Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-09


ern politics as III the light of the U6s
pei of Jesus Christ. which has trans
formed them, and Samoa, and thos,
vast realms of Now Zealand. and Aus
tralia and Ceylon and India. want tc
see what Christianity has accomplished.
l want to see how the missionaries have
been lied about as living in luxury and
idleness.
want to know whether the heathen
religions are really as tolerable and as
commendable as they were represented
by their adherents in the parliament of
religions at Chicago / want TO see
whether Mohammedanism and Bud
Chism would be good things for trans
plantation in nAmerica, as it hasagain and
again been argued. 1 want to hear the
Brahmans pray. want to test whether
the Pacific ocean treats its guests any
better than does the Atlantic. | want
to see the wondrous architecture of In
dia, and the Delhi and Cawnpore where
Christ was crucified in the massacre of
his modern disciples, and the disabled
Juggernaut unwheeled by Christianity,
and to see If the TAI which the Emperor
Sha Jehan built in honor of his empress
really means any more than the plain
slab we put above our dear departed. l
want to see the fields where Havelock
and Sir Colin Campbell won the day
against the sepoys. want to see the
world from all sides. How much of it
is in darkness, how much of it is in
light, what the Bible means by the
lends Of the earth, and get myself
ready to appreciate the extent of the
present to be made to Christ as spoken
Of In the Psalms, "Ask Of me, and
shall give thee the heathen for thine in
heritance and the uttermost parts of
the earth for thy possession" and so
shall be ready to celebrate in heaven
the victories of Christ in more raptur-
GUS song than could have rendered had
| never seen the heathen denominations
before they were conquered. And so i
hope to come back refreshed, re-enforced
and better equipped, and to do in 10
years more effectual work than I have
done In the last 25.
A Garland and Palm,
And now, in this twenty fifth ami
versary sermon, | propose to do two |
to put garland ON the |
grave of the generation that has Just
passed off and then to put a palm
branch in the hand of the generation
Just now coming on the field of action,
tor my text is true. Zone generation
Dasseth away, and another generation
,ometh. " oh, how many we revered
md honored and loved in the last gen
,ration that quit the earth! Tears fell
1t the time Of their going, and dirges
we're sounded, and signals of mourning
we're put ON, but neither tears nor dirge
lor somber veil told the half we felt.
Their going left vacancy in our souls
hat has never been filled up. We never
ret used to their absence. There are
lines when the sight of something with
which they were associated--a picture,
u book, or garment, or staff
freaks us down with emotion, but we
'ear 1t simply because we have to bear
t. Oh, how snowy white their hair got,
nd how the wrinkles multiplied, and
he sight grew more dim, and the hearing
sss alert, and the step more frail, and
ne day they We're gone out Of the chair
y the fireside, and from the plate at
he meal, and from the end of the
hurch pew, where they worshiped with
s, Oh, my soul, how we miss sheml
tut let us console each other with the :
lought that we shall meet them again
/ the land of salutation and reunion.
And now twist garland for that
eparted generation. 1t need not be cost
: perhaps, just handful Of clover
Iossoms from the field through which J
Icy used to walk, or as many violets
you could hold between the thumb
I'd the forefngeri plucked out of the
trden where they used to walk in the
'ol of the day. Put these old fashion n
flowers right down over the heart y
at never again will ache, and the feet
at will never again be weary, and the
m that has forever ceased to toll.
'ace, father Peace, motherI Everlast-
g peacei All that for the generation
ne.
The Moving Throng.
But what shall we do with the palm '
anch? That we will put in the hand
the generation coming on. Yours is
be the generation for victories. The =
It and the present generation have
IN perfecting the steam power, and
, electric light, and the electric forces. II
these will be added transportation. LII
will be your mission TO use all these
ces. Everything is ready now for you III
march right up and take this world l'
God and heaven. Get your heart
hit by repentance and the pardoning III
zee of the Lord Jesus, and your mind
ht by elevating books and pictures,
your body right by gymnasium and
d exercise, and plenty of ozone and
looking as often as You can upon the A,
g Of mountain and of sea. Then startl or
Gods name, startl And here is the
IN branch. From conquest 10 con-
st, move right on and right up. You
| soon have the whole field for your
. Before another rs years have gone,
will ha ont - the p,,l..st. a