Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-05-05

in front of which there shall halt 30
splendid equipagcs on the sabbath
day, | would have n church up III
whose gates there should com. long
procession of the suffering and the
stricken and the dying begging for ada
mittancc. You do not need the Gospel
as much as they. You have good
things in this life. Whatever may he
your future destiny, you have had a
pleasant time here. But these dying
populations of which speak, by rea-
son of their want and suffering. what
ever may he their future destiny, are
in perdition now; and il there be any
comfort in Christ's Gospel, for Gods
sake give it to them
Revolution! The pride of the church
must come down. The exclusiveness
of the church must come down! The
financial boastings of the church must
come down. II monetary success were
the chief idea in the church, then $ v
that the present mode of conducting
finances is the best. IL il is to see how
many dollars you can gain, then the
present mode is the best. but il il is
the saving of souls from sin and death.
and bringing the mighty populations
of our cities to the knowleig OF God,
then | cry, Revolutioni 1t is coming
fast feel it in the air. hear the
rumbling of an earthquake that shall
shake down. in one tcrrib bic crash, tn O
arrogance of our modern Christianity.
The sea is covered with wrecks, and
multitudes are drowning. We como
out with the church life boat, and the
people begin to Chamber in. and we
shout: stop! stop! You mnst think
it costs nothing to keep life-boat.
Those seats at the crew are one dollar
apiece, those in the middle fifty cents,
and those seats in the stern two shil-
lings. Please to pay mp, or else
| founder on a little longer till the mis-.
sion-boat, whose work it is To save YOU
penniless wretches. shall come along
and pick you up. We save only first
| class sinners in this boat"
The talk is, whether Protestant
churches or Roman Catholic churches
are coming ont ahead. l tell you.
Protestants, this truth plainly: That
until your churches are as free "a the
Roman Catholic cathedrals they will
beat you. In their cathedral the mil.
lionaire and the beggar kneel side by
side. And until that time comes in our
churches we can not expect the favor
of God, or permanent spiritual pros
perity.
Revolution! 1t may be that, before
the church learns its duty to the
masses, God will scourgc it, and come
with the whip of omnipotent indigna-
tion and drive out the money changers.
1t may he that there is tn he great
day of upsetting before that time shall
come. III it must come, Lord God,
let il come now!
In that future day of the reconstruct
ed Church of Christ, the church-b build.
ing will be the most cheerful of all
buildings. Instead of the light of tho
sun strained through painted glass
until an intelligent authority look
green. and blue, and yellow, and cop
per-colored, we will have no sure things.
The pure atmosphere of Heaven will
sweep out the fctid atmosphere that has
been kept in many of our churcnes
DONed up from sunday 10 sunday. i ne
day of which speak will be IA day ot
great revivals. There will be sucL a
time as there was in the parish OF
| Shots, where 800 souls were born "a
God in one day; such times as were seen
in this country when Edwards gave
the alarm, when Tennent preached
add Whitefield Numbered, and Ed
ward Payson prayed; such times a,
some of you remember in 1857. wher
the voice of prayer and praise wa,
heard in theater, in warehouse, anc
blacksmith shop, and factory, and en-
CINE house; and the auctioneer's cry OF
"a half, and a half, and half" wa.
drowned out by the adjoining prayer
meeting, in which the people cried on
Men and brethren, what shall we do?'