Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-12-08

/ How cid they get into The ministry
| Perhaps some Ct them chose it as a re-
spectacle profession Perhaps some
Z chose it us means Of livelihood. Pr
haps some OF tAona were sinoert, but
were mistaken. As Thomas Chalmers
! snid lie had been many years preaching
I the gospel before his heart had been
changed. and, as macy ministers Of the
gospel declare, they were preaching and
Z had been ordained to sacred orders year
and years before their hearts were re-
I generated. Gracious God, what a sol
emu Thought for those Of us who minis
ter at the ALTAR With che present min
istry in thcprcsent temperature Of piet,
/ the world viii never be cnveloped witt
roviyals Whilo the pcwS on enc sid,
the altar cry for mercy the pulpits or
the other side the altar must cry foi
mercy. Ministers quarreiing. Minister
trying to pull each other down Minis
tiers struggling for ecclesiastical plae
Minister'S lethargic with whole congr
CATIONS dying on their hand, What
spectaclcl
Aroused rulpits win make aroust
pews. Pulpits alamo will make pew
afiame. Every body believes in rcviv.
in trade. everybody likes n revival j
literature, everybody likes n revival
art, yet great multitude cannot nm
,lerstand revival in matters Of reli-
gion. Dcpcrd upon it, where yeu find a
man antagonistic TO revivals, whether
he be in pulpit or pow. he needs to DO
regenerated by the grace of God.
! could prove to n demonstration that
without reyivals this world will never
be converted, and that in 100 on 200
years without revivals Christianity win
be practically extinct 1t is a matter Of
astounding arithmetic. In each ~ our
modern generations there are at least
80, geo, 600 children. Now add 80. o0e,
600 to the worlds population. and then
have only 100. 600 or zoo. 600 converted
every year. and how long before the world
will DO saved? Neycr-absolutely never,
We Cannot Anord to he Fools.
During our war the president Of the
United States made proclamation for
rs, 600 troops. Some Of you remember
the big stir But the King of the uni
verse today asks for 500. 600. 0C0 more
troops than are enlisted, and we want
it done softly, imperceptibly, gently. no
excitement, one by onel
You are u dry goods merchant ON
large scale, and ! am merchant on u
small scale. and come to you and want
to buy 1000 yards Of cloth Da you
say: Thank you; I'll sell You 600
yards CT CLOTH but I'll sell you 20 yards
today, aud 20tomorrow, and 20 theneM
day, and if it takes me six months I'll
sell you tho whole 600 yards; you
viii want ms long MS that to examine
tho goods, and III want as long as that
to examine the credit and, besides that,
600 yards Of cloth are toomuch osell
all at onco." No, you do not say that
You take me into the counting room,
and in ten minutes the whole lransac.
ton is copsummated. The fact Is, we
cannot afford to be fools in anything
Int religion,
That very merchant who on Saturday
afternoon sold me the | 900 yards Ct
cloth at ono stroke tbs next Sabbath IN
church win stroke his beard and Won
der whether 1t would not he better for
!, coo souls TO come Struggling along for
ten years, instead "a boiling liz al one
service
We talk o good deal about the good
times that are coming and alout the
worlds rcdculp;ion How long bcfue
they will come? There is man who
says 500 years. Hero is a man who saws
200 years. Here is some ono more conf.
dent who SAWS in 80 wears What. 80
yearsY Do you propose to let two rcnr-
atoms pass eff the stagc before tho V ,rld
is converted?
We Must Fray and Tai.
Supposc ty some extra proloDeation
Of hur.an life al the next so years you
Should walk around tho world, you
would not III NIL that walk find one per.
son that you recognize. Whvg All Gcad
CT SO charged yon y.ould not l...osv ;lasa.
demption of this world for 80 years,
you admit that tho majority Of tho two
whole generations shall 90 off the stage
unblesscd and unsavod. | tell you the
church Of Jesus Christ canrot consent
70 IT, We must fray aud toll slid lave
the revival spirit and VIC mr.s struc.
gle TO have the whole wcrld aavod be.
fore the mon and women COW ii middle
lifa pass Off
"Oh. you say. "it - tco vast an On. I
terpiise to be conducted ia 90 short
tine. Do you l.now Lev loag e NTcald I
take to save the whole world If each
man would bring another? IL wcrld
take ten years. BY q calculation in com
pound interest, each man l1iagirg an
other, and that one another, and that
ono another. in ten years the whole world
would lie saved. II the world l. not
saved in the next ten years, it viii be /
the fault Of the church Ct Christ
Il it tco much to expect each one 70 I
bring oneY Some Of nF must bring more
than one, for some wifi not do their du- /
ty. / want to bring 10, 1000 souls
should DO ashamed to meet my God in I
Judgment if with all my opportunities
Of commencing Christ to the people /
could not bring TO- 0G0 souls Bat il |
viii all depend upon the revival spirit. /
The hook and liuo fishing will not doit I.
1t seems TO me as If God is preparing
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