The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-12-29


all there is on il. and then there will
be enough left 10 buy every State in
the Union. and then there will still be
enough left to buy Great Britain. And
ii left ont at interest for 500 years
there would be enough 10 buy the lni-
ted States. England and Germany.
And the Master said; The kingdom
OF heaven is like that" and that is the
way IL ought 10 grow. and that Is the
way il would grow If we would simply
keep the idea of the power and COM
pound spiritual interest of the church
OF God. III YOU kept out the S24 with
interest added 10 interest for GOO years
il would wreck the world. Six per
cent. That is entirely too small rate
OF gain to suit my soul. What does II
mean? Ii means this: That here Is
the church OF 100 members instrument
tai In the conversion Of six souls 10
Christ in year. l would not be sat
istied with that rate at all. One hun
dred per cent. is the least rate OF gain
that any Christian church ought TO
think worthy of the kingdom Of God.
The bells OF the millennium would be
ringing before we uiei II we only
would keep our soul winning for few
years. Ii is not difficult To win a soul.
l have been trying To work out this
problem for years-trying 10 be worth
something for Jesus. One night l ar
rived at New Haven. Conn. and took
n hack at midnight 10 the house where
| was 10 stay. When the hackman
asked for his fare l dropped a quarter
into his hand. and. grasping II, said:
Good night. sir! | hope To meet you
I'm glory some day" He jumped on tho
box, whirled his horse around. and
was gone
| did not expect 10 see him again.
Away after midnight my host knocked
at my chamber door and said: "A
hackman is here. acting Queerly. He
says he wants to see you and has got
To see you tonight" l said: Let
him come in" l arose and threw
shawl over me. and in came great
stalwart hackman with his whip in
his hand and tears running down his
cheeks and he said: IF l meet you In
glory l have got To turn around. for
am not going that way. l have come
To ask you 10 pray for me. | could not
keep away" What n JOY IL was 10
pray for that man! He went out com
forted by Gods holy spirit, and l be-
lleve, | was worth 100 per cent. To my
Master that night. The .,ossible
growth of the kingdom is what | am
talking about.
In 1860, when the war was over l
was on train going from Lancaster.
Ohio. and saw drunken soldier sitting
by himself Nobody would sit 10y "A
drunken soldier, but that is the very
kind OF man l like 10 sit by. | sat
down by him and by and by stole my
arm gently around his neck and whis-
pered 10 him: "Comrade. when are
you going 10 give your heart to Jesus
Christ and be Christian He
looked embarrassed and got up and
went TO another part of the train.
thought | had offended him. | went
that night to preach In the little town
Of Putnam. where | once was pastor
and there sat that man and his sister
beside him. We had glorious meet
ing that night. | did not see him
again for thirty five years. but one
night | was avout TO speak to the
Grand Army i'm the old Dutch Church
on Fifth avenue. There were 1900
soldiers there. 4 splendid looking
man came down the aisle and | said to
gentleman: who is that man"
and he said: THAT is Colonel Hadley,
the head OF the ST. Bartholomew Mis-
sion. He has been instrumental In
planting fifty-four rescue missions I'm
this country" | went down, and said:
Brother Hadley. | am glad To see
you. | have heard about your work.
but never saw you before" ION, yes
YOU have" he replied. "Thirty-hye
years ago / was sitting on train and
"a
wanted to know when | was going to
he Christian and give my heart TO
God. / never got over that question
You have seen me -efore." l believe
ii IS possible for every Christian to
gain over 100 per cent. for our blessed
Lord every year
There are souls that are worth n
thousand per cent There was that
noble woman In the Epworth Rectory
with her nineteen children. Do you
know she adopted five orphans be-
twenty -four altogether-and her
husband was preacher. naughter).
Surely the invested life OF Susanna
Wesley was worth mere than 1000 per
cent
The bishop then reviewed at some
length the progress OF MethCdism
Nlu't tllt HTSl III pdi-
tlcDarly In Ohio. He then spoke OF the
work I'm Russia where there are now
100000 converts. and liberty TO wor-
ship according TO conscience. and
then said:
There will come n time when God
Himself will get IN hurry and when
He will say. The earth has wept long
enough. There has been enough war.
enough trouble" and when lie will
hasten OH the Kingdom and bring IL
quickly | think He will hasten when
we hasten. on. brothers, let us hurry
with the gospel.
After an urgent appeal for increased
subscriptions 10 missionary work, Bis
hop McCabe concluded his sermon as
follows.
Brothers, your children will soc ibis
world converted. In a great meeting
the other day we sent this message 10
Theodore Roosevelt: we are looking
20 YOU 10 bring about n movement for
universal arbitration" / find TWEEN