The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-17
IT people, even in Christian lands. nevo,

on'ot churcn, and that it would be m
opportunity OF usefulness Infinite if Tint
door OF publication were opened. And
so recorded that PRAYER IN hlonk
1ook and offered tho prayer dav in onG
gay out until the answer came thomob
IN way different from that which hoG
expected, tor it camo through tho mIs-
representation and persecution of enc
hles, ana J. have to record It for iha
encouragement of all ministers Of the
sospci VINO are misrepresented that il
Ihe misrepresentation bo virulent epoupE
and bitter enough, and continuous
enough, there is nothing that 80 widens
one'a neld OF usefulness as hostile Of
tack, if you are really doing the Lords
work. Tho bigger the lie told about me
INC bigger the demand to SEQ and hea,
what L really was doing. From one
stagc o. sermonlc publication to anothe,
mo work has gone on until week bv weol
and lor about % years nave had The
| world Tor my audience as no man ever
had, and today moro 50 than at nny
olher time. The syndicates inform
me that my sermons 90 cow tf
about rs 100000 people In all lands
mention this not in vain b0est
put as testimony to the fact that
God answers prayer. Would God had
petter occupied the field and been more
consecrated to the work! May God for.
give me for lack Of service In the past
ana douole ana quadruple and quintu.
pie my work in the future.
In this my quarter century sermon
record the fact that side by side with
the procession Of blessings has gone q
procession Of disasters. l am preaching
to-day IN the fourth church building
since l began In this city. My first ser.
mon was in the old church on Scher-
merhorn street 10 an audience chiefly
OF empty seats, for the church was AL
most extinguished. That church filled
ana OVERLOOKING, we built larger
church, which after two or three years
disappeared in flame. Then we built
ahotler church, which also in line of
llery succession disappeared in the
same way. Then we put I'D this build.
Ing, and may it stand for many years q
fortress Of righteousness and q light
mouse for the storm tossed, it's gates
| crowded "lCh vast assemblages long
aiter W. nave ceased to frequent them,
we have raised in this church over
Sl,03OOOO for church charitable purpo-
ses during tho present passionate, while
we have given, free Of all expenses, the
gospel to hundreds OF thousands of
i
gratitude to God that during this gen.
Grafton Of 20 years | remember but
Two Sabbaths that | have missed ser
vice through anything like ply sical in
dlsposltion' Almost Il fanatic on the
subject of physical exercise | have
made the parks with which our CITY is
blessed the means Of good physical
condition. a daily walk and run in
the open air have kept me ready for |
WORK and in good humor with all the |
world. say to all young ministers OF |
Ghe gospei 1t Il easier to keep good |
heallh than to regain it when once lost
The reason SO many good men thinl,
the world Is gong to ruin is because
thelr own physical condition is on the
down grade. No man ought to rreach
VINO has diseased liver or an enlarged
spleen. There are two things ahead of
hS Ihat ought to keep us cheerful In
Our w0rk-heaVen ana the millennium,
And now, having come up TO the
twenty fifth milestone in my pastorate,
wonder how many more miles | am
40 travel? Your company has been
exceedingly pleasant,O my dear people,
ana would like to march by your side
until the generation with whom wo are
now moving abreast ana step to step
Shall have stacked arms after the last
battle. But the Lord knows best, and
we ought to be williDg to stay or 20.
Most OF you ,re aware that propose |
at this time, between the close of nv
twenty fifth year of pastorate and be.
fore the beginning Of my twenty sixth |
year, to be absent for a few months in
order to take journey around the
world. expect to sail from San Fran |
cisco In the steamer Alameda May 2I. |
My place here on Sabbaths will be full. |
every Monday,r Will continue to speak |
through the printing press In this and |
other lands as heretofore. Why do |
g02 TO make pastoral visitation
among people whom l have never seen,
but to whom l have never been per.
mitted long while to administer. i
want to see them in their own cities.
towns and nelghborhoods. | want to
know what are their prosperities, what
their adversaries and what their op-
portunities, and so enlarge my work
go? For educational purposes. II
want to freshen my mind and heart bv
news scenes, new faces, new manners
ana customs. l want better to under
stand what arc the wrongs to be right
ed and the waste places TO be reclaim
cd. will put all learn in sermons to |
Do preached to you when | return. | |
want to see tho 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. l want to see what Christianity |
has accomplished. / want to see how
the missionaries have been lied about |
as living in luxury and idloness.
l want to know whether tho heath.
en- religions are really as tolorable and |
as commendable as they were repro.
sented by their adherents in the Darlia.
ment of religions at Chicago. | want
TO see whether Mohammedanism and
Buddhism would be good thing for
in America, as it has
again and again been argued. | want
to hear the Brahmans pray. | want to
test whether the Pacific ocean treats its
guests any better than docs the Allan.
,ic. | want to sec the Wondrous archi.
ecture Of India, and tho Delhi and
JaWnpore where Christ was cruci6ed a,
n the massacre of his modern disciples,
ma the disabled Juggernaut unWheel. {
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