The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-10-06

queens Oh the earth WOulu not SenQ
their representatives; they would come
themselves. The story of a Saviour's
advent could not be told without tell
ing the story of His mission. All the
world would say: Why this ado, this
universal demonstration? What a vivid
presentation it would be, when, at
such convocation, the physicians OK
the world should tell what Christ had
done for hospitals and the assuage-
ment of pain, and when Christian law
yers declare what Christ had dcne for
the establishment of good laws, and
Christian conquerors should tell what
Christ had done in.tthe 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 celebrations would do
more to tell the world who Christ is
than any thirty years. Not land on
earth but would hea= of it and discusss
it. Not an eye so dimmed by the SUI
perstition of ages but would see the IL
Elimination. The difference of Christs
religion from all others is that its one
way of dissemination is by a simple
telling" not argument, not skillful
exegesis, polemics or the science Of the
illogical fsticuffs, but telling" Tell
We the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy
King cometh." SEQ 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 international emphasizing
Of His nativity? All India would cry
out about such an affair, for you know
they have their railroads and tele-
graphs: What is going on in Amer
leap" All China would cry out; ''What
is that great excitement in American"
All the islands of the sea would come
down to the gang plank of the arriv-
ing ships, and ask: what is it 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 one touch.
Question the second: How wonld you
have such an international jubilee con-
ducted? Answer: All arts should be
marshaled, and art in its most attract
i've and impressive shape. First, archi-
lecture. 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 as has never been seen on
any sacred occasion in America. If
Scribonius Curio, at the cost of king
dom, could build the first two vast am
phitheaters, placing them back to back,
holding great audiences for dramatic
representation, and then by wonderful
machinery could turn them round with
all their audience in them, making the
two auditoriums one ampitheater, 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 a capacity to hold eighty
seven thousand people seated and
fifteen thousand standing, and all
all for purposes of cruelty and sin,
can not our glorious Christianity
rear in honor of our glorious
Christ a structure large enough to
hold fifty thousand of its worshipers?
If we GO groping now among the
ruined amphitheaterS of Verona, and
Pompeii, and Capua, and Puzzuoli, and
Tarraco, and then stand trans6xed
with amazement at their immense
sweep that held from fifty thousand to
one hundred thousand spectators gath
cred for carousal and moral degrada-
ton, could not Christianity afford one
architectural achievement that swould
hold and enthrall its fifty thousand
Christian disciples? Do you say no
human voice could be heard through
out such building? All! then
you were not present when, at
the Boston peace jubilee, Parepa
easily, with her voice, enchanted fifty
thousand auditors. And the time Is
near at hand when theological semi
naries, where our young men are being
trained for the ministry, the voice will
be developed, and instead of the
mumbling ministers, who speak with
so low a tone you can not hear unless
you lean forward, and hold your hand
behind your ear, and then you are able
to guess the general drift of the sub
iect. and decide quite well whether it
is about Moses or Paul or some one
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-
tion of an audience of fifty thousand
people. That is the reason that the
Lord gives us two lungs instead of
one. 1t is the Divine way of saying
physiologically; "Be heardI'' That is
the reason that the New Testament in
beginning the account of Christ's SER
mon ON the mount, describes our Lords
plain articulation and resound of ut
terance by saying: 'He opened His
mouth" In that mighty concert hall
and preaching place which l suggest
for this nineteen hundredth anniver-
sary, let music crown our Lord. Bring
all the orchestras, all the oratorios, all
the philharmonic and Handel and
Hadyn societies. Then give us Haydn's
oratorio of the Creation, for our Lord
took part in universe building, and
'swithout Him." says John, twas
not anything made that was
made and Hande1s ''Mes-
siah.' And Bethoven's .'Sympho-
nies." and Mendelssohn's Elijah, the
prophet that typifed 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
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