The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1901-12-20

three months. In other words, three
days are now worth three months OF
other days. The average OF human
life, practically greater now than
when Noah lived, with his $50 years,
and Methusaleh lived his $50 ears.
Blessings of intelligence: The Sal
mon p. Chases and the Abraham Lin
coins and the Henry Wilson's of the
coming time will not be required to
learn to read by pine knot lights or
seated on shoemaker's BENCH nor will
the Fergusons have to study astron-
omy while watching the cattle.
knowledge rolls its tide along every
poor mans door, and his children |
may go down and battle in lem. 1t
the philosophers of a hundred years
ago were called upon to recite in a |
class with our boys and girls those
old philosophers would be sent down
to the foot of the class because they |
failed to answer the questions! Free
libraries in all the important towns
and cities of the land. Historical al
coves and poetical shelves and mag
azine tables for all who desire to
walk through them or sit down at
them.
Blessings of quick information;
Newspapers falling all around us
thick as leaves in a September equl-
noctial News three days old rancid
and stale. We see the whole world
twice a day-through the newspaper
at the breakfast table and through
the newspaper at the teatable, with
an extra" here and there between.
Blessings of Gospel proclamation:
Do you know that nearly all the mis-
sionary societies have been born with
in hundred years and nearly all the
Bible societies and nearly all the
great philanthropic movements?
Christianity is on the march, while In
fidelity is dwindling into imbecility.
While infidelity is thus dwindling the
wheel of Christianity is making about
a thousand revolutions a minute. All
the copies of Shakespeare and of Ten
nyson and of Disraeli and of any ten
of the most popular writers OF the
day less in number than the copies OF
the Bible going out from our printing
DTeSSGS. IA lew yCdlo 49, $3.50
. weeks more than 100000 copies OF
the New Testament purchased-not
given away, but purchased, because
the world will have it. The most pop
, ular book to-day is the Bible, and the
, mightiest institution is the church,
and the greatest name among the
: nations and more honored than any Is
the name of Jesus.
Wonders of self-sacrifce: A cler-
gyman told me in the northwest that
i for six years he was missionary at
= the extreme north, living 400 miles
: . from a postoffice, the Thermometer AZ
. degrees below zero, he slept out OF
4 doors in winter, wrapped in rabbi
! skins woven together L said: is Il
y possible? You do not mean 40 de
= grees below zero?" He said: II do
. and I was happy" All for Christ.
! Where is there any other being thai
= will rally such enthusiasm? Mothers
: sewing their fingers off to educate
;, their boys for the Gospel ministry
q For nine years no luxury on the table
until the course through grammar
= school and college and theological
b seminary be completed. Poor widow
- putting her mite into the Lord!
treasury, the face of emperor or pres
= ident impressed upon the coin not 81
. conspicuous as the blood with whlcl
: she earned it. Millions of good mel
~ and women, but more women thai
= men. to whom Christ is everything
:: Christ first and Christ last and Chris
"a forever.
- Why, this age is not so character
- lied by invention and scientific ex
If ploration as it is by Gospel proclama
70 ton. You can get no idea OF 1T unIes
"a YOU can ring all the church bells Il
l. one chime and sound all the organs il
a one diapason and gather all the con
j. oregations of Christendom in on
,e sGloria In Excelsis." Mighty cam
~ meetings.! Mighty Ocean Groves
70 Mighty Chautauquas! Mighty conven
- lions of Christian workers! Might
general assemblies of the Presbyter
- an church! Mighty conferences
the Methodist church! Mighty assoc
a atoms of the Baptist church! Might
conventions of the Episcopal church
T There may be many years OF har
III work yet before the consummatioI
in but the signs are to me so encouras
n. ing that l would not be unbeiievin
,b if / saw the wing of the apocalypsl
" angel spread for its last triumphan
ID flight in this days sunset or II u
~ morrow morning the ocean cable
a. sbould thrill us with the news ths
Is - Christ the Lord had alighted o
90 Mount olivet to proclaim universe