The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
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SUNDAY SERMON
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

A Scholarly Discourse By
Bishop c. c. McCabe.

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utmost capacity Sunday morning when
Rishop McCabe preached the Confer
ence sermon. Bishop McCabe preached
for nearly an hour. His sermon was a
typical old-style Methodist grafton,
and evidently pleased his hearers i'm
meusey. for his remarks were pune
tuated from start 10 finish with cries
of "Amen." "Halleluiahr Yes. yes"
and frequent laughter
Bishop McCabes subject was "The
Preachers Commission" aud he took
for his text the passage in Haggai:
"And the desire of all nations shall
come" He said.
Haggai was one of the prophets who
went 10 tho captive lsraelites to help
TO rebuild the walls OF the ruined TEN.
ple and of their DESTROYED city. Zech.
ariah was the other one. They were
both men Of vast hope ana mighty
faith. and God gave them vision to
read the future. and because they saw
the future they were optimistic men.
They did not believe tlat ANYTHING was
too good 10 be true. We need such
men. We have enough men who tell
us how much better the past was than
the present. and who discourage us.
and we need men who talk hopefully
men who speak of the future with de-
light. because they know that the
Lords prayer-that the will of God
shall be done OH earth as il Is i'm
Heaven-will some day be fulfilled.
These two prophets went TO the Israel
ties. TO Jerusalem and struggled to
rebuild the temple. and they were
greatly needed. CYRUS. the King of
Persia. allowed them to 20. CYRUS was
the conquer0r of Babylon. and these
Jews had fallen into his hands and
he treated them finely. CYRUS was a
man who believed In religious liberty.
1t is strange that $500 wears ago there
was a man In a high on earth position
who believed that every man had a
right to worship God according to the
dictates of his conscience. | know
Cyrus believed in religious liberty be-
cause he was not n Jew. and vet he
allowed these Jews to 60 and rebuild
their temple and ruined city. I think
God loved Cyrus on this account.
know He did. because He sent him a
message by Isaiah 81 will 20 before
thee ana make thy way straight before
thee" CYRUS would have made a
great Car of Russia: there would be
no more massacres of the Jews. And
what great Sultan of Turkey he
would have madei There would be
no moro rrass1cras of Armeuious sim.
ply because they were Christians. l
trust i'm God thar the time will come
when Il great man like Cyrus will oc-
cupv every throne ON earth. and when
the idea that one man can control the
conscience Of another shall mass avav
forever. I have myself seen $50 in
struments of torture which were used
by men and devils-for | think the
devil inspired men to use such instru-
ments of torture-to make all men
think alike. I looked with amazed in
terest at the Maid Of Nuremberg" n
terrible instrument called by that
name. 1t consists of great wide doors.
in which | counted nine spllies several
inches long. When the victim was
asked for the last time "Wiu Won re-
pentg" If he said mo" these doors
were slammed and the victim culver
ing on these spikes would suffer more
anguish than Jesus Christ did on the
cross. Men and women to-day would
rather die than give up this old Bible.
or surrender the right to worship God
according TO the dictates of conscience
We enjoy liberty today because such
men ard women have lived in the
world Let MS nriza the hoon which
they purchased with suffering and
blood.
These Israelltes had been I'm captlvity
for seven years: AZ 800 of them went To
build the templa. some were old and
some young The Young men shouted
for iov for thev did not remember
Solom0n's Temple hut tie old men did
and they went. They went first be-
cause OF the contrast between the
amount of money which David gave
Solomon to build the temple with and
the sum they had now. Secondly. be-
cause of the contrast between the
number of men-Solomon had SOOOO
and now there yvara but 10 3GO Solo.
mon had 5000 oyersaers m keen tbn
people at work-wallline delegates II
YOU please. I wish all walking dele
gates were for thar nurnosa won.
der If they ever had n stril,a among
them. wonder II 10000 of these so.
600 said 10 the other elrhty-fonr ner
cent: Unless Won ioip our society Won
cannot work M am If would NOT have
been allowed IN Solomon's time
had letter Yesterday from n promi.
nent man in this city. asking me If tbe
church was the friend OF labor
want 10 state publicly the creed of the
NJ. Il. Church. We are the friends of
labor: we are the friends of an labor--
of every man and woman who has 10
earn a living by the sweat OF the face
We are the friends not only OF the