The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-13

conmercaai ftsstds snd yeu hsve family
frieads. To the bonmercial friend you 60
when you havs business trorbles. You
can look back q some day-it may have
been ten o. twtaty years ago-When, II
ron had not ~ that friend, you would
have beeu eutirsiy overthrowu In business
Hut want % oil you this morning Of
Jesus. the best business friend nan ever
had. He can pill you out Of the worst
perplexities.
There are people in this audienco who
hsye rot IN he habit Of putting down all
their worldly troubles as the feet Of Jssus.
Why. Christ meets the business man on
the street and ays: 70. business man, /
know al thy trosblsA viii b with thee.
I win see thee orough" Look out how
Won try 70 corner q trsmple on Q man who
ID backed up Blythe Lord God Alntehty.
Look out how 30 tranpls on hin. o.
there 10 Q Fin0cier that many Of our
husipess mea hate not foand out Christ
owns Ill tie boatds Of trade, Ill the insur.
ance com1anisd and Ill the banking
houses. They saj that The vanderhalts own
the railroads; b4 Christ owns the Wander
bits and the railSpads. and al the plotttngs
OF stock Rsmbleri shall b pat to coafuaioa,
and God, with h little finger shall wipe
out their infamou projects. How often It
has been that va have seen men gather up
riches By fraud, b Q pyramid Of stresgth
and beauty, and the Lord came and blew
ON it and It Was eDue; while there are those
here today who, II they could speak out In
A.
would say: ssThe best friend had In 1851;
the best friend ] had in 1851; the best
friend had ct tte opening Of the war; the
best friend ever had has been the Lord
Jesus Christ would rather give up al
other friends than this one"
But We have Slso family friends. They
come In when 20 have sickness in the
household. Perhaps they say nothing; but
they cit dowa ard they weep as the light
goes out from the bright eyes, and tho
white petals Of the lily are scattered in tho
blast Of death. They watch through the
long night By the dying couch. and then.
when the spirit has gone, soothe you with
Jesus pities you AL is we'll You will
meet the lost one again"
Then, when your son went OF. breaking
your heart did they not come and put the
story IN the very best shape, and prophecy
the return of the prodigal. Were they not
in your house when the birth angel tapped
its wings over your dwellinRl And they
have been there ct the bsptisms and 1t
the weddings. Family friends! But have
to tell you that Christ Is the best
family friend. O, blessed is that
cradle over which Jesus bends. Blessed
10 that nursery where Jesus walks.
Blessed Is that sick brow from which
Jesus wines the dampness. Blessed 10
that table where Jesus breaks the bread
Blessed is that grave where Jesus stands
with his SCARED feet on the upturned sod.
saying: Il am the resurrection and the
life; he that believeth in Me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live" Have you
babe in the housei put it in the arms OF
the great child lover. Is there sick one
in the house. think OF Him who said !:
s.Damscl, arise" Are you afraid that you
will come to WANT think Of Him who fed
the i've thousand. Is there little one in
your house that you are afraid will be
blind, or deaf, or lamel think OF Him who
touched the blinded eye and snstched back
the boy from epileptic convuls!on. O, BE
u the best friend. Look over your family
friends to-day and ind smother that can
be compared to Him. When We want our
friends they are sometimes out Of town.
Christ 10 always In town. We find that
some will stick to Us in prosperity who
will not in adversely. But Christ comes
through darkest night, and amid ghsstlest
sorrow, and across toughest sea. to comfort
You.
There are men and women here who
would have been deSd twenty years age
but for Jesus. They have gone through
trials enough to exhaust ten times their
physical strength. Their property went,
their health went, their families were
scattered God only knows what they sui.
fered. They are can smazement to them
selves that they have been able to stand 1t.
They look at their once happy home, sur.
rounded BY all comfort. Gone! They
think OF the time when they used to rise
strong in the morning, and walk vigorously
down the street, and experienced health
they thought iuexhaustible. Gone! Every
thing gone but Jesus. He has pitied them.
His eye has watched them. His omnipo
tence has defended them. Yes He has
been with them. They have gone through
disaster, and He was pillar Of fire by
night. They have gone across stormy Gal
lice, but Christ had his foot on the neck oil
the storm. They felt the waves Of trouble
coming up around them gradually, and
they began to climb into the strong rock
Of Gods defense, and then they sang,
as they looked over the waters:
God Is our refuge and strength, an ever
present b. lp in time Of trouble; therefore
we will not fear. though the earth be re-
moved, though the mountains be carried
into the midst Of the sea, though the
waters thereof roar and be troubled,
though the mountains shake with the
swelling thereof Selah." The other day
there was . sailor who came into the Beth.
ell in New York and said: my lads (he
was standing among the sailors), CON,
know what's the matter with me. used
to hear q good deal about religion and
about Jesus Christ. Idon't know that
have any religion, or that know any thing
about Christ; but when I was IN mid At
lantic looked up one day through the rig
giug and there seemed to come light
through my soul I have felt different ever
since, and love those that once hated,
and feel Q 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 tho matter Of You. You have
found Jesus. It 10 enough to make any man
happy"
His worth II all the nations knew.
Sure the whole earth would love Him too"
Iremark again: Christ 10 precious to the
believer, - . hnal deliverer. You and
must after . while get out Of this world