Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-05-18

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~ ~ 6iesnno(nted. So you may well take my |
49, oY;t ~ the minor key and sci 1t to SONS |
go, IN ~ tba major key. "One genera
lion nasseth away. and another generation
Nothing can rob us OF the satisfaction tnat
rncounted thousands of the generation luol
mast we're converted. comiorten I'LL m"
yyasted for heaven by this church, wnetn5r
in the present building or the three prec,r1u-
inc bindings In which they worsnlp3I. tno
two great organs OF tho previous c,u,0 ~
went down in the memorable hr' ou' a..
mu'tnu iinous songs they lie year 49, o
were not recalled or injured: IuS,,;oh
nov,r IN earth or hell TO kill n haue.u'a"'
+ iS imnoesjble TO arrest hosannq. Wnat
satisfaction to know that there are many
thousands in glory on whose etern'' w1.-
fare this church wrought nightly No'9-
ing can undo that work. They have asceiu
ed the multitules who servei Coz Ill tn'.
generation. That chapter Is glorlousJ
en1ed. But that generation has lott It's III
preston upon this generation. =,
A sailor was dying on shipboard, AMI NJ
said to his mates "My lads, L cin onE
think OF one passage OF Scripture. 'In9 SOU
that sinneth, it Shall die, an thr keeP'
rjnginr in my e-rs. 'The soul that s'nneth,
IT shall die. Can't you think OF sonethnE
else in the Bible to cheer ma up?" WeH'
s,iIors are kin |, and they triel to think OF
some other passage OF Scripture with whicn
10 console their dying oomrI1e. but they
could not. One of them said "Lst us cal
up the cabin boy. His mother was Caris-
tan, aud guess he has Bible. the caoin
boy was called up, an the dying sailor
asked him Il he had Bible. He said "Ygs,
but he could not exactly nnd 1t, and the dy-
ing sailor scoldei him and said, Amt yogC,
ashamed Of yourself not to read your biolef
SO the boy explored the bottom OF MS ttuuk
and brought out the Bible, and his mother
| hal marked passage that Just Intel tne
DIVING sailors case, "Ths bloo1 OF Jesu:
| Christ. His Son, clelnssth fron all stu.
| That helped the sailor to die in pence. 30
| one generation helps another, an gool
things written or said or done are repro
! duce1 long afterward.
During the passing of the last generation
some peculiar events have unlolied. One
day while resting at Sharon Springs, N. l.,
I thiuk it WIS in 1870, tho year after my set
Element in Brooklyn, and while walking In
the park of that place, found myself asking
the question "I wonler II there Is any
special mission for mo to execute III this
| world? If Tiers is, may Go show 1t to ms!
| There soon came upon me great desire 10
preach the gospel through the secular print
ing press l reaize1 that the vast majority
of people, evan in Chrsttan lan1s, never
enter a church, and that 1t woui b. an OPP
portunity OF usefulness infinite IL that door
OF publication were op9ne1
And so [ recorded that prayer in a Dlan2
book aud offered the prayer day ie an DAY
| out until the answer cano, though IN way
| different from that watch l had expected,
for it came through thu misrepresentation
AMI persecution OF enemies, aud nave 10
record 1t for the encouragement OF all MINIS
tiers OF the gospel who arc misrepressnted,
that If the Misrepresentation Do viruieht
enough anil bitter enough and continuous
enough there is nothing that 50 widens ones
field OF usefulness as hostile attack, IL you
are really doing the Lords work. Inc
bigger the lie told about me, the big
ger the demand to see AMI helr what really
was doing. From one stage OF sermonlc
publication to another the work mas gone Oh
until week by week, an for twenty-throe
wears. I have had the world for my au iienc9,
as no man ever had AMI to-day more SO
than at any other time. The sypdlcates IN
form me that my serrlons go now 10 aoou1
25.O)O 900 OF people in all lands. mention
this not in vain boast, but as testimony 10
tho fact that Col answers prayer Wouiu
COLL had better occupied the field and been
moro consecrated to the work May GOO
forgive me for lack OF service in the past ano
double and quadruple AMI qulntuple mJ
work in future
In this my quarter century sermon re-
cord the fact that side by side with the pro-
cession of blessings have gone PROCESSION
of disasters. am preaching to-day In tn
fourth church building since began WORK II
this city. Ny first sermon was IN tn9 oic
church on Schermerhorn street 10 an au IL
ence chiefly OF empty seats, for the lurIl
Vas almost extineuished. That church tlle
huilf a larger ollrtl
which after two or three years disappeare
in fame. Then we built another cnurco
which also in line Ct fiery succession dis
apnearel in the same way. Then we put "
thfs building, and may 1t stan Tor man
wears, fortress OF Righteousness AM
Iighthouse for tbs storm tossei It's gate
crowded with vast ssmblag's long after W
,, have ceased to frequent them
J, We have raised in this church over 81
nan 600 for church charitable purposes dur
I'M the present plstorate, w1he We nav
: given. free OF all expense, the Sosps to nun
, 6reds of thousands of strangers, year b
I. wear. I record with gratitude to Col tha
! during this generation OF twenty-five years
;. ramamher but two Sabbaths that l hay
! missed service through anything like physc:
;n1ieno1itjons. Almost fanatic on tho SUI
loot Of nhysical exercise, have male tt
), marks With which our city is bsess9i "a
:, means of COOL physical condition. dal
y walk and run in the open air nave kept
=, reaiy for work AMI in COOL hunor with
% the world. l say to all young ministers
n the gospel it Is easier to keep goot heaF
3 than to regain it wien once lost The reas(
i an many goo men think the worli IS Goii
n 70 min is because their Owl physical col
! dition Is on the d0wn grade. No man oug
It 70 nreach who has II diseased liver or an @
= iarged spleen. There are two things amer
of rs that ought to keep us cheerful In
l. work-heayen aud the millennium.
: AMI now, having come up to the twent
: fifth milestone in my pastorate, "o1u
;, how many more miles an to traveiF 10
1t company has been excse llngly pleasant,
n nv dear neople. and would like to mlc'
:. nv vour side until the generation with VINO
! we are now moving abreast AMI stop 10 81
y shall have stacked arms after the last DAT DAG
IN Rnt the Lord knows best, an l we ought
- be willing to stay or CO.
~ Most of you are aware that L propose
- this time, between ths close or my twsn
! Afth wear Of pastorlte and before inc Deg
- ming of nv twenty-sxth year, to be aoSe
-, for n few months In order TO take n Jourl
~ around the world. expect to SAW rom ?
- Francisco in the steamer Alanela NJ "
a NV place here on Sab5aths VIII DO iu,y
~ cnnied. while on Mondays ant every mon!
% vii continue TO speak throu "a the print
~ nress in this and other lands as heretoio
AZ a. Why do go? TO make pastoral visItat
90 ~? among people have nsver seen, put
=, ~ whom have bsen permitted long VIII
-, administer. want to ssa them III their .
:" cities. towns and neignborhoo1s. wan'
a. ~ know what are their properties, w.lN III
~ universities an what their opportunities,
d so enlarge my work AMI get more adip'
III ross Why do I go? For educational P
~ noses Iwant to freshen my mind ana ne