The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-17


from damask ottomans and put them in
the stlrrups. The church wants not SO
much cushions as II wants saddle-bags and
arrows. We have got 20 put aside the
gown and the k!d gloves and put on the
hunting slr, We want 4 pulpit on
wheels. We have been fishing 50 long in
the brooks that run under the shadow Of
the church that the fish know us, and they
avoid the hook and escape as soon as we
come 70 the hank. while wonder is Cpper
Saranac and Big Tpper's Lake where the
FIRST swing OF the gospel net would break
It for the multitude OF the fishes There
i outside work 10 he done. What is 10
that | see in the hackwoodss Ii Is a tent.
| The hunters have made a clearing and
campCd out. What do they care II they
have wet feet or n they have nothing but
a pine branch for a pillow or for the
northeast storm? Ii a moose in the dark.
ness steps into the lake 20 drink. they
| hear II right away. Ii loon cry in the
midnight, they hear H. ~ IN the service
| OF God we have exposed work. We have
| got 90 camp out and rough u. We are
| putting all our care on the comparatively
| few people who so 20 church. What are
we doing for the millions who do not
comes Have they no souls! Are there
no dead IN their houses that they need no
comfort Are they cut of irom God 10
| 60 into eternity--no wing 10 bear them, no
| light TO cheer them, no welcome 10 greet
| thcms | hear to-day, surpng up from
| that lower depth Of our cities, groan that
comes through our Christian assemhlages
| and through our beautiful churches and it
| bots out all this scene from my eyes, as
| hy the mists Of great Niagara, for the
| dash and the plunge of these great torrents
| OF life dropping down into the fathomless
| and laundering abysm OF suffering and
| woe.
remark. further. If YOU want 10 succeed
| in spiritual archery YOU must have cour-
| age. II the hunter stands with trembling
hand or shoulder that fnches with fear,
| instead of his taking the catamount the
catamount takes him. What would be-
come OF the Greenlander if when out hunt
| ing for the bear he should stand shlverng
! with terror on an icehergy What would
haze become of Du Chaillu and Livings-
tone in the African thicket with faint
| heart and a weak knee? When a panther
comes within twenty PAGES of YOU and II
| has its eve on YOU, and II has squattcd for
the fearful spring. STEADY there Cour.
age. q We spiritual erchcrs, There are
| great monsters of lniQuitv proving all
around about the community. Shall we
not in the strength OF God go forth and
combat thomy We not only need more
! heart. but more backbone. What is the
| church OF God that II should fear 10 look
| IN the eye any transgresHony There is the
Bengal tiger of drunkenness that prowls
| around. and instead Of attacking II how
| many Of Us hide under the church pew or
| tuc communion table, There is 50 much
| invested in u we are afraid TO assault it
millions Of dollars in barrels, IN watts, in
| splgots, in corksCrCws, in Gin palaces with
marble foors and Italian top tables, and
chased ice coolers, and in the strychuine,
and the logwood. and the tartaric acid,
| and the nuX vomica that go TO make up
our pure American drinks | looked
with wondering eyes on the Heidelberg
tun.' II is the great liquor vat OF Ger.
many which Is said TO hold 500 hogshcads
] OF wine and only three times IN a hundred
wears il has been filed. But ne | stood
and looked at i. ! said TO myscli: That is
nothing 500 hogfhCads. Why. our Amcri-
can vat holds 100000 barrels of strong
drink. and we keep 500 000 men with moth.
ing 20 d. but To see that IL is filled Oh,
to attacl, this great monster OF intempcr-
anyc and the kindred monsters of fraud
and unclcannCss requires YOU 20 rally all
your Christian courage Through the
Pre-. B.. through the pulpit, through the
platform, YOU must assault II.
Would 60 God that all our American
Christians would band together. not for
cracsbrainod fanaticism, but for holy
Christian REFORM | think II was in 1893
that there went out from Lucknow. India,
under the sovereign, the greatest hunting
party that was ever projected. There were
10000 armed men IN that hunting party.
There were camcls and horses and Gle.
| Dhants. On some princes rode, and royal
ladies under exquisite housings aud 800
coolies waited upon the train. and the des.
| oatc places Of India were invaded by this
excursion. and the rhinoceros and deer and
elephant fell under the stroke of the sabre
and bullet After awhile the party brought
back trophies worth 30 OOO rupees. having
left the wilderness of India Rhastly with
tho slain bodies Of wild beasts. Would 10
God that instead Of here and there n straR-
gicr going out 10 fight these great monsters
| Of iuiGulty IN our country the millions OF
members Of our churches would band 20.
ccthcr and hew IN twain these great crimes
that make the land frightful with their
roar, and are fltteuug upon the bodies
and souls Of immortal mem Who is ready
for such a party "a that? Who will be a
mighty hunter for the Lord
] remark, again, # YOU want 30 be sue
ccssful IN spiritual archery you need not
only 10 bring down the game. but bring IL
in. ] think one Of the most beautiful pic
tures Of 1horwalGscn IS his Autumn" II
represents sportsman coming home and
! standing under a grapevine. lie has a
staff over his shoulder. and on the other
end Of that staff are hung q rabbit aud a
brace of birds. Every hunter brings home
the game. No one would think OF bring
] a
stream for trout and letting them lie in
the woods At cventIdc the camp Is
adorned with the treasures Of the forest
bcak and fin and antler
II you 90 olt 20 hunt for immortal souls,
not only bring them down under the. ar
row OF :Ec gospel, but bring them into the
church OF God. the grand home and en-.
campment we have pitched this side Of the
skies FetCh them IN. DO not Jet them lie
| ont IN the c..rn field They need our pray
crs ia sympathies and help. That ~ the
meanng Of the church Of God-help. .
yc hunters for the LOrd, not only bring
down the game, but bring u in
But, let me say YOU will never work any
better than you pray. The Old archers
took the bow, put one end oi 10 down beside
| the foot. elevated the other end, and 10
was the rule that the bow should be Just
the size Of the archer. II ~ were Just he
sire. then he would 90 into the battle with
confidence. Let me say that your power
70 project good IN the world viii core
! EyJnd exactly 20 your own spiritual stat
ure. in other wOrds the first thing IN
! preparation for Christian work ~ personal
conservation.
"Oh. Tor closer walk with God,
4 calm and heavenly frame,
a hight 90 shine upon the road
Tha. leads ne 20 the lamb
7 am sure that there arc some men who
| az some tune have been bit by the gospel
arrow. YoJ felt the wound o. that con.
victIon, and you plunged into the world
! deeper. just az the stag, when the hounds
/ are after D., plungcs INTO SchrOOn Lake,
I expecting in that way % escape. Jesus
| Christ IS on your track TO-DAY. - impenl-
tent man. not in wrath. bat IN mercy. .
| We chased and painting souls. here u the
| stream Ot GOdF mercy ana saiFatcn,