The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-11

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poor farmer elected to the state legis-
lature Suppose the lobbyists wanted
to purchase the right of way for a rail
road franchise and offered me a 5000
bribe. Would l take it? do not say
would but thank God Satan has new
er beeu able to tempt me with the
chance. Suppose were a Chicago po-
lice captain on small salary. living
every day in fear that MY official head
would be decapitated. Suppose that by
| shutting my eyes upon few houses Of
evil resort | could have an income of
$4,000 a year Would l take it: | DO
not say that l would. but | thank God
have never been placed in such a po-
! sition of temptation where l had the
chance Suppose l wanted to become a
physician Suppose l had to enter one
of our modern medical schools in which
are crowded among many studo nts the
intldel. the blasphemOus and the iewG
| If should take such a medical course
would ! come out as pure morally a.
did after had lived for three years in
Christian seminary? My young
friend, if God calls you to be lawyer
or doctor or legislator or police captain
or merchant go ahead and be what b"
intends you to be. He will give You
| strength to resist any temptations thar
may come in your way if you will only
ask him. But if he calls you to be u
Christian minister and you deliberately
turn a deaf ear to that call tremble in
reference to your future. l tremble for
your spiritual life when you have to
face the temptations that beset the az
erage man in the outside world.
| tremble when you shall not have the
guarding. guiding. protecting influence
of praying men about you, such as sur
rounds the average life of the Christian
| minister.
An Appeal to Young Men.
have preached this sermon, show
ing the joys. the spiritual safeguards
and the infinite usefulness of the Cos
pei ministry. for two distinct reasons:
The first, there never was a greater
need than at the present time for
young men to enter the gospel pulpit
A few years ago the capitalist, the
statesman, the merchant prince and
leading lawyers considered it an honor
to sit in the aldermanic chairs of our
great cities. Now, for the most part.
these positions are despised by the in
tellectual and financial leaders and are
filed with professional politicians and
men who are weaklings and often dis
honest. Once there was time when
the greatest honor that could come to
a family was the honor of a son dedi-
eating his life to the gospel ministry
Now the current of popular opinion
is running counter to this line of noble
service. Our strong young men. IN
stead of entering the pulpit, are giviny
their lives to law, to merchandise. tc
railroads, to electrical sciences. Who
are to fill the future pulpits of Amer j
lea? "Give us men, cry our theolog
ical professors. Their classes are grow
ing smaller year by year. "Give US
men, cry the churches. eve cannot
get the right kind of men for sour pull
pits" Give US meni' cry the synodicaI
missionaries. 1.-THE harvest is ripe. but
the laborers are too few" 1t is all
EAOAsCASC luz SOIuC I'll EGIlHtOuS
writer's to declare that the reason our
theological students are becoming less
and less in number year by year is be-
cause we are now getting quality in
stead Of quantity. The reason our.
seminaries are becoming depleted is
because the young men who ought To
enter the ministry refuse to come
Men! Men! We want men! We need
men for the gospel pulpits. to save the
sinful world. s'
The second reason for preaching this
sermon is that would appeal to those
young men to enter the gospel ministry
who many years ago heard the call
and who have stifled it by an indiffer- |
ent, hayward life. When my uncle, the !
devoted missionary. Rev. John Tai
mage of Annoy, China, was a boy OF
twelve he read the life of David Brain !
erd. After closing the book he went to
my grandmother and said. '"Mother, |
am going to be missionary" Time /
passed on, and he entered college. H
lost his high ideal and led an indiffer. !
ent life. He never mentioned the Wore |
minister from that day until towar"! |
the end of his college career. Then Tho |
old pledge came back. Then and there |
on the night before his graduation |
from Rutgers college. he gave himself |
up anew to his glorious life promise |
Young men, you who have heard this |
call to the Christian ministry years
ago, will you not hear the call now !
VIII you not be brave enough, noble
enough, Christian enough, to do what
Christ bids you do? The church needs
you. Christ calls you. Come, offer your
life and consecrate it at the altar OF
Christian ministry.
[Copyright. 1905. by Louis Klopschl
The Little Children of the Rich.
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