Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-23

. lutW-QIOUH Ou lAlH ihNhf AbN
Hannah's prayer and Esther's consecra-
ton, and Mary's broken heart, and Ruth's
loving and bereft spirit. o choose ye be-
tween Chemosh and Jehovah The one
service Is pain and disappointment; the
other service is brightness and life. |
have tried both. / chose the service OF
God because | was ashamed to do other
wise. felt Il would be imbecile
for me TO choose Chemosh above Je-
hoyah.
30 happy day that fixed my choice
ON Thee, my Savior and my cod
| Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell iss raptures all abroad.
90 happy bond that scale my vows
To Him who merits all my loVel
Let cheerful antnoms OH THIS house
! While " his sacred throne move
"IIigh heaven, that heard the solemn vow,
That vow renewed shall daily hear,
Till In life's latest hour bow,
And bless in death bond 80 dear"
2. Again: II we want to be. Christians,
| like Ruth In the text, we must take the
| CHRISTIANS path. "Where thou goest
will 60" cried out the beautiful Moab
ltess TO Naomi, the mother-in-law. Dan
gerous promise that. There we're deserts
10 be crossed. There were iackals that
There were bandits. There was the Dead
sea. Naomi saws. HRuth. YOU must 20
hack Yon are too delicate 10 take this
ionrnev You will rive ont In the first
Ave miiee Won cannot 90 You have
not
THK PHYSICAL STAMINA
or tho moral courage IN 90 with me ~ Ruth
resnonds, uMother. am going ANYHOW
n stav I'm this land will be overborne
of the idolaters, n | 20 along with YOU
ahalI serve Cod. Give me that bundle.
LET me carry n. am going with YOU.
mother anvbow -
And II we want IN serve God we must
do as Rnth did. CRYING ont. uWhere
thon poest will qo.n Never mind the
head sea Afoot or horsehsck n there
he rivers IN ford we mnst ford them II
there be r,onntsins m scoIo 700 rnnst scale
thorn n there he enemies IN 9ght we
mus 0ght ,hem n reoniree gTit and
nluck no get from Noah 10 Judah on,
how many Christians there are who can
be diverted from the path NV oniver of
the lin Indicative of scornl They do NOT
surrender 10 temntation INIT thew bend
10 IL And n In comnanv there
he those who tell mclean stories
thov win 90 al far as 10 teII
something on the margin between the
pure and the impnre And n there he
those who swear IN the room, and use the
rough word 0damn,n thew will 90 so far
as the word UdArn. % and look over the
fence wishing they could 20 farther; but
as to any determination like Ruth's To 20
the whole road of all that is right, they
have not the grace to do IL. They have
not in all their body as much courage as
Ruth had In her little finger. Oh, my
friends, let us start for heaven and 90
clear through In the river that runs by
| the gate of the city we shall wash off all
our bruises. When DR.. Chalmers printed
his astronomical discourses they were
read In the hay-lofts, in the fields, in the
garrets and In the palaces, because they
advocated the idea that the stars were in
habited. o hearer, does not your soul
thrill with the thought that there Is an.
other world beautifully inhabited2 Nay,
more, that you by the grace Of God may
become one Of
IT'S GLORIOUS CITIZENS?
8. Again remark, II we want TO be.
come Christians, like Ruth In the text, VIC
must choose the Christians habltation
uWhere thou lodgest, will lodge. ~ cried
Ruth To Naomi. She knew that wherever
Naomi stopped, whether Il were hoyel OF
mansion. there would be a Christian
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