Broken Bread, from an Evangelist's WalletChampness, Thomas
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Broken Bread, from an Evangelist's Wallet
Champness, Thomas
Christian life -- Methodist authors; Meditations
Where is Babylon? The greatest heap of dirt in the world is Babylon!
Where is Spain--Spain, that used to make Englishmen tremble? It is
nothing; it does not count; it is not put as a cypher in the world's sum.
What is Napoleon? Eh! what is Napoleon? The last of the Napoleons died
under the hand of a savage when he was where he had no business to be,
burning his lips with other folks' broth. The grandest bit of human
nature in this world, a few years ago, was the Emperor who has just gone
to heaven. The grandest man I ever saw. I never saw what God Almighty
could make of flesh and blood until I saw him. And he has left behind
him a man with one arm; the other arm is a sword-arm. The Emperor
Frederick said that he wanted to live for peace. I wish our princes were
more like him. I have been told that I must not say anything about the
Prince of Wales. I say "God save the Queen"; she is the best monarch
that ever sat on the throne. God bless her, and may she live longer than
any of them ever have done. And I say, "God save the Prince of Wales,"
for racehorses will not save him; gambling will not save him. The man
that is to come to the throne owns racehorses; he has a horse called
"Mischief," and it is well called. Why must I keep silent when I see the
first man in the realm encouraging that which is ruining our young men,
and sometimes sending them to a felon's prison? I believe a limited
monarchy is the best form of government that can be found for England,
but the English crown is on its trial, and if it is not wheat, there are
dark days in store for England. I want to see the present style of
government, and I want a man on the throne that _is_ a man, and not one
that is trying as hard as he can to set such an example as will send the
country to hell. I would like the chance of saying it to his face. You
can tell people what I have said. Let us thank God that the fan is in
the hand of Jesus Christ.
You cannot keep Methodism from the action of the fan. It has got to be
tried, and everything in Methodism that is not wheat will go into the
fire, and serve it right. Everything must be sown, and must grow and
bear its fruit, and be gathered, and then winnowed; and the chaff must go
into the fire. The Methodist pulpit is not an exception to it. If I
cannot interest people I have no right to be paid for it. If I cannot
get the people to come and hear me, and if I do not go and look after
them in their homes, I have no right to draw the money for doing it. And
no preacher has the right to think that people should come and hear him
if he cannot preach--he has no right. I am tired out when I think of the
things that put themselves where they have no right.
The whole Christian Church to-day has got to come under the fan; and
there will be some wonderful changes before all your heads are grey. The
grandest thing is that Jesus Christ holds the fan.
The class-meeting is on its trial.
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