The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-10-18

themselves the purity and spotlessness
of Gods wilderness and Gods love.
To hear some pessimists talk one
would suppose that not only numerical
~. but also in purity and Ideals. the
church Is rapidly deteriorating CON
tend that not only is the church grow
ing better. but II Is influencing tho
whole world and elcvatlug It's Ideals.
Social conditions which would not now
Doe tolerated for q day were formerly
ordinary commOnplaccs We talk about
the curse Of tainted money" IN these
days. We say that the American peo-
pie are lost 10 all sense Of honor and
decency when corporation funds are
accepted 10y political parties. We say
that the jugglory Of stocks In Wall
street Is an outrage We say that the
state legislatures are only puppets OF
the monopolles and that the municipal
councils are owned. body and mind
ana soul by the railroad corporations.
But stop, Did you ever consider the
fact that the reason we hear so much
about the financial dshonesties Of life
is because the public conscience Is Doe
INK aroused md higher standard Of
morals has been established Further
more. did you ever stop 20 consider
that criminal financial dealings which
two centuries ago were looked upon as
the ordinary and usual ways Of doing
things would not be tolerated now for
one momentf Did you ever hear that
one OF the first buildings which were
erected upon the campus of Princeton
college, the headquarters Of Preshyie.
rians, was erected by the money raised
In a public lottery Don't talk 10 me
about the world growing worse.
But there Is another fact which !
want to emphasize about this conquer
ing army of the gospel church that is.
il may win its final conquest amy hour.
The time may be nj hand this century.
this decade. this year. this month.
when Christ IS going 10 come and cs-
tahlish his universal kingdom upon
the earth. For long years and genera
lions the prophets Of old foreiold his
birth I'm Bethlehem Of Judaea But the
people had waited for Jesus so long
that they became Indifferent, ana when
he did come they were completely
taken by surprise In the New Tesla
ment we have again and again the
promise that Christ Is going to come q
second time and establish his kingdom
through the church We. too. have
waited so long for the second advent
Of christ that many Of us are apt To
think he cannot come during our life
time. Yet there has never been gen
Grafton since he left the earth that was
so ready as this to welcome him, nor
has there ever been a time so suited
as this for the prophetic fulfillment Of
Christs second advent
Now. If this great army Of the gospel
church IS capturing the world for
Christ, and If the second advent of
Jesus may take place at any moment
does Il not become our duty 90 join
the gospel battalions and have part
i'm that glorious day when 400 earth
and all heaven shall unite in celchrai
INK the dominion of Christ from sea 90
sea-? Shall not we do something FOR
Chrlsts glory now so that We may
have the right 10 share I'm his spiritual
triumph Is It not about time for some
Of us to give MP living our mean. self
ish. sordld lives Of sinful Indulgence
and 10 join the great gospel host Of
those who are working and whiting
for the millennial dawn Can We.
dare we. AFFORD TO waste even day or
an hour IN idleness when there is still /
work TO be done which may bring near
er this divine cOnsummuti0ni