Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-10

! that will Leave you about 10 years.
From these 10 you must subtract all
, the time that you are necessarily ca
gagged In the earning Of livelihood;
that will leave you about eight years
From these eight years you must take
all the days and weeks and month";
all the length Of time that is passed in
misunderstanding YOU about one year
In which to work for Col o my soul!
wake u9! How dareSt thou sleep in
harvest time, and with SO few hours in
which to reap? So that ] state IL as a
simple fact that al the time that the
vast mn rty Of you viii nave for the
exclusive service of God will be less
than one year
But" says some man, II literally
support he Gospel, and the church is
open. and the Gospel Is preached; all
the spiritual advantages are spread be-
fore men, and IL they want to be saved
let them come aud be saved have
discharged all my responsibility" All!
is that my Masters spirit? Is there
not nn old Book somewhere that com
Innnds us to go out into the highways.
To CONS in? What would become Of
you and mo if Christ had not
come down off the hills OF
iIeaven: and IL lie had not
come through the door OF the
Bethlehem enravansary; and II lie had
not with the crushed hand OF the cruci-
fxion knocked Mt the iron gate of the
sepulchre of our spiritual death, cry
ing: Lazarus, come forth? OH my
rrtia when all the forces of darkness
seem to be In full blast!--when steam
printing presses are publishing intidel
Tracts, when express trains are carry
ing messengers OF sin, when fast clip
peers are laden with opium and strong
DRINK, when the night arr OF our cities
i, polnted with the laughter that
breaks up from the ten thousand sa-
looms OF dissipation and abandon
IuunD, when the fires of the second
death already are kindlcd in the cheeks
of some who, on y II little while ago,
were incorrnpt. Oh, never since the
curse fell upon the earth has there
been II time when IL was such an I'M
wise such u cruel, such an awful
thing for the church to sleep. The
great audiences arc not gathered in
Chrlstian churches; the great audi
ences are gathered In temples OF sin
tears OF unutterablo woe their bap-
tisn, tho blood of crushed hearts the
NV fnl wine OF their sacrament, bias
phemies their ltany, and the groans of
the lost world tho organ drge of their
worship.
Again, II you want to DO quail flied to
meet the duties which this age de-
mnnds OF you. you must, on the one
hand, avoid reckless ieonoelasm, and,
on the other hand, not stick too much
10 things because they are old The
mir Is full OF new plans, new projects.
new theories OF government, new the
olugies, and | am amazed to sec how so
many Christians want only nov
city In order to recommend Il
thing to their condolences; and SO
they vacillate and swing to aud fro; and
they are useless, and they are unhappy.
New pluns--secular, ethical, philo-
sophical, religious, cisatlantic, trans
utlnntic-long enough to make IL limo
reaching from tho German universities
To Great Salt Lake City. All, my
brother, do not take hold OF u thing
merely because 1t Is new! Try 1t by
the realities OF the Judgment day.
But, on the other hand, do not adhere
TO anything merely because 1t Is old.
There is not II single enterprise OF tho
church or tho world but has sometime
been scotfed Mt. There was
ttne when men derided even Bible
societies. and whom u few young men
met in Massachusetts ana orgnnized
the first missionary society aver organ
lied In this country there went laugh
ter and ridicule all around the Chris
tlan church. They said tho undertake
ing was preposterous, Aud 80 also
the work of Jesus Christ was assaulted.
People cried out: "Who ever heard Of
such theories OF ethics and govern.
mentp Who ever noticed such style
of preaching MS Jesus has9' Ezekiel
had talked of mysterious wings
and wheels. Here came man
from Capernaum aud Gennessnret, and
llo drew His Illustrations from tho
lakes, from the sand, from the noun
tain. from tho lilies. from the corn.
stalks How the PhariSees seotfedl
How llerod dcridedi And this Jesus
Lhoy plucked by the beard, and they
spat in His face, aud they called Him
"this follow" All the great en-
terprscs in aud out of the church
have Mt times been scotfud at, aud there
have been great multitude who have
Thought that the chariot of Gods
truth would fall to pieces il it once got
out OF the old lut And SO there are
those who have no patience with any
thing like Improvement in church
architecture, or with anything like
good, hearty, earnest church singing
aud they deride any form OF religious
discussion which goes down walking
among everyday men, rather than
TINT which makes m excursion
on rhetorical stills Oh, that tho
church OF God would wake up
To nm adaptabiity of work! We
must admit the simple fact that the
churches of Jesus Christ in this day do