, 1876-11-16

hopeless casc; oven Caiapl,as Of Plate might be
converted to Christ easier than Saul. Tic was a
IL Tic municr Of stephen; he VA. fuii
Of zeal and full ni religion, nnl II
any onc Ind BAIL to him that he wnutsl ~ down
" Damascus md preach the Gospel oE Christ,
Wouldn't givc much fur that mani l,cnd One
renaon why he Waa 10 mad WA that when tho
dlscintes hal been scattered from Jerusalem,
they wont everywhere preaching the Gospel ot
the Sun nf fitsl, and npw the tho news has co,nc
up that soIne of them hare Rnt down th J}atnns-
GUS and nre preaching the ,Hospct there; unel
Bnttl, breathing out thrcatentngs nnl staughtcr,
goeh 10 tho elIfcf pricsts an gcts tho NECESSARY
documents, 81 tlas e lnny bring these E,eretlcs
bound tp .Jerllsalcln.
Now this saul Of Tarsus was mn upright man: !:
afNi,lt the law md he kept It; lie was blnnelc.s
ns touching tho law, aud according To some pco-
plo fI Chicago nc didn't ncct! u ,e converted At
81: lls Is EoM . enough already; tr,ie, be hstes
who nrn 'loncst mud puv their dciit., ami arc
thought IN f,c Eo'nf enough without conversion.
>, 10 not think he was n stranger to Christ.
Jlo ha.ln't beet, 9nna but three yeart, anil saul
Miracles His death, and Ills resurrection. lie
VITA probably well acquainted With Nic1nlcmur,
2 member Of thu ean!IctIrim, and with
Joseph oi Ar'nattea, w1'o was
Christ. by. he hates Christ. aud bates nil wl,o
believe In Him. can ser hin as he rides out Of
the city starting for Damascus, lN milcs dis
tant. Hr r!drs through, Samastn. but the Jews
dpcsn't speak worl 70 ono of lllcin.
Nnw f,e comes In sight VI tho beautiful city,
80 beautiful u Is said that sfo'amlnetl, when he
saw II. would not lntIk at It second time, lest
II should s'n hts heart. from tic city Of tho
ssplcnlor, b1tt, just then there Is a binding
brightness above tic brightness Of tic
sun, anl the whole company. III
afn,azemenf;, fri, from their frightened
Son OF tio1 lust drew back thu cloud md gave
one look. md tho brightness Of Ills face was 20
dazz)ing TINT they ct',tli INT bear thu night for
an instant: Saul caught uno E'impsc Of l!tn,
snni' The Son Of Gml knew lin by nan.c. .
III knows every einner by na,nc; knows where
he lives inst rs well as he kncw wllcrc Ananfas
lived when lie ecnt Saul 10 lbs house In uanlns-
Gus. hope the Son of God will call some si,l-
hear Ills yolcG anu he ct'!lvtrtc'i like saul And
now this question, "Wby persct1itcst thou
MsM What rcasnt, could Saul give tor pcrse-'
cutting the Sun Of (;olt
love the Savior, WIN was told that n cer.aiu
lllnn was nh iniitlcl. 'Wllat In MI intldcl{" shc
inquired; and when Il was explained to her she
BGctned very much surprised. a few days nfter
little iii came ',p t. hin an saiti. "Why don't
repeated tho question again an.l agaiti, and he
saw ti'at there were tcats ta her eyes. That
auest9,n, began to trouble HIN; ns could mt
from The letters On Ills ,lesk, from I,' Tic
voices Of his children at play, md tho pillow
kept Whispering II to him after lie went to he'd.
the bIblc and tntl son.e plica where Christ iias
cortratll ted HIMSELF mid Tint Will be 4 cooI
reason why should not loyclIm." So he took
the book and opened It at the Gospel Of john
mans Nc ina 81 9p'Ssa 5 at as TfSs r pr % rna a"Y
Christ he mustn't 70 to tlMt bouk-nnl there u
fund out reasoi!s for loving the Sun Of tlosi In
stcNt Of hating Hin, md bcforr tic sun was tlp
lie ''a begun 70 seek The Lord with all sheart,
IS W there soul S tat can 1'stssu siye Mnssa seasaa
for persccutlns Christ! You can't fln,l at,y o,,
earth, nor yet fl he'll Let tl,c question then
come ,1 lonte e your heart, What keeps yoa from
Some pcoplc might aay It was hard for tho
Christians Of Damascus to have this man col,l-
lug 10 pcrsccntc tllrn nnd bring tctn bound 10
Jer1salG,n, but II 'vas Ereat deal harlcr for
ss % kick oss, nsen. ss9 nc to @ ~ , s for the
they used i long stick with BIT of stccl in tllco
end Of It for driving cattlo; sometimes
when M OK WAS contrary lc would
Kick back against the gt,ad and strike tho
steel into hinscit; and Christ Just used tl!Js as
light agalust tho Gospel lit Is hard fur tes.H 4
las'y In the inquiryroum eaitl TO me: UT Is casy
10 SIN, but i Is hard to do right" That Is the
aat ad sess s &c Go stss y % D. Ss sE at n sa ss
4 unc III the worst lies that ever caric fro hell
Christ aays: "My yoke is easy and my burden
t. ,,19 ,f}' '"bnt 1.-The way OF to tra''sfsssor is
LIT a',t " tao some casps o. different c'1s.c; o
Ill easy onc} It Is 4 short onc; olly Ati average
ut seven years, with slla,nc NnA sorrow nil tho
time. What memories of tho nd home, AIitt ef
m1thcs aud sisters ro,Aa W to hunt the poor
fatlon one! Thuse who tlattor her do nut love
l,ats wunt, and Is lail in q na,ncless grave.
Inkc the drunkard: ls his life MI easy oncl
lavc man lB my mind whom tried to wur,l
i., fr"" tlle g beginning # his evil ways bctors
crate sot l!"ksG 1t. 'As( Vito but In, now 1.d he i i
q broken heart, his children have been takcn
from him and PLACED where llc may never SEQ
streets Of Chicag0 u lost and ruined tnn.t. Take
thu runscl!cr. Ilu laughs nt these meetings,
laughs ut the Bible; SAYS tllcrr ia no hell. I
have fnan IN my l',lnd Whose placu Of business
and lnotllers. used to beg Of llIm l'ot to sell
liquor to their sons but lie laughed ut them.
llo had sun Of his OWN, OF wl,ptn lc fntrIy
made Ill idol, anil .iiat Wrctccd ys'ung man,
AllCF Susl1lilh Lo w itlsGnlG uFlHkAfu. ~ IaSL
found life So hateful that hc took Il pistol and
blew out his ow'l brains. Oh, runtseIIerl you
who ruin Other Incn's sona, there Is tilns
coming when you will reap what yuu luvc
sowc1. You think you arc snfe from the luw of
lnan. but titH, tllc Gul Ut Equity, has u law
from which yo., cat,nut cscaps. lnu ruin thu
sons Ut other men, aud your soms will ba ruined,
anil y'',,, like this rulnscllcr will huvc nilsur:.-
bic Gn,l.
Take The mssernLlc tnnoth-tonguelI ltbcrtinc,
who has dnilp u,l,eh to ruin itiiiurcnt wulcn;
your tit,lc ia coming by nnd By. II pour
wuttAl, falss, slu Ia thrust out Of aoc!cty. whilu
these ully-togcd ylalins st!ll are pnlfscsl nusl
tlateerctl. but there Il II tiotl who will judge
you, md you will find nut soul, enough t,lt tho
way of tile traulagreseur is hatl1.
The nthcr night rca'l lrstcr from a broken
hearted wot'!al askg INC to pray for hcr l!ats;
icsl fran AIs l,ot,lo tnr fear of the penalty 0f
tic law. l.p III t1.r gallery 'lu snt willie read
TINT Krrow I'LL letter. am after TIN 1ncertiu: was
over f,o rasnu IL me ntl,l conlesssl Ills s. nuycr
pIt,el nun ~ IN aIl NY Ifs: We prayed To-
gutlcr, uni tlb next night liz cn,It r,Hil, say
inE +" feel uS II Jesus Mtl fnrEtvcn nv sIn, Int