New-York tribune., 1905-08-19

draws. And mark the city II is a city of
excluded: tears and death and mourning and erying
and pain Certain character is excluded: Ihe rear
tain conduct is excluded: the murderer. the for
neator the sorcerer. the idoster. the liar Night &
IS not there; that is the opportunity OF evil Inc
unclean is not there; that is the occasion OF evil
Of evil The cu4se nes is not that
IS the outcome OF evil II is city from Wnicn al al
cluson, and how shall name the things included?
tor here brevity is wit Life Is there; light Is
are there. / tell you We cannot examine II, but
We will pass II and see its flashing and flaming
What is this picture OF? The ultimate triumph
apocalypse has little TO do with the Church OF
Jesus christ We see her in the background, hardly
apocalypse is the programme OF Gods hnal dealings
with the world and IN the midst OF 1t this vision
of the city flashes upon US
women OF the centuries past and present who have
nelped 10 make the world brighter. better sweeteT,
ana women who have seen that city We have not
1t all described in Ike terms have not all been
pre-mie ialistssand / get 10 care less ana less
shout some Of these thnss-b1t we ali believe in
the coming OF Cod kingdom and the doing OF
Is this the supreme and master passion OF our
hearts? Not that Abraham might win heaven. but
our little Ife and slip away from sin and sorrow
We nav suffer and serve and help the consuma
tion by which God shall gain the earth and build
the Apostle Is speaking Now let as run that race
Let US run the race" says the great writer Of
they never reached the goal. and, once again. they
have not yet reached the goal
And now hear the preliminary: Let us Lay aside
two things weights and the sin that doth so easily
thing that htnders you running; things perfectly
legitimate; let me tell you one or two OF them.
that love OF earth that lures you slacks you In
your running toward that end lay II aside o,
young man having consecrated yourself to the
service OF Christ and missionary enterprise II that
You nerveIess for this rae race have done '
The weight is the thing that is perfectly right.
Let no one charge me with putting a premium upon
ignoIrance but there are lots OF men men today l
for knowledge has cooled Your zeal for missions.
God have mercy on you. Drop your weight Pleas
ure ! need not speak OF it. II is so evidently
certainly q weight But will tell you one more
weight one more thing that hinders the running;
days this month, and several weeks this year. try
ing TO persgade % ,o a man 70 drSg t o %s ,bt VINO G =
run yourself That is another way In which men
eve up Weights that never hndered them for o5heT
people. Some people are perpetually ready to give
Weights and be careful lest your criticism Of Your
outstrips you in running Lay aside every weight.
THE SIN IN GOOD STANDING
But the most important thing-and I think the
weights are all strung Gn ehe % ba gFd of ana 20 sk shnK
besef us the sin that is in good standing around
nat s has ~ yerg 9 GOOD sfandng around NoW So emil
neut an exegete and theoiogian as the late DIR.
thing which like a garment encompased the runner
and forbade his rgnnins swiftly something @ fha{
If you will take that brutal translation Of the word
aside SS Vt" the sin that is In good standing around
What sin is in good standing around Can you
think of sin against which special society has
There have been societies in which men have
a1v tai
ties in which men have pledged themselves not 70
be impure societies IN which en n naTf bi Regs9 s
have pledged themselves not TO swear. Some one
don't know - why. 12y II they had lived with me l
might have understood it, but they didn't Person
use for any OF your societies that ask men to sign
But listen. You never yet knew Of a society
which asked man to sign a pledge agalnst , uIi-
around: unbelief is popular. Sometimes I think
that are living in an age when some OF or olI
complete if they do not have little unhelsf
somcvheEe Just shade TheE are are not ,Trs sure %
won't follow IT, not that shouldn't Ike to. BHS
pnbsliet nnbesf in man un9sef PbSGst IN God u"oee
But you That is your private interPTe{a I tis
epistle only knows one sin. and what is IT? Tn
belief They could not enter in because OF IN 4a-
OF provocation in the wilderness when your fathers
tempted e as aaG 'Tleb nsbes NoW Tnbels is the sin
that is I'm such good standing around Gnbelet IS
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man; unbeief and that is the sin that slackens
the running more than anything else hen mere
eEeeps cps into the heart unOe'ie' '"s' d A'-''
10 viii viii put 1t another way The man that does
not passonatey believe in the coming OF that city
not going to waste his time running toward Ar III ~,
R yoI thdf Our fathers drew the visions city
which our fathers saw were all mere mirage OF the
the slum Of course you contribute no Longer ,r to
the great enterprise OF tore2n Insslri "i ; gtias
You will put no blood and sinew into the business
OF winning the world
UNBELIEF PARALYzEs POWER
But If you see the city still and II 'hsEe pGgS
in your heart & the becaase ii is ' goddess and
na ssOn to bring IN the godly city; theh you VIII VII
asaj,v besst 71his is the sin that parayzes power
snd ;tnnerve. the for running this race more
'hs BUT G% now to the incentives and briefly can
We have tried to state the esSen' ana s "a ana ne Se
iect and emotion. the head and heart First the
appeal to intellect and you must follow me rapidly
IN order 10 the connection between this and the
pogt @ wheh haYe fbst tf Il t {Su appeal TO head That
is the appeal TO the man who tGels that MS rain
You iook up to me tonight, some OF YOU. and
saw But really you have no right to say that
m naofe 10 enou3cs rs anbslle but look at the slow
ing centuries and o9s & az b Shs DARK on the
cannot help unbeiief. "UnbeIef creeps IN says
Ehn also was ed fll Of ps7sionase devotion e
ms great Seeve9 IN d IN m I4 o Soag OF
believe! am gazing out Upon the world and see
Its sin and sorrow, and near It's signing and its
moaning still, and there my faith IS weakened
NO. no." SAYS the writer of the letter. 'see
the Witnesses. Go back the past and see
what other men have done and how in one
great and orderly and magnificent procession they
have all the city and learned this fact that il
IS the men who have seen the city that have helped
TO bless the earth
Ny brethren. the eleventh chapter OF the Hebrews
is not HnIsned; you can with IL: saints apoS-
ties. prophets. MARTYRS. You come way down
70 your times See the man in Africa yonder wait
ing. waiting, waiting, year after year. year after
year, ana the woman at his side who pravs for
communion service before there is convert Bur