The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

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bath 81 che ehurhea Hui fta aH WalH aai /
iaa fylaiuH Of tha sabbath t1 opel U8ff
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ana fIFrHHs Why Ul Christians H"H hsEH
stuffed thHmHsIrr# Hilh "tha HfoH. H#as "a
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flt1 and s.HN ifru1F HIl.HI IHeH H.I /
eHmanlIGHr a. iHH gospel frlEt need tl H#
1910 outdoor NDr. W.sa flH outdoor EoHHs.
tbai was preached 0H tha backs q. thH JuF.
dan. and 0n tro fishing maessoi fsEr 0au.
lee, Hll ln thH l'el. ass 20. AHYIai m.uU.
iaIna. I ava t0li iuat ilrlueHau. aI rur
American eitIr fht affnra Sabbath services
ln csc ma. 1FIF 1' churches "a HnIes.g. SEQ.
iHFrcrIullt attended. fl1 b. thH t.sff. s
lhf eena.st.iai end eloquent PASTOR WH1
bring lnHlr lHafuius uHt p.Hy rei1ff H
HhaatY l1r tnn.r luaeFuHHIeH WHlI r tI.
tfoNirni.aI meaning EHH sfHIrs. ~ uN
tvlnsel.sH slner E1.e times leHHllv sug
esied that tdo evening services Ben sH tuH
churches De Turmoil iu,o lha m1a popular
style of eyanscllste meetings flr Outsiders
surely that O. nn experiment. worth mHEInr
ll thar does not succeed. then % 0os Ea1u
CD ne nIl tho churches which cannot sssUrt
sufficient evening audiences ought to shut
up their buildings 10 night and go WaetttIs
people are and invite thsm Go come 90 tlt
gospel banquet
Lett Christian s0us hounlfu.iy Iad De-
the morning 80 forth iu thn AFTERNOON nnt
evening % feed the multiiudos Of Outsiders
starving for tho bread OF which ii man eat
Do shall never again hunger. Among those
clear down the gospe. would make more
rapid conquest than among those who know
so much aud havo so much that God cane
not teach or help them. In those lower
depths are splendid fellows in the rough,
Ike the shO1blnck reporter saw near Now
York City Hall. He asked a boy 90 black
his boots. The boy came up 90 his work
provokinoly slow aud had Just begun whom
large boy showed him aside and began this
work, and the reporter raprovcd him a3 be-
ms q bully and tho boy replied. son, that's
al right. i avn going 90 do 1t i0r i'm. You
see he's hoau sick 10 the hospital moron
month. SO us boys turn ln and give I'm
| lit" "Do all tho boys help him}' asked the
reporter eyes, sir. When they Gin't got
no Job themselves and Jim gets One thoy
| turn en- and helD i'm, ior DO ain't strong yet
/ you sge' "I8w much percentage docs no
/ giy0 you2" said tho reporter. Tho boy TO
| piled; 81 don't keep none OIL I ain't no
/ sueh sneak as that. All the boys give up
| what they git on his Job. Ia like 60 catch
| any Teller sneaking on q sick boy, I would
| The reporter gave him q twenty-five cent
/ piece aad said, "You keep ten cents for
/ yourself and give tho rest to jim" "Can't
/ do Il, sir. IT'S his customer. Hore, jim"
] Such big souls as that strew all the lower
/ depths Of the cities, aud, get them converted
/ 10 God, this would be the last fun century Of
| the worlds sin aud but little work of
| evangelizltinn would b8 left for the noxt
century. Before this century expires let
/ there be q combined effort 10 save the great
cities OF America ana Great Britain and Of
oil Chrisiendon. What an awful thing il
would be for you!
o dying century, 70 bequeath 10 the COM
| ing century. az yet innocent and uuscarred
with a single sin or bur1enad with q single
| sorrow, the blaspaemy, the lawlessness, the
atheism. the prohl8acy and the woes Of great
cities still unevang8lized What we ought TO
see, o dying century. is o revival Of religion
that would wrap the continents in conaagra.
tons oil religious Awakening and that would
make legislation and merchandise aud all
styles OF worldly business Wait oWhile at the
telegraph offices and the telephone Offices
because they are ocelpied with telling the
story OF cities and Nations born in a day
Nearly all the centuries closed with some
thing tremendous. Why may not this century
close in the salvation Of American 1 do mol
know whether our theological friends, who
have studied the subject more than have
are right or wrong when they say Chris
will come In person 10 SET up His kingdom
In this world; but though we would be over.
Whelmed with our unWOrtbiues5 l would lik,
to sea Christ descend from heaven ia one o
the clouds OF this morning, and planting Hi
feet on this Garth, which He came centuri0.
ago 20 save declare His reign of love an,
mercy and salvation on earth begun. AnC
what moro appropriate place. say It rev
erentially-fcr such q divine landing thai
the capital Of a continent never cursed b,
the tyrannies and supersutions of the Ok
World?
What has this dying nineteenth century t,
tell US before he goes? We all love to hea
septuagenariaus, octogenarians, nonagenar
iaus and centenarlans talk. We gathe
around the armchair and listen till il is 70
on into the night and never weary Of hear
ing their experiences. But Lord Lyndhurst
at eIghty-elgnt years or age, pouting into til
ears Of the House OF Lords in a four hours
address the experiences Of o lifetime, an
Apoliontus, at 100 years of age. recountin
his travels to thrilled listeners, ana Charlie
Macklin, at 107 years Of age. absorbing til
attention Of his hearers, and Ralph Farnhar
: OF our country, at 1G7 years. telling tn
Prince Of Wales the story Of Bunker Hill, ca
create no such interest as this dying center
, arian IL he will only speak.
Tell us, o nineteenth century, baIor
} You 30 in score OF sentences, some Of tn
things you have heard and seen tn
> veteran turns upon Us and says: "I sa
} Thomas Jefferson riding in unattende
( from Monticello, only few steps froi
' whore you stand, dismount from his hors
and hitch the b-idle to post, and on yol
der hill take the oath OF the PRESIDENT,
: office. l saw yonder capital abiazs wit
} wars lncendiarism. ! saw tho puff OF II
t first steam engine in America. l heard Il
{ thunders OF Waterloo, OF Sepastopol an
o Sedan and Gettysburg. l was present
s all the coronations of the kings and aueel
t and emperors and expresses now in Il
Y worlds palaces. / have seen two billoy
: roll across this continent and from ocea
( to ocean-a biloW OF revival ioy in 49,
a and bil.ow OF blood in 1854 I nave Sos
Q four generations Of the human rlce marc
. across this world aud disappear. [ So
/ their cradles rocked and their graves du
It l have heard tho wedding bells and Il
r death knels OF near q hundred years.
IS have clapped my hands for millions Of 10
+ and wrung them in millions OF agonies.
0 saw Macready and Edwin Forrest act ~
K Edward Payson pray. l heard the fr
. chime OF Longfellow's uhythms, anu befo
aQVOne else gaw thor, I rand tbp Hr-t 1{no