The Monte Vista journal., 1898-05-07
REEDS SERMON.

terday at the Broadway thcatcr. The
auditorium wns draped In bunting aud
nags. A large Cuban flag was sus.
pended from the ceiling with the
American nag on one side OF 1t and the
Spanish nag, draped In black and
splotched with blood. on the other.
The sermon was as follows
Hamlet being interrupted with IL
book In his hand. and asked wi,a. lie
was doing. said In effect that he was
reading Words" ] try to keep = de
cent library, not large. hut decent. In
spite Of care. books are In |, OF no USE
except In paper mill. The ink is nm
ob1ection. l am becoming fond OF ST.
ience. There is altogether too much
ignorant noise. The American wants
to know what Ia going to happen. he
wants to know what God only knows
You have only a short time to live-tlo
not read the books of day, read the
best that has been written in GOO0
years. find Shakespeare up to date.
] find that some of the Bible and some
OF Shakespeare. and some OF Emerson
every day In the year will keep me
mentally on my feet. You will find
any novel writer Of today the equal
OF Dickens. Thackeray or Walter Scott.
Do not waste time on the street ear
conversations Of Mr. Howells. l hav.
hunted boarding house.. do no;
care to go over 1t again In three chup-
tiers.
Read Victor Hugo. Balzac and some
OF Zola. Select out OF the intellect of
the world the hest. Ouida IL not rec
commended by theoiogians. but Under
Two Flags is u great story. Charles
Dickens Tale OF Two Cities" Ia an
end Of the century story. Pick 1t up
this afternoon and reread the first
chapter. We are going through sim.
liar experience now In 1888.
1t Is time to think and do, and to
tnlk as little MS possible. The great
takers are never great dOers. Nupo-
leon, Wellington and bismarck have
had great capacity for silence. the
coming preacher Will perhaps have
something to say once month. Peo-
pie nre to read more. think more and
listen less. People are TO become self
centcred. We have been living on
words, phrases, tradition. There are
some people alive going about and
taking notice OF things who believe in
hell. Not for IN inhuman church
member, but for the man who does
not believe that the English Bible Is
the word Of God from "kiver to kiver."
The binding is inspired-ihc punctua-
tion inspired. We are through with
evangelis;s out In this country. The
true church In this country is not now
run by n lot Of usurpcrs and bank
wreckers. There is. some incredulIty
as to foreign missions and men who
talk In prayer meeting about follow
ing Jesus" The thing has become
nauseating.
You have so much force: do not cN
pend this vital reserve on idle words
Many an invalid has been talked tc
death In this town. His death pro
phesled. DO not do that any more
The minute your word goes out 1t goes
into the general atmosphere-it makes
an impression. One u the best and
kindest women I know says OF anyone
sick. he Is very low" when he gets
well she is rather disappointed. Quit
that thing-thouehis are things You
make the boy Of n neighborhood under.
stand that he is bad boy and he will
fill the bill. Think people up. Ane
whole business Is all In the mind
Here Is a man. n boor. no gentleman
NJ Ignorant as II bronco and ns brutal;
All he needs is time. By and by he
will be good company for St. John.
by and by may mean couple Of mil
lion years.
We are told In the Bible that VIC shall
render an account OF every idle word" :"
Anything spoken vibrates and regis
t.rs. We are not enough aware how
sensitive this universe II. Think OF
having to meet all ones Idle words.
On the sides OF a scpulchre of an old
Egyptian is engraved his history. What
he played as boy. what he did ms a
man. When lie wakes up he sees his
life. There IL no avoiding II. The
most immoral doctrine ever taught IL
that n mans sins and crimes can be
shifted over TO the shoulders Of Jesus
Christ.
1t troubles me to see people In bond.
age to some old phrnsc. A man gets
up and points with pride" and views
with alarm" In n feeble wny I want
to kill him. Here IL another: "The
prayer meeting is the pulse OF the
church." In my opinion the modern
prayer meeting. when It Is not bad. IL
waste Of time. When you nrc through
with your work to get II living. amusc
yourself-rcad n good book. have
heard people In prayer meeting nddrcss
Almighty God ms though they had been
tn school with him. As II lie lived
right around the corner.
A word has u history. u pedigree.
In an old stone fort, near Hartford,
Connecticut. was found a suit Of nr.
NOR, head piece and brcnxtplntc. When
I inquired about II found that some
thrifty citizen had sold 1t to n peddlc,
for $50. The children OF that thrifty
citizen are now figuring how much OF
the nifty million dollars they Will have
In their pockets when the war with
Spain In over lf I could drop u thou
sand pound shell In the back yard of
Russell Sage and not bc canIht AT II
would sleep swectly.
Tho best thing that has happened
lately n the enforced resignation Of
Sherman. We need TO be- rid OF these
vulgar. brutal rich. Nothing remains
now for Mr.. Sherman but 10 go on and
die. When man has been In the
service Of his country forty-tw0 years
md u q multi.mIllIonairc. he mus,
have been some Kind OF thief.
Charity In Fl. Paul's time was a finc
word. II meant ''iovc." We have de-.
graded 1t. II means now old clothes.
cold vIctunls md advice.
The Bible II made up Of words Ori.
entail. II is poetry and prose. lf yon
interpret the poetry as prose you spoil
It. Jesus says. This II my body. this
ia my blood" Try IN think uhnt IA.