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

borrow O prayer-OOOk OF
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
and gather your family, and put your
prayer-book on chair, and kneel down
| before IL, and In the solemn and nusneu
presence Of God gather up all your sor-
Lrows and temptations ana sins anu cry
out: "Good Lord, deliver u.s."
&. Again remark: II we want 10 oe-
come Christians like Ruth In the text We
must choose Christian ASSOCIATIONS;
"Tby people shall be my people, cIleu
out Ruth to Naomi. "The folks you as
sociate with | want 10 associate Win
They will come aud see me, and VIII 20
and see them. want TO move IN tne
highest OF all circles, the circle oil Gou's
elect, and, therefore, mother, am
going back with you TO the land OF Ju-
dahl
DO you who are seeking after lou
and suppose there are many sucn IN
this presence-do you who are seeking
after God prefer Christian society 10
worldly society," mo-" you say VI
prefer the worlds mirtn ana
THE WORLDS LAUGHTER,
and the worlds innuendo, and the
worlds paraphernalia.n
We'll. this IA a free country. and you
| shall nave the flgUL OF ClOlce. OuL lBL lllt
tell Won that the purest mirth and the
most untrammeled glee, and the greatest
residence of soul are inside Christian
companionshlp and not outside of 1t.
have tried both STYLES Of COM
panionship-the companionshlp of
the world and the companionship Of
Christ; and know by experience have
been now so long In the sunshiny ex-
-
that when am compelled to 20 for lit
tie while amid intense worldly society
feel depressed. 1t is like going out Of a
June garden into an ice-bouse. Men
never know fully how to laugh until they
become Christians. The worlds laughter
has Jerk of dissatisfaction at the end,
but when a man is consecrated to God,
and he is all right for the world TO come,
then when he laughs body, mind and soul
crackle. Let group OF ministers of the
gospel, gathered from all denominations
Of Christians, be together In dining
hall, or In a social circle, and you know
they are
PRovERBIALLY JoCUND.
oh, We unconyerted people. 1 know not
how YOU can stand IL down in that
mopInp. billions. saturnine. worldly asso
citation. Come IN into the sun
light of Christian society-those people
for whom ALI things are working
right now. and will work right
forever. / tell Won that the sweetest
iaponlcas grow In The Lords Garden
that the laroest cranes arc from, tho vine.
vords of CANAAN. chat tbo ,,cst enoryiino
Hoods break forth from Tho RocI If
AGES Do mot Too much nitv This Rntb oi
nv text. for she Il poinp 10 become Joint
owner az the great harvest Aclds of ROM
3. once more. II we want to become
Christians we must. like Ruth I'm the text
choose the Christians death and burial
She exclaimed. UWhere thou diest will
1 die. and there win / he buried ~
think we all, when leaving this world.
would like To he surrounded nv Christian
influences. You would not like TO have
your dying pillow surrounded by carica-
turists and punsters, and wine bibbers.
How would you like to have John
Leech come with his London pic
torials, and Christopher North with his
loose fun, and Tom Hood with his rhym-
Ing Jokes, when you are dyingY No! No!
Mol Let me have a Christian nurse in
my last sickness. Let me have a Christ
ian physician to administer the medi-
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parent, child, that watchesthe going
out OF the tides OF my mortal existence.
rand 20 +ha ,iInr,,,nota1 ~, III IL
loeu Vi tno iiiuhihuteu Nalieyp anu tle
eNtlnBulsnment OF GRIEF, and drown the
hoarse hlasUs Of death with the strains of
"Mount Pisgah" and "Saint Martin"
In our last moment we will al be chill
dren' Said Dr. Guthrie, the famous
Scotch clergyman, when dying; "Slng
mo bairn's hymn" Yes, we will all be
children then. In that hour the worla
VIII stand COMPOUNDED around us. oar
friends may cry over us; tears will not
help us. They may look sad; What we
want is radiation in the last moment,
thinking 1t will help them 70 die. In our
last moment we
WANT THAT BREAp
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