anted 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.
I do not believe in a class-leader that does not lead, that is not first.
I do not believe in a man's right to be counted a leader because his name
is at the top of the book. I know classes, and you know classes, where,
if you have a re
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