Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-03-24
A GLORIOUS GROWTH
REV. DR.. TaLMAGs SHOWS HOW
CHRISTIANITY MOVES FORWARD.

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BROOKLYN, March 1S.--ln the Taber-
nacle today Rev. DR.. Talmage preached
a most eloquent and characteristically
virorons sermon in refutation of tbe off
renewed aseertion of Tho enemies of rel;-
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up ~, w 10y so ~, eais-. s,lo
hoiu' eh"s 'ne pi'" man 'naii osei VaAe
tne reaper. !" men 10 .iisae' l hae Is NOW.
! nat Is TINS aay' "heh naraiy nave you
zone reapliis one harvest Deiole Tue pow
man Is getting ieaus Ior aiiotiier.
| hhow 'ia. many ueciare .nat , oiris-
tiani'y mas coliapseu, tha. the Dipie Is an
Obsolete pooh' tiiae tlie onrissiai cnurch
Is on .ne felreae' VIII mere anu no"
snow th"I the opposite OF mat Is true,
An Arap suiue was ieaolhS french
lilhde' ACROSS q desert, anu ever ana anon
the Arap saiue would se0 GOWN IN the
salo anu pray 10 tne horo. IL dlsgustea
the french mhdei' ana AFTER awhile as
tie ARAB got up from one OF his prayers
tine lnildel SAID .How DO you know there
Is any God9 ana the ARAB guide SAID:
now 90 know thae man ana camel
passed along our tent last hlghtf know
1t by the footprints IN the SAND. ANA you
want TO Know now know whether there
Is any Godf Look at that sunset. Is that
the 1ootstep OF man! AND by the same
process you ana l nave come TO under
stand that thls book Is the footstep OF q
goa.
Healthy GROWTH.
Dut no" iee US see whether the bloie
Is iase year aiihaiidc. Leu US see
wlether ehe church ol oou Is In bun
nun retreat' ihusheIs, cahleehs ana nav
ers"cAs stie"ihs al tne way Inc great
nsiieil hls'oIi'i' 'oii'sroh urher' man
ol vast ieariiih9 anu Oh great accuracy,
hot cleis! man. pue a'i attorney as
wen as . historian gives tnls overwheim-
ing s'atistic III reSafo 10 Oilrlstlaiiity ana
reSdIu 10 lue niliioer ol CHRISTIANS IN
tue INHERENT ceAturies' III 1he iirst cen
Jury oVo,ooU o on1 IN the second
century, S,ooo,ooo oirisuans; III the thlrd
century o'ooo'Ouo Ohrlstlahs' IN the
ioartn century lV'ooo,ooo ohrlstlans; IN
.iio nun century, l''oVo,oOo SHrlstahs;
IN lle SiAtA century ~o'VoV'Voo Cnfls-
tlahSi IN tiie seventh century 24'ooo,-
Jury oo'Voo'ooo SnIisllahs; IN the
nilth century 4V'ooo,ooo Chrlsuans;
III the tenth century oo'ooo'oOo Chris
tlals' III the eleFehth century 'o,oOo,OUo
o oaa III ''ie .WeiiIn century o.
VVo'ooo C dl Il! the thirteenth CEN
Jury '''Voo'ooo Cht CHRISTIANS III the -FOUR
teehtn century o''o0o'oVo CHRISTIANS; IN
tiie nlteehth century loo'ooo'oOo CHRIS
tlahs, III the sixteenth century, l2o,O Oo,-
wv CHRISTIANS IN the seventeenth CEN
Jury, loo'ooo'oOo CHRISTIANS; IN the eight
eenth century ~VV'oVo'VVo ohFlstlals-
d decaoehce' as you observe, IN only one
century anu hiole llan mace up III uhe
tollowlhS centuries, Whlle 1t Is the usual
com putatloii tnaV there VIII De- when
tne record Oh tile mn nlne aae century Is
mace up, at least 'oo'uOU'oVo CHRISTIANS.
foor CllIlstlahlty! WHAT a pltylt mas
no liieiits' Iiow toheSoLhe IL must Del
W no VIII taAe IL ouG Vi Inc poorhouse'
roor onrla'iahi'y' lnree nuhdred mil.
Mons III one century, III a rev weeks or
Tue year lool @'oVo'ooV copies OF the New
iest t' distributed: why the earth
Is tihe an oiu castle WIN ~ gates ana
PARK oi 'trtillery ready TO thunder down
every sate' Lay asiue al Chrlstendom
anu see now heathehaon IS DelhS sur
,o'nueu anu money coihOeo ana attacked
ny inns an oon4 ueiiHS Soapei' AL the
oegln ,la ol inns century there We're
0allS Low inisSloil'rles' now uhere are @o'-
wv missionaries - anu naive helpers ana
oS 'nseiS,a' 11V tiie pe9lllil NM Oh TINS
century tnele were oiily oo'ooo ne neatheh
ooi'et1 s' no" tieie are i'''V'Voo con-
Ne rs. rum nei t ieiiuoll'
n1i7 l., NV ~ Se''oo"s' oii tle piailee
ous Tue battery Vi me gospei Is planted
auu .e"uS " in"IGh ol-liorth' soutn,
eaS'; "es'' iou an hho" 'nat the chlel
Morh u an army Is 70 pant tie batteries
y may 'aAe mt, in"iiy "ayS 10 pant the pat
.erles' anu 'he tS may 40 al tAeir WORK IN
~ iiiHuVes ihesc batteries are Dehhg
pian'ou al along tle seacodsts ana IN al
li i1 II may taAe soou wnile 10
pi''It mem anu 'iiu y, may 10 it.l thelr
"oiN ~ oto u"y: Ahey Will NatlohS
are " pe ooIn III one uay' but just
hslp In u DON n