St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-02

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Let this veteran century before II disa
hand over to the human race, with IN
impressiveness that shall last forever,
that old family keepsake. the golden
kespsake. which nearly 1900 years ago
was handed down from the black rock
OF the Mount of Beatitudes: s'There-
fore al things whatsoever ye would
that men ahould do to you. do 70 even
20 to themI for this 10 the law and the
propheta"
Another thing that needs TO BE- set
In order before the veteran century
quits us 10 . more thorough and all.
embracing plan for the worlds garden
ixation. We have bsen trying to save
the world from the top, and it can not
DO done that way. 1t has got to b
saved from the bottom The church
ought to be only . West Point to drill
soldiers for outside battle. What If .
military academy should keep its stu
dents from ago to age in tho mess
room and the barracks? No, NO!
They are wanted 1T Montezuma, and
Chapultepec, and South Mountain,
and Missionary Ridge, and tho
church j. no place for : Christian to
stay very long. He i wanted
1t the front. He Il needed in the des-
perate charge Of taking the psrapeta.
The last great battle for God u not to
30 fought on the campus of college
or the lawn of church. 1t il to be
fought 1T Missionary Ridge. Before
this century quits us let us establish
the habit pf giving the forenoon Of
the Sabbath TO the churches and the
afternoon and the eve ming Of the Sab
bath to Gospel work in the halls,
and thesters, and streets, and fields,
and slums. and wilderness Of sin aud
sorrow. Why do Christians who have
stuffed themselves with 1.-THE strong
meat Of the world, and all gospel vi.
snds on Sabbath forenoons want to
come mp to . second service and stun
themselves again? These old german.
oilers At the Gospel feast need to get
into outdoor work with the outdoor
Gospel that was preached on the banks
OF the Jordan, and on the fishing
smacks Of Lake Galilee, and in the
bleak air Of Assyrian mountains. l
am told that throughout al our Amer
lean cities the second Sabbath service
IN the majority Of churches IL sparse
". nay, disgracefully. attended, and
- the distress Of the consecrated and
eloquent pastors who bring their learn
Ing and their pisty before pews ghast-
" Tor their unoccupancy. What II the
providential meaning7 The greatest
Of al evangelists since Bible times
recently suggested that the evening
in all the churches be turned
into the most popular style Of
evangelistic meetings for outsiders.
Surely that IL IN experiment worth
II that does not succeed,
then It does seem to mo all the
which can not secure suffi-
Client evening audiences, ought to shut
mp their buildings At night and 20
where the people are. and invite them
to come to tho Gospel banquet.
Let the Christian souls, bountifully
fed In the morning, 60 forth in the
afternoon and evening to feed the
of outsiders starving for
the bread Of which If . man eat he
shall never again hunger. Among
those clear down the Gospel would
make more rapid conquests than
among those who know 30 much and
have SO much that God can not
teach or help them. In those lower
depths splendid fellows in tho
rough. like the shoeblack that . re.
porter saw near New York city hall.
He asked boy to black his boots. The
boy came MP 70 his work provoxingly
slow, and had just begun when = large
boy showed him aside and began the
work, and tho reporter reproved him
= being bully, and the boy replied:
''Oh, that's al right. lam going to do
It for him. You SEQ, he's been sick in
the hospital more'n . month. SO rs
boys turn in and give him = lift"
do all the boys help him?" asked
tine reporter. "Yes. sir; when they
Amt got no job themselves and Jim
gets one. they turn in and help i'm.
Tor he amt strong yet. you see"
How much percentage does he give
? our" said the reporter. The boy re-
piled: ~ don't keep none of it.
mint NO such sneak Is that ALI the
boys give up what they git on his job.
I'd like to catch any TELLER snesking
On sick boy. I would" The reporter
gave him = 25-cent piece. and said,
''You keep 10 cents for yourself and
give the rest to JIM" Cant do 1t
sir,; It's his customer. Here, jim"
Such big souls - that strew all the
lower depths Of tho cities; and get them
to God, this would be the
last full century of the worlds sin,
and but little work of evangelization
would b left for the next century.
Before this century expires let there
b : combined effort to save the great
cities Of America and Great Britain,
md Of Ill Christendom. What IN aw.
hui thing it would DO for you. o dying
to bequeath to the coming
~ yet innocent and unsecured
with = single sin or burdened v it'll
! single sorrow, the blasphemy, the
lawlessness, the atheism, the
proHigacy and the woes of
great cities still unevangelized. What
Ne ought to see, o dying century! il .
revival Of religion that would wrap
The continents in condagrations Of re-
ligious awakening, and that would
make legislation, and merchandise,
md all styles Of world business wait
awhile 1t the telegraph Offices and the
telephone Offices because they are oc-
supisd with telling the story Of cities
md nations born in . day. Nearly all
he Centuries closed with something
WHY may nossshis con-
tury close in the salvation Of American
do not know whether our theoloR-
eel friends who have. studied the
subject moro than I have are rikht or
wrong when they say Christ will como
IN person to set mp His kingdom in this
world; but though we would be over
whelmed with our unwortLiness, I
would like to see Christ descend from
Heaven IN one Of the clouds Of this
and planting His feet on tho
Darth, which He csne centuries ago to |