The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-03-04

she looked so pale and talked so slowly,
catching her breath between the words
and you felt awful loneliness coming
over your soul; by ali that 1 beg you 10
come back and take the same religion. II
was good enough for her 1t is good
enough for you. Nay, i nave peter plea
tears. ana blood' ana sIoalS' ah1
aasonies. ana death death t4 noe %. OF
proaches you this moment with torn brow.
ana Iacerated hand, and whipped back, and
saying: Come unto me. all ye VINO are
weary and heavy laden. and VIII give
Again. there is field of usefulness but
little touched occupied by those who ara
astray in their habits. al northern ma
lions like those OF North America and
England ana Scotland, mat IS, IN the
hoIisln. They take the ire ~ keep up rhs
warmth. in southern countries, like
Arabia and Spain, the blood is 50 warm
they are not tempted to Hery liquids. The
great Roman armies never drank anything
stronger than water unSed with vinegar,
tation TO heating stimuiants is most mighty
and millions Succumb. When mans
habits 20 wrong the church drops him. tha
social circle drops him.. sood inf1Gehce
drops him, we ali drop NM OF al The
men who get or the track but few ever
Set on again. Near my summer residence
there is a lIfc-saVinS station on the beach.
There are all the ropes and rockets, th0
boats. the machinery for getting people on
shlpWTecks. one summer 4 saw tAtfc M
after having just escaped with their lives
and nothing more. Up ami down our
coasts are Quilt these useIuI structures,
and the mariners know y, anu ttey Feel
that if they are driven into the breakers.
there Will Dc ape from SAor- TO come q
rescue. The churches OF God ought 70 De
so many Iite-sakIus stations, not so ElGcl
to help those who are in smooth waters.
but those who have been siADWr ecE-e1.
Come let Us run out The Lie-olats- And
who will man them2 We DO not preach
enough 10 such men; we nave not enough
faith in their release. A5a5s 4 Wnen t1ey
come To hear US "e are iaDoiio14ls Trying
To show the difference between su1lapsa-
rianism and supral8p sdIlanlsLl, while t1ey
have a thousand Vipcrs on reI0rse and
If-r.sfr collins. around and biting their iu-
mortal spirits, The church IS not chiefly
for goclIsh sort OF men whose procilE-taa
are all right, and who could get 10 heaven
praying ami slhslh5 ~ taelI o"4. L--.-es-
IL is on the beach TO help the drowning.
Those bad cases are the cases that Go1
likes to take hold OF. lae can save q 'is
sinner as wei as a small sinner ana WneG
"a man calls earnestly 10 sod Tor he'd
lie viii go out 10 Solver such a one II x
were necessary God would come down from
the SKY, followed by all the artillery
OF heaven ana million angels with Drawn
swords. Get 100 sUcn redeemed men IN
each of your churches anu nothing coli4
stand before them, for su-n mea are sen
orally waTm-hcarteC and enthusiastic. No
formal prayers then. No nedrlieSs SINGING
them No cold conventionalisms then.
Furthermore, the destitute children OF the
streets offer q field OF Work InIdIt--Feiy
II, tEe ma iorif,y in most of our cities. Their
condition was well illustrated by what a
how i'm This city said when ne was found
under cart GHawlnS q bOhe' ana some
ba anev-ara5 Don't live nowhere. sir.'
al..-sTt[- thoIisaY,E If the children OF New
VI Ctit,, ,,s5, neither road nor write When
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- v-,I,r ei,.I5r-.1 ana tlla,, win GOVERN
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80. 49, ,,-j,isl-1- rfr.-- ana s-roe- sEops
an lfIi ,7-.+ heir i,rlTi errleI rt5hIfc So
Er.e+z- unless the chfirch OF Cod rises up
,.,+r ',,,r..fr mod arms ar1 enfoIGs This