Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-05-13
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So IL has also been with the learns, md
eloouence Of the world. People say Geli- !
gion is very good for aged wome1 Is
very good for children. but not iofssn.D
But we have in the roll of Chrisa soss
Mozart and Handel in music; Canca ara
Angelo IN sculpture; RaphaeI az Rev-
nolds in painting; Harvey and boehave
in medicine: Cowper and Scott IN 0s.y:
Grotius and Burke in statesnnshiD;
Boyle and Leibnitz IN philosophy; .ao7nas
Chalmers and John Mason IN theoig
The most brilliant writings OF 'oFldy
nature are all aglow with Scrlptuil alIn-
sions. Through senatorial speec nd
through essayist's discourse Sinai tlndfrs
and Calvary speaks and Sloan spakleA
Samuel l.. Southland was mightyn he
courtroom and in the senate ehamer, bit I
he reserved his strongest eloouene for l
that day when he stood before the terary /
societies at Princeton eommencen9t and |
pleaded for the grandeur OF our bise.
Daniel Webster won not his chef ar |
lands while responding to Hayne nc when |
he opened the batteries of his eiqueHce !
on Bunker Hill, that rocking Sina Of the |
American Revolution, but on tht day
when, in the famous Girard Will use Die
showed his affection for the Christan reli-
gion and eulorized the Bible. he do
ouence ana rne learning that nave oeen on
the other side come over TO our SIC. Oap-
tured for God! There is none lie that;
give il mel"
So. also. has it been with the picture
making of the world. We are vey anx-
ious on this day TO have the printing press
and the platform on the side OF CHRISTIAN
ity. but we overlook the engraveIs knife
and the painters pencil. The antiquarian
goes and looks at pictured ruins or exam
ines the cniseled pillars of Thebes and
Nineveh and Pompeii. and then comes
back to tell us of the beastliness oil ancient
art, and it is fact now that many OF the
finest specimens, merely artisuca,ly eonsld-
cred, of sculpture and painting that are TO
be found amid those ruins are not mt to
be looked at, and they are locked up.
How Paul must have felt, when, standS,
ing amid these impurities that stared on
him from the walls and the pavements and
the bazaars of Corinth, he preached OF the
pure and holy Jesusi The art Of the
world on the side of obscenity and crime
and death.
Much of the. art of the world has been
in the possession of the vicious. What to
unclean Henry VIII. was a beautiful pic
ture of the Madonna? What to Lord JEFF
freys, the unjust Judge the picture Of the
unwashed, a picture of the baptism in the
Jordan? The art of the world on the
wrong side. But that is being changed
now. The Christian artist goes over to
Rome, looks at the pictures and brings
back to his American studio much OF the
power of these old masters: The Chris
tian minister goes over to Nence looks
at the "Cruci6xion of Christ" and comes
back to the American pulpit to talk as
never before of the sufferings OF the Saw
Jour. The private tourist goes to Rome
and looks at RaphaePs picture OF the
Last Judgment" The tears start and
he goes back to his room in the hotel and
prays God for preparation for that day
when
''Shriveling like parched scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll"
So, remark, it is with business acumen
and tact. When Christ was upon earth
the people that followed Him for the most
part had no social position. There was
but one man naturally brilliant IN all the
apostleship. Joseph, of Arimathea, the
rich man, risked nothing when he offered
a hole in the rock for the dead Christ.
How many of the merchants IN Asia Mlnor
befriended Jesus? i think of only che
Lydia. How many of the castles on the
beach at Galilee entertained Christ! Not
one. When Peter came to Joppa he
stopped with one Simon, tanner. What
power had Christ's name on the Roman
exchange or in the baZaars of Cornthy
None. The prominent men of the day did
not want to risk their reputation for san
ity by pretending to be one OF Ills follow
ers. Now that is all changed. Among
the mightiest men in our great cities to-
day 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 work.
ers to-day are the Christian merchants,
and the enterprises of the world are COM
ing on the right side. There was farm
willed away some years ago, all the pro-
ceeds of that farm to go for spreading IN
fidel 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 buiit
was built for the express purpose Of pup
fishing infidel tracts and books. Now it
does nothing but print holy Bibles
/ 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.
/ 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. II Is
one of the mightiest of weapons. There
is none like that; give it mel"
Now, if what / have said be true, away
with all downheartednessi If science Is to
be on the right side and the travelling dis.
position of the world on the right side and
the learning of the world on the right
side and the picture making on the night
side and the business acumen and tact OF
the world on the right side, Thine, o Lord,
is the kingdomi Oh. fall into line, all We
peoples 1t is a grand thing to be in such
an army and led by such a commander
and on the way to such victory. II what
i have said is true, then Christ is gong TO
gather up for Himself 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 amnesty goes forth now from the throne
of God, saying, "Whosoever will, let him
come" However long you may have wan
dered, however great your crimes may
have been, whatsoever will, let him come.
Oh, that this hour / could marshal all the
world on the side of Christi He Is the
best friend man ever had. He is so kind,
He so loving, so sympathetic. cannot see
how you can stay away from Him. Come
now and accept His mercy Behold Him
as He stretches out the arms of His saliva
ton, saying, Look unto Me, all We ends
of the earth, and be We saved, for l am
God" Make final choice now. You viii
either be willows planted by the water
courses or the chat which the wind drly'
eth away.