The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-19

| with eighty pounds and generated steam farter
running than she could by standing still, and be-
fore we got seven miles she had more
steam than was wanted, and was blow.
/ ing off at the safety-vaive Brethren
hear me You are waiting for religion enouoh
to take you TO glory before you start Now. let
| to start with. Get the idea2 The soul generates
| grace faster running towards heaven than il
/ does standing still You do not need enough to
run through before you start If God gave you
! enough religion for that-to take Won to heaven
at once-it would blow your little soul into ten
+! thousand pieces. Don't you sect
why, thirteen years ago, when walked up
| to my conscience. l said: "Good-b bye, sin; am
! going to start for heaven, and didn't have steam
enough to start had to take a crowbar, and
| pinch my way along for few steps: but. thank
| God, I got started and began to move of.
/ didn't get ten miles toward the kingdom OF
heaven until was shouting the praise of God
had more grace than could hold. Brethren,
i you want to make the start. Right is right
| and wrong is wrong. That is steam enough.
Pull your throttle wide open, and move towards
| the good world. You ought to be thankful for
| enough to start with.
What wait Won forr o brother9 With
Gods judgments and eternity rushing upon you,
and crying for decision, what wait you for" to-
night Right is right, and by every principle OF
heaven and earth ought to do it, and wrong Is
wrong. and ought to quit 1t. Now what wait I
forF Glory to His name. s'What wait fori
said David. Listen: my hope is in Cod
| There Is the secret of religious life: my hope
| is in God" My hope is not in money, it is not
in friends, 1t is not in wife, it is not in children,
il is not in my neighbors, it is not in my earthly
| possessions; If so, the time might come when all
of these would be swept away and then would
| be without hope forever. My hope is in God.
| glory to His name.
When started they said to me- "Old fellow,
you are mighty weak l said knew that. but
my hope is in God. They said ssWhy you will
be tempted thousand times" | said knew
k1.k1 III I'D hoxr 1otH VfHer
| are as frai as a bruised reed" know how frail
am, but my hope is in God. But, brother, let
| God take your hand tonight, and then all shall
be well for time and for eternity. My hope is in
| God.
| Look here! Do you know that man is as
| strong as the thing he commits himself to- fl
commit myself to paper box to cross the At
| lautic ocean, as soon as the paper box gets wet,
| goes to pieces and goes down, go down with it
l am no stronger than the thing | commit my.
+! self to. M
! get in that grand old ocean steamer and all
| the strength in ! r all the powerof hsr boilers
all the comforts of her cabin are mine, and will
never go down till she goes down. III commit
| myself to the arm of flesh am no stronger than
| the arm commit myself to- but if | commit my
| self to God will never go down. Applause
| I am as strong as God when Lam His arm.
| Oh, We poor disconselate ones. Come tonight
| if you want to commit yourself to God. Start
out with God tonight He will carry You
| through.
| Here Is the whole thing Inc cross or Jesus
Christ is the grand remedial agency in the world.
brethren. The gospel and cross are but q sue.
| cession Of wagon-shops you drive toward the
| New Jerusalem Thirteen years ago drove up
under the shop on my DID, brokendown wagon
of humanity | do not think my old wagon
would have rolled ten feet further until it would
have fallen into ten thousand pieces got up
to the cross ard there it was made new
almost. from bottom to top: When | looked
at it I said, "Glory to God" / got into my
wagon and drove off, and said I'm safe from all
| worlds; / am made up for time and eternity.
drove off gladly. The first thing knew l run
my wheel down in a rut, and the axle broke short
| off. said, Just look at that; l thought was
going to drive clear through to heaven without
any more trouble, and here I've broken
my axle before got mile
from the ISL. shop. la thought Dsa might sh
me to try to drive to glory. About the time
was going to give up looked to the side OF the
| road. There shop. benign faced work
/; man looked at my broken axle, and said; Il
will put you in new axle. am running this
the direction you are going. took
| my axle up there, and he put it back all right.
l asked his charge. He said: Not cent. only
| be little more careful how you drive, and be
| sure to 60 to the next shop if you break dop4ls
| l said wasn'tgoing to break down, and drove Off
didn't get mile before struck grub with my
wheel, and smash went wheel Now said,
| 'look at that; III have to go back I'm the
1
| saw" / looked at the side Of the road. and there
was benign workman. He said: Bring that
wheel up here and will put in every spoke and
fix it for You" He did, and put it back III, IN the
| ing" he said, 'but be careful how you drive and
| be- sure to look out for the shops when you
break down. said, I'm not going to break
down any more I'm going to notice what I'm
until I wanted to make a short turn. Snap
went the tongue. There's no use for
me trying to go anywhere. You
| time was going to give up and quit. l looked
up the road side and there was shop. The
| workman said Bring that tongue to and
| I'll put it In again for YOU" He did, and said,
| ''Be careful" Brethren, have broken down
and have been in the shops thousands OF times.
| | got uneasy some time ago. was afraid the
| shops wouldn't hold out 1 went up few
months ago to grand old dying hero, and said
to the old Christian, my good, sainted brother,
| do the shops hold QUIT"
/ He looked at me and said: eyes, glory to
| God. 1t hasn't been half hour since | was in
| the shop"
THANK God" said I, II will make the trip
| sure"
| If tho shops are as thick in the future as they
have been in the past, am going to drive this
| old broken down wagon of humanity into the
| kingdom Of God some of these days Let us
start for the kingdom of God tonight, and recol-
| lect If you start God will see you through.
have tried to make my remarks o-night of
| special profit to every man here. l have laid
bare the truth just as it is. Some portion of il
| was ridiculous, because of your connection with
| it, simply. But laid the truth bare as it is In
Jesus Christ l have made it plain, and viii
stake my immortality upon the truth as preach
| it to night, it is my own experience. 1t is the
| experience of every eodly man and woman here
tonight Brother, start tonight and if you do
not make the trip, trusting in God you may
charge your Immortality to me- God help you
and bless you.
Three Hundred and Two Converts.
After the meeting closed an inquiry meeting
was held. great part of the audience re-
mained-at least one-third. Mr.. Small urged
those who would be neither workers nor seekers