Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-06-14

No water.
Then, my friends, there was the absenc
OF light. Darkness always exasperute
trouble. / Dever shall forget the night il
the summer OF 1S73, in the steamer Greece
mid Atlantic, every moment expecting tn
steamer 20 90 down. All the lights in tn
cabin were blown out. The captain cam
crawling in on his hands and knees for b.
could not stand upright so violent was tn
vessel pitching, and he cried out: "L,gh
up, light up!' The steward SAID: Nv,
can't light up; the candles are gone and tn,
holders are gone" The captain said: ..
can't help that; light upr' The storm wa.
awful when the lights were burning, wors,
when the lights went out
Then there was the absence of faithful
nurses. When you are i'll it is pleasant t,
have the head bathed and the hands ant
feet rub bed. Look at the hands and feet o.
Christ, look at the face of Christ. There
were women there who had cared for thu
sick, but none Of them might come up neal
enough to nelp. They SAID: ''Stand back
stand back; this is no place for you" The
high priests and the soldiers wanted /,
their own way; they had it their own way
The hours pass on and it is twelve o'clock
OF the Saviour's suffering, and it is ono
O'clock, and it is two o'clock, ard it IS al
most three o'clock. Take the last look a,
that suffering face; wan and punched, the
purple lips drawn back against the teeth,
the eyes red with weeping and sunken as
though grief had pushed them back, black.
ness under the lower lid. the whole body
adroop and shivering with the last chill,
the breath growing feebler and fec oler and
feebler and fecbler until He gives one long.
deep, last sigh. He is dead.
O. my soul, He is dead Can you tell
why! Was He a fanatic dying for "A prin.
inle that did not amount 10 any thing
Was He man infatuated! No; to save
your soul from sin and mine, and make
| eternal life possible, He died. There had
to be a substitute for sin. Who shall 1t be .
| LET it be Me-" said Christ, '.let it be Me- -
You understand the meaning of that word
substitution. You were drafted for the
last war; some one took your place,
marched your march, suffered your wounds,
and died at Get; ysburg. Christ comes to
US while we are fighting our battle with
sin and death and hell, and He is our sub
| stltute. He marches our march, fights our
battle, suffers our wounds and dies our
death. Substitution! Substitution!
How do you feel in regard to that scene de-
scribed in the text, and in the region around
about the texts Are your sympathics
aroused or are you SO dead in sin, and So
abandoned 10y reason Of your transgres-
sions that you can look upon all that tear
less and unmoved! No, no; there are
thousands OF people here tins morning who
can say in the depths of their souls: mo
no, no; il Jesus endured that, and all that
for me, l ought to love Him. l must love
Him I 1Syin 7 do
Lord, give myself to Thee; tits all that l
can do.
But how are you going to test your love
and test your earnestness! Ny text gives
IA test 1t says that while Christ carried a
cross for you, you must be willing to carry
cross for Christ "WelL" you say, Il
never could understand that There are
no crosses to be carried in this land those
prosecutions have passed, and in all the
land there Is no one to be crucified, and vet
in the pulpit and in the prayer meetings
you all keep talking abou' carrying a
cross. What do you mean. sire" mean
this: that is a cross which Christ calls
you to do, which is unpleasant and hard
'O," you say, ''after hearing the story of
this Christ and all that He has endured for
me. am ready to do any thing for Him.
Just tell me what have to do and I'll do
It, am ready to carry any cross" Sup
pose l should ask you at the close of
religious service TO rise up announcing
yourself on the Lords side. Could YOU do
1t! 20, no." you say. II have shrinking
and sensitive nature, and it would he i'm
possible for me 10 rise before q large as
semblage, announcing myself on the Lords
side" just as l feared You can not
stand that cross. The first one that is
offered you you reject. Christ carried
mount in, Christ carried a Himalaya,
Christ carried world for you, and you can
not lift an ounce for Him.
But here is a man whose cross will be to
announce among his business associates
Tomorrow morning on exchange that he
has begun new life, that while he wants !
to be faithful in his worldly duties. he Is |
living for another world. and he ought to |
advise all those who are his associates, so |
far as he can influence them, to begin with |
him the Christian life Could you do that. |
my brother! 20. no." you say, mot Just |
that. l think that religion Is religion, and |
business is business, and it would be I'M
possible for me to recommend the Chris
tian religion in places OF worldly bust.
ness" Just as feared. There is q second
cross offered you, and you can not carry
it. Christ lifted mouutain for you; you
can not lift an ounce for Him.
There is some one whose cross will be to
present religion in the home circle Would
you dare to knecl down and pray. il your
brother and sister were looking st youe
Could you ask blessing at the teatablef
Could you take the Bible and gather your
family around you, and read of Christ and
heaven and your immortal soul! Could you
hen kneel and pray for a blessing on your
louscholds 'O! you say, mot exactly
hat, couldn't quite do that, because l
ave avery quick temper, and if professcd
'eligion and tried TO talk religion in my
and then after that l should
ose my temper, they would scoff at
lie and say: ''You are pretty
Christian" So you are cowed down
ind their sarcasm keeps you out of Heaven
md away from Christ, when under God
'ou ought TO take your whole family into
he kingdom. Christ lifted o mountain.
lifted world for you; you can not lift an
'unce for Him. see how it is, you want
o be favorable to religion, you want to
upport Christian institutions, you like to
Ne associated with those who love Jesus
;hrist; but as to taking positive step on ,
his subject, you can not-you can not. and
ny text, like gate OF hundred bolts, :
ars you away from peace on earth and
ory In Heaven.
There are hundreds Of men and women !
ere brave enough IN other things in life !
Tho simply for the lack Of manlness and !
stay away from God. They
are not say: Forever and forever, Lord
esus, take Thee. Thou hast redeemed I
10 by Thy blood; here is ny immortal &
p;rit Listen, all the world" They are {
lrking around about the kingdom of God
ley are lurking about it. expecting to I
rawl in some time when nobody IS looking, {
,rgetful o: the tremendous words of my '