The Penn's Grove record., 1899-12-22

to bnisam all the WOUNDS, 10 moss u4 <n9
graves, to burn rrthe night ia the nrepieca
Of q great morning. TO change tron hane-
cuffs into dfamonded wristletss to turn the
race around and whereas Il faced
death, commanding 1t, Blight about {4ee
for heavenin According to tho number Of
the spires Of the churches In all our citj9St
towns and neighborboods are the good
homes. the worldly ~prosperlties and the
pure morals and the happy souls:
Meet me at any depot the world cref, erq
with my eyes closed take me ~ the hpnks
and lead me 80 that my feet will not etun1>
bic. and without my once looking dofn o.
looking OH the level take me to Joine hle1
roof or tower and let me see the tops Of
the clutches. and | will tell you the pros
portion of suicides, OF arsons. Of murdel5t
Of thcfts. According as the Churches Are
numerous are the crimes lew. According
as the churches are few the crimes arc nu-
merous. The most. beautiful organisation
the world ever saw or ever will SEQ y the
much maligned church, the friend OF all
good, the foe OF all evil, "falr as the moon
and clear as the sum- Beautiful III her
Author, beeutifrl In her mis- ion, the hero
Inc OF the centuries, the bride OF Christ
the queen OF the nRtionsi
Men may desecrate 1t, as Cromwell when
he stabbed his cavalry horses In st. PnuFf
Cathedral; or break OIL tile Image Ql
Christ, as did the iconociasts In York min,
ster; or hurl against It august literary hn-
tipathies, as did Gibbon; or plot Its over
throw, as do some In every community
reproved by the Ten Commandments
which 1t thunders and the sermon on the
mount which its breathes. But Il viii
stand as long as the earth stands, tho
same uniquel and wonder working and
beatiac and miraculous thing Tor
which God decreed it. Smaif wits tax
their brain TO say things that Will put
her at disadvantage, but many OF them
VIII send for its coincidence when d.
Ing, and their children will be gathered up
under its benedictions after the parental
curse has been removed. Through her
gates will march all the influences for good
that shall ever reach our world. Take her
membership us a mass. not speaking Of
acknowledged exceptions, they are the
noblest, grandest, kindest, best mon and
women OF the nges. But for them ths
earth wonld long ago have been a burned
out volcano. They have been thes nlt that
has kept the human race from putrefac-
tlon insufferabH either to.human or angelic
oifactorles.
You lying and hypo ~,rItical world, shut
up those SANDERS about the church OF
Christ, an Institution which, far from being
what II ought to be and never pretending
to be perfect, Is 500 times better than any
other Institution that the world ever sew
or ever dreamed OF. The highest honor I
ever had and the highest honor l shalt
ever receive and the highest honor ] ever
want IS TO have my name on ner recores
as q MEMBER. AZ ner AFFAIRS ! Kepen1eq.
A her sacrnments I peiievea. n net seh-
VICE Iet me die. IRON ner doors iet mg oe
pufieo. y cnuich OF oooi Lnou ZONE 2.
1me l'enteousi I1ou nnIpor TON .enPestg
inou refuge Ior me weary alsknt-
y 81 many nations! Thou type ~
neaven ! couia KISS tny very dass With
ecs'asy q anections
Far l,ar NV tanrs sbau NIL
For her nv nrnvers ascend
To her nv tolls and eares ia given
.Tiil toii- and cares shau pnd
"Perfumsd roka.' says solomon ~ the
words following my text. Not like the
fumes eoughed up from the throat Of
factories, or fioating IN piacA
wrath from the ~coniagration oi home-
stesds, or ~sulphurous from blazing bat-
teries, but sweet as a burning grove Of cine
namon or Jungle Of sassafrns, or the doors
OF a temple censer. who is this that
cometh out OF the wilderness ike pillars
OF smoke, perfumed VIII myrrn ana irank-
}ncouSot AAeuA - non ahsa NvthDlt otety
where, TINT the advance Of the Genuine
church OF Christ means peace Ior Al nationa.
victor hinge, IN ms book emitted
lNinety-three, says; Nothing caimer
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PRICE Ior tnem; anu WIEN tne
numper o. mii.iohs o. uoiiars nat Wouid
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puthper OF mliilohs u uoiiars tnHt NJ.
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