Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

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put His finger immediately ON your trouble
the very instant you put your case IN His
ham Is The fact OF the business is, Hs sses
where 1t is now, and, as the old saying is,
you
"Brothers, brethren Of the ministry.
brethren Of the churches-5hs Lord Jesus
Christ wants an army OF good nurses in Gin
einnati, who will administer thu remedy
just at tho right time, aud give 1t last like
H3 slid 10 give It, | ike homeopathy in
physical practice, but tell you that won't
do in religious practlcs--it won't
Look here, l am afraid a great many
preachers in this world are going to wind up
like doctor | heard of once. A fellow
came TO him AMI said, Doctor, my wife ia
sick, and want you to treat her, and will
give you five dollars Rill or cure.' The
doctor said all right, AMI he treated his wife,
ana in the course of time she died, aud then
the doctor presented his bill Look here,'
said the widower, L don't ows you any
thing why, you do says the doctor;
you said you would give mo five dollars
kill or cure Well he says, Doctor, did
you cure herr No. saws tho doctor.
We'll, did you kill herr well, no
Zone fellow by acsi lent got training, and
by concurrent action of accidents hs has
got to be right nice sort of a fellow; bat
the other Just turned himself looss IN bad
associations, and he Is a drunkard, and a
gambler, aud he is licentious, and he is all
that is bad and mean and wicket That
other man ne has none of thoss things, and
yet the fires Ut sin are burning in his soul
just rs they do outwardly in thu other man.
Tho difference between a moral nner ami
an immoral sinner is tho difference between
typhoid fever and tho smallpox and either
one will kill yon il you let them alone I'm
moral sin is like the smallpox, ami it breaks
out all over him; moral siu is like the
typhoid fever, burning insije aud killing
just the same. One is internal and the other
external
ION, Brother, when a man comes TO
Christ and says, i am 50 tire ii; poor, sin
SICK, tired, Jesus just lays His hand on that
man an says Il give YOU rest, AMI oh, what
rest it IS But rs DOESN'T stop there. He
says, Now have given you rest; now take
My yoke upon you and lean on Me, and you
shall find rest
"We say Il am resting Do you know
there is difference between rest and rest
insl A man sits down there All folds bis
arms AMI throws his heal back, and you
say, WHAT ara you doingP 4 am resting
AMI by AMI by he straightens himself up
and takes hold of the work befor, MIN.
| What is be doing nowP 4 am rested, and
want to go at som athing.' There is differ
ence between resting aui rest A resting
man wants to be perfectly still AMI quiet,
and rested man wants to be up and at
| something
"You say, what will doi I was sitting
down in my room this afternoon reading
| Sam Smalrs sermon that he delivered here
| the other night l was reading out part of
| it aloud to my wife, and | choxed up and
| had to stop for some tins. l saw that poor
| fellow, with his nervous system all wrecked
and his family in tears aud his friends in
despair, aud just under such agony th3 poor
fellow went up to his room, AMI he said,
Lord, Lord, | will surrender right now and
forever HIS arose. and the Lord had given
him rest
"Now look at him finding rest. Every
night when l say to him, Sam, amt you
tiredf he says No; | declare it's astonish-
| ing. don'5 get tired, don't. l am just as
happy when | am at work as | can be- Oh
brother, there isn't happier man in Amer.
lea tonight than be-
II will tell you another thing. 1 want to
see some grant young men Of Cincinnati,
Ons good boy came up ami knelt bers last
night; his eye as bright as a diamond, AMI
he has got power in them. God save thar
young man Boys, there is a great futurt
before you. IL you will let the Lord take
hold of you h will do great things for you
Come, come coma.
lone of the leading beer fellows in this town
said to fellow-msrchant: I'VE used to max g
| f6SE Oub vi uOpS, us you 10 D0 III SuCl
demand now we maks it ont of corn Tb1y
just grind up the corn and let it sour until
it's good article Of slop and then they bot
tie it up and the hogs drink it.
TITS astonishing how a hog will drink
slopi 1t is that! The only difference is, a
fourlegged hog wants his in a trough, aud
the two -legged one wants it out of bottle
or keg. Come, brethren, take His yoke
upon you; be submissive to Him, and il you
have to go cherries and fireless and hungry,
He will take care of you.
"a friend once presented a young girl
with beautiful casket. 1t was inlaid with
pearls and diamonds and precious stones. II
was beauty. 1t was gem. The girl took
it home, and as she saw what beautiful
present it was she said oh, how beautiful
1t shall adorn my parlor table, She set il
on the parlor table and it was the most at
tractive thing in thu house 1t was thing
OF beauty and joy, and she priced it highly
fer its beauty and elegance. One day she
was showing it to a friend, and her thumt
accidentally touched a secret spring in the
tasket and the lid few open and she saw that
The richest treasure was on the inside.
Brother, religion is a beautiful casket; il
10 filed with all the beauties and Characters
tics of Christ. 1t makes man an adorn'
nent to the whole community, and tn an
when death comes and the man touches the
secret spring and the ea3<e5 spring fiisS
open and he is in heaven with God and angels
forever. Let's have that casket at our housa
and keep it there to adorn and bsautify our
home, and when the hour of death come:
let's touch that hidden spring and see the
beauties AMI the splendors of heaven. God
help every man tonight to say, i want tc
be that"
Ths ProdlgaI Son.
"This is the last series OF mems services
AS congregation of fathers, husbands and
sons we will be together no more this side o
; the great day when we shall all stand b.