The weekly intelligencer., 1901-03-23

10 Palermo. or we see bahieo lighting
for the solar system, and around as
gather for eonyersation Aristotle and
r1sto ard R1bert South and Sydnet
Smith and Locke and Samnel Rogers
and Chaueer and Paul Richter and
Swift and llaxliit and Leigh Hunt and
Talleyrand and Burke and Edward
Irving. while 10 make music for US
Handel and Mozart and Mendelssohn
come in, and we watch Columbus land
ing and see John Haryard's legacy OF
esOO paid over for the founding OF
Harvard university, aud Joshua Rev
nolds and David Wilkie and Rem
brandt tell us of their pictures. Oh,
the books. Thank God for the books.
and thanks be to all the authorsl
May the inkhorn ever be under divine
inspirationl
A wrong theory Is abroad that the
newspaper impression Is ephemeral.
Because we read and cast il aside In
an hour and never see 10 again we are
not to judge that we are parted from
its influence. No volume Of 500 pages
makes such impression upon the peo-
pie as the daily newspaper. Il is not
what we put away carefully upon the
shelf and once in awhile refer TO that
has as close relation TO our welfare
as the story OF what the world is
now doing or has recently done. Yes
terday has more TO do with to-day
than something occurring a century
previous. The engineers who now
guide the rail trains, the sea captains
who now command the ships. the ar
chiteets who now design the build
ings, the batons that now control the
orchestras, the legislators who now
make the laws. the generals who now
march the hosts, the rulers who now
govern the nations, the inkhorns that
now food the world with intelligence
these are what we have most TO do
with.
You have all seen what is called
indelible ink, which is a weak solu-
tion OF silver nitrate. and that ink
you cannot rub out or wash out.
Put 1t there. and II stays Well, the
liquid of the editorial and reportorial
inkstands is an indelible ink. II puts
upon the souB of the passing gener-
ations characters Of light or dark
ness that time cannot wash out and
eternity cannot efface. Forever in
delible. Be careful how you use IT,
The impression made with II win be
resplendent CT repulsive on the day
for which all other days were made
But how shall | speak of the ink
horn Of the worlds evangelization? +?
Oh, how may loving and brilliant and
glorious pens have been dipped into
IL! Thomas a Kempis dipped into II
and brought up his limitation Of
Christ" Horace Bushnell dipped into
Il and brought up every Mans Life
Plan Of God" Thomas Binney
dipped into II and brought up his
"weigh House Chapel Discourses. 4"
Conybeare dipped into IL and brought
up the Life and Epistles OF Paul"
Archbishop Trench dipped into il and
brought up the "Eplstles to the Seven
Churches" Stuart Robinson dipped
into il and brought up "Discourses OF
Redemption" Austin Phelps dipped
into Il and brought up The stu
Hour" Mary Hoptins dipped into II
and brought up Evidences of Chris
tianity." Thomas Guthrie dipped
into II and brought up "1he Gospel in
Ezekiel" John Cumming dipped into
It and brought up THE Apocalypse. =
Oh. the opulence OF Christian litera-
turei Oh, the mighty streams OF evan
pelistic power that have poured from
the writer's fnKhorn THAI nppeared
In Ezekiel's vision! 49,.
While you recognize the distin-
guished ones who have dipped into
the inkstand OF the worlds evangeliza
ton do not forget that there are hun
ireds of thousands of unknown men
and women who are engaged in in
conspicuous ways doing the SAINT
thing. How many anxious mothers
writing TO the boys in town. How
many sisters writing encouragement
to brothers far awayl How many in
valids bolstered up in bed. the inkhorn
on the stand NJ their side. writing let
ters of coincidence 10 those worse OF
than themselves They are flying all
Ito time kind words, gospel words,
helpful words, saving words. Call the
evangelistie inlhorn into service IN
the early morning, when you feel well
AID you ure grateful for the protec-
tion during your sleeping hours, nnd
write before you retire at close OF day
10 those who all night long viii be say
ing: Would TO God it were morn
ingl" How many bruised and disap-
pointed and wronged souls of earth
would be glad to get letter from you!
Stir up that consolatory inlthorn.
All Christendom has been waiting
for great reyivals of religion to start
from the pulpits and prayer meet
ings. now suggest that the
greatest revival of all time may
start concerted and organized
movement through the inkhorns
Of all Christeudom, each writer dip
ping from the mkhorn nearest him a
letter Of gospel invitation, gospel
hope. gospel warning, gospel in
struction. The ink is all ready on 9
hundred thousand tables. and beside
IL are the implements with which IA
dip II out. Why not, through such
process, have millions OF souls brought
TO God before next summer? BY let
ter you could make the invitation
more effective than by word of mouth
The invitation from your lips may be
argued back, may evoke querulou-
reply, may be answered by joke. but
! good. warm, gospel letter, written IN
!. prayer and started with prayer and
followed by prayer, will be read ovei
and over again and cannot be an
swered in a frivolous way. II viii
speak from the table by day and night
: or, If pettisllly torn up, viii, 10 it'
scattered fragments, speak louder
than when II remained whole. Withi'
!. arms reach Of where you sit there
> may be a fluid that you may pnt OF
, wing with message Of light and love
The other angels spoken of in m!
: text were destroying angels, and eaei
had what the Bible calls ''slaugh
ter weapon" in his hand. Il was I
: lance or a battleax or sword. Coo
{ hasten the time when the last lane
j shall be shiyered and the last hat
G tleax dulled and the last sworl
E sheathed, never again to leave th'
! scabbard. and the angel Of the text
b who, Matthew Henry says was th'
{ Lord Jesus Christ. shall. from th'
. full inkhorn Of His mercy. give saw
q ing call 70 sll nations. That day maj
y be far of, but II Is helpful 20 thinl
a Of its coming. As DR.. Ralelgh de
. oisred that when 30 miles at SET
on the coast Of New England ihl
e cattle on board the ship as well n
n himself, scented the clover on Tn,
J. New England bills, so we, amid al
70 the tossing wnves Of the worlds con
= froyerSieR inhale the redolancs ~ IA,