Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-14


Ran IN fling ourselves In front OF inc wne'i,
irving 10 block their progress We VIII WI, nor
s,on the chariot but We ourselves VIII oa
ground to powder. AN
vantion once hold among the icsoerss 10 the
arctlc2 Il seems thht the summer was com
I'M, on. and the sun was getting hotter nnl
hotter. and there was danger that the whole
iceileld woull break up and dow away, so
,he taIlcst and the coolest anil the hro1det
of all the icsber. ~, the very king OF the arc
ties, stood at the head OF the convention.
and with t;avcl OF ica snOte on taole OF
fee, calling the convention to orier. But the
sun kept growing in intensity OF heat anu
the south wind blew stronger m stronger
and soon all the icenel beg IN to cr'ni up,
iceberg against iceberg, and TO flow away
The first resolution passed bvthe convention
was, 'Resolvad. that we abolish the sun.
But the sun would not bc abolished. The
heat OF the sdn grew greater and greater
until after awhile the very king OF the Ice
bergs began to perspire unier the glow, anu
the smaller iceaarg4 fell over. an the cry
was: "Too much excitement order'
orderr' Then tho whole boiy, the whole
field. OF leo began to flow out. and a thou
sand voices began to ask: "Where are we
going to now? Where are We floating toT
We will all break TO pieces BY this time
the ice1ergs had reached the gull stream.
and they were melted into the bosom OF the
Atlantic Ocean. Tho warm sun is the
eternal Spirit. Tho iccbergs are frlgid
Christians. The warm GU stream Is great
revival. The ocean into which everything
melted Is the great, wide heart OF the
par .oning and sympathizjng God.
Bat think. after all. the greatest obstacle
to revivals throughout Christendom to-day
IL an ounconveriei ministry. We must be-
licve that the vast majority OF those who
offlciatc at sacred affairs are regcnerated,
but suppose there may float into the minis
try OF all the denominations OF Christians
men whose hearts have never been changed
by the grace OF God OF course they are all
antagonstic TO revivals.
How ala thcv get into the ministry? Per-
hnps some OF them chose II rs n respectable
profession. Pa:aaps some chose II a5
means OF liv lthood. Perhaps some OF tnem
were sincere. but were mistaken. As Thomas
Chalmers said, no hal been many years
preaching the gospel before his heart had
been changed, and, az many ministers OF thu
gospel declare, thev were preaching and
had been ordained to sacred orders years
and years before their hearts were regener-
ated. Gracious Go = what a solemn thought
for those oil us who minister at the altar
With the present ministry in the present
temperature OF pietY the world will never be
envPloped with retivals. While tho pews on
ona side the altar cry for mercy the pupits
on the other side the altar must cry for
mercy. Ministers quarrellng. Ministers
trying to null each other down Minister'S
struggling for ecclesiastical place. Ministers
lethargc with whole congregations dying
on their hand. WHAT q spectacle!
Aroused pupits will make aroused pews.
Pulpits aaame will make pews aname.
Everybody believes In revival of trade,
everybody likes a revival in literature, every
body likes \ revival in art, y"t great multi
tulo cannot understand revival in matters
OF religion Depend upon IL. where you
find man antaconlstic TO revlvals, whether
he bee in pulpit or pew, he needs to be regen-
Grated by tie grace OF Col.
could prove TO demonstration that
without revivals this world will never be
converted, and that in 100 OF 200 years with
out revivaIs Christianity will be practically
extinct II is a matter OF astounding Arith-
metic. In each OF our modern generations
there are at least SO 900, 900 children. Now
add 90 O00, 900 to the worlds population, and
then nave only 100, 900 or 200, 900 converted
every year, and how long before the world
will be saved2 Never-absolutely never
During our war tho President OF the
United AtQtes made proclamation for 5000
troops NSome OF you remember the big stir.
But the King Of the universe to-day asks for
NUU, OUN,bUU uOTe NTOOpS ludu cullrlbl,
and we want 1t done softly, imperceptibly,
gently, no excitement one by one
You are dry goods merchant on large
scale and am a merchant on a small scale
and | come to you and want 10 buy 1000
yards OF cloth. Do you say "Thank you
III sell YOU 1000 varis OF Goth. but I'll sell
you twenty yards to-day, and twenty TO.
morrow, and twenty the u"xt day. and II II
takes me six months I'll sell YOU the whole
,,-t1l lNvf Nl,aN 10
examine the goods, and I'll want as long as
that to examine the credit, and. besides that.
1000 vards OF cloth are too much TO sell oil
at once?" No, you do not say that. You
take me into the counting 70 )m, and in ten
minutes the whole transaction Is consum-
mated, The fact is, we cannot AFFORD TO DO
fools in anything but religion
That very merchant who on Saturday aftor-
noon sold me the 1000 yards OF cloth at one
stroke the next Sabbath in church will stroke
his beard and wonder whether II would not
be better for 1000 souls 10 come struggling
along for ten years, instead of boiling In at
one service.
Wetalk a good deal about the gooi times
thar are coming and about the worlds re-
demption. How long beforethey will Gomez
There ia man who says 500 years. Here Is
n man who says 200 years. Here Is some
one more confident who says In fifty years.
What, fifty years? Do you propose to let
two generations pass of the stage before
the world Is conveHeiI
SUPPOSE by some extra prolongation oil
human life ut the next fifty years you should
walk around the world, you would not In
all that walk and one person that you recog-
nize. Why2 All dead or so changed that
YOU would not know them. In other words
/ II you postpone the redemption OF thi:
/ world for fifty years, you admit that the
majority Of the two whole generations shall
| go of the stage unblessed and unsaved.
| tell YOU the church OF Jesus Christ cannot
consent TO II. We must pray and toll AM
have the revival spirit, and we must strug
/ gle to have the whole world stved before the
men and women now in middle life pass of
ooh" you say, "it is too vast ar enter
prise to DO conducted in so short a time.
DO you know how long It would take to say
the whole world II each man would bring an
other. Il would take ten years. BY cal
cuIation in compound interest, each maj
bringing another, and that one another, an
that one another, in ten years the whol
world would be saved. II the world is no
saved in the next ten years It will be tn
fault Of the church OF Christ.
Is 1t too much to expect each one to brn
one? Some OF us must bring more than one
for some will not do their duty. want t
bring 10, 600 souls. / should be ashamed {
meet my God in judgment II, with all my or
portunities OF commencing Christ to III
people, could not bring 10000 souls. BIT
II Will all depend upon the revival spirit. Th
hook ami line fishing will not do It,
1t seems TO me as II God is preparing Ii
world for some quick and universal NOV,
ment. celebrated electrician gave me
telegraph chart OF the world. On that cha,
tho wires crossing the continent and tn
cables under the sea looked like veins re
with blood. On that chart l see that ii
headquarters OF hslightnings are in Grea
Britain and the United States. In Lon1o
/, and New York the lightnings are stabbed
waiting TO DO harnessed for some quick dis
patch. That shows you that the telegrap
Is In possession OF Christianity.
1t is u significant fact that the man VIII
invented the telegraph was an old fashione
Observation-Disclosures Morse--and that ii
mnn who nut tho Inlanranh nndar the sc