Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1888-03-26


At quite fufv discouraged about reforf1a-
ton, 6s sides ap ~ sozae hlgniY fesgeeE-1ls
uaan 10 4ssd - kna~. gfing a0wn the stfeeSs
aad Immediately ths rsspect4sls Hs-a nas aA
srraad dosn sonas other street wei 10
prosiixsl wishing - return takes some uieni-
Der II = Christian assoeLatlon ~ tie hand,
Or tries %. Ths Christi@a youns nizn looks
Al hina. looks Sc the fzsted apparel and tns
marks of dissi paEion, instead ~ giving hiin a
warm grip of ths h4nd. offaEs hiIa ths TIP
ends u TIE long aneers II tas lsft hand,
which s equAl - striking a man IA tns laes!
On how fsS Christian people understand
how much forcs asd gospel there = IA a
good hoaezt h4nd SHAKING Sonstluiesl
when you aava felt the nesd VI encourage
nssnt. aud some Christian Nan has taken
vou heartily 81 ths hand, have you not felt
thrilling through every hber ef your bodys
mind and soul an encouragement that WAS
INST What you neesiedf You DO not know
ANYTHING al ali about this unless you know
when a man tries 10 return from evil courses
Of conduct hs runs against repuisions innu-
snerabla We sSzy Of some man, he lives a block
or two from ths church, or half mile from
the church There are people 10 our crowded
cities who hive l. 90 miles from church. Vast
deserts Of indifference between them and the
house ef God The fact IS We must keep our
resp>ctability. though thousands and tens Of
thousands perlsa Christ sat with publlcans
and sinners But II there came 70 the house
Of God a man with r1arks Of dissipation upon
HIM People almost threw up their hands IN
horror a. much as 70 say: Isn't IL shock
ingF How these dainty, fastidi0us Chris
tians in all our churches are going % get into
heaven don't know. unless they have an es-
uscial train OF cars, cushioned and uphol-
sfered each oas car 20 himself They can
not 20 with the great horde Of pubhcans and
sinners Obi - who curl your lip OF scorn
az the fallen, sen YOU plainly. II you had
been surrounded by the same influences, IN
stead OF sitting today amid the cultured,
and the refined. and tho Christian, you would
have been a croucblRg wretch In stable or
ditch. covered with 9th and abomination-
II l. not because you are naturally any bet
ter. but because tue mercy Of God has pro-
tected you. Who are You. that, brought up
in Christian circles and watched by Christian
parentags, you should be 50. hard on tho
Easlsni
cause want YOU 20 understand / know all
the difficulties IN the way; but l am now to
tell you how Hannibal may scale the Alps,
and how the shsckles may DO unriveted, and
how the paths OF virtue forsaken may he re-
gained First Of all. my brother, throw
yourself on God Go 10 him frankly, ard
earnestly. and tell Him these habits you have,
and ask hirn IL there is any help in all the
resources of omnipotent love, 10 give 10 TO
you Do not 20 with long rignarole people
call prayer made up of ''ohs," and ''ahs," and
forever and ever, amens'" Go to God and cry
for help! helpl helpi AID II you cannot cry
for help. Just look and live. / remember in
tine late war, was at Antietam, and | went
into the hospitals after the battle and said TO
a man: w here are you hurtP He made Nc
answer but held up hiS arm, swollen and
splintered- I saw where he was hurt. The
simple fact is, when a man has wounded
soul all be has 70 do is 10 hold it up before a
sympathetic Lord and get it healed II does
not take any long prayer just hold up the
wound on, IL IS no small thing when a man
I Is nervous and weak aud exhausted, coming
from his evil ways, 10 feel that God puts two
omnipotent arms around him, and says
Young man viii stand by you. The mount
aims may depart, and the hills be removed, but
I will never fail you" And then as the SOU
thinks the news is too good 10 be true, and
cannot believe it, and looks up in Gods face
I God lifts His right hand and takes an oath
an affidavit. saying: AS / live, saith the
Lord God I have no pleasure in the death OF
him that dieth" Blessed be God for such a
gospel ss this ''Cut the slices thin, said tbs
wife to the husband, "or there will not bs
enough 70 go all around for the children; cut
the slices thin" Blessed be God there is
full loaf fer every one that wants it, Breac
enough and 20 spare. No thin slices at th'
-. -.
Street hospital. in Philadelphia, was openeC
during tie war, telegram came, saying:
There viii be 500 wounded men tonight; he
ready 20 take care Of them and from my
/ church there went IN some twenty or thirty
men and women 10 look after these poor
ws.ndcd fellows. As they came. some from
, one nart Of the land some from another. no
/ one asked whether this man was from Ore
! gon. or from Massachusetts,, or from Mime
/ sofa, OF from New York There was a
I wounded soldier. and the only question was
how 20 take of the rags the most gently, and
put ON the bandsge. and administer the
cordial And when a soul comes 20 God. RE
does not ask where you came from or what
your ancestry WAS Healing for all your
wounds. Pardon for all Jour guilt Com
fort for ali your troubles
Then, also. I counsel vou, il you want 70
get back, To quit all your bad associations.
One unhoiv intimacy viii fill your soul with
moral distemper In al the ages 0f the
church thcrs has not been an instance where
man kept one evil associate and was re-
formed. Go home today, open your desk.
take oct letter paper. stamp and envelope
and then write letfer something ike this.
Ny Old Companions start this day for
heaven Until I am persuaded you win join
me IN this. farewell
Then sign your name and send The letter
~ tire first post Givs up your bsd com
panions NJ give up heaven Il is not ten bad
companions that destroy n man. nor FIVE bad
companions. nor three bad companions. n0T
two TAT cognuanious. but one. y hat chaacs
is there fer thar young nan I saw along ths
street. four or I've young men With him
hating IN front of a grogshop. urging bin =
g IN, be resisting. violently resisting. nnti
after white they tev,e b,m - % ini it "a,
= sururasr r zhf srd tbe door was left opeu
sHl / ssv she process They hsld hira fast
sud they put rhc emp p his lip@. ard the1
f5rce3 8ovu ,be strong drink What chauc'
IS there Ter such vounE manl
! ccansei vaiL sise. sex Caristian sfvice
Every Caelsts r,sn + hound 70 help yos
II sou fnd nc ether human ear wiling &
listen ~ y1ur story q struggle. cone - nle
ard I WI by every sympathy f nv saart
and every prsyer, an,s every teal 81 ny asgsi
stsna BESIDE yau is re struggle fsr refornsa
tiou ard IS 1 aope - have ny swn SINS fer
given. sasd scre - - acquitted at TIE fld-
assrf sest OF Chrisf ~ nos hefraV rrrs
FIRST ~ AL. scek Go-l tapn se~s GkrissisT
eeuoE-i ssssrr Hp 81 the erergaes of hosiy
niiaS snd ssui. sns. sPp'saiinx - f+od "a