The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-21

VIII tAs prspasatfos e he gospel. New
yoa 80 peace a thsir eountsaance. Nov
that man saws:
"Whst fool was 70 b enchanted with
this worldl Why, have more satisfac.
tion In Eve minutes In the service Of God
than had In an the first years Of my life
while was gain.getting. like this even.
Ing Of ny day . great deal better than I
did the morning. In the morning I
grssdily dsvoured the prey; but now Il IL
evening, and an gloriously dividing the
SPOIL"
Ny friends, this world Il poor thing to
hunt. Il 10 hsalthful 10 20 out In the woods
and hunt Il rekindlss the lustsr Of the
eye. Il strikes the brown Of the autumual
leaf into the cheek. Il gives 70 the
rheumatic limbs . strength 70 leap like the
roe. Christopher North's pet gun. the
muckle-mouthed Meg, going Oh in the
summer in the forests, had its echo
in the winter time in the sloqusnce that
rang through the university hall Of Edin.
burg. It 10 healthy to 60 hunting in the
field: but tell you that IL IL belittling and
bedvarflng and belaming for . man TO
hunt this world. The hammer comes down
ON the gun.cap and the barrel sxplodes
and kills you instead Of that which you
are pursuing. When you turn out to hunt
the world, the world turns out to hunt
you; and a. many . sportsman aiming his
gun at . panther's heart has gone down
under the striped claws, % while you have
been attempting to devour this world, the
world has been dsvouring you. So it was
with Lord Byron. So It was with Cole
ridge. So it was With Catherine Of Rus
STA. Henry II. went out hunting for this
world and its lances stuck through his
heart. Francis l. aimed at the world, but
the assassin's dagger put an end to his
ambition and his life with one stroke.
Mary. Queen Of Scots, wrote ON the win
dow Of her castle:
From the top Of all my trust
MishaD hath laid me in the dust.
The Queen dowager Of Navarro was Of
fered for her wedding day a costly and
beautiful pair Of gloves, and she put them
on, but they were poisoned gloves and they
took her life. Better bare hand of cold
privation than warm and poisoned glove
of ruinous success.
"Oh," says some young man in the an.
dience, 81 believe what you are preaching.
I am going to do thai very thing. In the
morning Of my life am going to devour
the prey, and in the evening shall divide
the spoil of Christian character. only
tn -
and then will be good"
Young man, did you ever take the CEN
sus of all the old people! How many old
people are there in your house? One, two
or none: How many in . vast assemblage
like this: Only here and there bald
head, like the patches of snow here and
there in the fields on a late April day.
The fact is that the tides Of the years are
so strong that men 60 down under them
before they get to be sixty, before they
get to be fifty, before they get to be forty,
before they get to be thirty; and if you,
my young brother, resolve now that you
devouring the prey. the probability is that
you will never divide the spoil in the eve
ming hour.
He who postpones until old age the reli.
gion of Jesus Christ, postpones It forever.
Where are the men who, thirty years ago,
resolved to become Christians in old age,
putting it of q certain number Of years?
They never got to be old. The railroad
collision or tho steamboat explosion or the
slip ON the ice or the falling ladder or the
sudden cold put an end to their opportuni-
ties. They have never had an opportunity
since and never will have an opportunity
again. They locked the door of Heaven
against their soul and they threw away
the key, and il they could now break jail
and come up shrieking to this audience I
not do think they would take two minutes
to persuade us all to repentance. They
chased the world and they died In the
chase. The wounded tiger turned on them.
They failed to take the game that they |
pursued. Mounted on q swift courser they |
leaped the hedge, but the courser fell on
them and crushed them. Proposing to
barter their soul for the world, they lost |
both and got neither.
While this is an encouragement to old
people who are yet unpardoned, 1t is no
to the young who are put
ting of the day of grace. This doctrine
that the old may be repentant is to be
taken cautiously. 1t is medicine that kills |
or cures. The same medicine given to DIFF
ferent patients in one case saves life and |
In the other destroys it. This possibility
Of repentance at the close of life may cure
The old man while it kills the young. Be |
cautious in taking it.
Again, my subject 10 descriptive Of those |
who come to sudden and radical change. |
You have noticed how short time it ID
from morning to night In the winter
sight or ton hours. You know that . win |
Ter day has . very brief life. The heart |
Of the longest day beats twenty -four times |
and then it 10 dead. How quick the tran.
sition in the character Of these BENJAMIN. /
teal
In the morning they shall dsvouf the prey |
md At night shsv shall divide the spoil.
II Il possible that there shall be such Q
In any Of our characters: |
Yes, man may b at seven O'Clock In |
The morning an all.dsvouring wording, |
and at seven o'clock at night he may bs
peaceful distributive Christian. Convsr.
ZION IL instantaneous. A man passes into |
The Kingdom Of God quicker than down
The sky runs the sig.sag lightning. A /
man may be anxious about his soul for
great many years; that does not make
him . Christian. A man may pray .
great while: thSt does not make him .
Christian. A man msy resolve ON the |
Of his character and have |
hat resolution going on . great while; |
hat dOea not mako him n ChPiatian Ruk