The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-29


tha time kind words, gospel words.
helpful words, saving word g. Call tho
eyange elistic5 Ink horn ITO service Il iii
I the early morning, whom you fool Welli
md you arc grateful for tho protec..
ton during your sleeping hours, and
tyritc before you rctire at close Of day
to those who nll night long will beisny-
ing; Would to God it wero morn
ingl'' HOW In,,ny bruised and disnn-
pointed and wrongcd souls Of earth
would DO glad to got fromyoula
Stir up that, ;consolatory inkhorn. y
All Christendom has, been whiting
for great reyivnls of religion tolstart
from tho pulpits and prayer mcet-
ings. now suggest that tho
greatest revival of all timo may
start q concerted and organized
movement through the inlsRorns
Of oil Christcndom, each writcr dip-
ping from the inlthorn nearest him /,
letter Of gospel invitation, gospel
hope. gospel werning, gospel in
struction. The ink is nll ready OH a
hundred thousand tnblcs, and beside
it aro the implements with which to
dip it out. Why not, through such
process. hnyc millions Of souls brought
TO God boforo next summer? by let
ter you could make tho invitation
moro effective than by word Of mouth.
The invitation from your lips may be
argued back, may evoke qucrulous
reply, may be answered by q joke, but
n good, warm, gospel letter, written in
prayer and started with prayer and
followed by prayer, will be read over
and over again and cannot be an
sworod in u frivolous way. 1t will
speak from the tablo by day and night
or, If pcttishly torn up, will, In it's
| scattered fragInents,S speak louder
than when it remained whole. Within
arms reach of whero you sit thcro
may be u fluid that you may put on
wing with message Of light and love.
Tho other angels spoken OF in my
tcxt wcro destroying angels, and each
had what the Piblo calls "slaugh-
ter weapon" in his hand. Tt was n
lance or battlcax or sword. God
hasten tho timo when tho last lance
shall bo shivcrcd and tho last bat
tlcax dullcd and tho last sword
| shcathed, never again to leave tho
scabbard, and tho angel Of the text,
| who, Matthew Henry says, was tho
Lord Jesus Christ. shall, from tho
| full inlshorn Of His mercy, give a saw
| ing call to all nations. That day may
be far Off, but it is helpful to think
of its coming. As DR.. Raleigh do
olarcl that when so miles at sea
Off tho coast of New England tho
cattle on board tho ship, as we'll as
himself, scented tho clover on tho
New England hills, so we. amid all
the tossing waves Of tho worlds CON
| troyersics, inhalc tho rcdolence Of tho
white lilies Of universal pence. Is
1t not timo that tho boosted invcn-
ton Of new and moro explosive and
moro widely devastating weapons OF
death bo stopped forever and tho
Gospel have chance and tho ques-
tion be not asked: GLOW many shots
can be fired in u minutc?" but "lIow
many souls may DO rnnsomcd in q
dayw Tho world needs less powder
md moro grace, fcwcr fortrcsses and
moro churches, less power to destroy
and more power to save. Oh, am
| sick Of tho war cries and tho cxtin-
guishcd cycsight and tho splintercd
bones and the grave trenches and
the widowhood and orphanage and
childlessness which sob and groan
both sides OF tho sea! Oh, for less
| Of tho slaughter weapon and moro
Of the eyangelizing inkhornl OH
i for the stopping OF the science OF
assassination, that crime Of crimes,
i that woe Of woes, that horror of hor.
rors, that hell Of hells.-war, which
this moment stands rocking with
blood and washing itself in tears
and disappearing tho heavens and
| pushing Off tho edgo Of this life men
who have rs much right to 1.-Two as
you and I have and blasting homes
in which there dwells Ms much lowell
ness rs in our own! Would that tho
merciful angel Of my text take tho
last weapon Of war and fling 1t Off
and fling 1t down with such forco
that it shall clang on tho lowest
round Of tho pcrdition where the
| first lseen edge Of human strife was
sharpened War! III the namc Of
Almighty God and OF all tho homo.
steads it has dcs stroyed and is now
i j
| curse It'll
If our Bible IL truc-and no other
book that was ever printed is as
| truo as that book, which Moses be-
gan and John finishcd--then tho time
will como when all the weapons Of
cruelty will stop and tho inkhorna
Of evangelzation will havc their way.
In tho museums OF tho world the
| carbino and the cannon and the bomb
| will be kept as curiosities, and chill
dren will be incrcdulous MS parents
tell them that civilized nations onco
employed such Instruments OF death
and more incredulous when told by
their parents that tho army Tint
killed the most men was considered
tho most glorious army. Tho red
horse of carnage that st. John saw
in vision, and tho black horse Of
famine, md tho pale horse Of death
will be stabbed, and the white horse
Of prosperity and peace, mounted by
tho King OF Kings, will lend tho
great army with banners. Through
tho conyicting, converting, sanctify-
ing power Of tho Eternal Spirit may
we all march in that procession!
Hail, thou Mighty Rider OF tho whito
horse in the final Triumph Sweep
down and sweep by, thou Angel OF
the New Covenant. with tho inlshorl.
Of tho worlds eyangelization! "The
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