Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-11

/ or disappointed so you may we'll take my
| text out OF the minor key and set IL to some
/ tune in tho major key. Ono genera
/ ton pisseth away, AMI another generation
I cometh."
Nothing can rob US OF the satisfaction that
I uncounie thousan Il 81 the generation Just
past were cows rted. comiorted and hRr-
/ yestei for heaven by this church. whether
in the present building or the three proceed
ing buildings in which they worshiped. The
two great organs OF the previous churches
went down in the memorable fires, but the
| multltu linous songs they lei year after year
| were not recalled or injured. There Is no
power In earth or hell 10 kill halleluiah.
II Is impossible TO arrest a hosanna. What a
satisfaction TO know that there are many
thousands In glory on whose eternal well
fare this church wrought nightly Moth
Ing can undo that work. They have ascend
ed, the multitudes who served God In that
generation. That chapter is gloriously
| en- led. But that generation has left lis i'm
preston upon this generation.
4 sailor Was lying on shipboard, AMI he
said to his mates "My lads, | can only
think OF one passage OF Scripture, The soul
that sinneth, 1t shall die and that keeps
ringing In my ears. The soul that slnneth,
II shall die. Can't you think OF something
else in the Bible TO cheer me upY Well.
sailors are KIM and they tried to think OF
TO console their dying comrale, but they
could not. One OF them said: Let us call
| up the cabin boy. His mother was Chris
tian, and guess he has u Bible" The cabin
boy WAS called up, AM the dying sailor
| asked him II he had Bible. He said Eyes,
but he could not exactly hnl 1t, an | the dy-
ing sailor scoldel him AMI sIid, "Ain't you
ashamed OF yourself not to read your Biblef'
So the boy explored the bottom OF his trunk
and brought out the Bible. AMI his mother
| had marked passage that inst fitted the
| dying sailors case, "The bloc OF Jesus
| Christ His Son. cle ans 9Th from all sin.
| That helpel thu sailor to die IN peace. So
one generation helps another, and good
things written or said or done are repro
ducel long afterwlrd.
During the passing o! tho las; generation
some peculiar events have untolled. One
! day while resting AT Sharon Sprin -, y. Y,
| ! think II was In 1870. the ve1r after my set
| Element in Brooklyn, ani whiie walking In
the park ot that place, found myself asking
| the question II wonder IL there Is any
| spA'ial mission for mo to execute in this
| world? II there Ia. may Go show II TO me -
| There soon came upon me great desire TO
preach the gospel through the secular print
Ing press. | rellt2el that the vast majority
| OF people, even in Christian Ian Is, never
enter "A churth, an that IL wouli BE- an OPP
! portunty OF usefulness infinite II that door
OF publication We're opanel
! Ani 80 | recorded that prayer in blank
| book and offered the prayer day ir an | day
! out until the answer cane. thol .h ia A way
| different from that which | hal exps'tet,
! for II came through td' misrepresentation
An persecution OF enemies, AMI | have to
record II for the en- 'ourlyrmsnt Of all minis
| ters OF tho gospel wac Aro miSrtpr 5 'ntsl |,
that II the misrepr .snutation hs vIrulent
enough an bitter enough aud continuous
/ enough there IS nothing that - wldeus Ou.'s
| field OF usefulness rs hostile attAcN IL You
are really doing the Lords work. The
! bigger the lie told about me, tbs big
ger the dem tnl to s-e AMI hear whit really
was doing. From one stage OF sermonir
3 publication to another the work has gone ou
until week 10y wsrS an | for twenty-thre-
years, | have hal ths world for myRu lienN =.
rs no mIn ever hal. au to-day NOR. 80
! than at any other time. lhe syndIcUs' in
! form IN" that my sermons 70 now TO about
| 5000. 00) OF people in all lands. m-ntioa
| thus not in vain boast, but ~ u testimony to
tho fact that Gol answers PRAYER. Wouli
! Go hal better occupied the field an barn
more coustcrdtei to tho WORK Nav Col
/ forgive ms for lack OF service in the past ami
double and quairup,e AMI quintuple nay
! work in future,
In TINS my quarter century cor non re-
! cord the fact that side by side with the pro-
cessi"n OF blessings have gone procession
| OF disasters. am preaching to- lay IN thu
| fourth church building since began work In
! this city. Ny first sarnon was in the old
church on Schermerhorn street to AN an H.
enre chiefly of empty seats, for the church
| WIS almost eNtin yuishci. That church tillel
| AMI OVERLOOKING. We hdilt larger church
| which after two or three years disappeared
In flame. Tnen We built another church
which also IN line of fiery succession dts
appeared In the same way. Tlen We PIT up
this building. AMI may 1t stan for many
! year,, fortress OF righteousness An
lighthouse for the storm tosss |. its gat -
crowded with vast assembag's long after We
have ceased 10 frequent them
| We have raised IN this church over FL
030, 900 for church charitable purposes dur
ing the present plstorate, while We have
given, free OF all expan.e. the gospel to hua-
dreds OF thousands OF strangers, year by
year. ! record with gri:itu 10 to Col tn It
during this gen ration OF tw anty-hve yetrs
remember but two Slbbaths that | have
missed service through anything like physlch
indispostions. Almost n fanatic on the sub
ject CT physical exercise, | have made tho
parks with which our city is blessed the
means of good physical condition. A daily
walk and run In the open air have kept M
ready for work and in good humor with all
the world. | say to all young ministers Of
tue EOSpcl, u ~ tttSifT 10 hFtp kOOI lie iitu
than to regain 1t when once lost. The reason
so many good men think the world Is going
to ruin Is because their own physical con-
diton is on the down grade. No man ougit
to preach VINO has u diseased liver or au on
arged spleen. There are two things ahead
OF US that ought to keep US cheerful in our
work heaven and the millennium.
And now. having come up to the twenty
NTH milestone In my pls,orate. | won Ter
| ma mil | nn m fra
company has been excee iingly pleasant, o
my dear people, and would like to march
| by your side until ths generation with whom
We are now moving abreast and step to step
shalt have stacked arms after tho last battle.
But tho Lord knows best AMI Wa ought to
be willing 10 stay or GO
Most OF you arc aware that | propose at
this time, between the close OF my twenty
/ fifth year OF pastorate and before the begin
ming OF my twenty-sixth year, to be absent
for few months In order to take a journey
around the world. expect to sail from San
Francisco IN the steamer Alameda May 81.
My place here on Sabbaths will be fully o.
cupied, while on Mondays aud every Mon lay
| | will continue to speak through the prlntiug
press In this and other lands ny heretofore
Why do go2 TO make pastoral visitation
among people | have never seen, hut 10
whom have been permitted u long while to
administer. | want to see them In their own
cities, towns and neghborhoo1s Is. | want to
know what are their properties, what their
adversitles and what their opportunities, and
80 enlarge my work and get more adapted
ness. Why do 7 go? For educational pur-
poses. lwant to freshen my mind and heart
by new scenes. new faces new manners and
customs. | want better to understand what
are the wrongs to DO rishted AMI the waste
places to he reclaimed. I will put all learn
In sermons to he preached to YOU when re-
turn. want to see the Sandwich Islands.
not so much In the light OF modern politics
as in the light Of the gospel OF Jesus Christ
which has transformed them. and Samoa
and those vast realms OF New Zealand, and
Australia and Ceylon and India. want to
see what Christianity has accomplished. I