The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-04-22

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minutes Z You say that all Sum
day school teachers and evange-
lists and all ministers must bring
their illustrations from the Bible.
Christ did not when he preached.
He drew them from the lilies, from
the ravens, from salt, from Q can
die, from q bushel, from long,
faced hypocrites, from guests, from
moths, from large gates and small
gates, from Q camel, from the
needles eye. from yeast In the
dough Of bread, from a mustard
seed, from q fishing net, from
debtors and creditors. That is the
reason multitndes followed Christ.
His illustrations were so easy and
20 understandable.
"Looking across to hill, Christ
saw the city Of Jerusalem. Talk
ing to the people abont the con-
spicuity of Christian example, lie
said: The world is looking az
you, be careful. A city that ls set
on a hill cannot be hid While
He was speaking Of the divine
care Of Gods children a bird flew
| past, He said: Behold the ra-
| yens.' Then looking down in the
valley, all covered at that season
| with flowers, He said: Consider
the lilies Now what is the use Of
going away off in some obscure
part of history, or on the other
side Of the earth, to get an illus.
tration, when the earth and the
heavens are full.
"Why should we 60 away OFT tt
| get an illustration Of the vicarioui
suffering OF Jesus Christ wher
only. last week at Bloomfield, New
Jersey, only ten or fifteen miles
from here, two little children wer'
walking on the railroad track ant
a train was coming, but they wer'
on a bridge of trestle work, ant
the little girl took her brother ar
let him down through the trestl'
work as gently as she could towar'
the water, very carefully and low.
ingly and cautiously, so that b
might be picked up by those VIII
were standing near by. Will
: doing that the train struck hei
and hardly enough of her bod,
was left to gather into the funera
) casket,
"What is the use of our goin
i, away off to find an illustration i
! past ages, when four or FIVE week
D ago, in Michigan, mail.carrier o
r horse back, riding on, pursued b
= those flames which had sweI
. over a thousand miles, saw an Of
/ man by the roadside, dismountet
helped the old man on the hors
i saving, Nov whip up and e
4 away The old man got ava.
\ bat the mail-carrier persisted.
"What is the use of going ava
off in ancient history to find an
Iustration of the fact that it
dangerous to defy God, when Ia
summer, in the Adirondacks, ] sa
!. o flash of lightning and a bolt
vivid, I said, That struck some
:. thing very near A few days q
. terward we found that two farm
e ers that Monday morning. hs
. been seated under q tree, the OF
Boosting how that, the day befor
4 on the Sabbath, he had got h
4 hay in, and SO cheated the Lol
. ont of that part of the time an,
] how, and both of them laughs
Il over the achievement by Will
! they had wronged the Lord of E
! holy day, when the lightnir
j struck one dead instantly and Il
other had been two weeks in b
when we left the Adirondacks, 81
end has become an invelid I
life.
administers should seek to
original In their illustrations, al
u strive to interest those they SO
y to make converts of.