Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-10-04

came under them. That instrument
did not seem to be made of wood and
metal, bat out of human hearts, SO
wonderfully did il pulsate with every
emotion now laughing like a child.
now sobbing like a tempest At one
moment the music would die away un-
til you could her the cricket cbirp ont
side the wall, and then it would roll
up until 1t seemed as if the surge of
the sea and the crash of an avalanche
had struck the organ pipes at the same
moment. At one time that night Il
seemed as if squadron of spirits
weeping up from earth had met
squadron of descending angels whose
4 glory beat back the woe Staining
there and looking at the dim taper on
the altar of the cathedral, said: How
much like many Christians life
Shadows hover. and sometimes his hope
is DIM and faint, and Pickering, like
taper on the altar. But at what time
God wills the heavens break forth with
music upon his soul, and the air he
comes resonant as the angels of God
beat it with their shining scepters.
o, the Lord God has many fair and
beautiful daughters; but the fairest of
them all is she whose ways are pleas
antness and whose paths are peace!
Now, my brothers and sisters for
have a right TO call you SOL know
some people look back on their ances-
trial line. and they see they are de-
scended from the Puritans or Hugenots
and they rejoice in that; but look back
on my ancestral line. and see there
in such a mingling and mixture of the
blood of all nationalities that feel akin
to all the world, and by the blood of the
son of God, who died for all people, !
address you in the bonds of universal
brotherhood. l come out as only a SER
want, bringing an invitation to party,
and put ii into your hand, saying;
Come, for all things are now ready,
and urge it upon you and contine TO
it, and, before get through, hope, by
the blessing of God, to compel you to
come in.
We must take care how we give the
invitation. My Christian friends, !
think sometimes we have just gone OPP
posite to Christ's command, and we
have compelled people to stay out
Sometimes our elaborated instructions
have been the hindrance. We gradu-
ate from our theological seminaries on
stills, and it takes five or six years be-
fore we can come down and stand
right beside the great masses of the
people, learning their joys, sorrows,
victories, defeats. We get our heads So
brimful of theological wisdom that we
have to stand very straight lest they
spill over. Now. what do the great |
masses of the people care about the
technicalities OF religion? What do /
they care about the hypostatic union
or the difference between sub-lapsarian /
and supra-lapsarian2 What do they |
care for your profound explanations. /
clear as London fog? When a man is
drowning he does not want you to /
stand by the dock and describe the ma
ture of the water into which he has /
fallen, and tell him there are two parts 1
hydrogen gas and one Of oxygen gas /
with a common density of thirty-nine 1
Fahrenheit. turning TO steam under
common atmospheric pressure of two
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a chemical lecture on water; he wants
a rope.
o 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 assemblages. and in our
puipits, and how can people be saved
unless they can understand us2 We
put on our official gowns, and we think
the two silk balloons Hopping at the
elbows of a preacher give him great
The river of Gods truth flows
down before us pure and clear as crys-
tall but we take our theological stick
and stir it up and stir it up, until you
see the bottom. 0 for the sim
plicity of Christ in all our instructions
the simplicity He practiced when
standing among the people, He took a
lily and said: There is lesson of the
manner | will clothe you;" and, point
ing TO raven. said: There is lesson
Of the way | will feed you; consider the
the fowls"
/ think often in our religious instrue-
tions 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. every
body having hymn book giving half
IF it to the one next him, everyone
who has hand to shake hands shaking
lands-the church architecture and
he church surroundings saying to the
people, Come in and be at home. .
instead of that, l think all these sur
often compel the people to
itay out. Now let us all repent of our
inns and begin on the other track, and
~ our heartineSs of affection, and
warmth of manner, and imploration of
he Spirit of God. compel the people to
.ome in. How shall we lead sinners to /
Iccept the Lords invitation? | think
We must certainly begin by holy life.
We must be better men. better women,
,efore we can compel the people to :
ONE into the kingdom of Jesus Christ i
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