The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21

but Paul made a mistake when he kept on
until midnight. He ought to have stoppeo
at IL O'clock and there would have peen
no accident. II Paul might have gone on
To too great length, ier all those OF US who
are now preaching the gospel remempe.
TINT there Is limit to religious discourse,
or ought to be, and that In our time We
have no apostolic power OF miracles; M
poleon In an address o! seven nino
thrilled his army and thrilled Europe;
Christ's sermon en- the mount: the mode,
sermon, was less than eighteen minutes long
at ordinary mode OF delivery. IL Is not
electricity scattered all over tine SKY tnAe
strikes. but electricity gathered into
thupderbolt and hurled, and 1t Is not relig.
ious truth scattered over and spread out
over a vast reach OF time. but religious
truth projected In compact form tnat
flashes light upon the soul and rives It's
indifference. A..
future arrives In this land and In the
Christian church, the discourse which Is to
arouse the world and staftle the nations
and usher In the kingdom, 1t Will be brief
| discourse.
Heal it, all theological students, all ye
| lust entering upon religious work, all ye
men and women who In Sabbath schools
and other departments are toiling for
CHRIST ana rne salvation Of immortals-
| brevlty, prevityl
But remark also that the religious
| discourse Of the future OF which l speak
will be popular discourse. There are
those in these times who speak OF popular
sermon as though there must be something
wrong about 1t. As these critics are dull
themselves. the world gets the impression
| that sermon Is good In proportion as 1t ID
stupid Christ was the most popular
| preacher the world ever saw and. con-
sidering the small number OF the
worlds population, had the largest au.
| diapoa aver Cotharad Ha navap DreaPh0d
anywhere without making a great
sensation. People rushed out in the Wild
erness to hear Him reckless OF their phys
ical necessities. So great waa their ankle
ty to hear Christ that. taking no food with
them, they would have tainted and starved
had not Christ performed a miracle and
fed them. Why did SO many people take
the truth at Christ's handsi Because they
all understood It, He illustrated His sub.
ject by a hen and her chickens, by bushel
measure, by handful OF salt, by BIRDS
eight and by liiy's aroma. All the people
knew what He meant, and they nockeo 70
Him. And when the religious discourse OF
the future appears 1t will not be Prince
tonian, not Rochesterian, not Andoverian,
not Middietonian, but Olivetic--plain,
practical, unique, earnest, comprehensive
OF all the woes, wants, Sins and sorrows OF
an auditory.
But when that exhortatlon or discourse
does come there will be thousand CLEAN
ing scimiters to charge on 1t. There are In
80 many theological seminaries professors
} telling young men how to preach, mem.
selves not knowing how. and am told tina!
II a young man In some OF our Theological
seminarles says anything quaint or thrill
inv or UNIQUE faculty and students fly at
, him and set him right and straighten him
out and smooth him down and chop him
). of until he says everything just as every
} body else says 1t. Oh, when the future re-
llgious discourse OF the Christian church ar.
\ riyes all the churches of Christ in our great
: cities viii be throngedl The world wants
: spiritual help.> All who have buried theii
l dead want, comfort. All know themselves
r to be mortal and to be immortal, and they
: want to hear about the great future. ! tel
a you, my friends, II the people OF cur great
: cities who have had trouble only thought
they could get practical and Sympathetic
I help In the Christian church, there would
| not be a street In Washington or New Yorl
4 or any other city which would be passnble
I on the Sabbath day IL there were church
: On it, for all the people would press K
9 that asylum OF mercy. that great house O
q comfort and consolation.
: mother with dead babe in her arm!
t came to the god silva and asked to have
: her child restored to life. The god Sivf
I said to her, "You 60 and get handful o.
mustard seed from house in which there
e has been no sorrow and in which there hal
i
= child to life." So the mother went out
4 and she went from house to house and
Il from home to home looking for place
n where there had been no sorrow and where
o there had been no death, but she found
/ none. She went back to the god silva an(
; said: "My mission Is failure. You see,
e haven't brought the mustard seed. cam
!; find place where there has been no sor
z row and no death" "Oh!" Gays the god
n silva. Understand, your sorrows are ne
Q worse than the sorrows OF others. We al
3 have our grlefs. and all have our heart
: breaks"
: Laugh, and the world laughs with you
:, Weep, and you weep alone;
s For the sad old earth must borrow 1t:
: mirth.
:. But has trouble enough OF its own."
We hear great deal of discussion nov
. all over the land about why people do no
5 20 10 church. Some say 1t Is because
}, Christianity is dying out and because PEG
= pie do not believe In the truth OF God.
I" The reason is because our sermons and ex
hortations are not interesting and practi
cal and helpful.
. Some one might as well tell the whole
> truth on this subject, and SO will tell 1t
. The religious discourse OF the future, the
u gospel sermon to como forth and shake th,
sGs' f pop lt as0p5s sss Pr AZ s
q pie reason that IL Will meet the woes AM
:, the wants and the anxieties OF the people
u There are in all our denominations &c
o clesiastical mummies sitting around t.
frown upon the fresh young pulplts oil
o America to try to awe them down, to or,
IS out: Tut, tut, tutl Sensational!' They
IS stand to-day preaching In churches tina
o hold thousand people, and there are ,
n hundred per- present, and IL they can
>, not have the world saved In their way |
= seems as II they do not want 1t saved q
J. all.
d l do not know but the old way OF making
!, ministers OF the gospel Is better-a col
y legIate education and an apprenticeship
d under the care and home attention OF SOM
K earnest, aged Christian minister. the youns
II man getting the patrIarelI's spirit and as
Is slsting him In his religious service.
d The printing press is to be the grea
:" agency OF gospel proclamation. 1t Is hig
K time that good men, instead OF denouncin'
d the press, employ II 10 scatter forth tn
]. gospel OF Jesus Christ.
ls The vast majority OF people in our elite
al do not come to church and nothing but tn
I, printed sermon can reach them and cal
is them to pardon and life and peace AM
Id heaven.
The time will come when all the village
is town and city newspapers will reproduc
De the gospel OF Jesus Christ, and sermon
lie preached on the Sabbath will reverberat
OF all around the world and. soue by type an
rs some by voice, all nations will be evange
at lizeA
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