The Atlanta constitution., 1894-05-14

shelter when it ought to be climbing the
rocks or hcwing in the forests. Then 1t
would be a stalwart religion a ROBUST re-
licjon a. religion able to digest the strong
meat of the word instead of being kept on
the pap and cruel of spiritual nValldlsm.
1t is high time that we throw OH the oulll 1
dav clothes of sickly sentimentality ana
put on the workaday dress of an earnest
active Christianity.
Here is Brooklyn, here in New YORK; mere
are the United States; here is the whole
world to be converted 1t is eighteen hun
dred and ninety-four years slnce tfr;c Shpist r1:
and South America, are still uneVanGellz9d.
More people are born every year INTO the
world than are born into the Elhsaon ao,I Oh
Cod At that rate, ask any one who can
do a simple sum in arithmetic to CALCULATE
when this world Will be brought 10 Jesus.
AZ that ratio never! never! never! And
vet we know that it is TO be prCu2ht 10
Christ But the church will have to cnange
its tac and take wider res sweep talle WIN be fse
lieve that the great masses OF the Pfopie pc PIE
are now ready to receive the gospel 1a, II we we
give them chance A boy goes alohg ill.o Sine dne
Street at night and sees ! fine house beau
tifuly lighted up, and hears music, ana ne
says 81 wish / was in there. put nave
not been invited" and 50 he passes on.
Here is the ch Irch of God, lighted up with
festvity and holy .mirth, and the world
and sometimes wishes it was inside, plt
saws that it is not invited. Oh! invite the
world to come in! 60 out INTO the HigH- ia,,i
tation, printed in these words, Come ior
all things are now ready"
Some years ago two hundred men were
buried in the Hartley colliery OF England.
The queen of Eng land, from her throie,
telegraphed rs HERE re- any nope 5ol over T
the wires: ''No hope; they are dead here
is whole race buried in sin, ana LA 9arhne55,
the throne of God today IS, IS tnGIe any
hope for the men?' Answering mtelllSence
comes back from the thr9ne on T,ae OF Gof tbriin tI
through the world s woe: Yes. nope ior
one! hope for all. Whosoeyer will, let hun hlm
s.Co1ne And let them that is atnirst come.
An Important Question.
We have had conventions all over the
country discussing the subject, how o shaii l.
the great masses be brought to Christ!
They have passed splendid resolutions at
the close of the meeting-a long list or
eight, ten or fifteen have been read, and
then the presiding officer has said All
conVersion of the world, purifying the
making everything all right, say 4y ~
Ayr say a thousand voices. M Al opposed
No" THE ayes have 1t. Ihere! the
world is converted. Ah we do not seem to
get along by such a process.
If this world is ever to be brought to God,
it will not be by the handful Of ministers
we have in this country 1t will be by the
great masses of Christian men and women
church membership of this country would
but put on their asmor, and go forth, l
believe that in fifteen years this whole land
would be redeerled for Christ. Would God
that ali the people were prophets! 1 am
never afraid to hear a man say that he is
people will not go to hear him. If ne can,
he has message from the Almighty; and
l would have him deliver it. Look out how
you interfere with him.
Since we have been together as pastor
and people how many have been promoted
to the glores of heaven. They died sweet
ly, calmly, only Christians can die. They
have put down the staff of their pilgrimage;
they have taken up the palm of the victor.
The Lord Jesus has swung his arm through
been up and down al! these aisles. He has
taken the little children-the dear little
children. He came down into the garden
to gather the lilies, and the aged as well.
One who sat right here that when
used to preach could almost put my hand
on his head when 1 came back from my
summer vacation.Was gone on! now tne
glories of heaven shone around that old
mans face he sat here Sabbath after
Sabbath! Gone now. Happy spirit! Happy
with all those who have passed the flood!
One army of the living God
To his command we bow
Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.
L thank YOU for all your kindness, for all
your sympathy, for all your prayers for me
as pastor 1t is a sorrow to me that / am to
be absent even for a few months. / have
worked to the fun extent of physical
mental and spiritual endurance for this
Now we start out on our twenty-sixth
year How many Of us will close it here
cling to Christ. Oh! that all the people
would love him! l wish that could take
this audience this morning and wreath it
around the heart of my Lord Jesus Christ.
Oh! he is such a dear Savior He is such
a loving Jesus! He is so precous He is
all the world to me. lie is the heaven to
me. He washed away my sins. He COM
forted me in days of darkness and trouble
He is mine o blessed Jesus! Sweetest
sound I ever heard, or ever expect to hear.
is thy namei
My closing prayer this morning is that
God will have mercy on the dying pOpula-
tion of great cities. and that the whole
earth will put bridal array for the com
ing of her Lord Ride on! King Jesus! Ride
on! Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
from everlasting to everlasting, and let the
whole earth be filed with his glory! Amen!
and Ameni
lie VIII Stick by Them.
The trustees prepared letter to DR.. Tai
mage asking him if he would accept the pas
tOrate of a new Tabernacle if it built
free from debt, mad he replied that he would
do
The trustees expect to have a new taber- |
nacle built in a year, free from all lncum-
hrances One of the trustees said tonight |
that Russell Sage held a mortgage on the |
tabernacle property which now amounted to |
more than $125, 900, but that Mr.. Sage would
accept $125 900 in full payment OF all ms |
claim.