Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-18

eye. and with voice all full OF tremors
sings
jesus, lover Of my soul,
time u Thy bosom nv
While the blll0 81, GEAR m roll,
While ths tempest II II hisL
Hide me, o my SWIour, hide,
tai the storm OF he Il past.
safe into the heaven guide
Oh, reCe Ne my soul at la T.
And Jesus says to her, Mother are Won
weary And she saws, Yes. Jesus, l am
very tired" Jesu, says, Mother, are you
poor And sue says; "Yes, | au very
poor. | cannot sew any more | cannot
Knit any more. AN very poor." Jesus
SAYS to her, Mother, would you like to
rest She says, Yes, Lord that is what
| waut-rest.' Courage, mother says
Jesus. II will See thee through"
She goes home The next morning In the
tenement house some one dwelling Oh
! another floor comcsto her room and knocks
No answer. The door is opened. She Is
dead The night before the chariots OF God
halted at that pillow OF straw ana Jesus
sept His promise, He said that He would
give her rest. and lie has given her rest
Cory be TO God for the height. the depth.
tl. lsngth ami the breadth OF such Christian
comfort oh, that we might have such Joy
- that which INSPIRED the men at the battle
II I.euthcn They were singinS Christian
song "a they went into battle. general
singing NO, said the king. Men that
sing like that can night | would that we
hal "A singing church, joyful church. Il iu-
Gilant church. comforting church, for then
We would have triumphant church.
| remark, further, that we have here tried
10 build a church abreast OF the times. II Is
all folly for US t. try to do things the way
| they did tiitv or 100 years ago. We might as
/ we'll be blowing with Eli ah's crooked stick
ar ~ a lea = far
"A Canalboat to au express train, as to be
clinRing 20 old thiogs What We most need
/ now is II wide awake church. People who
are out In the world all the week, jostling
against this lightning footed century, come
! into the church on the sabbath aud 20 right
/ TO sleep unless they have u spirited service.
! Men engaged IN literary callings all the
week, reading pungent, sharp writings, can.
/ not he expected TO come and hear our eccle.
/ s.Hsticai humdrum.
II u man stay at home on SUNDAYS and
reads the newspapers, 1t is because the news
| papers are more Interesting. We nee4. my
| brethren, to rouse up aul stop hunting with
! blank Cartridges. The church OF God ought
! to be the Leader the interpreter, the ins pirsr
| o. the age. 1t il all folly for us to be dis
cussing old issues -arraigning Nero, hang
Ing Absalom, striking the Phllistines with
! Shamgar's OK goad-when all around about
! Us are iniquties 10 be slain.
Did say that the church ought 10 be
! abreast OF the times take that back. The
church OF God ought to be ahead otthe times
| as far In advance as the cross OF Christ is
ahead OF oil human invention. Paul was
! 1000 years ahead Of the DAY in which he
lived. The swift footed years that have
passed since Luther died have not yet come
| up TO Luthers grave. Give iniquity 1909
! years the start, aud the feet OF Christianity
are so nimble that II you will but give 1t full
swing II will catch up and pass 1t in two
bounds. The church OF God ought TO he
| ahead OF the times.
remark. further, that we have tried here.
| in the love and fear OF God, to buildA church
that would be characterized 10y conversions.
| | have heari Of very good people who could
| preach on for fifteen or twenty years and sea
no conversions, but YET have taith. II taxes
II very cool man to do that | DO not know
| how man can keep his faith up il sous arr
| not brought 10 tho Lord Jesus Christ That
church that docs not bring men and women
to the feet OF the Saviour Is n failure. lcdrc
not how fine the building, or how sweet the
music, or how eloquent the preaching. OF
! how elegant the surroundings it is a faiur'.
| The church OF God was made for jus! one
thing to get men out oil the world into this
| Kingdom Of heaven.
The tendency in churches is to spend their
time in giving fine touches to Christians
much indoors and under shelter, when it
ought to be climbing the rocks or hewiug in
the forests. Then II would be u sialwLrt re-
liglon, a robust religion, n religion aOle 10
digest the strong meat OF the word, instea
OF being kept on the pap and Cruel OF spr-
ituaI invnltdism. It Is high time that W.
threw off the Sunday clothes OF sickiy senti-
mentality and put on the working dress OF
an earnest, active Christianity.
Here Is BrOOklyn hero Ia New York hpr3
are the United States, hero is the whole
world to be converted. IL is 1891 years
since Christ came. and yet Europe, Asia
Africa. North and South America are still
unevRngelized. More people born every year
into the world than are born into the king
dom OF God. AT that rate ask any one who
can do a simple sum in arithmetic to calcu-
late when this world will be brought to
Jesus. At that rate, never, never, never
And yet we know that 1t Ia to be brought to
Christ. But the church will have to change
its tact and take wider sweep with the gos-
pei net than It has yet taken. believe that
the great mass Of the people are now ready
10 receive the gospel II We give them a
chance.
boy goes along the street ut night and
sees fine house beautifully lighted up and
hears music, and he SAYS. 81 wish | was In
there. but have not been invited, and 80
he passes on. Here is the church OF Goa.
lighted up with festivity and holy mirth, and
| the world passes along outside, hears the
music and sometimes wishes 1t was inside,
but says that Il Is not invited. Oh, invite tho
world to come in Go out into the highways
md hedges. Send ticket OF invitation
printed In these words, Come, for all things
are now ready"
Some years ago 200 men we're buried In the
Hartley coliery OF England. The Queen OF
England from her throne telegraphed. is
there any hope for the menY" After awhile
the answer came over tho wires mo hope.
They are dead" Here Is whole race buried
In sin and darkness and woe. The question
that thrills up to the throne OF God to-day
Is, "Is there any hope for the mem" Answer
Ing intelligence comes back from the throne
OF God, thrilling through the worlds dark
ness, thrilling through the worlds woe