Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-12-04
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The nineteenth century inherited it from
the eighteenth century, bat do not let
this nineteenth century bequeath it to
the twentieth. "What we want" says
labor, Ito set us right is more strikes
and more vigorous work with torch and
dynamite. What we want" says
capital, "is a tighter grip on the work
ing classes and compulsion to take what
wages we choose to pay without refer
ence to their needs" +" Both wrong as sin.
Both defiant. Until the day Of judgment
no settlement of the quarrel, if you
leave it to British, Russian or American
politics. The religion Of Jesus Christ
ought to come in within the next four
years and take the hand Of capital and
employee and say: "You have tried
everything 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 acerbity,
or it will 90 on to the end Of time, and
the fires that burn the world up will
crackle in the ears of wrathful prosper
fly and indignant toll while their hands
are still clutching at each others throats
Before this century sighs its last breath
I 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 dy-
ing. they are apt to divide among their
children mementos, and one is given
watch. and another vase, and another
a picture, and another a robe. Let this
veteran century, before it dies, hand
over TO the human race, with an i'm
pressiveness that shall last forever, that
old family keepsake, the golden keep
sake which nearly 200 years ago was
handed down from the black rock Of the
mount Of beatitudes, Therefore all
things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so TO them,
for this is the law and the prophets. "
Saving the World.
Another thing that needs to be set in
order before the veteran century quits
us is a more thorough and all embracing
plan for the worlds gardenization. We
have been trying to save the world from
the top, and IL cannot be done that way.
Il has got 10 be saved from the bottom.
The church ought to be only West
Point to drill soldiers for outside battle.
What il a military academy should keep
its students from age to age in the mess
room and the barracks? No, mol They
are wanted at Montezuma and Chapul-
tepec and South Mountain and Mission
ary Ridge and the church is no place
for a Christian to stay very long. DE is
wanted at the front He is needed in
the desperate charge Of taking the para
pets. The last great battle for God Is
not to be fought on the campus Of COL
lege or the lawn Of a church. 1t is to be
fought at Missionary Ridge. Before this
century quite us let Us establish the hab-
1t Of giving the forenoon Of the Sabbath
10 the churches and the afternoon and
the evening Of the Sabbath to gospel
work In the halls and theaters and
streets and fields and slums and wilder
nesses Of sin and sorrow. Why do Chris
tians who have stuffed themselves with
"the strong meat Of the word" and all
gospel yiands on Sabbath forenoons want
to come mp to q second service and stuff
themselves again? These old gormand-
izers at the gospel feast need to get
into outdoor work with the outdoor gos-
pei that was preached on the banks OF
the Jordan and on the fishing smacks OK
Lake Galilee and in the bleak air OF AS
syrian mountains l am told that
throughout all our American cities the
second Sabbath service in the majority
Of churches is sparsely-yea, disgrace
fully-attended and is the distress OF the
consecrated and eloquent pastors who
bring their learning and piety before
pews CHASTITY for their inoccupancy.
What is the providential meaning! The
greatest Of all evangelists since Bible
times recently suggested that the even
ing services in all the churches be turned
into the most popular style OF evangel-
istic meetings for outsiders. Surely that
is an experiment worth making. II tha..'
does not succeed, then it does seem to
me all the churches which cannot secure
sufficient evening audiences ought to
shut up their buildings at night and go
where the people are and invite them to
come to the gospel banquet.
Help One Another.
Let the Christian souls, bolntifully
fed in the morning. go forth in the aft
ernoon and evening 70 feed the multi
tudes Of outsiders starving for the bread
of which If a man eat he shall never
again hunger. Among those clear down
the gospel would make more rapid con-
quest than among those who know SO
much and have SO much that God can
not teach or help them. In those lower
depths splendid fellows in the rough,
like the shoeblack that a reporter saw
near New York city hall. He asked
boy to black his boots The boy came up
10 his work provokingly slow and had
,ust begun, when a large boy showed
him aside and began the work, and the
reporter reproved him as being bully.
and the boy replied: "Oh, that's all
right / am going to do it for i'm. You
see. he's been sick in the hospital more'n
month, 10 Us boys turn in and give nm
a lift" "Do all the boys help him"
asked the reporter. "Yes, sir When
they amt got no Job themselves, and
Jim gets one, they turn in and help 'im'
for he amt strong yea, you see how
much percentage does he give your
said the reporter. The boy replied: II
don't keep none Of it ] amt no such
sneak as that All the boys give up
what they git ON his Job. I'd like tc
catch any feller sneaking on sick boy,
wouldp' The reporter gave him 20
cent piece and said, "You keep 10 cents
for yourself and give the rest to Jim.
Cant do 10, sir. It's his customer,
Here, Jim." Such big souls as thai
strsv all the lower depths OF the cities
and, get them converted to God. thu
would be the last full century OF the
worlds sin, and but little work OF evan
Velizasion would be left for the next
century. Before this century expires ie'
there be combined effort 10 save TN
great cities Of America and Great Brit
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