Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-03

matters OF fclltlVn PepNHu hfN.' ~
whcto you flnd a man nntaeonis,ia 70 ~
viyals whether he be In pulpit or pew, ~
needs to DO rugcnerated by the grace %
God,
volunteers Wanted.
I copid move 10 demonstration that
without evlyhls this world viii never bo'
converted, and that In 100 or 300 years
without royiyals Christianity will be prac'
tlonliy extinct II IL a matter OF nstound'
ing arithmetic In each OF our modern
generations there are at least 49, 600 600
children Now add 1900, 900 to tho
worlds population, and then have only
100 600 or 100000 converted every year
md how long before the world will DO
sayodS Never absolutely neyorl
During our war tho president OF tho
United States made proclamation for 10
600 troops Some Of you remember tho
big stir. But tho King OF tho universe to-
dny asks for 900, 600, 900 more troops than
nro enlisted. and wo want II done softly
imporccptbly, gently, no excitement, ono
by onel
You arc dry goods merchant on large
scale, aud 1 nm merchant on small
scale, and come to you and want TO buy
600 yards uf cloth. Do you says "Thank
you III sell you 1000 yards Of cloth,
hut IN soil you 30 yards today, and go to-
morrow, and 90 thu next day, and II II
takos me six months Ill sell you tho
whole 600 ynrds You Will want ns long
as that to examine the goods, and III
want ns long Hs that 10 examine the credit,
and, besides that, ! 900 yards Of cloth nro
too much to sell all Mt onueY No; you do
not say that. You take ointo tho count
ing room, and IN ten minutes tho whole
Transaction Is contaminated, Tho fact IL
we cannot afford TO DO fools In anything
but rcligloul
That very merchant who on Saturday
afternoon sold mo tho I, 900 yards OF cloth
at one stroke the next Sabbath In church
will stroke HIS beard and wonder whether
10 would not bu better for l. 600 souls TO
come struggling along for ten years, In
stead OF boiling In at ono service.
We talk good deal about the good tlmos
that nrc coming and nhout the worlds ro-
domptlon How long before they will
GOMEZ There Is u man who says 800 years,
Here IL man who snys 200 years Hero
ia some ono moro confident who snys In 80
years Whit, 90 ycarst Do you propose
10 lot two generations pass of tho stage
before tho world is oonyertodS
Vast Enterprise.
Suppose by some extra prolonghtion OF
human life at the noxt 90 years you
should walk around tho world, you would
not In all that walk find ono person that
you recognize WhyY All dond or 30
changed you would not know thom. In
other words, II you postpone the rodcmp-
tiun Of this world for 90 ycars you admit
that tho majority OF tho two whole goner-
ntl0na shall go Oft the stage unhosscd and
unsayod, tell you the church Of Jesus
Christ cannot consent TO II. We must
pray and toll ind have tho revival spirit,
and We must struggle To h6vo tho whole
world saved before tho mon mud women
now In middle life pass of
"Oh, you say, "it Is too vast an ontor-
prise 10 10 conducted In 80 short timol"
DO You know how long II would take to
savo the whole world II each man would
bring anothcri IL would tnSo ten years
by calculation In compound interest,
each man bringing another, md that ono
another, and that ono another, in ten years
tho whole world would be saved. II tho
world Is not saved in the next ten years, II
viii be- tho fault u tho church OF Christ.
IL II too much to expect cnoh one to
bring onef Some Of us must bring moro
than one, for some will not do their duty
want TO bring $1,000 souls. should be
ashamed TO meet my God In Judgment II,
with all my opportunities OF commencing
Christ TO the people, could not bring TO-.
600 souls. But II will nll depend upon tho
revival spirit. Tho hook and limo fishing
viii not do IT,
10 s0cnis 10 mo as II God Ia preparing
the world for some quick and universal
movement, A celebrated electrician gavc
An "a fst1.tvHus.h 90 = a.
that chart tho wires crossing tho cont.
ncnts and tie cables under tho sea looked
like volns red with blood on that chnrt
SEQ that tho headquarters OF the llRhtninps
aro In Great Britain aud tho United States.
In London and Now York the lightnings
arc stabbed, waiting to b0 harnessod for
Soma quick dispatch, That shows you
that the telegraph ia In possession OF Chris
uunity.
An Old Fashioned Christian.
10 lsh significant fact that tho man who
invented the telegraph was nm old fash.
Toned Professor Morsc--and
that tho man who put the telegraph I'm
der tho sea was an old fashioned Christian
Cyrus w, fald--nnd that the president
OF tho most famous " tho telegraph com
pnnios OF this country was an old fash
Toned Chrstlan-WilliAm Orton-poiug
irom tho communion table on onrth
straight 10 his home In heaven. What
does all that muang
do not suppose that the telegraph was
inyontod merely 10 let us know whether
Hour Is IN or down, or which ally won tho
race at tho Derby, or which mntksmnn
heat az Dollymuunt / suppose tho talo.
graph was invented and built to call the
world To- God
In some OF the attributes Of tho Lord we
eoom TO shnrc on . small scalo-fur instance
IN his love and IN his kindness hut un
I'll OF late foroknowlcdgc, omnlscionco
omniprwoncc, omnipotoncc, scom to havc
been exclusively Gods possession. God,
desiring 10 make tho rnco like himself
gives ~ a species OF foreknowledgo In the
weather probabilities, gives us a species Of
omndelonec IN tclcgraphy, gives us a sno.
cues OF omniprcsonco In tho telephone,
gives Us species u omniputonco In tho
steam power Discoveries and inyontiona
~ around about US, people arc asking,
What hextg
VIII tell you what noxt Next "A
'tupenhous religiOusmovomont Next, tho
END OF war Next, the crash Of despotisms
Next the wotld's expurRation. Next, tho
ehristlikc dominion. Next. tho Judgment
What becomes Of tho world after TINT
chronot ltwill have suffered and achieved
enough for one world. l.ny II up I'm the
dry docks OF eternity, like an old man.of
Wnr gone ON AZ sarvie, -. n 4 A. -. IL,