Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12
IN THE LORDS NAME.
4 Proclamation Of Revolution in the
Name of Jehovah.
Ohristianity's Upheavai In the Family, In
the Church, IN Commercial Cir
cles and Through All
Walks of Life.

An ZIG IOliO"IuB SCi mum is'N' - DS-
Witt Talmage sets forth the tendency
Of religion to overthrow things that
are wrong in every condition of life
The text is:
These that have turned the world upside
Down are come hither also. Acts xviii, g.
There is wild, believing mob
around the house of Jason, in Thcssa.
lonica. What has the man done SO
greatly TO offend the pcopleP He has
been entertaining Paul and his com
Fades. The mob surround the house
and cry: Bring out those turbulent
preachers! They are interfering with
eur business. They are running our
Ssligionl They are actually turning
the world upside down."
The charge was true; for there Is
nothing that SO interfcres with sin,
there is nothing SO ruinous to svTy
form OF established iniquity, there is
nothing that has such tendency to turn
the world upside down, ns our glorious
Christianity. The fact is that the
world now Is wrong side up, and it
needs to he turned upside down in or
der that it may be right side up. The
time was when men wrote books enti-
cling them" Apologies for Christianity"
1hope that day has passed. We want no
more apologies for Christianity. Let
the apologies be on the part of those
who do not believe in our religion We
DO not wish to hidc the fact that Chris
tianity Is revolutionary, and that Its
tendency IL to turn the world upside
down.
Our religion has often been mis- rep
resented III u principle of tears, and
nildness, and fastidiousness; afraid Of
crossing peoples prejudice; afraid OF
making somebody mad; with sillsen
gloves, lifting the people up from tho
church pow into glory, as though they
were Bohemian glass, 80 very delicate
that with one touch ii may be demol.
ished forever. Men speak Of religion
- though IL were spiritual ehloro'
form, that tho people were to take un
til the sharp cutting Of life were over.
Tho bible, 50 far from this, represents
the religion of Christ rs TO bust and
brawny-ransacIsng and upSctting TO-.
600 things that now seem to be settled
on firm foundations hear some man
In this house say; II thought religion
was peace" That Is the final result.
A mans arm is out of place. Two men
come, and with great effort put it back
TO the socket 1t goes bnck with great
pain, Then 1t gets well. Our world
Is horribly disordcrcd and out of joint.
Ii must come under an omnipotcnt
surgery, beneath which there will be
pain and anguish before there Gun
come perfect health and quiet. pro.
claim, therefore, in the name of my
Lord Jesus Christ Revolution!
The religion of the Bible will make
revolution in the fumily. Those
things that are wrong in the family
circle will bc overthrown by it, while
justice and harmony will take the
place. The husband will be the head
OF the household only when he is ut to
be. know u man who spends all the
money no makes in drink, Ms we'll ns
Nil the money that his wife makes; and
sometimes sells the children's clothes
for rum. DO you tell mo that he is to
be the head Of TINT household" IT the
more consistency, more of NIL that Is
right, she shall have the supremacy.
You say that the Bible says that the
wife In to be the subject To the hus-
band. know it. But that is II hus-
band, not masculine caricature.
There IN no human or divine law that
makes II woman subordinate to II man
Anworthy Of her. Whom Christianity
comes into u domestic circle, ii will
give the dominancy To that one who is
the most worthy of it,
As religion comes in ut the front
door, mirth and laughter will not go
out of the back door. 1t will not hopplo
She children's feet John will laugh
just as loud, and George will jump
higher that he ever did before. II will
steal from the little ones neither ball
nor bnt, nor hoop, nor kite, 1t will
establish fAuily altar, Angels viii
hover ovcrit Ladders of light will reach
down to it. The glory of Heaven will
stream upon It, The books of rome IN.
brancc will record It; and tides OF
evcrylasting hles,rlncss will pour
from ii, Not such u family altar rs
YOU may have seen, where the prayer
Is long and II long chaplct is read, with
tedious explanations, and the exercise
keeps on until the childrons knees are
sore aud thrir bNrlts Ache, and their
patience is lost and for the seventh
time they have counted all the rungs
in the chair, but | mean family altar
such rs may have been in your fathers
house. You may have wandered
far Off in the paths of sin auo
darkness; but you have never for.
gotten that family altar where father
and mother lnelt, importuning God foi
your soul. That is II memory that Il
man never gets over There viii he Il
hearty, joyful family altar In every do
nestle circle. Iod will not have to Y,
far to find Hannah rearing her Samue
for tho temple, or Il grandmother Loi'
instructing her young Timothy in tn,
knowledge OF Christ, or Mary, ant
Martha, and Lazarus gathered in fra
ternal and sisterly affection, or u tabl,
at which Jesus sits. rs Mt that of Xac
cheuS or Il home in which Jrsus lvplls