Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-13
HARVEST TIME HERE
A Sermon Of Ccnsratulation fos
Christian Endeavorers.
pr. Tsiaaxe Ffnas q Mighty suzxes-
sfvenes. An Hi. rext-The Growth
and Perfection OF Chris
sfantty.

tcopyrIahs. 1901. Dc Louis Kiopsch. y. "
Washington. July l.
Although DIR. Taimage was hindered |
from attending the great annual meet
ing Of the Christian EndeRvor society !
Mt Cincinnati. his sermon shows him TO |
be in sympathy with the great move
ment: text. Amos 9:lS: behold the
DAYS come. saith the Lord. that the
plowmRn shall overtake the reaper.
Unable because Of other importast
duties 20 accept the invitation To take
part in the great convention of Chris
tian Eudeavorers at Cincinnati. begun
last week, ! preach sermon of con-
graduation for all the me mbers Of that
magnificent association, whether now
gathered in vast assemblage or busy IN
their places Of usefulness. trsnsatlan-
| tic and cisatlantic. and as II is now har-
vest time IN the fields and siclles are
| flashing in the gathering OF great
crop. l find mighty suggestivenesS IN
my text.
Il is picture Of tropical cline
with a season SO prosperous that the
harvest reaches clear over 20 the plant
ing time, and the Ewarthy husband
man, busy cutting the grain, almost
feels the breath Of the horses on his
shoulders, the horses hitehed 20 the
pillow. preparing for a new crop. Be
hold the days come. saith the LORD.
that the plovman shall ovortake the
reaper" When il thst2 That Is now.
| Thatis this day. when hardly have you
done reapinC one harvest Of religions
result than the ploWman is getting
ready for another.
In phraseology charged with all ven
ON and abuse and caricature know
that infidels and agnostics have de-
clared that Christianity has collapsed;
that the Bible is an obsolete book; that
the Christian ch urch H. on the retreat.
/ shall answer that wholesale charge
to-day.
Between 5000 900 and 1000 900 En-
deavorers sworn before high Heaven
that they will 90 al they can 20 Toxic
| America for God. Europe for God, Asia
aud Africa for God-are not the signs
most cheering2 Or. 10 return 20 the
agricultural figure Of my text, more
ihan a million reapers are overtaken
by more than a million plowmen. Be
sides this. there are more people who
4 EE4ANNG Ia the AtAWtA NAAAA - Jay -+t--e
in the worlds existence. Az Aral
guide was leading French intce
across the desert, and ever and anol
the Arab guide would get down ia th'
= sand and pray 10 the Lord. IL disgust
{ cd the French inlidel. and after awhile
e as the Arab got mp from one Of hi
r prayers. the infidel said: How ID
!. you know there Is any Code" And th
& Arab guide said: How do know tha
d n man AID a camel passed by our ten
l. last night? know il by the footprin
n IN the sand. And YOU want 20 know
e. how know whether there sany God
T. Look az the sunset. Is that the foot
" step II a man2" And by the sam
l. process YOU and have come 20 under
stand that this hook is the footste
" Of God.
Y But now let as see whether the boo
Is a last years almanac. Let us Sc
n whether the church OF God is a Ru
o. Runt retreat. muskets. canteens ar
r haversacks strswing all the way. III
o. great English historian sharon Tu
So neF. a man Of vast learning and gres
OF accuracy, not o clergyman, but an a
torney az well as a historian gives III
p overwhelming statistic in regard
Christianity and in regard 70 the nun
az Der Of Christians In the different &C
tn turtles: In the first century 500.
Christians, In the second century .0O'
600 Christi0ns. in the third centul
100000 Christians in the fourth ee
tuyy 1O.OO0. 900 Christians, In the kf
:" century 5000 900 Christians. in a
sixth century 10000. 600 Christians.
- - rnn ar
"a items. ia the eighth century so 600 O
q Christians. IN the ninth century 80. 90
70 600 Christians, in the tenth century 5
40 600 900 Christians. IN the eleventh &c
fury 20, 600. 600 Christians. IN the twelf
40 century 50. OOO, 900 Christians In {
'eS thirteenth century 75.ooO,OOO Chr
Al tians, In the fourteenth century so 90
So coo Christians. in the fifteenth esntu
Pr 1o0. O0O. 600 Christians. in the sixte en-
Ia century 125,Ooo 900 Christians. in I
.y seventeenth century $4,000 900 Chr
ne tiAns. in the eighteenth century q
81 COO. 900 Christians decadence. as y
lof observe, In only one century and m'
II than made up Ia the following c.
lie turtles. while IL Is the usual compu
OF ton that there were at the close of I
nineteenth century 10000. 900 Chr
nid tians. making US 90 believe that be Il
al this century IS closed the mile nj
viii have started its boom and iif
its boeanDa.
Poor Christianity What a pit,
ms nas no frIendi How lonesome IL m
bel Who will take il out Of the po
"N' hOuse2 Poor Christianity. -Four b
bred millions in ons century. In a
~ weeks OF this year 100000 copies