The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-05-22

What, you say, win become OF the oxpen.
MYo and elaborate buildings now devoted al
aepaaing amussmentaY They will become
schools, Art galleries, museums, gymnasiums
anu CHURCHES. The world f. already getting
uHsuaiea With many OF these amusements.
ana no Hondor What an importation OF un
Slean theatrical stun we have within tho
la-t low yeam had brought 90 our shores
anu professors Of religion patr0nislng such
thineal Having sold ont 20 The devil, why
aont yon deliver th8 goods and 20 over to
hlm publicly, body, mind and soul, and
WITHDRAW your name from Christian
churches and say, "knOw an the world by
theao presents that 1 am q patron OF un-
eleannoa and a child OF hellY" Sworn 20 DO
the Lords, you are perlurers.
II you think these oiionses are 10 20 on
forever. you do not know who the Lord a.
Tod viii not walt for the day Of judgment.
All these palaces OF SIN viii become palaces
OF righteousness. They viii come into the
possession on those strong for virtue and
strong for God. "Ho shall divide the spoil
with the strong"
China and Africa, the two richest portions
OF the earth by reason OF metals and rare
woods and inexhauatlblo productlvenoss, are
not yet divided up among the good because
they are not ready 10 be divided. Wait until
al the doors that Livingstone opened In
Africa shall be entered. and Bishop Taylor,
with his band OF self supporting mission
aries, have done their work. and the Ashantis
and SenegambianB shall know Christ as we'll
as you know Him, and there shall DO on the
banks Of the Nileand the Niger n higher civ
Hizatlon than Is now 10 be found on the
banks Of the Potomac or the Hudson, then
Christ will divide up that continent among
His friends. Wait until China, which Is half
n a lnVnFn NJ ali
her capacities for rice and tea and sugar
among edibles, and her amethyst and sap
phire and topaz and opal and jasper and
porDhyrY among precious stones, and her
rosewood and ebony and camphor and var
nish trees among precious woods, and
turned up from her depths a half dozen
Pennsylvania Of coal and iron. and twenty
Nevadas Of silver, and nflY CALIFORNIA; OF
gold, and her 500, 900. 900 OF people shall be
evangelical. Then the Lord will divide It
up among the good.
II 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 comroerce controlled by
Christian merchants. and all the authority
held by Christian officials, and all the ships
commanded by Christian captains, and all
the universities under the instruction Of
Christian professors; Christian kings, Chris
tian presidents, Christian governors, Chris
tian mayors, Christian common council. Yet.
what a securing outl What an upturningl
What a demolitionl What a resurrection
must precede this new apportionment!
l do not underrate the enomy. Julius
C@sar got hlbgreatest victories by fully esti-
mating the vastness Of his foes and prepared
his men for their greatest triumph bysaying.
Tomorrow King Juba will be here with
$4,000 horses, 100000 skirmishers and 800
elephants" / do not underrate the vast
forces Of sin and death, but do you know
who commands us2 Johovahilreh. And the
reserve corps behind US are all the armies OF
heaven and earth, with hurricane and thun-
derbolt. The good work Of the worlds re-
demptiOn is going on every minute. Never
so many splendid men and glorious women
on the side Of right as to-day. Never so
many good people as now. Dlogenes has
been spoken of as a wise man because he
went with a lantern at MONDAY, saying he
was looking for an honest man. If he had
turned his lantern toward himself, he might
have discovered a crank. Honest men by
the l0,0 0Ol 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 1t. No housewife with a chamois cloth
ease than Christ will rub of from this world
the tarnish and brighten it up till it CLOVIS
like heaven, and then the glorious appor-
tionment, for my text is REINFORCED by
score OF other texts, when ii says of Christ,
'He shall divide the spoil with the strong"
"But," you say. "this is pleasant to think
of for others, but before that time shall
have passed up into another existence and l
shall get no advantage from that new ap-
pointment. All, you have only driven me
to the other more exciting and transporting
consideration. and that is that Christ is GO
ing to divide up heaven in the same way.
There are old estates in the celestial world
that have been in the possession of the in
habitants for thousands OF year2, and they
shall remain as they are. There are old
family mansions in heaven filled with whole
generations OF kindred, and they shall never
be driven out. Many of the victors from
earth have already got their palaces, and
they are pointed out to those newly arrived.
Soon after our getting there we will ask to
be shown the apostolic residences, and ask
where does Paul live and John, and shown
the patriarchal residences, and shall say,
"Where does Abraham live or jacob" and
shown the martyr residences and say,
"Where does John Huss live and Ridley?"
We will want to sea the boulevards, where
the chariots OF conquerors roll. will want
to see the garden where the princes walk.
We will want to see Music row, where Han
del and Haydn and Mozart and Charles Wes-
ley and Thomas Hastings and Bradbury
! have their homes, out of their windows, ever
and anon, rolling some snatch Of an earthly
oratorlo or hymn transported with the com
poser. We will want to see Revival ter
ace where Whiteheld and Nettleton and
Payson and Rowland Hill and Charles Fin
ney and other giants Of soul reaping are
resting from their almost supernatural la
Dors, their doors thronged with converts
| just 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 and
millions of others shall divide the spoil.
What do you want there2 You shall have it.
| An orchard2 There it 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. mingled with fire. Do you want
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