The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-11

Sins and there are suffering, I'D around
about u- but a- lu some bitter cold W.u-
ger day when We are tnrlsI.ug ugI arms
around u- go keep DIr thumbs from ireel
lug We think Ui the warm spring lay that
2Ii. after awhile come. OF 90 the dark Eu-
ter night we look up and see the northern
lights, the windows oi heaven ll.umLcd
hy some great victory. just 30 we look up
from the night Oi suffering and sorrow and
wr,tchcduess ln our cities, aud we SEQ
light streaming through from the other
side and we know we are on the way 90
morning than that. on the way 90
"a morning without clouds
! want YOU % understand, an You who
are tolling for CHRIST. that the castles Of
SIN are all going 20 be captured The we
tory Tor Christ IN these great towns is
going 20 be- so complete that not a man ON
earth or an angel IN heaven OF q devil 20
he'll wi!l dispute IT. How do | know
know it Just AZ certainly as God lives and
that this IS holy truth. The old Bible Is
full of It. The nation is to be saved OF
course all the cities are 10 be saved. II
makes a great difference with you and
! with me whether we are tollIng on toward
a defeat or tolllng on toward a victory.
Now, IN this municipal elevation of
which | speak have TO remark there will
! be greater financial prosperity than our
! cities have ever seen. Some people seem
10 have a morbid idea of the millennium
and they think when the better time
comes TO our cities and the world people
wll give their time up 60 psalm singing
and the relating of their religious cXpc.
| rlcncc, and as all social life will hc purl.
fed thO,e VIII hc no hIlarlty, and as all
business viii he purified there Will bc no
enterprise. There Is no ground for such
an absurd anticipation. In the time OF
which | speak where now one fortune Is
made there Will he q hundred fortunes
made. We all know business prosperity
depends upon confidence between man
and man. Now, when that time comes of
which | speak, and all double dealing, all
dishonesty and all fraud are gone ont OF
commercial circles, thorough confidence
viii Toe established. and there viii ho bet.
ter business done and larger fortunes
gathered and mighticr successes achieved
The great busln" disasters OF this
country have como from the work OF god.
less spectators and infamous stock gamb.
lcrs. The great foe TO business rs crime.
| When the right shall have hurled back
the wrong. and shall have purified the
commercial code and shall have thuu.
dcrcd down fraudulent establishments,
and shall have nut into the hands OF hon.
est men the keys of business. blessed
time for the bargain akcrs. am not
talking an ahstract'on,"l am not making
a guess; | am telling YOU Gods eternal
truth.
In that day of which speak taxes will
be q mere nothing. Now our business men
arc taxed for everything, city taxes. conn
" taxes. state taxes, United states taxes
stamp taxes, license taxes, Manufacture
tayes-taNcs, taxes, taxes! Cur bushes.
T,v p,sFYN
year to pay their taxes What iastcns or
our great industries this awful load
Crime. individual and official We hav,
TO pay the board of the villains who ar,
nCarceratcd in our prisons, We have &C
take care of the orphans OF those wh'
plunged into their graves through bcastN
indulgence; we have 10 support the mum
,ipal governments. which are cNrcuslv,
lust IN proportion as the criminal prochNl
ties are vast and tremendous. Who sup
ports the almshouses and police station'
and all the machinery OF municipal gov
ernmcnty The taxpayers.
But in the glorious time Of which
speak gricvous taxation viii all hay,
ceased There will bc no need " support
ING criminals. there will be no criminals
Virtue will have taken the place OF vice
II ere will he no orphan asylums, for pa
rents will be able 10 leave a compctcnc
TO their children: there will be no votin
| Of large sums of moneys for some municl
pal Improvement which moneys, hcfor
they get 90 the improvement. drop int
The pockets OF those who voted them; n
oyer and terminer kept up az vast cNpcus
20 the people, no mpanehng OF Jures {
Try theft and arson and murder and sar
Ter and blackmail; better factories, grand
er architecture; finer equlpage, larger iol
,unes; richer opulencc. "A morning with
)ut clouds
In that better time also coming TO thcs
cities the churches of Christ will be NOR
numerous. and they will bc larger. an
they will he more devoted 20 the scrviC
; of Jesus Christ. and they will occomplis
! greater influences for good Now IL
often the case that churches are cnviot
of each other and denominations coliC
! with each other. and even ministers
= Christ sometimes forget the bond
brotherhood But in the time of which
y speak, while there will be just a. mar
7 differences of opinion as there are mo-
= there will be no acerbity, no hypercu
= eism, no eXclusiveness.
In our great cities the churches are N
= to-day large enough 10 hold mere than
y fourth Of the population. The church
q hat are built-comparativoly few OF the
~ are fully occupied The average attcu
4 ance in the churches OF the United Stat
= today is not 400. Now. IN the g,orio
- time of which | speak there are going
I, be vast churches. and they are going Go
y All thronged with worshipers oh, VII
y -ousing songs they VIII singl Oh. WI
earnest sermons they Will preachl [