St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-10-26
ly, earnestly, and holds his audience
with strict attention.

ly, earnestly, and holds his audience
with strict attention.
THE FIRST SERvICE-CHRISTIAN CONT
DENCE
On Sabbath afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Bur-
CESS of the Free Baptist church, read
the scriptures and made the opening
prayer, and after singing, Mr.. More
house read the Goth verse of the 5th
chapter of 2 Corinthians 'sNow then
we are ambassadors for Christ. as
though God did beseech by us: we pray
in Christs stead, be We reconciled to
God" The speaker omitted the two
words in the verse substituted by the
translators, believing the original bet
ter gave Pauls meaning. He then read
the sixth and eighth verses of the same
chapter, in which the APOSTLE speaks of
his great confidence in God. He said
too many Christians like to substitute
for the word know, hoppe. We get
the word hope many times in the New
Testament, and it does not mean doubt
in single instance. We want to take
stand upon the living God. If I
should ask you if you were Americans,
you would not say hope so, but you
would knOp you were. So let us put
away that little word hope, and let us
know. Paul suffered much, yet he said,
"We are always confident" Atoays-
In the palace or prisOn-bound or free.
When we know then we are confident.
Paul doesn't say much about the
heavenly home, but about Christ When
l was first converted, loved to read
about the mansions prepared for me.
About this time had sermon preach
ed to me by a poor pauper. When l
was going to see him, tried to think
what | should say to him, for he had a
very loathsOme disease-an internal and
external cancer-and he had only so
cents a week to live upon. When |
entered the room he looked the picture
of peace, and instead of my comforting
him, he cheered and comforted me. |
never was so near the Master. l knelt
to pray for him but could not, but
prayed for myself. AS rose to leave,
l gave him John IA: 2, as an appropriate
verse for him. SIN my Fathers house
are many mansions: if it were not so,
would have told you. go to prepare
a place for you" spoke to him of the
mansions prepared for him. He said,
"That's good verse, but I'll give you
better one. The golden street, the
crown, the harp, long not so much for
them, as for the Master. l will give
you verse;" said the dying man. "fAnd
if l go, will come again." 'Tisn't the
mansion 'tisn't the crown 'tisn't the
harp-it's the Lord himself. Give us
the Master; He is all in all. There's
not a man on earth who is fit to be an
ambassador, who don't knolo he is saved.
The church is not hospital-the pas
tor the doctor; the leading men the
nurses, and the church members the
patients. 1t is an army. The general
is Jesus Christ the people the soldiers.
We are the soldiers of Christ Jesus.
We find many excuses. There is not
one who is converted who has not a
greater gift than any angel in glory.
They can't speak to sinners. They can't
point to the blood of Christ. You can.
Therefore every Christian has greater
gift than the angels and therefore a
greater responsibility. The little girl
who won prize for her beautiful gera-
nium kept her plant in the sunshine.
Your gift may be small, but keep it in
the sunshine-near Christ. You cannot
excuse yourself because you have no
gift. Let me ask you personal ques-
ton: How many souls have you spoken
to this last week 2 How many times
prayed for blessing7 1t is our privi-
lege to work and be ambassadors for
Christ.
A man is condemned to die; l am
asked by the Queen to bear to him his
pardon. l start for the prison; go to
florists and purchase beautiful bOu-
quet of flowers L go to music store
and buy some sweet songs. l then go
to the prison and find the man con-
demned to death on the morrow. tell
him of the Queens palace and the beau
tiful pictures in it; I give him the
bouquet of flowers; 1 sing him the sweet
songs which l bought. The jailor comes
and tells me my half hour has expired
and that l must go. l rise to leave,
shake the condemned man by the hand
AMI ask him if 1 have not entertained
him, but never say word about the
pardon which l have buttoned up in
my coat pocket Am not murderer
Mr.. Morehouse closed his discourse with
an earnest appeal to all Christians pres
ent to use the gift God had given them,
and added touching incident to which
he was personally knowing in Mr..
MoOdy's early history in Chicago.
THE PRODIGAL IN THE CHURCH.
Sabbath evening, the Introductory
exercises were led by Rev. H. w. Jones,
and the scripture reading was the Prodi
gal Son, Luke 18th chapter. Mr.. More
house took for his text verses 1924:
And he arose, and came to his father. But when