The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-04

already getting disguised with many OF
these amusements, and no wonder. w nat
an importation of unclean theatrical stun
we have within the last few years hal
brought to our shOresi And professors OF
religion patrOniz.ng such things. having
sold out TO the devil, why don you uc-
liver the goods ana 80 over 70 nun pun .,-
liciy, body mind and soul, ana Withdraw
your name from Christian churches, ana
say: Know all the world by these pres
ents that / am a patron Of unclea3nne is
Lords. and you are perjurers.
If you think these Offrnses are TO 90 on
for ever, you do not know how the LORD
is. God will not wait for the Day OF
judgment All these palaces of sin Will be-
come palaces of righteousness. They VIII
come into the possession of those strong
for virtue and strong for God. He shall
divide the spoil with the strong
China and Africa, the two richest por-
tons Of the earth by reason of metals,
and rare woods, and ineXhaustible pro-
ductiveness, are not yet divided up among
the good because they are not ready TO
be divided. Wait until all the doors that
Livingston opened in Africa shall be en-
tered and Bishop Taylor, with MS band
of self-supportng missionaries, nave done
their work, and the Ashantees and Sene-
gambians shall know Christ as well as
YOU know him, and there shall be on the
banks of the Nile and the Niger higher
civilization than is now to be found on
then Christ viii divide up that continent
among his friends. Wait until China,
which is half as large a all Europe, shall
have developed her capacities for rice and
tea and sugar among edibles; and her
amethyst and sapphire and topaz and opal
and jasper and pOrphyry, among precious
stones; and her rosewood and ebony ana
camphOr and Varnish trees, among pre-
cious woods; and turned up from her
depths a half-dozen Pennsylvanias of coal,
and iron, and twenty Nevadas OF silver,
and fifty CALIFORNIA; of gold, and her nVe
hundred million of people shall be evan
gelized, then the Lord Will divide 1t up
among the good.
If my text be not a deception, but the
eternal truth, then the time is coming
when all the farms will be owned by
Christian farmers. and all the commerce
controlled by Christian merchants, and all
the authority held by Christian officials.
and all the ships commanded by Chris
tian captains, and all the universities UNI
der the instruction of Christian profess
ors; Christian kings, Christian Presidents,
Christian governors, Christian mayors,
Christian common council Yet, what
securing OUT what an upturning what
a demolitoni what resurrection must
precede this new apportionment!
1 do not underrate the enemy: Julius
Caesar got his greatest victories by fully
estimating the Vastness of his foes, and
prepared his men for their greatest tri-
umph by saying: Tomorrow King Juba
will be here with $4,000 horses 100000 Skin
mishers, and 300 elephants" | do not un-
derrate the vast forces OF sin and death;
but do you know who commands us?
Jehovahjireh. And the reserve
corps behind us are all the
armies of heaven and earth with
hurricane and thunderbolt. The good
work of the worlds redemption is going
on every minute. Never so many splendid
men and glo. Gus women on the side of
right as to-day. Never so many good peo-
pie as now Diogenes has been spoken of
as a wise man because he went with a
lantern in MONDAY saying he was look
his lantern toward himself he might have
discovered a crank. Honest men by the
ten thousandi Through the international
series of Sunday school lessons the next
generation all through Christendom are
going to be wiser than any generation
since the world stood. The kingdom is
coming. God can do it. No house wife
with a chamois cloth ever polished sill
yer teaspoon with more ease than Christ
viii rub off from this world the tarnish,
and brighten 1t up till 1t gloWs like heaven;
and then the glorious apportionment! for
my text is reinforced by a score 81 other
texts. when it says of Christ: He shall
divide the spoil with the strong"
But" you say, that this is pleasant
to think of for others, but before that
time l shall have passed up into another
existence, and ! shall get no advantage
from that new apportionment." All, you
have only driven me to the other more
exciting and transporting consideration.
and that is, that Christ is going to divide
up heaven in the same way. There are
old estates in the celestial world that have
been in the possession of the Inhabitants
for thousands of years, and they shall re-
mansions in heaven filled with whole gem
eratiOns of kindred, and they shall never
be driven out Many of the ViCtors from
earth have already got their palaces ana
they are pointed out to those newly ar
rived Soon after our getting there we
win ask TO be shown the apostolic resi-
dences and ask where does Paul live, and
John; and shown the patriarchial rest
dences, and shall say: Where does AO-
raham live, or JacOb?" and shown the
martyr residences and say: Where does
HIGE rarFIH
want to see the bOulevards where the
chariOts of conquerors roll I will want
to see the garden where the princes walk.
We VIII want to see Music Row, where
Handel and Haydn and Mozart and
Charles Wesley and Thomas Hastings and
| Bradbury have their homes, out of their
windows ever and anon, rolling some
snatch of an earthly oratOrio or hymn
transported with the composer We win
want to see Revival Terrace, where White
field and Eettleton and Payson and Row
land Hin and Charles Finney and other
giants of sOul-reaping are resting from
their almost supernatural labors, their
doors thrOnged with converts lust arrived
coming to report themselves.
But brilliant as the sunset. and like the
leaves for number are the celestial homes
yet TO be awarded, when Christ to YOU.
spoil. What do you want there? You
shall have Ii. An orchard? There n is
twelve manner of fruits. and fruit every
month. DO you want river scenery? Take
| your choice on the banks Of the river in
| longer, wider. deeper roll than Danube or
Amazon or Mississippi if mingled in one.
| and emptying into the sea Of glass. min,
gleQ with fire. Do YOU want your Kindred
PACK again? 60 out and meet your ia cher
ana mother without the staff or the stoop
ana your children IN dance of immortal
glee. 10 you want throne? Select IN
from the million FURNISHED elevat lions DO
you want n CROWN Pick ii out of thar
mountain OF diam0nded coronets DO Won
want your Old church friends of earth
| dIouIu you beSin 10 mum an old revival