The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-05

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gfsaens sisaplsrat sil fs Is \ III Il 5piety, sh,,
kland viii neysri tS u tiyol loped with src.
syfYalr. Yhile the pews i on 8 ono sido
tho altar 8ory Tor mercy, Tho Spulpfta
on the othcs sidc Of the Ssl tar i rIfuaA fA
cry for mercy. Ministers auarreiinp.
3Ministers trying to pull each other,
down. Ministers strugglinE for etcle.
siastical place. Ministers, 1c tharglo
with whole congregation dying On
their hands. What q spectacloi
During our civil war the presidents
OF the United States mado preclama.
5tion2 for Y6,OUU troops. Some OF you
remember the big stir. But tho King
OF the universe to-day asks Tor
1900, 900, 900 moro troops than are en-.
listed, and we want it dono softly.
imperceptibly, no excitement, ono By
one. You arc q dry goods merchant
on @ large scale, and am q merchant
on asmall scale, and como to you
and want to buy 1000 yards or cloth.
DO you say: THANK you. I'll aoll
you 1000 yards Of cloth, but I'll sell
you 20 yards to-day and 70 to-morrow
end 20 tho next day, and Il It takes
mo six months III sell you the whole
thousand yards. You Will want ae
long Us that to examine the goods.
and I'll want as long as that to exam
ino the credit, and besides that 1000
yards Of cloth Is too much to sell Eli
at oncc?" No; you do not say that.
You take ME into the counting room,
and in ten minutes the whole transac-
tion Is contaminated. Tho fact is we
cannot afford to be fools In pnythihg
but religion.
That very merchant who on Satur-
day afternoon sold me the thousand
| yards OF cloth ut one stroke the next
Sabbath IN church will stroke his
beard and wonder whether it woald
not be better for thousand souls to
como struggling along for ten years
instead Of boltihg in ut one service.
1t aeems to me as If God is prepar-
ing the world for some quicle and
universal movement. A celebrated
of the world. On that chart the wires
crossing the continents and tho cables
under the SEQ looked like veins red
with blood. On that chart I see that
the headquarters Of the lightnings are
in Great Britain and tho United
States. In London and New York
the lighthings arc stabbed, waiting
to be harnessed for some quick dis
patch. That shows you that the tel
egraph is in the possession OF Chris
tianity. 5
It is o significant fact that the man
who invented the telegraph was nm
old-fashioned Christian, Prof. Morse,
and that the man who put the tele-
graph under the sec was an old-fash-
toned Christian, Cyrus W. Field, and
that the presidents Of the most fa-
NOUS of the telegraph companies Of
this country was an old-fashioi1ed
Christian, William Orton, going from
the communion tahio on earth
straight TO his home in Heaven. What
does all that meen1
do not suppose that the telegraph
was invented merely to let us know
whether flour is up or down or which
horse won the race at the Derby or
which marksman beat at the latest
contest. I suppose tho telegraph was
invented and built to call tho world
to God.
In some Of the attributes Of tho
Lord we seem to share on small
ncale. For instance, in His lovo and
His kindness. But until of late fore
knowledge, omniscience, omniprea-
ence, omnipotence, seem to have been
exclusively Gods possession. God, de-
string to make tho raco like Himself,
! gives us species Of forelsnowledge
in tho weather probabilities; given us
specios of omniecienoe in telegraphy,
gives us q species OF omnipresence In
tho telephone, gives us q species of
omnipotence in the steam power. Dis
covcries and Inventions oil around
about us, people are asking what next
/ will tell you what next. Next, a
stupendous religious movement. Next,
| the end Of war. Next, the crash OF
despotism. Next, the world g expurga-
! ton. Next, the Christlike dominion.
Next, the Judgment. What becomes
of the world after that care not.
It will have suffered and achieved
enough for one world. Lay 1t up in
the drydocEs Of eternity, like an old
man OF war gono out OF aervice, or At
1t up like Constellation to carry
bread Of relief to sorae other suffering
planet or let 1t be demolished. Fare
we'll, dear old world, that began with
paradise and ended with Judgment
confagration.
Last summer stood on tho Isle Of
Wight, and had pointed out to mo
the place where the Eurydice sank
with 200 or 900 young men who were
In training for the British navy. You
remember when that training ship
went down there was thrill Of horror
all over the world. Since then thero
was another training ship missing.
Tho Atalanta, gone down with all on
board. BY order OF her majesty's gov
ernment vessels went cruising up and
down tho Atlantic trying to find that
lost training ship in which there were
30 many young men preparing for
tho British navy. Alas, for tho lost
Atalantal Oh, my friends, this world
is only q training ship! On 1t we are
training for HoaYen. The old ship
sails up and down the ocean Of i'm
mensity, now through the dark waves
Of midnight, now through the golden
crested wave Of tho morn, but sails
on and sails on. After awhile hor
work will be done, and tho Inhabitants
| OF Heaven will look out and find O
world missing. The cry will be:
"Where Is that earth where Christ
died and the human race was enamel.
pated? Send out fleets Of angels TO
fnd the missing craft" Let them sail
up and down, cruise up and down the
ocean of eternity, and they will catch
| not one glimpse Of her mountain masts