Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-03

rovivnis nevertheless hayo not words TO
express their admiration for the rcyiyalista
Of the past for they were revlvnlists--
Jonathan Edwards. John Wesley, George
whitnneld, Fletcher, Grimm, Davies Os'
born, Knnpp, Ncttloton and many others
whose nAinos come 10 MY mind, Tho
strength Of their Intellect and the holiness
Of their lives mnke me think thoy would
not hngo anything 10 do with that which
WINS cphumoral. oh, II IA easy To talk
against rcylvAls.
A man snld 70 Mr. Dawson II Ike your
sermons worry much, but tho after meet
inas dcapisc. When tho prayer meeting
begins, always 20 up Into tho Rallgry
and look down, and ] nm diseusted. y
well, - said Mr. Dawson, THE reason Is
you go on tho top Of your neighbours house
and look down his chimney to oxAmine his
FIRE, aud OF course you only get smoke In
your eyes Why don't You come In the
door and sit down and wnrmi"
Tho Downward Road.
oh, am Rfrnld 10 say aHything against
roylynls Of religion, or against anything
that looks like thom, because l think 10
may DO sin against the Holy Ghost, and
you know the bible snya that u eln against
tho Holy Ghost sh0ll never be forgiven,
Mother In this world nor tho world 10
oomo Now, II you hro n painter, and
speak against your pictures, do not speak
against your II you arc IN architect, and
speak against n building you put up, 10
not RpunS against your II n revival 30
the work Of tho Holy Ghost, and ! speak
against that rpvival, do not speak against
the Holy Ghostl And whosoeycr speaketh
Dgainst tho Holy Ghost, says tho Bible ho
shall never DO forgiven, neither In this
world nor IN the world 70 come, think
sometimes people have made a fatal mis-
tako IN this direction.
Many Of yon know tho history Of Aaron
Burr, Ilc WINS ono u the most brilliant
men Of his day suppose this country
never produced stronger Intellect He
was capable Of doing anything good and
great for hla country or for tho church OF
God had he been rightly disposed, but his
name IL nsAdoatod with treason nRalnht
tho United StHtes government which ho
tried to overthrow, and with libcrtinlsm
and public immortality
DO you know where Aaron Burr started
on tho downward roadl IL was when he
wns In college, and he became anxious
about his soul and was about to put him.
self under the Influences Of royiysl, md
minister vi religion said. Don't go
there, Aaron, don't 90 there, Thatg q
plRcc Of wildllroand great excitement, No
religion about TINT Don't 20 thoru" llo
tnrrled away. His serious Impressions do
parted flo started on the downward road
And who ~ responsible for his rulnY Was
It tho minister who warned him against
that revival
The Real Dlmouity.
j. I...- . H..
roylyals, OF courso do not mem tompo-
rhry arrangement II tho nerves. do not
mean tho absurd things If which we hnyo
road AZ trnnsplrlng sometimes in tho
church OF Christ, but mean an intolli.
pent, intense, all absorbing agitation Of
body mind sand soul In the work OF spir.
itunl escapo md spiritual rescue.
Now l como TO tho real, genuine cause
of objection to roylyals. That ia the cold.
ness Of tho Ohjector. 10 "a tho secret and
hidden hut unmistnkhhlo cause In every
ease, II low state u religion IN tho heart
Wide awake. oonsccntod, useful Christians
arc noyor nfrnid Of royivala II Is tho spir.
itunlly dead who arc afraid OF having their
Hepulrhcr moloslod, Tho chief agents Of
tho dovll during great awakening GRO al.
ways unconvertod professors Of religion
AZ soon as Chrlst's work begins they bo.
GIN to goasip against IL and take phil Of
water and try 10 put out this spark OF ro-
lglQua inHponcc, and thoy try to put out
another spark, DO they succncd3 Az wen
when Chicago was ON fire might some ono
have gone out with garden water pot
trying TO cNtinguish IL.
Tho difficulty ig thnt whom u revival DO.
gins In u church a. begins at 40 many
points that while you hnyn dourcd uno
anxious soul with a pail " cold Wutcr thrr0
nru 800 other nnxiuua souls on ilrc, oh,
how much hottor 10 would be 20 lay hold
Of tho chariot OF Chrlsts gospel and help
pull u on rn.hor than TO lling ourselves In
front " tho wheols, trying TO block their
prugreasl We win not stop tho chariot,
but Wa ourselves viii hc ground to powder.
Did You over hear that there was con,
voution ouco held among tho icobcrgs In
tho Arctlo7 " eccns that the summer was
coming ou, and tho sun was getting hot.
ter and hotter, mud there was DANGER that
tho whole loellold would brnk up and low
away So tho tallost, and tho coldost, and
the hroudost of all the icohcrgs, tho very
king " the nrotics, stood ut the head VI
tho convention, and with u ,Faycl Of Ice
Wuotc ON u table OF leo calling the cunven.
tipn to order But the sun kept growing
ia Intensity Of heat, and tho south wind
blow stronger and ntrongcr, aud soon all
tho iooll0ld began 10 grind up, Iceberg
against iceberg, and 60 flow away. The
iirst resolution passed by tho convention
was, Resolved that We abOllsf'tho sun. 4"
Hut the sun would not he abolished.
Tho heat OF the sun grew greater and
greater until nfter awhile tho very king
at tho icobergs began 20 porsplro undor tho
glow and tho sniallor ieehergs fell over,
and the cry wns; Zoo much excitement.
Ordcrl ONorl" Then the whole body,
the whole ileld, OF leo began TO iow out,
md thousand voices began TO Ask:
'Whoro orr we going to n0wl Whore
pro we floating rs We will MI hroal,
TO pieces ny this time the icohorfs
had rosohrd tho gulf Rtroam, and thoy
wnr melted Into tho bosom OF tho Al.
loutlc ocean Tho warm sun Is tho
eternal spirit Tho icehorgs aro frigId
Christians The warm gulf stream l. a
great Wyiyal Tho ocean into which oy-
erylhing melted Is tho great, Wide heart
Of the pardoning and synpathl4ing God.
An unfonyerted Ministry.
But think, nftor all, the greatest OBJ.
stnele to ruylyals throughout Christcndom
today ~ an uncovered ministry. We
must believe that tho vast majority o!
those who oilniate NJ sacred nltara nro 70.
gonernted, but suppose thore may tloat
into thu ministry OK all tho denominations
% Christians men whose hearts have
never boon changed by the sraco ot God,