The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-04

an,hor # was that arrow 'ha' ''',
s'',''' .,,, ho,rt when he cried out
"nh nv sins, Oh, my S'h' ,u Tic
strjke man in the head, II MUS -, ,no
noon,icism, # it strike man Il. ~.
hoo, # vii, turn his step; II 1t SUM-
him in the heart. he throws Wy LII -"
hands as did the Emperor '"'''n " o "n
,,',an wounded in the battle, cry''s' V
"n "r Thou hast conauered.
If YOU want to be sk''''''' !" sp, s.o
,oI arrhorv YOU must hunt in unire-
onented and secluded places, ""! 'os"
fine hunted 90 three OF four Jay :" a 49,,
PENNSYLVANIA forests or over n'''',
| ,ko into the wilds Of the Ao',U'
dnc,,sq # is the only way to 40. ! ~
door ,re sbv and one bang or 'ne
gun clears the forest. From Tue van n,
forui, stage you see. as yo" ~ o','
,ho Mains here and there. coso'e
trottiug along. almost within rang" u
the sometimes quite "l'n'" ''"s =,
Of it. No one cares for 'ha'' ~ "
worthless The good game is h'o'e'
a,, s.oc)uded Every hunter knoWstha',
So, many of the souls that VIII W ",
most worth for Christ ana o. "''','
vo,re ia the church are Sec'uoeo'
They do not come in your way ~"
will huve 10 20 where they are. Noh-
dor they are down in that 'e'''' :
wander they are np in that garnet ra'
avav from the door of any chufcn '"e
cospc) arrow has not been po'h'eo ~
them. The tract distributor anu wy
missionary sometimes eaten s'h'p''
of thcm MS a hunter through 'he '''e7
sets a momentary sight OF a pa u''ss
| ~ , roohuck The trouble is. we ar
; waiting for the game to come W "S
We arc not good hunters. We are st'llu
ing in some street or highway eNpe''
ING that the timid antelope VIII COIN
9 I'm and eat out Of our hands we a.
- cynecting that the prairle-ioWl WI
l. lioht IN our church steeple. 1t IS no
f their habit. II the church should wat
g ten millions of years for the Noflo !,
Il come in and be saved, it VIII wal L
# vain The world will not come. VIVA
|; tha church wants now IS 70 lilt II
Q foot from damask ottOmans, ana pu
them in the stirrups, We want pu
|, nit IN wheels. The church wants nc
v 81 much cushions as it wants saooi'
Is bags and arrows. We haze got
81 mn, aside the gown and kid-glovs
70 and nut on the hunting-Shlrt. "
Of have been fishing 50 long IN u
= brooks that run under the Shaoo"
# the church that the fish know u
10 that they avoid the hook, ana e9c'l
no 40 soon AS we come to the bank, VIM
ST Wonder is Upper Saranac and Big III
H. per Lake. where the first swing OF
~ cosne] net would break it for the M
,le titnde of the fishes. There IS oulsl
oh wor,, tn he done What IS that l
20 in the backwoods? 1t is tent. l
no hunters have made a clearing a
of csmped out What do they care II tn
MS have wet feet, or if they have nothl
,ul but pine branch for a pillow, or
,as the northeast storm? II a moose
nix the darkness steps into the lake
yht drink, they hear 1t right away. 1
VII, Icon cry in the moonlight they NJ
,ad if So in the service Of God we II;
lie. exposed work. We have got to ca
on. out and rough it. We are putting
an our care on the people who come to
all churches. What are we doing for
ris- thousands upon thousands that do
to Gomez Have they no souls?
ion they siniess that they need no pard
no Are there no dead in their houses.
ont they need no comfort? Are they
Il q off from God. to go into eternity
uo wing to bear them. 10 light to CT
and them, no welcome to greet them?
nm hear to-day surging up from the 10
.o,,r depths. groan that comes through
,ia. Christian assemblages and through
nan beautiful churches; and 1t blots ou
AGO this scene from my eyes today. as
8 , the mists of a great Niagara, for
,u,. dash and the plunge Of these great
we're rents of life dropping down into
,mh fathomless and laundering abyss
Had suffering and woe. ! sometimes Il
,a,o that inst as God blotted out
orv. churches of Thyatra and Corinth
"a !, Laodicea, because Of their sloth
ru,,v stolidity he will blot out American
nm. English Christianity. and raise on
,old ruins a stalwart, wide-awake miss
airy church, that can take the
,,,a, meaning of that command, go int
~ the world, and preach the Gosp
oois, every creature
,ou,d remark, further, ii you want to
d do coed in spiritual archery you
; loft have courage II the hunter
riyht with trembling hand or shoulder
take fnches with fear, Instead OF his t;
and the catamount, the catamount
numb nm. hdt "outd 'e'oHa7 '"
hold Greenlander if. when out huntin
ing the bear, he should stand shiv
,iven with terror on an iceberg?
g,,rs would have become of Du Chaill
70 We Livingstone in the African tn
miss with faint heart and weak
more When a panther comes within :
towns PAGES Of you and it has It's eye o