Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-05-09

our sunday school newspapers ana
walls are adorned with pictures of Jo-
seph in the court, Daniel in the den,
Shadrach in the fire, Paul in the ship
wreck, Christ on the cross. oh, that
we might in our families think more of
the power of Christian pictures! One
little sketch of Samuel kneeling In
prayer will mean more to your chill
dren than 20 sermons on devotion; one
patient face of Christ by the hand Of
the artist will be more to your child
than so sermons on forbearance. The
art of the world is to be taken for
Christ. What has become of Thor
waldsen's chisel and Ghirlandajo's
crayon? Captured for the truth. There
Is none like that; give 1T me-"
Mtghtiest of Voices.
So, / remark, 1t is with business
acumen and tact. When Christ was
upon earth, the people that followed
aim for the most part had no social
position. There was but one man nat
lrally brilliant in all the apostleship.
Joseph of Arimathea, the rich man,
.isked nothing when he offered a hole
n the rock for the dead Christ. How
many of the merchants in Asia Minor
oefriended Jesus? l think Of only one
Lydia. How many of the castles on
The beach at Galilee entertained
Christ? Not one. When Peter came
10 Joppa, he stopped with one Simon, a
tanner. What power had Christ's name
On the Roman exchange or in the ba-
zaars of Corinth? None. The promi-
nent men of the day did not want to
risk their reputation for sanity by pre-
tending to be one of his followers.
Now that is all changed. Among the
mightiest men in our great cities today
are the Christian merchants and the
Christian bankers, and If tomorrow, at
the board of trade, any man should get
up and malign the name of Jesus, he
would be quickly silenced or put out.
In the front rank of all our Christian
workers today are the Christian mer-
chants, and the enterprises of the
world are coming on the right side.
There was a farm willed away some
years ago, all the proceeds of that
farm to go for spreading intidel books.
Somehow matters have changed, and
now all the proceeds Of that farm go
toward the missionary cause. One of
the finest printing presses ever built
was built for the express purpose of
publishing infidel tracts and books.
Now it does nothing but print Holy
Bibles. l believe that the time will
come when in commercial circles the
voice Of Christ will be the mightiest of
all voices and the ships of Tarshish
will bring presents and the queen Of
Sheba her glory and the wise men of
the east their myrrh and franklin
cense. 1 look off upon the business
men of this land and rejoice at the
prospect that their tact and ingenuity
and talent are being brought into the
service of Christ. 1t is one Of the
mightiest of weapons. There is none
like that; give it mep'
Now, IL what l have said be true,
away with all downheartedness! If
science is to be on the right side and
the travelling disposition of the world
on the right side and the learning of
the world on the right side and the
picture making ON the right side and
the business acumen and tact of the
world ON the right side, thine, o Lord,
is the kingdom! Oh, fall into line, all
We people! 1t is a grand thing to be in
such an army and led by such COM
mander and on the way to such vic
tory. If what / have said is true, then
Christ is going to gather up for him
self out of this world everything that
Is worth anything, and there will be
nothing but the scum left. We have
been rebels, but a proclamation of am
nesty goes forth now from the throne
of God, saying, "Whosoeyer will, let
him come" However long you may
have wandered, however great your
crimes may have been, "whosoever
will, let him come" Oh, that this hour
could marshal all the world on the
side of Christ! He is the best friend
man ever had. He Is so kind, he so
loving, so sympathetic. 1 cannot see
how you can stay away from him.
Come now and accept his mercy. Be
hold him as he stretches out the arms
of his salvation, saying, Look unto
me, all We ends of the earth, and be We
saved, for / am God" Make final
choice now. You will either be will
lows planted by the water courses or
the chaff which the wind driveth away.
copyright, 1901, by Louis Klopsch. N. VI