The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-09-07

t ENaA the 9AAAiaA ANA A'AE AA-Ns .
ieve;h in Ne, though he were dead, yst sinai
be live Have YOU a labe in the house
Put il into the arms Of the great Ohil-
Lover. Is there a sick one IN the mouse
Think OF Him who said; "lamsel arlss-
Are YOU afraid you viii come 70 want. nm
OF Him who led the five thousand Is ther'
G little one in your house that You are aiTi'll
vii be blind or deaf or lanei THINK o.
Him who touched the blinded eye ans
suatched back the boy from epiieptlc COZ, con
wilson. Oh. He is the best friend. l.ooi
over vour family friends 10 day and hnl an
other that can be compared to Hum W men
we want our frienis they are sometime
out OF town Christ is always in town
We hul that some viii stick 70 US ln
prosperity who viii not IN adNersity
But Chri.t comes through darkest hlsnl
aud amid CHASTITY sorfow, ana nd. 49, -
toughest sea. 10 comfort YOU There arc
men and women here who would have Deen
dead twenty years ago but for Jesus 4hey
have gone through trial enough to exhaust
ten times their physical strength ihelr
property went. their health went their faInl-
lies were scattered. God only knows Whai
they suffered They are an anazement 70
themselves that they have been able TO stand
il. They look at their once happy nome,
surrounded by all comfort Gunei 4hey
think Of the time when they use 70 rise
strong in the morning and walk vigorously
down the street, and had experienced a
hea "a they thought inexhaustible Zone !
Everything gone but JESUS lie mas pitie1
them His eye has watched thoIn MS ON
impotence has defended them. les, lie mas
b1en with them They have gone through
iisister, and lie was pillar of fire by night.
j hey have gone across stormy Gauleei oue
Christ had His foot on the neck OF the storm
They felt the waves of trouble coming up
around them gradually, and they began 70
climb into the strong rock OF Gods de,
fense. and then they sang. as they looked
over the waters: God is orr refuge and
strength, an ever present help in time OF
trouble; therefore We viii not fear though
the earth be removed, though the mountains
be carrie into the midst Of the sea. Ihog--h
the waters thereof roar and he trdrhlclf,
though the mountains shake with the SWELL
ing thereof. Selah.n The other day there
was sail0r who came into the Bethel in New
York. and said; MY lads The was standing
among sailors, l don't know what's the
matter with me. l used to hear good deal
about religion and about Jesus Christ l
don't know that have any religion, or that
! know anything much about Christ; but
when | was in mid-Atlantic l looked up one
day through the rigging, and there seemed to
come light through my soul have felt diff
ferent ever since, and / love those I once
hated, and | feel a JOY | can't tell YOU /
really don't know what is the matter Of me ~
a rough sailor got up and said: "My lad,
know what's the matter Of you. You have
fouei Jesus. 1t is enough to make any man
happy
HE worth II al the nations knew
sure the whole earth would love him too.
! remark again: Christ is precious to the
believer. as final deiiverer. You and
must after awhile get ont OF this world
Here and there, one perhaps NAV come on TO
eighty, 70 ninety years Of age, but your COM
mon sense tells you that tine next twenty-five
years will land the majority Of this audience
in eternity. The next ten years will thin out
a great many Of these family circles This
lay may DO the work for some of Us. Now
why do ! say this' To scare youi No: but
just as | would stand in your Office, il | were
a business man, and tllk over risks. You do
not consider it cowardly to talk in your
store over temporal risks Is 1t base in US
this morning 70 talk little while over the
risks OF the soul, that are for eternityl In
every congregation death has the last
year been doing q great deal of
work. Where IS your fatherl Where
is your motherl Your child. our brotbsrl
Your sister, O, how cruel does death seem
10 De, VIII he pluck avery flower, VIII he
prison every fountain wan lie put black on
every door knob. VIII He snap every heart
striugi Can ] keep nothing Are there no
charmed weapons with which to 90 out and
contend against Hint Give me some keen
sword, sharpened in Gods armory. with
which / may stab him through Give me
some battle ak that may clutch it, and hew
him from helmet 10 sandal Thank God,
thank Col. that he that rideth on the pale
horse hath more than a match in Him who
riieth on the white horse. st. John heard
the contest, the paving Ct the steeds. the
1lsh- the battle cry, the onset, until the pale
horse came down on his launches, and his
rider bit the dust. -shile Christ the con-
lueror, with upliftel voice, declared it: '.Oh
ieath, will be thy plague; o grave, l will
be thy destruction
The seplicher is n lighted castle on the
bore Of heavenly seas, and sentinel angels
saik up and down at tbs door to guard it
TIE dust and the dampness OF the grave are
mis- the spray u the white surf Of celestial
eas, and the long breathing Of the dying
hristian. that you call his gasping. IS only
DE long inhalation Of the air Of heaven. Oh,
iless God Tor what Christ is b the Christian
oul, here and hereafter.
I heard man say some time ago that they
never laugh IN heaven. / do not know where
be- got his authority for that l think they
10 laugh in heaven. When VictOrs come
ZONE. do we not laugh. When fortunes are
Von 10 day. do We not laugh. After we
AVE been ten or fifteen years away from
'lr friends and we greet them again, do we
got laugh Yes, we will laugh in heaven.
Not hollow laughter. not meaningless
au shter, but full round clear,
hep resonant outbreak OF eternal
badness Oh, the glee Of that moment when
We first see Jesusi think we VIII take the
irst two or three years in heaven to look at
esls. and If, in ten THOUSAND years. there {
houd be- a moment when the doxology /
ilussl, ten thousand souls would cry out: 4
Sing sing and when the cry was: "What /
hall we slng! the answer would be; Jesus! /
esusg7 Oh, YOU may have all the crowns in /
eaven; do not care 50 much about them. 4
on may have all the robes in heaven: I do /
OF care so much about them You nav |
ave all the sceptres IN heaven: / do not care
Q much about them. You may have all the
arones N heaven; do not care so much
oout Them But give me Jesus-that Is
nouch heaven for me. O jesus I LONG To
se Thee Thou Chief among ten thousand
De One altogether loyelv.n
There may be some here who have come
ardiy showing why they coma PERHAPS it
as a. IN fauls time-you have come to hear
hat this babbler sayeth; but am glad to
iect you face TO face and TO strike hands
nth you m one earnest talk about YOUR
eathless spirit DO you know, my friend.
lat tins world j. not good enough for voui
cheats IL fades tides Nou arc immortal
see Il in the deathless spirit looking out from
our eve 10 IS mighty spirit. Il IS an
immortal spirit. Il beats against tie window
the cage. come out 20 feed It. During
'e past week the world has been trying to
ed u with husks. G. me out this morning
} feed IL with that bread Of which il a man
II DE viii never hunger. " hat has the
ord done for youi Has il not bruised vouf
Us it not betrayed YOU Has it not NAL
Gated Youf Look me in the eve, immortal
an, and tell mo If that is not So And vet.
al you trust it. o, l wish that you could
'rgvt me, the weak and sinful man-that [
ight vanish from your sight this morning,
al that Jesus might come in Ave. he
'mss here this morning TO plead for your
ul-eomes IN all covered with the wounds
calvary be says. 80, immortal nlsai
died for i5ee. | pity thee come TO save
&C. With these hands. torn and crushed
" Lift thee up into Pleasures that never
E. no VIII reject-whO will drive him !
ckf When Christ was slain on the eros.
ey had cross, and they had nails, and
ey had hammers. on cruelty by your
J. % impanitent soul, the Lord Jesus Christ
ere Is "A cross; but where are the nailsl
mere are the hammersf All, - SAYS some
e rejecting Christ, some one standing a
lg way "h. Il will furnish the nails
"a believe IN that Jesus. ! VIII furnish
e nails" Now we have Tie nails: who will
ruish the hammersf car saws some hard
art, Il will furnish the hammers7 Vow
have the nails and the hammers We
We no spears. who vii furnish the spearsi
IN, SAYS some one long in the habit If sin
d reJecton Of thrist's mercy. Il viii fur
% them Now we have an the instru-
'nss, the eros, the nails. the hammers. the
sars' and the crucifxion goes on q, the
rknessi o. the pangi o. the tears q,
DEATH Behold the Lamb Of God, that
zeSt away the sin Of the world