The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-17

. ADuh UdGh on my ancestral line. ana j
. see therein such mingiing and mixture
/ of the blood of all nationahties that feel
akin 10 all the world, and by the blood of
! the son of God. who died for all people. I
! address you in the bonds of uni ersal
/ brotherhood, / come out as only a ser-ant.
/ bringing an invitation TO a party, and |
/ put IL in your hand. saying, Come. for all
| things are now ready" and urge it upon
| you and continue 10 urge IL. and, before
| get through. / hOre, by the blessing of
Coo, TO compel you TO come in.
We must take care how we give the in
vitatlOn. My Christian friends think
sometimes we have Just gone opposite to
Chrlst's command, and we have compelled
people 10 STAY out. Sometimes our ella Dor
ated instructions have been the hindrance.
We graduate from our theological semi
narles on stills, and il takes five or six
years before we can come down and stand
right beside the great masses of the peo-
pie, learning their joys, sorrows, vic
tories, defeats We get our heads so
brlmful of theological wisdom that we
have TO stand very straight lest they
spIu over Now, what do the great
masses of the people care about the tech
nlcallties Of religionl What do they care
ABOUT the hypOSta union or the diff
ference between sub-lapsarian and SUPRA
lapsarldLt What do they care for YOUR
profound explanations, clear as a London
log When a man is drowning he does
not want you 10 stand by the dock and
describe the nature of the water into
which he has fallen. and tell him there
are two parts hydrogen gas and one of oxy-
gen gas, with common density of thirty
nine Eahrenhelt, turning to steam under
a common atmospheric pressure of two
hundred and twelve. He does not want
chemical lecture on water; he wants a
rope.
Q my friends, the curse Of God on the
church, it seems to me, in this day. is
metaphysics. We speak in an unknown
tongue In our Sabbath schools, and in
our religious assem- blages, and in our pull
pits, and how can people be saved unless
they can understand u.s. We put on our
Official gowns, and we think the two silk
balloons tapping at the elbows of a
preacher gives him great sanctity The
river OF Gods truth flows down before us
pure and clear as crystal; but we take
our theological stick and stir il up. and
stir IT up, until you can see the bottom.
Oh, for the simplicity of Christ in all our
lnstructlOns-the simplicity he practiced
when standing among the people. he look
a lily, and said, There is a lesson of the
manner will clothe you" and, pointing
to a raven, said, There is lesson of the
way Will feed YOU; consider the lilies
behold the fowls"
| think often in our religious instruc-
lions we compel the people TO stay out by
our church architecture. People come
In and they find things angular, and
cold, and stiff, and they go away never
again to come; when the church ought to
be great home circle everybody having
a hymn book, giving half of it To the one
next TO him, every one who has hand to
shake hands, shaking hands-the church
architecture and the church surroundings
saying to the people, Come in and be at
home" Instead of that think all these
often compel the people to
stay out Now, let US all repent of our
sins and begin on the other track, and
by our heartiness of affection and
warmth Of manner and imploration of the
spirit Of God, compel the people to come
in. How shall we lead sinners to accept
the Lord invitation | think we must
certainly begin by holy life. We must
be better men. better women, before we
can compel the people to come into the
of Jesus Christ. There are fine
essays being written in this day about
science and religion. l tell you the best
argument in behalf of our holy Christian
lty II IS good man, a good woman, a
life all consecrated to Christ. No infidel
can answer it. O, let us by a holy exam
pie compel the people to come in.
read OF minister of the gospel who
was very fond of climbing among the
Swiss mountains. One day he was climb
ing among very dangerous places. and
thought himself all alone, when he heard
a voice beneath him say, Father, look
out for the safe path, l am following"
and he looked back and he saw that he
was climbing not only for himself, but
for his boy. Oh, let us be sure
and take the safe path! Our children are
following, our partners in business are
following, our neighbors are follow
ing, great multitude stepping
right on in our steps. Oh be sure and
take the right path! Exhibit a Christian
example, and so by your godly walk com
pei the people TO come in.
think there is work also in the way of
kindly admonition. l do not believe there
is person in this house who, if an
preached in kindly manner, would refuse
to listen. If you are rebufed, it is be-
cause you lack in tact and common sense,
But oh, how much effective work there is
in the way of kindly admonition! There
are thousands of men all round about you
who have never had one personal invita-
ton to the cross. Give that one invita-
tlon, and you would be surprised at the
alacrity with which they would accept it.
nave friend, Christian physician.
who one day became very anxious about
the salvation of brother physician, and
so be left his Office, went down to this
mans office, and said, us the doctor in?,
NO" replied the young man wait
ing; the doctor is not in"
We'll" said the physician, when
he comes in tell him l called, and give
him my Christian love" This worldly
doctor came home after while, and the
message was given to him, and he said
within himself, What does he mean bv
leaving his Christian love for me?" And
he became very much awakened and
stirred IN spirit, and he said after
while, why, that man must mean nv
soul" and he went into his back Office.
knelt down and began to pray. Then he
took his hat and went out to the office of
this Christian physician and said .'What
can do TO be saved 2" and the two doc
tors knelt in the Office and commended
their souls to God. All the means used
IN that case was only the voice of one
good man, saying, Give my Christian
love to the doctor" The voice of kindly
admonition. Have you uttered it to-day2
VIII you utter it tomorrow viii Won
utter 1t nowl Compel them to come in.
L think there is great work also to be
done in the way OF prayer If we had
1alth enough to-day we could go before
God and ask for the salvation of all the
people in our churches, and they would
all be saved there and then. without a
single exception. There might be profess
sional men there political men there.
worldly men there, men who had not
heard the Gospel for twenty years, men
who are prejudiced agansJ the preachers,