Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-19

Ice, calling the convention 10 order. But the
sun kept growing In intensity OF heat, and
the south wind blew stronger and stronger
and soon all the iceneli began to grind up,
Iceberg against icebarg, and to flow away,
The first resolution passed by tho convention
was, Resolved that we abolish the sun"
But the sun would not bo abolished. Tho
hoat OF the sun grew greater and greater
until after awhile the very king OF the Ice
bergs began to perspire under tho glow, and
the smaller inebergs fell over. and the cry
was "roO much excitement Order,
orderW Then the whole body, the whole
field, OF ice began to flow out, and thou
sand voices began to ask "Where are we
We will all break to pieces BY this time
the ioeHcrgI hal reached the gull stream,
and they were melted into the bosom Of tho
Atlantic Ocean. The warm sun Is the
eternal Spirit. Tho icebcrgs are frigid
Christians. The warm gu,i stream is Il great
revival. The ocean into which everything
| melted is the great, wide heart OF the
parlonlng and sympathi2ng God.
But think, after all, the greatest obstacle
TO reviyals throughout Christendom to-day
is nm uncovered ministry. We must be-
lleve that the vast majority Of those who
olllcIate Mt sacred affairs are regenerated
but suppose there may float into the minis
try OF 0ll the denominations Of Christians
men whose hearts have never been changed
! by the grace Of God OF course they are all
antagons;ic to REVEALS.
How did they get into the ministry Per
haps some OF them chose 1t ~ II respectable
profession. Perhaps some chose 1t as q
! means OF livelihood. Perhaps some OF them
were sincere, but were mistaken. As Thomas
Chalmers said, he had been many years
preaching the gospel before his heart had
been changed, and, as many ministers Of the
gospel declare, they were preaching ana
had been ordained to sacred orders venrs
and years before their hearts were regencr-
ated. Gracious God, what solemn thought
for those OF us who minister at the altar
With the present ministry In the present
temperature o piety the world will never be
| cnvelOped with rcviyals. While the pewS on
one side the altar cry for mercy the puIpits
on the other side the altar must cry for
mercy. Ministers quarreling. Ministers
trying to pull each other down Ministers
struggling for ecclesiastical place Ministers
lethargic with whole congregations dying
on their hand. What spectacle,
Aroused pulpits will make aroused pows.
Pulpits aname will make pews annme.
Everybody believes in n revival of trade,
everybody likes revival in literature. every
body likes a revival in art, yet a great multi
tude cannot understand revival in matters
of religion. Depend upon it.. where You
| find a man autagonstic to revivals, whether
| he be in pulpit or pew, he needs to be rcgcn-
Grated by the grace Of Got.
could prove to demonstration that
without revivals this world will never be
| converted, and that in 100 or 200 years with
out revlvas Christianity will be practically
extinct. 1t Is matter Of astounding arith-
metic. In each of our modern generations
there are at least SO 600, 900 children. Now
add so 900, 900 to the worlds population and
then have only 100, 900 or 200, 900 converte |
every year, and how long before the world
I will be saved? Never-absolutey never
| During our war the President Of the
| United States made proclamation for $1,000
troops. Some OF you remember the big stir.
| But the King Of the universe to-day asks for
, 800, 900, 900 more troops than are enlisted,
and we want it done softly, imperceptibly
| gently, no excitement, one by one
You are a dry goods merchant on n large
scale, and am merchant on Il small scale
and ! come to You and want to buy 1000
yards of cloth. Do you say "rhank you
| III sell you 1000 yards OF c.oth but I'll sell
YOU twenty yards to-day. and twenty to-
morrow, and twenty the next day, and if it
takes me six months I'll sell you the whole
| 1000 yards you will want rs long us that to
examine the goods, ana | II want us long as
that to examine the credit, ana, besides that,
| 1909 yards OF cloth are too much to sell all
at once!' No, You do not say that. You
take me into the counting 70 PIN, anu IN ten
minutes the whole transaction is consum-
mated. The fact is, we cannot afford to be
fools in anything but religion
/ That very mprphnnt who on Saturday a n ar.
noon sold mo the 1000 yards OF cloth ut one
stroke the next Sabbath in church will stroke
his beard and wonder whether It would not
be better for 1000 souls 10 come struggling
along for ten years, instead OF boiling in ut
one service.
Wetalk u good deal about the good times
that are coming and about the worlds re-
iemption. How long heforethey will come?
There il a man who says 800 years. Here is
man who says 200 years. Hero Is some
one more confident who says in fifty years
What. fifty years? Do you propose to let
two generations pass off the stage before
the world is converted?
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