The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-02-06

a newt Try Il BY the realities q ne
Judgment Day. But on the other
hand. DO mot adhere 20 anything mere
" because It An old. There is not .
single enterprise or the church or the
world but has sometime been ncoRed
at- There was time when men de-
rided even Bible societies, and when a
few young men met in Massachusetts,
and organized the frHt missionary so
ciety ever organized I'm thiB country.
there went laughter and ridicule all
around the Christian church. They
said the undertaking was pzepostsrous.
And 90 also the work OF Jesus Christ
was assailed. People cried out, who
ever heard Of such theories OF ethics
and government Who ever noticed
such q style Of preaching a. Jesus
hasg" Ezekiel had talked OF myste-
rious wings and wheels. Here came
man from Capernaum and Gennessaret
and He drew His Illustrations from the
lakes. from the sand. from the noun
tain. from the lilies. from the corn
stalks. How the Pharisees scofedi
How Herod deridedl And this Jesus
they plucked by the beard and they
spat I'm His face. and they called Him
'thIs fellowr' All the great enter
prises I'm and out OF the church have
nc times been scofred at. and there have
been great multitude who have
thought that the @Ariot Of Gods
truth would fall to pieces II Il once got
out OF the old rut. And SO there are
those who nave no patience with any
thing like improvement in church
architecture. OF with anything like
good, hearty, earnest church singing.
and they deride any form OF religious
discussion which goes down walking
among everyday men. rather an that
which makes an excursion Of rhetor-
ical stilts. Oh. that the church OF God
would wake up to an adaptabslity OF
work! We must admit the simple fact
that the churches of Jesus Christ in
this day 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
don who never hear the Gospel The
great majority OF the Inhabitants OF
this capital come not under the i'm
mediate ministrations OF Christ's 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-letter postofnee.
But" say the people. "the world is
| going to be converted; you must be pa
tient: the Kingdoms OF this world are
to become the kingdoms of Chris"
Never, unless the church Of Jesus
Christ puts on more speed and energy.
Instead of the church converting the
world. the world is converting the
church. Here Is great fortress.
How shall II be taken7 An army
comes and sits around about II. cuts
OF the supplies. and says: Nov we
will Just wait until from exhaustion
and starvation they will have to give
up" Weeks and months, and perhaps
a year pass along. and finally the fort
ress 5urrenders through that starva-
tion and exhaustion But, my friends.
the fortresses OF sin are never to be
taken in that way. II they are taken
for God It will be by storm: you will
have to bring up the great siege guns
OF the Gospel to the very wall and
wheel the flying artillery into line, and
when the armed infantry OF heaven
shall confront the battlements you will
have to give the quick command:
Forward! Charger
All. my friends. there Is work for you
to do and for me to do In order to this
grand accomplishment. 1 have a pull
pit. / preach in II. 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 scaRolding. You pulpit is the
mechanics shop. I may stand In my
place and. through cowardlce OF
through self-seeking, may keep bach
the word I ought TO, utter; while you
with sleeve rolled up and brow be
sweated with toll. may utter the WORD
that will Jar the foundations ol
heaven with the shout Of a great vic.
tory. Oh, that we might all feel thai
the Lord Almighty is putting upon N
the hands OF ordination! I tell you
every one. go forth and preach thii
Gospel. You have as much right Il
preach as have or any man living.
Hedley Wears was a wicked man II
the English army. The grace Of Got
came to him He became an earnes
and eminent Christian. They scoffeC
at him and said: You are a hypocrite
you are as bad as ever you were
StilI he kept his faith in Christ. ant
after a while. finding that they coulS
not turn him aside by calling him I
hypocrite, they said to him: oh, yoI
are nothing but N Methodistr' ThIi
did not disturb him. He went on per
forming his Christian duty until hl
had formed all his troops into a Bibl'
class, and the whole encampment wa
shaken with the presence OF God. s.
Havelock went into the heather TEN
pie in India while the English arm,
was there and put candle into tn
hand OF each OF the heather gods tha