going to be so
mighty us compared with what it has
hecn--so much more mlghty--that it
VIII seem almost like a new religion.
huopi This theory because Christi
anltY has gone on straight ahead not.
WithSlandlng Ill the bombarument. and
lniidcliy has not DESTROYED Il church or
cllppicu minister or rooted out one
verse OF the l'iblr, and now their am
ih'lhltlNn seems to be pretty much ex-
new against Christianity and if ('hris'
tian;' has gone on undcr the bomh,rJ
mrnt of centuries and still continue,
to advance may we moi conclude thai
rs tho powder and shot Of the oth"r
Sldr seem 20 bc exhausted, Christianity |
IS going on with more rapid stride?
llnu an encodranglng fact in the |
Thought that the secular press in this |
day and tha pulnit scam h,rnecsoG -
the same team for the nrocl,m,tinn nf
the gospcl. Tomorrow there ,yilJ not
be Il banker on Wau street. or Stats
street or Tnird street who will mot
have in his pocket or ON his tahln tra,'
tiSrS on Christianity. calls to. renant
ancr and Scripture passarps Dn 0r 3o
Of them, in the reports of the Chriatian
churches of this civ and other cities
Why, that thing would hnvr heen im'
possible Il few years ago, Now IN
morning and Monday evening"
he secular press spreads abroad mora
religious truth than all the tract s0cir.
les Of th'. country spread in the other
SIX days. BlrSsod br the tract societies,
We hail them. and we hail these others
SAY it would have been imnossihin
| few years ago. Hundreds Of letters
you'd have come to the secular news.
'aprr offices: "Stop my paper. We
liyc rrli zion on Sunday. DOn't piva
Is any through the week. StOp ny
'apcr." But / have been told that
many Of the secular newspapprs have
heir largest circulation on MONDAY 6
lOrning, and the whole population OF ;
his country are becoming sermon r
naderS. Besides that, have yOu rf5t | i
otlced tn 1t papers procaiming them h
ives secular almost every week have "
li%lou5 discussion in them? G.
Go back few years, when there was 4
-. ,. uIlcut PAPER III Ine | lhlted States t
: "O ''''t lioI ulScuSSlon on the doc p
i.,' ~" VI eCellal pIlalshment. small n
t1H 1H lI'ue merry Know, but there p
q 1' ny iloe an lntelllgenI man IN the Uni "
q 9ta.e5 l1aI aS result OF controVer- &
III leHdlu 10 cternal punishment did t
y ASK nl'lSe'l Cnc question:, wv nat Is b
NC my tIerhal deStlhy And 80 b
me years ago "heh Iyndall offered t
) prayer gauge, 'nere was not secu- b
Spaper IN the hlted States a
~ ulu lloC DISCUSS Ihe question:: t
'oeS Nou ever answer prayer? May | |;