The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
How do YOU feel in regard to that seen,

lhc h'AH thi" iiViUiuS WIN CuIl suN, Ill tie
depths OF cir soul: "No. no. no; il Jesus
endured that and all that for me, ought to
love Hun. Unjust love Him; l will love Him !;
ITO love Him. Here, Lord, give myslf to
Thee; tits all that can do.'
But how arc you going to test your love
and test your carncstnc>S: My text gives q
test. II says that wiiic Christ carried a
cross Tor YOU, you mu>, be willing TO carry q
Gro for Chri>,. NV ell" you ,uy, ~ never
TO he carrie in this land; tlo.c prosecutions
have 'ssct, and in all tile land there is no
one lc be c''riict, and yet in the pulpit and
in the lrayer.mretimsS you all keep talking
about carr.ln Il cross. What do You mean,
sir:' mem this: That is IL eros which
Christ calls You To do which is unpleasant
a"d ilifh. OH. YOU say, "attcr hearing
endured Tor IN am ready 10 DO anythiu,
ior Him. just tell ne what have 10 do and
III dn il. am ready TO carry any crCss,"
suppose s.oLll asa YOU At The close Of "a
religious service 10 rise up announcing your.
SET on the Lold's sidr--colilu YOU doll: "Uii,
n":. yot say, 81 have Il SHRINKING and !.
sensitive nature. and it would be i'm.
a>>rnio!a.', ANNOUNCING myself OIL the LORD
SIDE. Just as feared. Iou rapuo: stand
lli:t cross. The i.rst ohc tia! is ifr'd YOU,
YOU REJECT. Christ carried Il III mtlaya,
Chris carried world Tor You, ana YOU can.
not kft an ounce for lin.
ilit here Is Il man WHOSE cross will lie 10
annn;lnrc among his business associates to-.
s,n new life. ti.al. VIII ic lie wants t" 10
iaiiliiui in hi>.wurluy dulic.. lie i>li,ing for
smother World, and lie ought 10 ati,i>, all ut
his associates, 50 far ~ h" can influence
them. 10 hc.in with the Christ an life. Could
YOU do that, my brother: ''ua, ur," you sly,
''no' lust thsl. think religion il religion,
ami hl>inr>> i, hl>lm">s, and II would liz i'm.
ln,s>ihl" Tor me Ia recommend LIE Chri ii an
religion in plat, c,ui worldly business" Just
as feared. Tac.c isa second cross offered
YOU and ,"li cannot carry it. Christ lifted !.
mount ii. Tor .uu and you cannot lift AZ,
Oili.c Tor l!Ini.
T"rrr l. someone whose cross it will he TO
lfrscAi religion in the hume circle. WOULD
l"" aalc to klleel down and pray il Your
'i"'arr and sister wc,e looking at you:
CuI1l, You ask blessings ut thu ten ;ihlr.
Could you take the Bible, and gatuer Your
iii'iiy ar"',n !ou and read uf CHRIST and
Ac'Srn and your immoltal soul: Couli yu,,
then kn,ei aud pray FIR Il bir>sin. ON Your
household: "OI,. You say. "np, exactly that.
r"!l mi quite do That. ic all>c I nave a
very quick temper, AMI il | prolcS>cd i. liz.
ION ANA lried 10 TALK religion in my house.
hold and after that should lost my temper,
they Would >"o'l ~ ne AMI say: You are
u pretty Enri>'iHn"" - YOU are COVE,
down and mir sarcasm keeps YOU out of
heaven and away iiom Christ, when I'M Ter
ti"'l ypu oHslt To take away your whole
family in'o the kingdom. christ lifted a
mountain. hl!rd Whole world for YOU; vol,
can not ILL an ollilrc for Him. see how il
i; You want To be favorable tn rellsi N,
YOU want 10 support Christian Institutions,
you like To he associated with those who 1--we
the Lord .'cs'l, Christ. hut rs To taking {, pos.
itiSr II L OH this subj, Z, YOU can nol-lo,
can mol, u ID my text, like II gale Of a hun.
dr''t bolts. hars you away from peace on
earth and .lor, IN heaven.
There are hundreds OF men aud women
here, hr,v' rn"'Sh in other things I'm lite,
VII" imply ior The lackl Of n,anlne>s >tay
away from t'r'i. They dare not say: "Fnr.
ever and forever, Lord Jesus, take Tlur.
Thou liast redeemed Inc by Thy bloo.t, here
i my immortal spirit. Lister, al my friends.
around about III kingdom of tod ihcy are
lurking a:ouns! abuil! il, cNpc, tin. I, crawl
III s':nr tiir when nobody is looking, Tor.
.ritu. II the tremendous words OF my text:
"h ''yrnr,' doth not Dear Ills cross and
com litter NJ cannot be My disciple"
An officer ot a ncyhiorillg church told me
that h. WAS in 81 store in New iork-j,Ist
lHrprrrA in where there were many clerks,
aud u S"nt "i!ia.. came in and said To II Young
man standing traintl The counter: care vol
tie N"n: n'nn !iiai arose The oilrr night III
the l'rnnhtyn tthr!nac!r and ASKED for lray.
'rN:' Without any flush OF check he replied:
~ am. lGvn'i always dome rgh,, and I
prayers lhMh am u,ttrr tnan | wa~." II
Wt- only III, WAY "f uilio lnring that lie had
>tartsd ior riic higher life. Tod will not
ra>i out man who is brave enough TO take
Il step ahead like TINT.
tell y"n these things this morning he.
tali>r, my dear friends, ! want 10 show you
Eow light hr eros, l. that we have TO carry
Ion IL. l"u hay" n"i had the flesh torn n
TO- Christ >ah" i'll Carrying y, ur cross. lie
tainted ,sra aNay under iil> cross. Iou
have i"t c"lrr.l IL" cross until ii tetrhc |
the blond. II ar Il> there WAS u pool If
rarn,ss" 1l.at -l,ia-hcd The horses iclirc';>.
You have ii:'n i 10 >ymmthizr with yon
in carrying lie cross. Christ trod the winc.
press vi Gcd's wrath alone, alone. The
cos that You and ought TO carry repre-.
scnt> oaly few days or II tow years OF iriai.
The cross that Christ carried for us had com.
pressed into it the a@oncs Of eternity.
There has SOMEONE come here to-day
whom you have rot observed. lie did not
come through the front door; lie did mol
come down any Of these aislcs; yet know
lie T. here. lie is from the east, the ta,
east lie comes with bli>tercd foot. and
with broken heart, ai.l checks red not with
health, ba, with blood from the temples. I
a'ke liold of III, reat and ! say; aft does
j, not nine; j, is borrowed; it does not be-
long 10 Ill. HOW. For My vesturc did they
ca,t lots" Ana | say to HIM: "Tu,ne
eyes are red =. though from loss Of sleep"
lie >a,s: "lo-, the son OF man had not
where IL lay Ills head" And I touch tie
los on iii> back and say: "Wly earliest
Th'n this "Ah" lie says "that 10 a
eros, carry for thee and for the sins of the
whole woT,d. That is II cr,s IS. FALL into
take yo,lr smaller crn>>c> and yo,ir lighter
burdens AMI ION me in this march 10
heaven. Ana we Jim that pro. e,sou with
our smaller crosse, ami oar lIs:iter burdens,
and hr Il looks back and lie sees some are
hating because they can mt endure the
shame or hear the burden. AMI with II Voice
wl' Ii la, in it majesty and onnipotcnce.
socrrr doth uct b ar Ii cross and come af-
ter me ,a;i moi I've My disciple"
Oh, my il.t rca. my sSlcr>-ior do not
speak Professionally; speak H. u brother
woull SPA. toa orothrr or >l>tcr--iiIy
br"th'r, call You r t hcar Il cross II at last
you cIh wear Il c:osn! Come now, let II,
divl'c oil. VINO i-,n tile Lore, side. WHO
j. ready 10 ,ura Nj. back upon the Limb OF
God, lnal t,keiii away the sin OF the world:
i iionan cmp nor said TO u Greek arci,i-
ttct: "iou l.l..d me Il coliseum, II grand
coliseum ct a'l the people, and | will make
y :,r''a! hay OF festival Oil your account"
The Gree" architect did his work, did 1t
planned the building. looked
after il. constitution. he building WAS
done. Tic 'iav for orrnin. arrived. In the
c"ii>ruiii were lie flni clu. and the Greek
architect. The emf crur arose amid tile
lla'dlt> OF aya>t assembly and said: 1--WE
have gathered here today u OPP this
coliseum an! 10 honor the Greek architect.
IL la great day to- The Roman empire. Let
lhii Il! Oh lslr Greek a,rliitrct. Oh, we must
Lave II festival u day. Bring out those
Christians and let us have them put To death
III The mouth III ilc lions" The Christians
were put into the center of tie ampliitliea-
YER. IL wa> u he Il ::icat celebration in
their destruction. l'iirn the lions, hungry
ami inrcc-iulirin, starved, w"rr lei oft flOil
lilrlr DIN III The side Of TIE anrlnlheatre,
:,'it they came forth with migi MY spring to
Hc>i roy ANA !"nd lie Chri>tiah>, anu all The
G:.l.rric, >.o.:5ci: "li,slZa. UltzIa. Lon.
live sNc rmpnror.N Then the Gr,rH arrili.
tee, arose i'll one Of the galleries and sL0 tied
im.il III tie vast a>-c,ni.a.c all heard nm:
II, too, AN Il Chri>tian"' and they sized
linn i'll their Jury and Hung lin 10 the Wild
WAS lumblcu over and over again in the dust
Of the alnphi,hcatcr.
Could you have done that for Christ!
Could YOU, in Il vast as>cnblagc, al OF whom
h;t"u Christ. have said: 81 am Il Chris.
tia:i," or, ii want 10 he Il Clris:ian."
Void you have mad the ten thotsandth
ls.rt of tine enthusiasm and the courage Of
i"e Greek architect: Nay, ask you ano.n, T.
question:: would You in an a>semblage
where they are nearly all Cllristi;,ll>--in an
as ,cmbiage vast multitude Of whom love
Chris1 and ar Milling 10 live, and il need
be to DE, iui linn would YOU dare TO say,
81 am Il Chris,a;i," or" want to bc a
L uriSlilu.N MulIu rau In I'm,