The Canton times., 1896-12-11

4 WOnder you Qltt not tVH4t i&t!I4f M }NN4lsAA<
vagabond century of hlf VINE, Hou
lhad bad mother Una bad grand
lmother. Some Of The preceding cen.
| turies were not at " i've IN their
| morals were 30 bad, their fashions
were 50. outrageous, their ignorance
Twas 50 dense, their inhumanity so ter.
| rife.
D, dying nineteenth century, before
Iyou go we take this opportunity Of
telling you thaS you are the best and
this ightiest of all the centuries Of
tho Christian era, except the first,
which gave us Christ, and you rival
that century In the fact that you, more
than all the other centuries put to-
gether, are giving the Christ to all the
world. One hundred and twelve thou
sand dollars at one meeting few days
ago contributed for the worlds evan
gelization. Look at what you hare
done. o. thou abused aud depreciated
century! All the Pacific isles, barrssd
and bolted against tine Gospel Y hen
you began to reign, now all open and
some of them more Christiani ixed than
America. No more, as once, writ
ten over the church doors In Cape
Colony, dogs and Hottentos not
admitted" The late Mr.. Dar-
win contributing $25 t. the
Southern missionary societ--. lCanni-
balism driven off the face of the earth.
The gates of all nations wide open FOR
the Gospel entrance when the church
shall give up it's intellectual dandy
ism, and quit fooling with higher
criticism, and plunge into the work,
as at ife-saving station the crew
pull out with lifeboat to take the
sailors off ship going to pieces in the
Skerries. / thank you, old and dying
century; all Heaven thanks you, and
surely all the nations Of the earth
ought to thank you. put before
your eyes, soon to be dim for the last
sleep, the facts tremendous. | take
your wrinkled old hand and shake it
congratulation. / bathe your fevered
brow, and freshen your parched lips
from the fountains Of eternal victory.
But my text suggests that there are
some things that this century ought to
do before he leaves us. Thus saith
the Lord. Set thine house in order;
for thou shalt die, and not live" We
ought not to let this century GO before
two or three things are set in order.
For one thing, this quarrel between
labor and capital. The nineteenth
century inherited it from the eight
teenth century, but do not let this
century bequeath it to the
"What we want" says
labor, ''to set us right is more strikes,
and more vigorous work with torch
and dynamite What we want"
says capital, lis tighter grip on the
working classes and compulsion to-
take what wages we chose to pay.
reference to their needs.
Both wrong as sin. Both defiant
Until the day of judgment no settles
ment Of the quarrel if you leave 1t to
British, Russian, or American politics.
The religion of Jesus Christ ought to-
come in within the Dext four years
and take the hand of capital and em-
ploye and say: You have tried every1
thing else, and failed; now try the
Gospel of kindness" No more oppres-
sion and no more strikes. The Gospel
Of Jesus Christ will sweeten this acer-
bity, or it will 60 on to the end OF
time, and the fires that burn the world
up will crackle in the ears of wrath
full prosperity and,indignanttoil while
their hands are still clutching at each
others throats. Before this century
sighs it's last breath | would that
swarthy labor and easy opulence
would come up and let the Carpenter
Of Nazareth JOIN their hands in
pledge of everlasting kindness
and peace. When men and women
are dying they are apt to divide among
their children mementoes, and one is
given watch, and another vase, and
another picture, and another robe
Let this veteran century before Il dies
hand over to the human race, with an
that shall last forever,
that old family keepsake, the golden
which nearly 1000 years ago
was handed down from the black rock
Of the Mount of Beatitudes: There
fore all things whatsoever We would
that men should do to you, do ye even
so to them; for this is the law and the
My hearers, as the nineteenth CEN
tury was born while the face of this ma
tion was yet wet with tears because of
the fatal horseback ride that Washing
ton. took out here at Mount Vernon,
through December snow storm,
wish the next century might be
born at a time when the face OF
this. nation shall be wet with the
tears of the literal or spiritual arrival
of the great Deliverer of nations, of
whom st. John wrote with apocalyptid
pen: "And saw, and behold white
horse; and He that sat on him had
bow; and a crown was lgiyen unto