The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22


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We hear great deal % discussion uoE
Al over TIE land about WY psJrle 90 rot
% 20 church SINE say Il = hscsUse
CEr-s lariry - DING cut ard because
p@op-s % lot Believe y TIE truth Of God :
WoTA sna al that They are Ease rsa-
s1Lz- Tie reason e b=causz ouE s=-ZoEs
are 1ot Interesting ard practical. AMI
sympathetic and Ielp-1-- ScDe o1e might
as wei ted E-= T1o-s tru-1 On This S1o-
Jet ard 50 Ell tel IT, Ile ss-Don O
Ire -Lr1E=-E1e Gosp@l s=-UlCu 70 come
form ard shake The nations aE1 EtE the
pope ct e 1a-kuess-Ell D popular
seru1o1 jCsl Tor the simple reason thar Il
Sl-- meet he wo=s ard TIE wants and The
aI1l@--aS o. the people There are n al
or deLoninations ecclss iasEical ualnna5es
sitting around 70 fr1Wn upon t1= fresh
young p-lp5-s q ADeEl-a. 10 ~ 70 ave
-1=m 10E-- 70 cry or. Tut. tut tux
selsatio1aI-' Tney s-and today. preach
Ing lE churches that hold g thousand p@o-
Pc and there are q hundrsd persons pres
snt. and u they cannot have the word
saved IL their way b. seems as II they do
rot want Il saved az all. DO not know
oll t1e % Tsy of making ministers OF
the Gospel Is better. 4 collegiate educs-
u3u and an apprenticeship under the
care and home attention Of some earnest. /
aged Christian minister. the young man
getting the parriarch's spirit and assisting
hin in his religious ssrvtce. Young law
gers study with old lawyers. young pny-
sicians study with Old physicians. ard I
believe il would - a great help II every
young man studying for the Gospel min
istry could put himself IN the home and
heart and sympathy and under the dene-
dic-i0u and perpetual presence OF a Chris
tian minister.
But. I remark again. the sermon Of the /
sr-~r p
altar-raIl 10 the front doorstep. under that
sermon an audience viii get Up and start
for heaven There viii Be in il many a
stsccato passage. II will not b. a lullaby.
D will De a oattle-charge. Men will drop
their sins. for they viii feel the hot breath
Of pursuing retribution on The back Of
their necks- II Will be a sermon synpa-
theiic with all the physical distresses as
well as the spiritual distresses OF the
world. Christ not only preached. but he
healed paralysis and he healed epilepsy.
and ne healed the dumb and the bind and
the ten lepers.
That sermon Of the future viii be an
everyday sermon, going right down into
every mans life, and il will teach him
how 70 vote, how to bargain. how 70
plough, how to do any work he is called
TO. now to WELD trOwel and pen and pen
Gil and ysrdstick and plane. And il will
teach women how to preside over their
households. and how 70 educate their chill
dren, and how 10 initiate Miriam and Is
Their and Vashti and Eunice the mother
Of Timothy; and Mary, the mother Of
Christ and those women who on northern
ana southern oattIenelds were mistaken
Dy the wounded for angels OF mercy fresh
from the throne Of God.
Yes, l have 10 tell you, the sermon Of
the future will be a reported sermon. II
you have any idea that printing was in
vented simply 10 print secular books and
stenography and photography were con-
tTiFe1 merely 70 set forth secular IDEAS,
you are mistaken The printing press is
to be the great agency or gospel procia-
matlon 1t Is hign time that good men,
instead OF denouncing the press, employ
y 70 scatter Iortn the gospel OF Jesus
CHRIST. Inc vast majority OF people
our cities do not come TO church, and
notning but the printed sermon can reach
them and cal them to pardon and life
ana peace ana heaven
50 l cannot understand the nervousness
OF some OF my brethren Oh the ministry
Nnen they see newspaper man coming
IN, they say. Alasi there IS a reporter
Every AIDED reporter Is a thousand, or NJ
y thousand or TWO nundred thousand I'M
mortal souls added to the auditory The
time VIII come when all the village town,
ana city newspapers VIII reproduce the
Gospel of Jesus Christ, and sermons
preached on the Sabbath Will reverberate
and some by voice, all nations VIII be evan
gelized.
The practical bearing OF this is upon
those who are engaged in Christian work,
not only upon theological students and
young ministers, but upon all who preach
the Gospel, and that Is all Of you, If you
are doing your duty
DO you e1hort In prayer-meeting? Be
short and be spirited. Do you teach in
Bible class? Though you have TO study
every night, be interesting. Do you ac-
cost people on the subject of religion In
their homes or in public places? Study
adroitness, and use common sense. The
most graceful, the most beautiful thing on
earth Is the religion Of Jesus Christ, and
II you awkwaTdly present 1t, IL Is defama-
ton. We must do our work rapidly and
we must do II effectively. Soon our time
and said: Take that watch, 1 have no