The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-09-20


Make him a shipbuilder The vessel that ne
builds will successfully wrestle with the
Caribbean whlrlwind Aleck Is not very
well He has never had very good dlges-
tion Since that last malarial attack his
snleen Is enlarged. He has a morbid way
OF looking az things He will SIT for
hours looking az one figure in the carpet
His manners are 50 mild so soft, SO gen.
tie. so affectonaSs - heavenly. and he
cries easily. Make him a minister Now
my friends. that Is a great mistake II
YOU want 20 consecrate one OF your sons
20 the gospel ministry. take the one widest
awake. the brawniest. the most brilliant
the most irresistible. the most potent A
tremendous work opens before A nrofes-
sion whose one object is 10 lift the na-
'ions toward God and prepare them for
heaven.
oh. my brethren in the Christian minis
try we must somehow Get our shoulder
under the burden OF the people on the
I.ord's dav aud give them a good stout
lift and we can DO IT, We have IL al our
own way. IL ls a great pity H. with the
floor clear and no interruption. We can
not during the course Of an hour get our
HYMN and our PRAYER or our sermon rn.
der such momentum as we can. hv the
helm Of God lift the neonle body. mind
and soul clear out of their sins. tempta.
tions and troubles.
think that ministerial lazness ofte,
emptes the church of auditors Hearers
who are Intelligent through rending news.
pspers and hv active association IN busi-
ness circles Will not on the Sabbath sit
and listen 10 platitudes Hearers will not
come 10 sermons which have in them no
imnortant facts. no Information. no stir
ring power, no admiration, no fire. The
new will not listen 20 the pulnit unless at
least on the subject that dav under dis.
cussior. the pulpit knows moro thar the
pew Ministerial lazlness has cleared out
many churches Such ministers saun'er
around from parlor To narlor under the
rame Of pastoral visitation and 20 CAD
ding about through the village or the CITY
on errands Of complete rNthngness and
wrap their brains arould a cgar and
smoke them un and then on Saturday af-
ternoon nut few crude thoughts together
and on Surdav mornirc wonder that the
theme Of Chrst and Him crucihed does
rot brine a large audience. and on Mon
dav sit down and write ieremiads for the
relgious newspan ncrs about the decadence
OF church attendance.
Peoule will not 60 ~ church merely as
n matter of duty. There will not next
Sabbath be n Thousand people IN anv city
who will get up ~ the morning and saw:
The Bible saws I must 20 20 church. IL
is my duty % GO To church: therefore ]
will 90 10 church" The vast multitude OF
people who 90 to church 90 to church bs
cause thev like u. and the multitude of
people who stav away from church STAY
away because thev do not like IT, | avn
not speaking about the wav the world
ought to he; am speaking about tho way
the world Is Taking things are thev are,
we must make the centrIpetal force of the
church mghter than the centrifugal. We
rust make our churches magnets to- draw
the people thereun'o. so that n man viii
feel uneasy IL he does not 90 TO church.
saving 81 wish ' had gone this morning.
I wonder if | can't dress vet and get there
~ time u is II O'Clock: now they are
singing II is half past II. now they are
preaching. I wonder when the folks viii
he home 10 tell MS what was sand, what has
beer goinc on"
When the irnression il confirmed that
or churches hv architecture, Nv music,
hv sociality and by sermon. shall u" made
the most attractive places on earth. then
we VIII want twice as many churches "a
we have now. twice as large, md then
they will not half accommodate the peo'
pie.
Therefore nv brother Christian worker.
IL Won and 7 find two illustrations for a
religious subject. and tho one is n Bible
illustration and the other Is outside the
Bible. 7 will take the latter because |
want 10 be like NV Master Looking
pcross 10 a hill, Christ saw the city of
Jerusalem.
Talking 10 the Deoplc about The con
snicuity of Christian example He said:
"The world is looking at you; be careful
A city that is set on hill cannot be hid ~
While lie was speaking Of the divine care
Of Gods children bird flew past. lie
SAID "Beho,d the ravens Then. Look
ing down into the valley. al covered at
that season with flowers. He said Con.
sidar the lilies
Oh. nv brother Christian workers..
what IL the use OF our going away on IN
some obscure part of history or on the
other side of the earth to get an illustra-
fion when the earth and the heavens are
full of Illustrations
Oh. Christian workers we have got 10
freshen IN. What IL the use OF our going
back IN the ChTst.an classics - hnd an
illustration Of the victorious Christian
deathhed when my personal friend. Al
fred Goodman. a few wears ago went away
in as imperial grandeur as did Edward
Pavson'
r. il anv less an illustration 10 me and
20 vou because I met him a few weeks be-
fore i'm front Of Trinity Church, Broad.
way. and | said Goodman. Won look as
II YOU were working too hard" Where
IN all the classics is there such story az
that Of Goodman. when IN his last moment
he cried 81 am sweeping through the
gates washed IN the blood Of the Lamb
Oh. fellow Christian workers. what ~
the use Of our being stale and obsolete
and ancient when al around us are these
evidences of Gods grace, Gods deliver.
anco Gods mercy and Gods wisdom
We have got 20 freshen IN IN our sermons.
freshen NJ IN our songs. freshen up IN our
zeal freshen mp m our conservation. and
- we do u. my brethren and sisters. we
will no more have 20 coax people 10
como 10 church than II you throw
corn on the ground you have 10 coax
pigeons 10 come and eat u. no more than
you would have ~ coax = tired horse 10
eat the oats you throw IN his ranger.
Yes We must freshen up m our Sunday
schools and in our prayer meetings and IN
our Dupits
u il high time that The church of God
stopped writing apologies Tor the church.
let the men who are on the outs %, who
desplse religion. write the apologies II
any people do not want the church. they
need not have o. u Is free country. n
any man does not want the gospel. he
need rot have 10 II is free country
But YOU 20 out. on. people Of God. and
give the qospel % the millions Of America
VINO DO want ~
j. - high time we stop skrmishinz and
bring on a general engagement ] want
% live 10 see the Armageddon. al the ar.
mics % heaven aud he'll ~ battle array.
for I know our Conqueror on the white
horse will gain the dsy Let the church Of
God be- devoted ~ nothing else, but 20
right on 20 this conquest.
When Moses with his army vas trying
90 conquer the Ethi0plans profane history
saya n Vaa eruectp1 that hs would 90 IN
a roundabout way and come By the banks
n the river. A. other armies had done.
because the straight route was INFESTED
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