The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-06

when remnant and Edwards aud the WoalnFa
led oni nH in the awakening 81 1867. led on
b. Matthew 6impaon, the samphle Methodist, |
and Bishop MnelIVaine. the apostolic Epl1- |
eopalian. and Albert Barnes. tho oonaacmiot |
Presbyterian. nnd others Just ag good lu all |
denominations. Oh. viii not aomo of
those glorious souls of che past come
down and help us3 Come down on your
thrones. Nr.tleion and Finnoy and Daniel
Baker and Edward pavson and Truman Os-
borne ant Earle aud Knapp aud lnskip and
Archibald Ale1ander-thnt Alexander tha
Crest 81 the Christian churches Come
down. How can you rest up there when ths
world is dylng Tor lack Of che gospe3 Come
down and ag0ulxe With us Ina prayer. Come
down and help us preach IA our pulplts.
Come down and inspire our courage and
faith. Heaven can got along without you
better than we can. But more than all, and
overwhelmed with r8ygrent emotion, wB nak
H. come. Thou OF the deeply dyed garments
of B9zrah. travelling Ia the greatness 0i Thy
strength. mighty 30 save! Lord God OF
Joshua, let the sun Of this century stand
still above 0iheon aud the moon above the
valley OF AjaIon until We can whip out the
Eve kings OF hell. tumbling them down the
precipioss az the other Eve kings went over
the rocks 10 Bethhoron. Hal Hal II will
so surely be done that cannot restrain the
laughoi triumph.
From where the seaweed Is tossed on the
bench by the stormy Atlantic TO the sands
lavod by tina quiet Pacific this country will
be- Emanuols land, the work beginning at
Washington. II we have the faith and holy
push and the conservation requisite. First
OF all, we ministers must got right. That
wng a startling utterunce OF Mr. SwlnnDck
when he said. ut is a doleiul thing 90 fall
into hell from under the pulpit; but, oh, how
dreadful a thing 20 drop thlther out Of the
pulpit" That was an all suggestive thing
that Paul wrote 10 the Corinthians lest
that by any meaus, when / have preached 30
others, myseliahould bea castnwav" That
was an inspiring motto with which White
field sealed all isletters, eve seek the stars"
Lord God. wake no all our pupits. and then
it will be as when Yenn preached. and II was
said that men fell before the word Ike Stacked
lime. Let as all laymen and clergyman. 70
the work. What Washington wants most OF
all is an old fashioned revival OF religion,
but on o vnster scale, so that the world viii
never be compelled 10 say az Of old, ave
never saw Il on this fashion" But remem-
Der there Is n human side as we'll as a divine
side 20 n revival. Those Of us brought up
! In the country know what Is called "a rails
! ing'-the neighhors gathered together 10
] lift the heavy frame for a new house after
! the timbers arc ready 20 be put into their
/ many accidents. The neighbors had gath
: cred FOR such q raising, and the beams had
all been fitted 10 their places except one, and
/ that very heavy. That one, on the long
! pixies OF the men, had almost reached It's
/ place, when something went wrong, and the
/ men could hoist II no higher. But II II did
/ not 20 in Its place it would fall back upon
4 the men who were lifting It. II had already
I begun to settle back. The boss carpenter
I shouted; Lift, men, OF diel All tosetherl
1 70. heavem
With mightler push they tried to send the
/ beam to its place. but failed. Still they held
I on, all the time their strength lessening.
! The wives and mothers and daughters stood
! in horror looking on. Then the boss carpenter
/ shouted to the women, "Come and helpV
/ They came and womanly arms became the
arms Of giants for they were lifting to save
| the lives OF husbands and fathers and sons,
as well as their own. Then the boss car
| penter mounted one Of the beams and
shouted; "Now! Altogether Lift OF
die Yo heaye" And with n united effort
that almost burst the blood vessels
the great beam went to its place
and a wild huzza was heard. That is
tho way It sometimes seems in the
churches Temples Of righteousness are to
be reared but there is a halt, stop, a catch
somewhere A few are lifting all they can
but we want more hands at this raising. and
more hearts, more Christian men TO help
aye, more Christian women to REINFORCE. i
the work fail, 1t means the death OF many
souls. All together. men and women o.
! God! Lift or die The top stone must come
to its place "with shoutings Of grace, grace
unto it." God is ready to do His parts arr
we ready to DO our part2 There is work no
only for the knee of prayer, but for thu
shoulder OF upheaval.
And now l would like to see this hour tina
which have never seen, but hope to see
a whole audience saved under one fash o
+ the Eternal Spirit. Before you 60 out of an,
| OF these doors enter the door o
mercy. Father and mother, come in ant
bring your children with you. Newly mar
ried folks, eonsecrate your lifetime to God
and be married for eternity as well as time
Young man, you will want God before yo'
get through this world. and you want Hin
now. Young woman, without God this is
hard world forwomen. One and all, wheI
ever you sit or stand. lift my voice so tina
you can hear 1t, out in the corridors and O.
the street. and say, in the words OF the Med
iterranean ship captain, "Call upon thy God
if so be that God will think upon US, that W
perish not" Oh, what news to tell, wha
news to relate to your old father and moth
or, what news to telegraph your friends O.
the other side Of the mountains, what new
with which to thrill your loved ones 1
heavenl It was of such news that ma
read in a MONDAY meeting in Philadelphia
He arese, and unrolling manuscript reaC
Where er we meet, you always say;
"Whats the news2 What's the newsP
Pray what's the order of the dayl
What's the news2 What's the nevis"
Oh, I have got good news to tell
My Saviour hath done all things well,
And triumphed over death and hell
That's the newsl That's the news!
The Lamb was slain on Calvary
That's the news! That's the news!
To set q world Of sinners free
That's the news That's the news!
The Lord has pardoned all my sin
That's the newsl That's the news!
feel the witness now within
That's the news That's the news!
And since He took my sins away,
And taught me how TO watch and pray,
I'm happy now from day TO day
That's the news! That's the news!
And Cir;aR 4I,o 7 a.J non envo Won TIM.