The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-19
All the Worlds a Running
Loom.
Sermon at the Gospel Tent Yesterda,
Afternoon.
Evening Sermon of Evangelist Maclkay
Will be Continued.

Owing to the steady rain OF the morn
Ing, many people dared not risk the
dampness OF the Gospel Tent yesterday
afternoon, when Evangelist Barrett re-
peated by request his sermon OF Thursday
night, "The Weavers."
At 7:45 p. m. the tent was packed to Its
uttermost capacity, about HOO persons be-
crowd surrounded the tent in a vain
search for seats Evangelist j. s. Mackay
OF Nova Scotia, very earnest speaker,
preached from the text, "And they made
light OF it," After about 20 minutes of
earnest talk, however, the evangelist was
compelled TO STOP owing TO the effect OF
the humid atmosphere upon the voice.
Next Tuesday evening he will continue
his his subject TO close Evangelist
Barrett breaches tonight, Evangelist
Mackay tomorrow night, and the Rev.
Joseph Butterworth of Branch Avenue
Baptist Church on Wednesday evening
These meetings are so crowded you will
An idea OF the "Weavers" sermon OF
Evangelist Barrett, which has attracted
30 much interest, may be had from the
following abstract:
Some one has said that sail the worlds
stage, and we are but the actors" wish
to give you similar thought as the basis
of my sermon this afternoon. IL is this:
All the worlds a loom, and every man,
WOUld0 saved OF unsaNcu, Is II
weaver. In the spiritual life all men are
waevers, and not only has God provided
this great world for a loom, but He has
given US the necessary warp and weft in
our natural endowmentns. The warp is
the human brain that wonderful piece of
mechanism, whose power no man fully
knows. The weft is the wonderful gift
OF memory. Memory is TO the thinker
what vaults and their contents are to the
banker A mans memory is his entire
capital, his great storehouse, from which
he draws oil OF his supplies. Our days
are the shuttles we weave with, and our
lives are the fabric we are weaving. God
gives US loom and shuttle, warp and weft,
but we must do the weaving ourself.
And SO, this afternoon, as we quietly
sit here and talk this matter over, we
realize that we have each been weaving,
and we stop moment and look back to
see what we have woven. What quality
lives have we woven? We can look back
to our infancy and remember when our
lives were innocent and pure, and we
realize we have changed. We look to see
what has spoiled the fabric, and we see
how contact with our fellowmen in
home, in school, in shop, in mill, in
store, has soiled the weaving There are
stains Gu our conduct, reputation. The
world may not see them, but we know
they are there. You ask your Providence
politician why he is not clean in his po-
litical life and he will tell you that no
man can hold Office for the term he is
elected, under the present system of po-
litical ring rule and jobbery without get
ting his hands dirtied You ask your
Providence merchant why he doesn't sell
goods just as he advertises he will do, and
what will he tell you? He will say that
no man could live on the street for 10
days, competition is so sharp, IL he were
to be honest. and that he has to adver-
tise dishonesty in order to keep off hun
cry creditors. You ask your Providence
society woman why il is that her name
is so banded around in pubic that you
should not want your daughter classed
among her friends, and what will she
tell your That there is so much mud
throwing in society that Ii is better not
to have pure white robes, but to have
those the color of the worlds, for they
DO not show the spots. Men and women
get to thinking that these stains are
inevitable. i thank God this is false. Men
and women can live pure. / have met
politicians since l have been in your city,
Christian men, men whom you can put
your hand on with certainty that they
will do, and vote, that which is right,
when trickery is attempted. Thank God,
i have met business men since j have
been in your city who do sell as they adj
vertise, and who do business as purely
with their neighbor, as they teach child
rem purely, when around the family
altar the little ones earn TO love and
serve Jesus Christ. / thank God, more
over, that there are society women, in
your city whose lives are as pure and as
holy as that of the new born babe, and
whose very presence is an inspiration to
fallen men and fallen women.
Why is the fabric we have woven so
rotten and unfit for the Masters use?
Why is ii not at all the beautiful pattern
He gave us the material TO weave? I'll
tell you why il is: A fabric is never OF
kattA lA.. L..
the weaving Our thoughts, our words,
and our deeds are the thread we use in
our life weaving, and IL any life here this
afternoon is wrecked II is because you
have woven into II bad thoughts, bad
actions, bad words.
In every weaving room in this country
IL a foreman who sets before each weaver
the pattern he is TO follow. What would
you think OF weaver in one of our mills
who refused to obey the directions OF the
foreman, and who stubbornly neglected or
refrained from following the pattern
given him? You would consider him a
fool In our spiritual weaving God does
not leave us alone but gives US Fore
man, even the Holy Spirit. He is to
direct our weaving, and presents God
only son, Jesus Christ, to us as the pat
tern we should follow. In this case the
Foreman Is one of the firm, and an in
jury, or any insolence given Him, is sure
to meet with the disapproval OF the COM
pany. And as you look back this after
noon you can remember when the Holy
Ghost came to you and showed you Jesus
Christ az your pattern, and some OF you
threw Him one side and buried Him
under the filthy rags OF your own right
eousness. You drove the Holy Spirit
away and put Jesus Christ in the dark
background, and now, IL il any wonoer
your life weaving is all wrong2 Jesus
Christ. the son OF God, Is the Divine
Model after which we may well fashion
our lives. Our value "a men depends on
how near we can come TO this Divine
Pattern and the words He has spoken.
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