Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-06

saineshy, ana tell Him these habits you
nave, and ask HIN II there is any Selp ia
all the resources Of omipotent love 70
give u 10 you. DO not go With long
iigmarole people call prayer. made up OF
'Ohs' and "ahs" and "forever and
IorvVeri amensi" Go 70 God and
cry Tor help! help, help and II You can.
NOT cry for a lp Just look aud live | re-
member In the late war WAS at AntIetam,
snu 1 went into the hospital after the
o2ttlei ana ! said 20 man; "Where are
yOu nurif He made no answer, but
Iela up his arm, swollen and spllntered.
, saw where he was hurt The simple
lact u.s. when man has a wounded soul.
all he has to do is to hold n mn belore ~
sympathetic Lord and get II healed. II
does not take sny long PRAYER Just hold
up the wound. o! ii Is no small ,h,ng
when a man Is nervous, and weak and ex.
nausted, coming from his evil ways. Ia
feel that God puts tso omnipotent arms
around about him and SAYS: tYonng
man. will stand by you. The noun.
tsins may depart and the hills be re-
moved, but | will never lail You " And
then, as the soul thinks the news too good
70 pc true, aud cannot believe Il, and
looks up In Gods face, God lifts his ripht
mana ana takes an oath, an affidavit, saw.
log "As 1--we, saith tue Lord God. |
nave no pleasure 10 the death Of him that
Blessed be God for such gospel as
thiSi scout the slice thin,n said inc WIFI.
TO the husband, ''or there will not 10
enough to 20 all around for the children,
cut the slices thin" Blessed be q "a
there is fun loaf for every one that
wants 1t; bread enough aud to spare No
thin slices at the Lords table. / remem.
Der when the Master Street hospital In
Philadelphia, was opened during The
war, telegram came saying: 6rhere
VIII be 800 wounded men to-nigh,. be
ready to take care OF them;' and from
my church there went In some twenty or
thirty men and women TO look after
these poor wounded fellows. AS they
came, some from one part of the land,
some from another, no one asked whether
this man was from Oregon, or from Massa-
ehusetts, or from Minnesota, or from
New York. There was wounded sol.
der, and the only question was how To
take OF the rags most gently, and put on
the oandsge and administer the cordial
And when soul comes TO God, He does
not ask where you came from or what
your ancestry was. Healing for all your
wounds Pardon for all your guilt. Com
fort for all your troubles.
Then also ] COUNSEL you, II YOU want
70 get back, 10 quit all your bad assOcia-
lions one unholy Intimacy will MI your
soul with moral distemper. In ali the
apes OF the church there has not been an
instance where man kept one evil asso.
cIate and was reformed. Among the
! 400 900 600 OF the race not
one Instance Go home to-day, open
your desk, take out letter paner.
stamp and envelope, and then write let.
ter something like this;
"My old companions; start this day
for heaven. Until am persuaded you
Will join me IN this, FAREWELL
Then sign your name, and send the let
ter with the first post. Give up your bad
companions, or give up heaven. Tits not
ten bad companions that destroy q man,
nor five bad companions, nor three bad
companions, but one. What chance Is
there for that young man saw along the
street, four or five young men with him,
hating In front OF a grogshop, urging him
To go In, he resisting, violently resisting,
until after while they forced him TO go
mr. IL was summer night, and the door
was lett open, and | saw the process
They held him fast, and they put the cup
| 10 his lips, and they forced down the
strong drink. What chance Is there for
such young manp
counsel you also, seek Christian adj
vice. Every Christian man is bound to
help you. II you find no other human ear
willing to listen To your story Of stfugs L.,
come TO me, and will, by every sympa :
thy OF my heart, aud every prayer, and
every toll OF my hand, stand beside you In
the struggle for reformation; and az |
hope 10 have my own sins forgiven and
hope TO be acquitted at the judgment seat
OF Christ, ! will not betray you First Of
all seek God; then seek Christian coun.
sci. Gather up oil the energies OF body,
mind and soul, and, appeal & TO God for
success, declare this day everlasting war
against all drinking habits, all gaming
practices, all houses OF sin. Hall-and-
half work will amount to nothing; 1t must
be n Waterloo. Shrink back now, and
you are lost. Push on, and you are saved
A Spartan general fell at the very moment
Of victory, but he dipped his finger In his
own blood and wrote on rock near
which he was dying: "Sparta has CON
quered." Though your struggle TO get
rid Of sin may seem 10 be almost death
struggle, you can dip your q ger In your
own Mo, d and write on the Rock OF Ages ;
"Vlctory through our Lord Jesus Christ"
o, what glorious news IL would be for
some OF these young men to send home
to their parents In the country these holl
days which are coming, They go to
he postofllce every day or~two TO see
whether there are any letters from You.
How anxious they are TO hear! You
might send them for holiday present
this season, a book from one OF our best
publishing houses or comp cite ward
robe from the Importers pal ce, II would
not please them half as much as the news
you might send home tomorrow that you
mad given you heart TO God. know how
II Is in the county. The night comes
on. The cattle stand upder the rack
through which burst the trusses Of hay
The horses just having frisked up from
the meadow at nighlfsll, stand knee deep
in the bright new straw that invites them
to lie down and rest The perch Of the
novel Is full OF fowl, their feet warm un.
der the feathers, In the old farmhouse
at night no candle Is lighted, for the
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