Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-16

are you poorg" And she SAYS: Yes,
am very poor. cannot sew any more
cannot knit any more. l am very poor.
Jesus says to her, Mother, would you
like to rest?" She says, "Yes, Lord
that is what want-rest." Courage,
mother" says Jesus. II will see thee
| through"
She goes home. The next morning in
the tenement house some one dwelling
on another floor comes to her room and
knocks. No answer. The door is opened,
She is dead! The night before the chari-
OTIS of God halted at that pillow of straw,
and Jesus kept his promise. He said
that he would give her rest, and he has
given her rest. Glory be to God for the
height, the depth, the length and the
breadth of such Christian comfort! Oh,
that we might have such joy as that
which inspired the men at the battle of
Leuthen! They were singing a Chris
tian song as they went into battle. A
general said to the king, Shall stop
those people singing!" NO" said the
king. Men that sing like that can
fight" would that we had q singing
church, a joyful church, a jubilant
church. comforting church, for then
we would have triumphant church.
An Up to Date Church.
l remark, further, that we have here
tried to build church abreast of the
times. 1t is all folly for us to try to do
things the way they did 80 or 100 years
ago. We might as well be plowing with
Elijah's crooked stick, or go into battle
with Sauls armor, or prefer a canalboat
to an express train, as to be clinging to
old things What we most need now is
a wide awake church. People who are
out in the world all the week, jostling
against this lightning footed century,
come into the church on the Sabbath and
go right to sleep unless they have spir-
tied service. Men engaged in literary
callings all the week, reading pungent, |
sharp writings, cannot be expected to
come and hear our ecclesiastical hum.
lrum.
If man stays at home on Sundays and |
reads the newspapers, it is because the
newspapers are more interesting. We |
ANNNJ LIZ OASbhAShA1 w 1ONSC up slOp
hunting with blank cartridges. The
,hurch of God ought to be the leader,
he interpreter, the insplrer of the age.
It is all folly for us to be discussing old
ssues-arraigning Nero, hanging Absa-
ON, striking the Philistines with Sham
,ar's OK goad-when all around about us
re iniquities to be slain.
hid I Say fbof fha ob,rob - L |
breast of the times? / take that back.
The church of God ought to be ahead
# the times-as far in advance as the
ross of Christ is ahead of all human in
'ention. Paul was l 200 years ahead of
he day in which he lived. The swift
ooted years that have passed since Lu-
her died have not yet come up to Lu-
hers grave. Give iniquity 1000 years
he start, and the feet of Christianity are
o nimble that if you will but give it full
wing it will catch up and pass it in two
ounds. The church Of God ought to be
head of the times.
A Church That Converts.
remark, further, that we have tried
ere, in the love and fear of God, to build
church that would be characterized by !
diversions. have heard of very good {
eople who could preach on for 10 or 20
ears and see no conversions, but yet
ave faith, 1t takes very good man to
0 that. ! do not know how a man can {
eep his faith up if souls are not brought i
, the Lord Jesus Christ. That church v
lat does not bring men and women TO t
le feet Of the Saviour Is a failure. ! j
ire not how fine the building, or how O
veet the music, or how eloquent the a
or how elegant the surround z
gs-it is failure. The church of God
as made for just one thing-to get men
II Of the world into the kingdom of
iayen. n
The tendency in churches is to spend %
cir time in giving fine touches TO Chris OF
ms already polished. We keep our re- 7
iOn too much indoors and under shell oi
r, when it ought TO be climbing the u
cks or hewing in the forests. Then il ..
)uld be stalwart religion, a robust ~
igion, religion able to digest the ar
ong meat Of the word, instead Of be- az
; kept on the pap and Cruel of spiritual en-
'alidism. 1t is high time that we threw ici
the Sunday clothes Of sickly septi, gr
nJality and put on the woFkday dress en-
an earnest, active Christianity.
iere is Brooklyn, here is New York, W W
e are the United States. here is the 70
ole world, to be converted. 1t is /, ,e94 NJ
rs since Christ came, and yet Europe, -
a, Africa, North and South America
sull unevapgelized, More people
n every year into the world than are
n into the kingdom Of God. At that
B ask any one who can do simple
4 in arithmetic 10 calculate when this
I'D will be brought 10 Jesus. At that
20, never, never, never! And yet We
W that it is 10 DO brought 20 Christ.
the church will have 10 change It's
K and take a wider sweep with the
pei net than any II has yet taken. i
eve that the great masses Of the peO-
are now ready 70 receive the gospel
'e give them a chance. q
boy goes along the street at night
sees a fine house beautifully lighted
and hears music, and he says, u wish
a