The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-30

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lor 5000 troops. Some Of you remom-
Der the big stir But the King of the
universe today asks for TWELVE hun-
dfea million more troops than are en-
listed. and we want It done softly. inn
perceplbly, no excitement one by
one. You are q dry goods mefcaaht on
a large scale. and / come to you and
want TO buy 1000 yards Of cldth Do
you say. Thank you. I'LL send you
1000 yards OF cloth. but tn sell you 20
yards today. and 20 tomorrow. and
30 the next day. and If il takss .me six
months. III send you the whole thou
sand yards Yoa viii want as Song as
that 70 examine the goods. a1d I'll
want as long as that to examine the
credit. and besides that 900 yards Of
cloth is too much to sell All AZ oncee
No; you do not say that You take me
into the counting room, ana IL ten
minutes-the whole transaction is con-
summated The fact is we cannot az
ford to be fools in anything but re-
ligion.
That very merchant who on Satur-
day afternoon sold me fhs thousand
yards Of cloth al one stroke the next
Sabbath in church will stieke his
beard and wonder whether il would
not be better for a thousand souls 70
come struggling along for ten years
instead Of boiling In at one service.
We talk a good deal about the good
times fhat ora arr4fs.rr and a nanrf fha
worlds redemption, How Tong before
they viii Gomez There IS a man who
says 500 years Here is a man who says
200 years. Here is some one more con
hdent who says In 50 years. What.
so years? Do you propose~foslet two
generations pass of the stage before
the world is converted Suppose BY
prolongation OF human life at the end
OF the next so years you should walk
the length OF Pennsylvania avenue.
Washington. or the length Of Broad.l
way New York T-s--- -~s-t -
enanged that you would not know
them In other words, # you post
nome the redemption Of this world for /
50 wears you admit that the majority
of the two whole generations shall 80 /
IN the stage unblessed and unsafea. 4
ZEN Won the church Of Jesus Christ
cannot consent to it. We must pray
ana to,i and have the revival spirit
and we must struggle 70 have tAs
whole world saved before the men anu
women now in middle life part
rbe COMING Great Revival
II seems to me as if God is preparing
the world for some quick and univer-
sal movement. A celebrated electri-
clam cave me a telegraph chart Of the
World On that chart the wires crcss-
Inc the continents and the cables un-
der the sea looked like veins red with
blood On that chart see that the
headouarters of the lightnings are IN
Great Britain and the United states
+, onaon and New York the light
ninqs are stabbed. waiting to be har-
,ossed for some quick dispatch Ihat
sbows Won that the telegraph Is IN the
nossesslon OF Christianity
n Is significant fact that the man
,..ho Invented the telegraph was an old
fssbioned Christian. Cyrus W. Field
and that the president Of the most ia'
u,ous Of the telegraph companies q
.nis eountrv was an old fashioned
christian. William Orton. going from
, NJ communion table on earth~straigh
? "a his home in heaven. What does a.
e that mean?
4 do not suppose that the telegraph
4 WAS invented merely 70 let as know
v,bether -four is up or down or whicl
4 horse won the race at the Derby o
i which amarksman beat at the lates
Il contest suppose the telegraph wa
Invented and built 10 call the world {
+ Cod Se| tG
= I'M some Of the attributes o. the Lor
h we seem to share on small scale. Fo
s instance. In his love and I'M bis kind
ness. But until Of late foreknowledg
4 omnlscience. omnipresence omnip'
n tence. seem to have been excsussyel
Gods possession. Cod desiri1gA
make the race like himself, gives us
snecles Of foreknowledge IN. the'weau
st er probabilities. gives US a species
t. omniscience in telegraphy, gives US
y. species on omnipresence in. the tei
n phone gives us species ofs 'onnip
II tence in the steam power. Discover
Sc and inventions an around about
OF people are asking what next:
ms / viii tell you what next Next
en- stupendous religious movement. Ne
n the end Of war. Next the,orash
ey despotism. Next, the world s fxpure
ne ton Next, the christlike dominic
~ Next the judgment. What becomes
m the world after that I care not. i "
as have suffered and achieved enough
ny one world. Lay it up on the drydo'
n's of eternity. like an old man-of-v
ny gone out Of service. or fit i up Tx
~ Constellation to carry bread OF rel
leu to some other suffering planet or
pre- Il be demolished. Farewell, dear
.a- world. that began with paradise
~ ended with judgment conhagratiOn.