Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-18

-. yoRr Feb. 17.--Soveral thousand
NV .sorc turned away this afternoon
person. doors OF the Academy OF Music
froh ,hs lingo building had been filled to
ave s,,,ro tho crowds hnving begun to
o''il.s,, f,,lIy two hours before the time
assem- so ~ opening tho services Rev. DIR.
h1,u ~ ,ook for his subject 1.-THE Glori-
ln1 roesnel.r tho toxt chosen being, "Ao-
O s,, b 70 the glorious gospel OF the bless
on ga which was committed to my
, ~ ii Timothy !, III.
Tns greatest novelty OF our time Is the
~ IL Is 50 old that IL Is new. AS
eo. .iSrs and artists aro now attempting to
po '.san nitchors md cups and curious
lA BEL i,le those OF 900 years ago recently
W a,h nm from buried pompeii, and
IN IN AIMS md pitchers md curious ware
~ universally admired, so any ono who
ns ,,nshoyel the real gospel from the
,aountnins Of stuff under which IL has
I'm hurled will DO able TO present some
,h1nc that will attract the gazo and ad-
n,,,atlon and adoption of all the people.
T. r. amazing what substitutes have been
asssntod for what my text calls 1.-THE
p,o,ious gospel" There hns been u hepi-
lpherlc apostasy'
Tho,e are many people In this and NIL
.,hsr largo nssemhlages who have no more
49, m what the gospel really is than they
80 N what Is contained in the four
,asn,h ehapter Of Zend-Avesta, the Bible
!, ,ha HIndoo the first copy OF which 1
aver saw / purchased In Calcutta last
sentembor. Tho old gospel is 80 feet un-
III and the work has been done by tho
,kovtls Of those who have been trying TO
,ontrlye the philosophy OF religion. There
/. M philosophy about It. 1t Is plain
natter Of Bible statement and Of childllks
Aim Some Of the theological seminarics
lava been hotbeds of infdolity because
NV have tried to teach tho philosophy Of
,sIlclon.r BY the time that many young
,lsolocicnl student gets half through his
r,cparatory course no is so filled with
soub,s about plonary inspiration, and tho
divinity Of Christ, and the questions of
ternal destiny that he Is moro fit for the
Invest bench In the infant class OF Sun
dly school than to become teacher and
esder Of tho pooplo, Tho ablest theolog-
Oal professor is Christian mother, who
cut Of her own experience can tell the
,yearold how beautiful Christ was ON
rtlh, and how beautiful he now Is In
heaven, and how dearly he loves little
,5lk., and then she kneols down and puts
one arm around the hoy, and, with her
anlewhat faded check against the Toseato
Aeek o. the little one consecrates him for
line and eternity to him who said "Sunor
them 10 come unto mo What an awful
work Paul inadO with tho ID. u. Is, and
,ho LII. d. and the +. II, s. g when he
lsared the decks Of the old gospel ship by
nylng Not many wise men, not many
noble, are called, but God hath chosen tho.
weak things OF tho world to oonfound the
mighty"
The Gospel Light.
There sits the dear old theoloaian with
thtabe piled up with all tho great books
ninsplration and eIogesis and apologet-
b for the Almighty and writing out his
tEn elaborate work on the philosophy Of
hNson, and his little grandchild coming
plo him for good night kiss he acct
tAlAlly knocks of the biggest book from
" table, md it falls on tho head Of the
hid, Of whom Chriat himself snid, "Out
iihe mouths Of babes and suoklings thou
ai perfected praise All, my friends,
b Bible wants no apologetics. Tho
Aiuhe Of tho last judgment wants no
iaogetlos Eternity wants no apoloRet-
Scientists may tell us that natural
SAtis the propagation Of fluctuations
an elastic medium, and thus sot In vi
aiory motion by the action Of luminous
flssi but no one knows what gospel
Pr Is until his own blind eyes by tho
och Of the Divine Spirit have opened to
f tho noenday Of pardon and ponce. Sci
,alis's may tell US that nnturnl sound is
Nc elect OF an impression nude ON the
siha Of hearing by an impulse OF the air,
ESD hya collision Of bodies or by other
pans but thoSo only know what tho
spd sounG Is who have heard the voice
Va'iit directly, saying: "Thy sins arc
HT'en thee. Go in peace" The theO-
sal dude unrolls upon the plush Of tho
ianitely carved pulpit learned dis
i'e showing that the garden OF Eden
an allesery, and Solomon's Song n
~ indelicate love ditty, and the book
600 drama In which sultan was the
ae'ofl and that Rcnan was three-quar-
onght about the miracles Of Jesus, and
NMs blblo was gradually eyoluted and
~st thought OF tho different ages,
ana David and Paul doing tho best
"a could under the circumstances, and
iooie 10 DO encouraged. Lord of heav-
ua earth, got us out of tho London
higher criticisml
,e night Is dark, and the way Is rough,
" We have lantern which God has put
wy hands, but d stead OF employing
NJ ,anIefh TO show ourselves and others
nsAs way wo are discussing lanterns,
their siEo, their material and
,he better light, kerosene, lamp
snuie, and whilo wa discuss 1t we
around the lantern, so that we
,ne light from tho nultitudes who
~ Stumbling on the dark mountains Of
~ ueath' Twelve hundred dend bird,
''ouha one morning around Barthol.
n sN.ue In Now York harbors They
sssnsd thoir life out against the light.
IN me night before. Poor tbinpsl And
usat lighthouse Of the pospel-how
sh soaring thinkers have beatoI
~" .lgious life out against It, Will,
~ ~ ."'chded for only one thing, ant
n nvW all nations the way into tn,
~ ~ 800 money and TO the crystal
naNes Of tho heavenly city, wher,
"rlnals are waiting for now mr.
Dad skylarks when they NIGH
0e'n lying seraphs
False Idea.
49, a'o come, covering up tho old gos
II ham, VINO think they can by law ant
fY po.' crime save the world, ant
nr. ,n sa'sunha, Nc, across to San Fran
lnnshs aek again 10 New Orleans ant
10 hin,a many Of the ministers hav
w ~ X ~ effective business. World,
% N an means, but unless It DO alAi
|1tltf 1W t,'fsotln u will he dana f,,in,a I,