The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-14
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, Zion. When the Lords army has fight
ing Funstons to lead it, Instead of ollie
tante DoWnses. skulking Smiths anc
Whimperng Whipples, then it can ski
over wrecked bridges like squirrels
wade neck-deep in marshes, swim riv
ers amid the scattering foam of hail
storms Of bullets, bayonet the enemy
out of his trenches like a steel tornado
and see him run as though the Devi
We're after hm-as, in fact, he Is, anc
sure to get him, too!
But 1t took the pentecostal baptism
of fire to put leadership into the origi-
nal apostles, and it takes no less now
than then. When pentecostal power
rests on ministers and churches togeth-
er, then there will be tongues of fire be-
tween all lips, there will be the cries of
penitents on all sides, there will be
abundance of qualified teachers to in
struct and help seekers, there will be
open hearts and homes and purses
even If Barnahas' corner lots have to be
sold to get it!-and the seventies and one
hundred and twenties of disciples will
quickly become the three thousands
and five thousands Then church debts
will be paid off; they will melt away
| like fogs in the sunrise. Missionary col
lections and work of all kinds, both at
home and abroad, will be doubled and
trebled, Moreover, the social life of the
church will be transformed and vital
ICED. Church members who are stand
ing knee-deep in the clover of gracious
joys at home will no longer be banker
ing to nibble on the devils dry and dus-
ty commons, nor to browse on his briers
and thorns!
| The vast Importance of home mission
airy work. both in city and country, but
especially city mission work. will then
be realized afresh. The lost sheep,
whether in neglected corners of the
country, or in city slums, will then be
hunted up. pulled out of the mire,
washed, fed restored to the fold and
shepherded once more. Glass distinc-
tons among Gods people will melt
away. The goddess rich will no more
say to the poor stand thou there or
sit here under my footstool," but over
all church doors will be written THE
rich and poor meet together; the Lord is
| the Maker of them ALL" (Prov. 22:2)
| The rich will no longer too often act as
| though their Bibles read; 1--WE know
that the Lord made us, and we fiatter
| ourselves that He did a good job that
time; but as for those people in shabby
coats and goWns-who under heaven
made them?" And often the royallst
hearts of the lot are under the shabby
coats ard gowns! The open Bible will
then be sown broadcast among the peo-
J)lp the ho taH md will 10
In truth a tree of life, whose leaves are
for the healing of the nations.
But the church has great work also
in the field of civil ethics-a work which
she has only half begun to do as vet.
One great branch of this work in civil
ethics is the temperance work. While
the church folds her hands In mere SEN
timental sorrow, or holds them up In
mere sentimental horror, the ravages
of the dram shop wolf will go on I'M
checked. And merely to save the
drunkard is too often to merely patch
him up again so as to make him once
more profitable customer for his de-
stroyer-to put blood enough into him
again to make another meal for the
vampiresl The church needs both
hands for this work, one the out
stretched hand of mercy to the drum
kard, and the other 'maied fist" be-
tween the eyes of his devourers The
dram-shop must be fought In city and
in country, In the courts, in the legisla-
ture, at the balot-box in the open or
by detectives, by political parties Or
without parties in any way and every
way that OFFERS practical results great
or small. Donnybrook fair orders are
the right ones for this fight: when
ever you see head hit it," The dram
shop, the house of shame and unolean
literature, are all serpents of the same
brood, adders and eocatrices, dragons
and huge hydras and the remedy
against them Is the same, the Hercules
club of the law to brain them, the spade |
of detective work to dig them out. and |
the fire of public condemnation to burn
them UP. And then we want temper !
ance and all civil ethics fought In all |
our schools to hold the ground in fu-
ture.
And in these various and incessant eff |
forts to save city and country together |
the combined and harmonious efforts of
all good Christians and good citizens
are needed, The work can only be done
successfully by such combination of all
the forces in the field The enemy's
forces always act in combination, and |
never make war on each other Com I
bnation is the law Of the age, In capt.
tai, in labor, in politics, among nations |
The combination of a lot of little Ouch
les and princpalities made ITALY, and
then Germany, what they are to-day
The same is true in railways and In