The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-22

AAFN fAfINA NfIAAfAH anu AAAH JESUS ]
they plucked BY the beard and they
spas IN HIS face. and they called Him
this fellow All the great enter
prises In and out Of the church have
at times been scoffsd al. and there have
bee a great multitude who have
thGJght that the chariot Of Gods
truth would fall 10 pieces II Il once got
out Of the old rut And so there are
those who have no patience with any
thing like improvement In church
architecture. or with anything Ike
good. hearty. earnest church singing.
and they deride any form OF religious
discussion which goes down walking
among everyday men. rather than that
which makes an excursion Of rhetor-
ical stills. Oh. that the church OF God
would wake up 20 an adaptab.lity OF
work. We must admit the simple fact
that the churches OF Jesus Cnrist in
thiS lay do not reach the great masses.
There are fifty thousand people In Ed
inburgh who never hear the Gospel.
There are one million people IN Lon
ION who never hear the Gospel The
great majority OF the inhabitants Of
this capital come not under the i'm
mediate mlnlstrations o. Chrlsts truth.
and the Church Of God In this day. In
stead Of being a place full Of living
epistles. known and read Of all men.
Is more like a dead-lettsr postofice.
But say the people. "the world Is
going 10 be- convorted you must be pa
tient; the Kingdoms Of this world are
10 become the Kingdoms % Christ"
Never. unless the church Of Jesus
Christ puts on more speed and energy
Instead Of the church converting the
world. the world Is converting tho
church. Here Is great fortress
How shall 10 be taken? An army
comes and sits around about u. cuts
on the supplies. and says: Now We
will Just wait until from exhaustion
and starvation they viii have 70 give
up Weeks and mou<hs. and perhaps
a year pass along. and finally the fort
ress surrenders through tina. starva-
ton and exhaustion. But. my friends.
the fOrtresses OF sin are never 20 be
taken In that way. ], they are taken
Tor God Il will be by storm; you will
have 10 bring up the great Siege guns
OF the Gospel 20 the very wall and
wheel the flying artillery into lire. and
when the armed infantry % heaven
shall confront the battlements you will
have 20 give the quick command:
Forward Charge"
All, my friends. there Is work Tor you
20 do and Tor me 90 do IA order 70 this
grand accomplishment. ! have a pull
pit ! preach IN q. Your pulpit IS the
bank. Your pulpit Is the store Your
pulpit is the editorial chair Your pull
pit Is the anvil Your pulpit Is the
house Of scaffoliinC You pulpit Is the
mechanics shop. may stand IA my
place and. through cowardlce or
through seli-seeklng. may keep back
the word / ought 10 utter: while you.
with sleeve rolled up and brow be-
sweated with toll. may utter the word
that will jar the foundations OF
heaven with the shout OF a great vic
tory. Oh. that We might al feel that
the Lord Almighty Is putting upon US
the hands Of ordinatIonl / tell you.
every one. 90 forth end preach this
Gospel. You have as much right TO
preach as have or any man living.
Hedley Wears was a wicked man In
the English army. The grace OF God
came 20 him. lie became an earnest
and eminent Christian. They scoffed
AZ him and said You are a hypocrlte,
you are as bad as ever you were"
still be kept his faith in Christ. and
after a while. finding that they eoGld
not turn him aside by calling him a
hypocrite they said TO him: "Oh. you
are nothing but a Methodist This
did not disturb him. He went on per-
forming his Christian duty until he
had formed all his troops into a Bible
class. and the whole encampment was
shaken with the presence OF God. SO
Hayelock went into the heather tenn
pie In India while the English army
was there and put a candle into the
hand Of each OF the heather gods tina,
stood around In the heather temple.
and by the light OF those candles held
up by the idols Gen. Hayelock preach
Cd righteousness. temperance. and
Judgment 70 come. And who will say
on earth or In heaven that Havelock
had not the right 20 preach? In the
minister's house where / prepared foF
college there worked a man by the
name OF Peter Croy. He could neither
read nor write. but he was a man OF
God. Often thoologlans would stop in
the house grave theologlans-and al
family prayer Peter Croy would be
called upon 90 Iced. and an those wise
men sat around. wonder-struck az his
religious saicisncy. When he prayed
he reached up and seemed to take hold
/ 0t raG very throne OF the Almighty.
and he talked with Goa until the very
heavens were bowed down .rto the
sltting-room. Oh. n we're dying !
would rather have plain Peter Croy
kneel by my bedside and commend my
immortal spirit 20 God than the great
est archbishop arrayed IN costly canon
icals. Go preach this Gospel. You
say you are not licensed. In the name
OF the Lord Almighty. license you.
/ Go preach this gOsppl Draarh 10 In tho
Sabbath SCHOOL, In the prayer-mect-
ings, ln the highways, 10 the hedges.
Woe De- unto YOU 10 you preach lt mott
prepare this sermon because |
want 10 encourage 400 Christian work
ers 10 every possible department
Hosts of the living God. march on
march on' His spirit viii bless you
His shiold viii defend you. Ills
sword win strike for you. March
on march on, The dcspotIsms win
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