The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-11-18


; Christian conquerors should tell wha
Christ had done in the conquest O
nations, and Christian rulers O
the earth would tell wha
Christ had done in the gov
eminent of earthly dominions THIRTY
days of such celebrations would d.
more to tell the world who Christ i,
than any thirty years. Not land OF
| earth but would hear of it and discuss.
IT. Not an eye SO dimmed by the su
perstition of ages but would see the il
Illumination. The difference of Christ.
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 the.
illogical fisticuffs, but telling" "Tell
We the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy
King cometh.' go quickly and tell
His disciples that He has risen from
the dead. $50 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 stelling."
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 arriy-
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 would You
have such an international jubilee con-
Quoted? Answer: All arts should be
marshaled, and art in it's 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 gladiatorial contest, and YES
pasian could construct the Colosseum,
with its eighty columns and its tri-
umphs in three orders of Greek archi-
lecture, and 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 structure large enough to
hold fifty Thousand of It's worshipers?
If we go 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 thousand to
one hundred thousand spectators gath |
cred for carousal and moral degrade
ton, could not Christianity afford one
achievement that would |
hold and enthrall its fifty thousand |
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 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
numbling ministers, who speak with
80 low tone you can not hear unless
you lean forward, and hold your hand
behind your ear, and then you are able
% guess the general drift of the SUBJ
Jet, and decide quite we'll whether it
S about Moses or Paul or some one
of that you will have
coming from the theological seminaries
III over the land young ministers with
voice enough to command the atten-
ion of an audience of fifty thousand
'eople. That is the reason that the
Lord gives us two lungs instead of
,ne. 1t is the Divine way of saying
"Be heardp' That is
he reason that the New Testament in
the account of Christ's SER
non on the mount, describes our Lords
lain articulation and resound of ut
erance by saying: "He opened His
MOUTH" In that mighty concert hall
nd preaching place which 1 suggest
or this nineteen hundredth anniver- |
airy, let music crown our Lord. Bring
II the orchestras, all the oratorios, all ,
he philharmonic and Handel and ,
Iadyn societies. Then give us Haydn's {
ratorio of the Creation, for our Lord
ook part in universe building, and (,
without Him." says John, twas {
OF anything made that was {
lade," and Handels 'sMes-
ah." And Bethoven's 'sSympho- !
les" and Mendelssohn's elijah, the ,
rophet that typified Christ. and the i
randest compositions of German and {
nglish and American masters, living a
r dead. All instruments that can hum r
r roll or whistle or harp or flute or I
ap or trumpet or thunder the praises r
the Lord, Joined to all voices that '
In chant or MARBLE or precentor null i
tudinous worshipers. What an arous- I
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