The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-06


they understand are ready TO receive
and make the most effective soldiers
for Christ. This host of two million
4 then constitute the field that TO my
mind should first engage our atten.
ton. They are those whom we may
| reasonably expect to more quickly
receive the message. and once they
become active laborers in the vine
yard Of the Master there Is no esti-
mating their power for accomplish
ment. There is power in numbers as
we'll as in enthusiasm, and II ap-
peals to me that our whitest harvest
| is among this class of our fellow citi-
zens. who. once they see the truth
are willing 10 receive II and to act
upon 1t.
| would not withdraw one laborer
| from the foreign field What Christ
has there planted let them continue
TO water ard let us not only furnish
| the buckets. bat more Iaborers to use
them What ! do plead for is a
| doubling up of our efforts In evan
gelizing those sections peopled with
liberty blessed Americans. because in
adding them we increase our power
| TO develop the other and more re-
mote fields.
Where shall we begin? hear some
one say. The same old question of
what can I dor put in another form
We ask ourselves this question and
then expect an angel Q, light 10 come
down and find the work best suited
70 Our tastes and show us how 10 do
| Ii with the least possible effort
Let's make il personal Where shall
/ heGinF / answer on the man at
your elbow, II is not only your pri-
vilege, your opportunity, bnt your
duty 10 point that man 10 Christ. 10
tell him az the Lamb of God that TAX
eth away the sins OF the world IT
/ is your privilege ca help lead that
soul aat OF The darkness Of uaaelief
snto the glorious light Of the gospel
u the Son OF God. Are you using
that privilege And right here let
g}e press this thought God viii de-
maHd au accounting as 10 bow you
have uaed the opportunities present
ed l9 yoH OF what service g0u puf the
faleat wtth which be endowed voa
$50 much depends upon personal ct
fort - much can 6e accomplished by
Ef Les u2a again give you some
e t& aht FS EE#= &@aEattHNAA Ast4aE&Ss
hat used correctly they arc pregnant
@ith HEgt tons II h2s been essi-
mated shat taking the Chytstian popa-
| latiou az whole IL requires twenty
Taas tn1 each oae o. us 10 lead enc
s3al 20 Christ As she aweruge Chris
8f}an fsfa Is only nineteen years fha
Uost ri us de anp year before we ret
/ oar aae @oul, FhBnk of the algnift-
fanee III g. gs IN not enough To
awake aa from ear lethaRrr2 Il
gives gs some conception of how l!t-
tfle @e are doing and ct tae trenen~
doa2 responsibilities resting upon SIS
So much for the Individual
Collectively where RhonId we be
gin reply right here al home.
The fields ere white unto harvest
and the servants % the Master are
/ wasting she dag iu tdleness. The
grain is falling and there Is none TO
Hus III a sickle and garner g. Again
/ J invite attention 10 some figures
and the conditions mention a. ex~
lsting in my u0n city are nor differ
ent from those In every city in this
state la my city are 9 600 people
s 900 0t whom belong TO that class az
which | am endeayoring 70 treat.
4 OF this 5000 the membership rolls
/ Of the various churches will not ex-
coed 1909. For the sake az easy IT.
iustratson we will say 1900 and still
jgwo-thisds az the population Of that
/ prosperous and beautiful little city
dotted with costly church edifices.
the home Of a christian university.
/ blessed with an excellent system Of
public education. situated In the
4 heart Of the black land, the richest
soil In the world. two thirds OF the
| population OF that city are without
| Christ. These people are the equal
| In poin; of Intelligence and moral
stamina Of any in the world. and yet
TWO thirds 81 them are subject TO
evaneelization. liz the harvest white7
Let these 5000 souls who know not
Christ make answer. | arm aware
that some few hundred can be scaled
from the latter estimate because of
, infancy. but an equal per eentage
can be scaled from the church rolls
for the same and other apparent
reasons.
In Ellis county there are approx
mately GO 600 people. and IL the
same ratio holds good over the
county that applies 10 Waxahachie
there are forty thousand people in
this county in need Of that which II
il our duty 20 send them or take
ourselves do not minimize the I'M
portance OF foreign mission work. but
want To emphasize the magnitude
Of che work that lies nearest our
hands.
Why urge the Importance of evan
grlising the class under consiaeFa-
tiun a. foundation work. For
two reasons Firstly. II LIES next
to our hands. and | believe Gods
ward teaches that the task nearest
as = the first to be performed. es-
pesially II IL be # equal vital import
anes secondly because wltn this
county for Christ Il j. net far reach
to Texas for Christ. and with Tex-
as Tor Christ here = no estimating
tire Influence that can ee and VIII BE
exaYsed On ne wurid. With Texas
for Christ ghe work af svangelisanK
the worsa becomes = simple proolsm.
Arouse the enc mtlliea 1T Texas now
@nrollsa under TIE banner al the
cross 90 a realization af their duty
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