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Br F. E. DAVISON
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THE VALUE DFLAY PREACHING
Feb. 28, '09 (Act 8:14-25).
In tho original church the Idea
gf-piiH'il to b accepted that If any
man felt called upon to preach the
gospel he had a right to do It. Hence
It came about that- such men as
Stephen the deacon, and Thlllp tho
evangelist, men who had never br-cii
called to the apostolic colic,?!?, and
net apart by tho laying on of hail st
for this fipeclul work, assumed the
right. Inherent In every man to tell
the story, and they dl.l It mljthtlly.
In this leason we see Philip, ont? of
the deacons of the Jerusalem church,
going up Into Samaria, and starting
a revival that swept everything be
fore It, like a prairie Are. His work
was Just as efficient and Just as ac
ceptable as that which was done by
tho regularly ordained ministry.
Devlnn Credent lain.
In these days, we are apt to look
with suspicion upon the ministra
tions of any man who does not hold
the credentials of ecclesiastical or
ders. A mnn may be dry as dust,
but If he has been through college
and theological seminary and had
the hands of the presbytery put upon
bis head, we feel bound to listen to
tilm, while the man who Is his men
tal, physical, and spiritual superior
b shut out of our pulpits because,
forsooth, he does not carry In his
pocket a diploma from Yale or ordi
nation papers from the presbytery,
forgetful of tho fact that If tho
Lord does not send, men Into the
ministry, no canon of the church
tati tOioot them Into It, but If Ho
oas put His hand on a man's head,
ho Is ordained, though his sacerdo
tal robe Is a leather apron, and his
pulpit an anvil.
Not Troop Knouuli,
We have made the mistake of sup
posing that this world can be con
crted by a few ministers. The trou
ble is not that the Sword of tho
Spirit Is dull. The difficulty Is not
that' the great guns are of too
short range to throw tho bombshells
into the enemy's camp. The trouble
Is. we have not troops enough to
wield the sword of the Spirit, and
to man the guns. Victory Is prom
ised to the church In the great bat
tle of the ages, but not by distribut
ing titles to tho commanding otllcers,
iiid expecting a few major-generals
to go out and capture the foe. Gnu
man may chase a thousand, and two
put. ten thousand to flight, but what
Is needed la men enough to round up
those stampeding forces and bring
them Into camp. The church Is in
too many instances carrying on a
I'eninsula campaign, marching "on
to Richmond" and then marching
back, its movements characterized by
"masterly retreats."
Not enough men for tho battle.
It is a great farce this work of try
ing to Bavo the world by a few
l'igymen. Peter the apostle, needs
a striker In' the person of Philip the
rvangellst. Jerusalem must have the
gospel, but Samaria must not be neg
lected. A great central lire must bo
kindled In the capital city, but the
vouf.agratlon will be more extensive
If contributory flames are kindled la
the surrounding country.. And any
body that can striku a match can
start a Are. There Is such a thing
as being too profound, ami too heavy
for the work of evangelism. The
Vnltnd States army has some high
officers who are handicapped because
they are too heavy to ride a horse. So
thero are men In the ministry more
concerned about their grammar
than- the souls of their congregation,
more Interested In getting tho right
kind of sermon paper than In get
ting men right with God. Their
sentences are Mlltonlc, they make
their hearers stare but never repent.
They read essays on the art of
swimming to drowning men, they
talk learnedly of tire escapes to those
who are far out of-reach of the lad
ders. l'ulplt ll'C!t(tll(llltH,
You would not think of send
ing the Dreadnought up a mountain
stream. These men are pulpit
Dreadnoughts; they "draw too much
water" to get into some of the
places where Phillip can paddlo his
canoe and come back having whip
ped the stream clean. We do uot
aeed fewer great guns, but a great
host of sharpshooters. Not less
parchments from thu seminaries, but
more leaves of healing among the
nations. Not fewer church pulpits,
but more street cornec altars. Not a
reduction of Major-Generals but a
vast increase of privates. Not a re
trenchment In great battleships but
an amplification of torpedo boats.
Not a subsidence of continental
operations but an expansion of town,
county and state movements. Phil
Sheridan's raid In the Shenandoah Is
Just as Important aa Sherman's
march to the sua. Lot not magnfl
ccnt cathedral look down on tho
back alley mission. Religion will
never make conquest of the world
until consecrated laymen, plumbers,
and ir.r.sons, and carpenters, and
pi Inters throttle the sins of their
own trades, The church has been
voiklng the pumps of a few minis
tcilal e'.ttt;ii't cntll the buckets are
Ui', while all uround Us aro foun
tains of living waters from which
may be dipped up the cool, sweet
water of life. 'Let all hands laj
'.old, and carry thin refreshing wa
ter to the dying multitudes.
A Life Hung on
a Thread.
Original.
A Rood many years ago, when Indian
fighting was tho chief occupation of
our then diminutive army, I was nerv
ine; in the th cavalry at a western
post. We had a man In the ranks who
had been brought up by refined and
Wealthy parents, but who was a per
fect devil. Egbert Carrol was the
name he enlisted under, and I believe
It wai his real name. The only trou
ble with him was that he wa too full
of fight. One would suppose that a
oldlcr can't hare too much fight In
him, and so he can't when there la an
enemy to contend with, but when there
lan't he Is liable to turn upon his
friends. Carrol was In Captain Cava
nagh's company, a man full of Irish
blood, and that mean full of Irish
tight. We called hlui the "black god
of war." The result was that when
Carrol committed some slight Indiscre
tion bis captain, to speak figuratively,
"put the screws on." This made Car
rol rebellions, with the result of more
discipline, till at last he mutinied and
struck hla captain. He was put In the
guardhouse to await trial, but one dark
night he escaped and disappeared.
It was not long after this that we
had a brush with the Indians. We
were getting the better of thctn when
one of their number led them on a
savage charge which for a time broke
through our lines. I never saw such
savage Indian fighting nnder so sav
age a leader. It was only a question
of time with them, however, for we
outnumbered them and were better
armed and equipped. We took a lot
of prisoners, amoug them their leader.
Who should lie be but Egbert Carroll
Of course there was but one fate for
him. A court martial was convened;
be was tried and-sentenced to be shot.
The proceedings were forwarded to
Washington, where they were approved
by the president. The day having been
fixed, there was nothing to do but wait
for It to come round and carry out the
sentence. But there was some sympa
thy for the condemned man. First, the
commandant of the post believed there
was not only stuff In him for a eoldler,
but a leader, which hud been turned
away by his captain, who had never
learned to control himself, to say noth
ing of controlling others. Then tho
women of the post all took to him t
cause he was a geutlemnu born. The
men of hla company partially excused
him because many of them bad suf
fered as he had from their captain's
ungovernable temper. Lastly and most
Important, his family Interested them
elves to secure a pardon.
One day tho colonel commanding a
post some 200 miles eastward of the
one where Carrol was held a prisoner
received an order reprieving tho rene
gade. Selecting a good rider, the colo
nel gave him the president's order and
told him to ride with It posthaste. But
in the army there aro many ofllcers
who would scorn to communicate the
contents of an order to a private. Tho
colonel was one of these. He sent his
messenger away without any knowl
edge that a life hung on its prompt de
livery. Two days after tho messenger
departed he returned to the man who
sent him, confessing that he had stop
ped by the way to drink with some
soldiers aud had lost the order. He
had returned for a duplicate.
The colonel blanched. "You scoun
drel!" he roared. "You carried Car
rol's reprieve. No power can repair
the damngo you have done. Before an
other message can be sent he will have
been executed."
Now, It happened that I had oeen
sent with n party to relieve the garri
son of the station where the messenger
had stopied, and It was with some of
our men that the messenger drank and
lost his order. He did not miss It till
he bad left the station and ridden some
distance. Then he returned, bunted
high and low for it and, not finding it
returned for its duplicate.
The day after the loss of the order I
went to Inspect a gang of men who
were doing some work I was In charge
of. While walking along the road I
saw a dog chasing a bit of white pa
per which the breeze whirled before
him. As the paper was blown past
me I picked It up, held It over the dog
and let It go again in the wind. The
dog caught It and brought it to me for
more play. It was then that I saw the
word "Washington" printed on It I
read it and knew that It was Carrol's
reprieve.
Within ten minutes I was mounted
on the best horse at the station and
riding to save a life. So much time
had been lost in its transmission that
I knew it was un even chance whether
I arrived In time or not I rode my
horse to a finish In a few hours, secur
ed another, exhausted him in about the
tame time and repeated the process as
often as I could find horses.
I knew the day that Carrol was to
be executed, but not the hour. It Is
singular that a soldier will drive the
men under him up to be shot down un
mercifully, but when under other cir
cumstances one life Is depeudent on
hia efforts be will labor under a fright
ful burden.
At last I came In sight of the flag
waving over the topa of aome treea aer
era) miles in advance of me. Then er
ery minute -I dreaded lest I hear a vol
ley. My horse was exhausted, and I
feared every moment be would drop
nnder me. He did so when within a
quarter of a mile of the post. I ran
on, waving the order above my head.
A sentry saw it, guessed what it waa
and must have called out to those be
low, for I heard a cheer. Then I knew
I was In time.
Carrol was killed during the civil
war. having gained the reputation of
being one of the daredevils of the Un
ion army,
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