Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-12-10

OF this century only a slice Of
the Atlantic coast, now the
in possession Of our sch9
and missionary stations.
ligious intelligence which
noticed at all by the 1f
allowed only a parag
lines, now find the CO /
press in all the
open, and every
years, without the onhV on
week, I have been permitted
one entire gospel sermox throug(
paper press. I tnrA~1od for at
opportuuity. GloriEtS old century! You
shall not be entombed until we have, face to
face, extolle1 you. You were rocked in a
rough cradle. and the inheritance you re-
ceived was, for the most part, poverty and
struggle an1 hardship, and poorly covered
graves OF heroes and heroines Of whom the
| world had not been worthy, an I atheism and
military ~despotism, aud the wreck OF the
French revolution. You inherited the in1u-
| ences that resulted in Aaron Burr's treason.
and another war with England. and battle
of Lake Erie, and Indian savagery, and
Lundv's Lane, and Dartmoor massacre. and
dissention, bite AMI wild beyond measure
ment, and African slavery. which was yet to
fcost a National hemorrhage OF four awful
years and a million precious lives.
Yes, dear old century, you had an awful
start. and you have done more than well,
considering your percentage AMI your early
environment. Il is a wonder you did not
turn out 10 be the vagabont century or ali
time. You had a bad mother and a bad
grandmother. Some OF tn" preceding cen
lures were not f., to live in-their morals
were so bad, their fashions ware SO outrage
Gus, their ignorance was 50 dense, their in
humanitys) terrific. Oh, dying nineteenth
cen.ury. before you e We take this oppor-
tunity Of telling You that You are ne pest
and tho mi.htie5t of all the centuries OF tho
4 Christian era except the first. which gave us
i the Christ, and YOU rival that cen~fu-11npth the
fact that You more ,han ali the otll ar
les pat together arc giving the el
the word. One hundred and twe 20
dollars. "a one meeting a feWV
,ributed for the woriu's ev! ;.
Look at what you have do1
abused ant depreciated C
the Pacific isles, barr'd
against the gospel when
to reign, now all open, and s
more ChristiahizeI than Amer
as once written over tho chl
+ Cape CO!onv, dogs an Hoi
! mitted." The late Mr.. Darw1
: So 10 the Southern MisS:Onar
. niballsm driven off the ace Of
, gates Of all Nations wide ope
+ entrance when the church shl
Intellectual dandyism. and q
+ higher criticism, and plunge
: as at "a life saving STATION the
with the lifeboat to take the
ship going to pieces in the Skerr
you. old and dying century.
n thanks you, and surely all 1.-The Natl
:. earth ought to thank you. Iputbe
eyes, soon to be dim for the last slAI he
. facts tremendous. take your wrlnktyk OLD
hand and shake it In congratulation. | bathP
a your fevered brow and freshen your parched
+ lips from the fountains of eternal victory. :
q But my text suggests that there are some
things that this century ought to do before
! he leaves US. "Thus saith the Lord, "Set
= - \ Gov $ho1N T. all 6{0 M
n not live" We ought not to let this century
a go before two or three things are set in order.
For one thing this quarrel between Ia or and
# capital. The nineteenth century inherited
J. it from the eighteenth century, but do not
. let this nineteenth century bequeath it to
o the wentie;h. "What we want" says labor,
- ito set us right is more strikes and more Wig.
! orous work with torch and dynamite.'
,e "What we want" says capital, lis a tighter
q grip on the working classes and compulsloI
,e to take what wagee we choose to pay, with
out reference to their needs" Both wrong
- as sin. Both defiant. Until the day OF judg
ment no settlement Of the qnarrelif you leave
70 it to British, Russian or American politics
,e The religion OF Jesus Christ ought to CONF
in within the next four years and take tn
hand of capital aud e1rploye aud say: kHYo'
a have tried everything else and falle1S Nov
~, ,e PRESTON saio t and no more strikes. III
rk Jesus Christ will sweeten
" t hlty' and or ., t it will and e
burn the world up will crackll
at wrathful prosperity and indy
their hands are still clutchina
40 throatS, Before this centu
Nv breath Iwould that swarthy
os opulence would &C me up and
y. ter of Nazareth Join their hat
ID everlasting ndness and pea
and women are dying they q
I'M among their children memen
ar given a watch, and anothe
n. another a picture. and anOthd
,r. this veteran century before it
.se to the human race, with an
that shall last forever, that O.
he sake, the Golden keepsake VI
,i- years ago was handed dow
rock Of the mount OF beatl
nd all things whatsoever ye wOu
nj should DO to you. do We even so
Of for this is the law and the prophy
oh Another thing that needs to
he order before the veteran century quits ,
or is a more thorough and all embracing pa
~. for the worlds gardeniZation. We hay
" been trying to save the world from tt
or top, and it cannot be done that way.
l. has got to be saved from the bottom. II
his church ought to be only a West Point
the drill soldiers for outside battle. What il
On military academy should keep its studen
on from age to age in the m~cssroomAaad u
as barracks? No. no! They are wanted
ON Nontezuma and Chapultepec and Sou
10 Mountain AMI Missionary Rid: e, Rag Il
y ch.ycl 5 no place for a Christian 70 ST.
ore very long. He is wanted at the front. I
-on is needed in the desperate charge of4akil
the parapets. The last great bst.le +
of God is not to be fought on the campus
ect a college or the lawn Of a church. 1t is
ice. be fought at Missionary Ridge. Befo
on this century quits US let us establish t
Ma habit Of giving the forenoon Of the Sa
bath to the churches AMI the afternoon a.
the evening Of the Sabbath to gospel wo
&c. in the halls and theateTs and streets a
les. fields and slums, and wildernesses of 6
and sorrow. Why do Christians who ha
mt stuffed themselves with 1.-The strong meat
lie. the wor'l' and all gospel viands on Saba
foreuoons want to come up to q second 81
vice and stuff themselves again? These {
I cormandizers at the gospel feast need to
leo into outdoor work with the outdc~l
Ara tuat was pIeacueu 70 oauKs
ada. Jan, ana on the ~ 1pacHs
lie, lee, anu IN the oieN
-ac- taius. / AN told T
IN, Am .rican cities the 81
tire in the majority Of chJ
.yrn disgracefully attendedy
n. carepr-a.ed and e