Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-30

1 EIOrary society. CaunlDaIls1n driven Of
the face Of the earth. The gates of all
nations wide open for the gospel entrance
when the church shall give up its intel
lectual dandyism and quit fooling with
higher criticism and plunge into the
work as at life saving station the crew
pull out with the lifeboat to take the
sailors off o ship going to pieces in the
slzerries. I thank you, old and diving
century: ali heaven thanks you, and
surely all the nations Of the earth ought
to thank you. I put before your eyes,
soon 70 be dim for the last sleep. the
facts tremendous I take your wrinkIed
old hand and shake it in congratuIa-
ton I battle your fevered brow and
freshen your parohed lips from the foun-
tains Of eternal victory.
Things to BE Done
But my text suggests that there are
some things that this century ought to
do before he leaves US. 'sThus 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 eighteenth century, but do not let
this nineteenth century bequeath it to
the twentieth. 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 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 go on to the end Of time, and
the fires that burn the world up will
crackie in the ears of wrathfpl prosper
ity and indignant toll while their hands
are still clutching at each other threats.
Before this century signs 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 q
watch, and another "a vases 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 900 years ago was
handed down from the black rock of tho
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 Ia
order before the veteran century quits
as is a more thorough and all embracing
plan for the world s gardenization. We
have been trying TO save the world from
the top, and it cannot be done that way
It has got to be saved from the bottom
The church ought to be only "a West |
Point to drill soldiers for outside battle
What If 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.
airy Ridge and the church is no place
for Christian to stay very long. He IS
wanted at the front. He is needed Ill
the desperate charge Of taking the para
pets. The last great battle for God is
RI ha n hoe, pf p0l
1ege or the lawn of church. 1t is to be
fought at Missionary Ridge. Before this
century quits us let us establish the hab-
it of giving the forenoon of the Sabbath
to the churches and the afternoon and
the evening of the Sabbath to gospel
work III 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 |
1.-THE strong meat of the word and all
gospel viands or Sabbath forenoons want |
to come up to q second service and stuff
themselves again? These old gormand
izers at the gospel feast need TO get I
into outdoor work with the outdoor Cos
pei that was preached on the banks Of |
the Jordan and on the fishing snacks of |
Lake Galilee and in the bleak air Of As
syrian mountains. I 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 al the churches be turned /
into the most popular style Of svangel
istic meetings for outsiders. Surely that
is an experiment. worth making. # that |