The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-07-28


nal suffering are its mighty subjects
Like the meanings Of the mighty deep
It's voice comes reverbcratug down Oh,
halls Of the past ages. Like the echoes
which are tossed from hillside 20 hill
side up among the Alpine cr0gs. ~
hopes go echoing down the centuries
upon centuries and the millenniums up
on millenniums 10 come Its themes are
the mightlest of all themes. 40 sub
Ject In an the realm OF thought is as
great as that which occupies the public
speaker I'm gospel oratory
II It's theme were not the greatest Of
all themes. then my caption today
could not be written. You must have a
great theme 20 produce Sublime ora
tory" All the students Of oratory rec
ognize this law. Why is Abraham Lin
coins Gettysburg address 10 be rank
ed among the greatest orations of the
agesi Was nc placing a few poetic gar
lands upon the graves OF the dcadt No.
He was making a national plea FOR for
glveness and love. Why did Patrick
Henry. the great Virginia orator. with
single sentence rouse the passions Of
his hearers until he swept them from
| of their feeti Though the hangman's
moose was dangling over every one Of
his auditors heads. yet they were
ready 10 risk all because he was plead
ing FOR sweet Liberty's shrlnes Why
did John Knox's eloQuence set all Scot
land anrel Why did Martin Luther's
lnvectives thrill all Europe with the d.
vine lover Why did Savonarola arouse
Italy until It's inhabitants were tumul-
tuous in agony and strifei Why did
CicerO's arralgnment Of Cauline and
the philippics that Demosthcnes hurled
against the king OF Macedon create
| armies and make men enthusiastic IN
battle? Were these orators declaimlng
for selfish political purposes. merely
trying 70 destroy rivals who were OBJ
structlng their pathY No. They were
attacking lust and RIGHTEOUSNESS and
tyranny and crime Of all sorts. II was
their mighty themes that made their
eloquence effective. You must have a
great theme TO have a great grafton
This contention Is true. Where, then.
can you find greater themes for true
eloquence than IN gospel oratory7 Is
there a sounding line which can 60 10
the bottom OF deeper seaG r. there
any power on earth which more surely
COS, trouof forr,, vtrro,U 90 rsfrIt rstotro
the strong care for the weak, make Tyr
amy take her iron heel of the neck OF
PROSTATE Helplessness. than the power
Of Jesusl Where can you find an inn
mortal panacea for the graves horror
and for the cure Of sin save In the
crucihxion and the resurrection and
the atOnement Of Jesus Christi The
themes Of gospel oratory are not only
wide enough and great enough 70 put
q man IN right touch with God and
heaven, but they are 80 great that II
we once accept them and practice
them they will give US perfect homes,
perfect ueighbors, perfect nations and
perfect world. They are 80 great
that II we only practice them love.
10Y. peace long suffering. gentleness.
goodness, faith. meekness, temper
ance," shall everywhere be supreme In
the human heart Could we have
surer cure for all the evils Of the world
to come than Is offered In the themes
Of gospel oratOryl
Gospel oratory gives the sublimest Of
all themes. II does more than that. 1t
offers the greatest OF all authorities by
which those themes are discussed. II
comes to man and places IN his hand
the Bible and says: Man. here Is the
word Of Cod These arc not my state
ments. These a-c promises made by
our divine Fath1r If you will accept
Gods word and do as this book directs,
your life will be blessed" Now, II Is
an easy matter 20 discuss a wrong II
Is often very easy for physician to
diagnose cancer. But the cure aye,
that is the rubl Easy TO attack
moral wrong. Yes. But II is another
matter 10 find a right solution for that
wrong. This the Bible offers II
comes not as a theorist II comes to
me gospel orators hearers as ala Jesus
Christ II comes as one speaking win
divine authority. No men IN the
world have greater influence over their
hearers than those who are backed
with the positive authority Of the
Bible.
When a man speaks with authority
he becomes imperative IN his demands
Why IS Helen Hunt Jackson's master
piece "lamona" one Of the most elo-
quent books ever pennedi She plead
cd for Justice 10 the American Indian
with the idea that the law Of the land
would uphold her IN her plea. She was
not pleading for the red man as a
utOpian, n thc0rlst or a social dreamer.
She was pleading for the red man at
the bar Of American law. When she
represents poor Alessando as being
driven from farm to farm she was not
picturing a scOundrel, but a man de-
frauded OF American rights When |
she finally describes this poor. limo
cent Indian as shot down by a drunken
white lOafer and then pictures that I
drunken loafer as being allowed to 60 /
free she was not appealing 10 human /
prejudices for favoritlsm toward the /
red man. She was saying: What is /
The lawf What Is the American laWi /
The law Of America upholds me in my /
claims"
AS Helgn Hunt Jackson pleaded for 1
She rights Of the Indian under the /
American law the Christian orator /
pleads for the emancipation of man
from ain under the law Of the Bible.
He does not say. Il hope this may be"
lie does say: Il know this can be and
shall be through the blood Of Jesus
Christ. The divine statutes declare H."
When q gospel orator stands upon the
promises Of God found IN the Bible he