The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-02-17

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With zeal for God Philip Doidridge.
advised by bis friends because ~ hlsil.
ness rot 70 enter The ministry yet YOU
know what be did POP the "Rise and
Progress Of Religion" In The church OF
the world.
Il Is TO, the Small, weak men Of the
DAY who DO the damage These small
men who 90 swearing and loafug about
your stores and shops and banking
houses. ~assailirg Christ and the Bible
and the church-ihey do not do che
damage They have 20 influence. They
are vermin that YOU crush with your
foot. But It is ihe giants Of the day,
the misguided CLIENTS, giants in physic-
al power. or giants iu mental acumen,
or'giants in social position, or giants in
wealth, who DO The jamage-the men
with sharp pens that stab religion and
throw their poison OH through our 1T
erature, the men who use the power OF
wealth TO sanction i-iquity and bride
justice, and make truth and honor bow
10 their golden srgpt.-. Misguided e.
auts-look out fo-theu' In the middle
and latter part of che last century no
doubt there were thousands Of men In
Paris and Edinburgh and London who
hated God and b'asrhemed the name OF
the Almighty; brt they did but little
mischief-they were small men. insig-
nifcant men, Yet here were giants in
those days. Who can calculate the soul
havoc Of a Rousseau, going on with a
Sery enthusiasm Of %iniquity, with fiery
Imagination seizing upon all the impul-
size natures Of his day. or David Hume.
who employed bis lie as a spider en-
ploys its summer, in spinning out silk
en- webs 10 trap the unwary, or Voltaire.
the most learned man Of his day, mar
shaling a great host OF skeptics and
leading them out in the dark land OF in
fidelity, OF Gibbon. who showed an un-
comfortable grudge against religion in
his history Of one Of the most fascinat-
ing periods Of the worlds existence
"The Decline ard Fall Of the Roman
Empire book in which. with all the
splendor Of his genius, be magnifed tbs
errors Of Christian disciples, while with
sparseness Of notice that never can be
forgiven he treated Of the Christian he
roes OF whom the world was not
worthy
Oh. men Of stout physical health,
men Of great mental stature, men Of
high social position, men Of great pow
er Of any sort, I.want YOU 10 under
stand your power, and | want you TO
know that that power devoted 10 God
will be a crown on earth, 10 you typical
Of a crown in Heaven, but misguided,
bedraggled in sin, administrative Of
evil. God will thunder against you
with His condemnation in the day when
millionaire and pauper, master and
slave, king and subject, shall stand
side by side in the Judgment and
money bags and judicial ermine and
royal robe shall be rivsn vita the light
nings.
You who are seated in your Christian
homes, comprised by moral and reA.
gious restraints, do not realize the
gulf Of ~lniqulty that bounds you on the
north and the south and the east and
the west. While / speak there are
tens Of thousands Of men and WON.
en- going over the awful plunge Of an
impure life, and while ! cry to God for
mercy upon their souls | cry TO you to
marshal H. the defense Of your homes,
your church and your nation. There Is
a b%anqueting hall that you have never
heard described. Youbnow all about the
feast Of Ahasuerus, where 1000 lords
sat. You know all about Belshazzar'l
e%arcusal, where the blood Of the muir.
dered king spurted into the faces o!
the banqueters, You know Of the scene
Of riot and wassail where there wa.
set before Aesopus one dish Of food that
cost 100000. But l speak now Of q
different b~anquetiug hall. It's roof IS
tretted with fire. It's floor Is tessei,