Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-07-08

forever. o, the infinite, the omnipotent
chemistry Of the Gospel! Some man
says: Il believe all that. ! believe God
has forgiven the most Of my sins, but
there is ono sin cannot forget" What
is it2 do not want to know what it is,
but / take the responsibility Of saying
that God will forgive it as willingly as
any other sin.
Ger sins like mountains for their size,
The seas Of sovereign grace expand,
The seas Of sovereign grace arise.
There was a very good man, about
seventy-fiye years Of age, that once said:
Il believe God has forgiven me, but there
was one sin which / committed when /
was about twenty years Of age that
| never forgave myself for, and
| can't feel happy when l think of
it.. He said that one sin sometimes
came over his heart and blotted out all
his hope Of heaven. Why, he lacked in
faith. The grace that can forgive a
small sin can forgive a large sin. Mighty
to save. Mighty to save. Who is the
God like unto our God, that pardoneth
iniquityl Oh, what Jesus is to the soul
that believes in him! The soul looks up
into Christ's face and says: ITO what
extent wilt thou forgive me:" And
Jesus looks back into his face and says:
''To the uttermost." The soul says: will
it never be brought up againy' Never"
says Christ. Won't it be brought up
again at the Judgment Dayi" NO."
says Christ, ''never in the Judgment
Day." What bread is to the hungry,
what harbor is TO the bestormed, what
light is to the blind, what liberty is to
the captive, that, and more than that, Is
Christ to the man who trusts him.
Just try to get Christ away from that
Christian. Put on that man the thumb
screw. Twist it until the bones crack,
Put that foot into the iron boot of perse-
cution until it is mashed TO a pulp.
Stretch that man on the rack of the In
QUESTION. and louder than all the uproar
Of the prosecutors you will hear his voice,
like the voice of Alexander lie Croix,
above the cracking fagots, as he cried
out: "Oh, Jesus! Oh, my blessed Jesus!
Oh, divine Jesus! who would not die for
thee?"
Again: I remark that Christ is pre-
cious to the believer, as a friend. You
have commercial friends, and you have
family friends. To the commercial
friend you 20 when you have business
troubles. You can look back TO some
day-it may have been ten or twenty
years ago--when, If you had not had
that friend, you would have been en-
tirely overthrown in business. But ]
want TO tell you this morning Of Jesus,
the best business friend a man ever had.
He can pull you out Of the worst
perplexities. There are people in
this audience who have got in the
habit of putting down all their
worldly troubles at the feet Of Jesus
Why, Christ meets the business man on
the street and SAYS: 20, business man,
know all thy troubles. l will be with
thee. | will see thee through" Look
out how YOU try TO corner or trample on
a man who is backed up by the Lord
God Almighty. Look out how you
trample on him. o, there is financier
that many Of our business men have
not found out. Christ owns all the
boards Of trade, all the insurance com.
panies. and all the banking houses.
They say that the Nanderbilts own the
railroads; but Christ owns the Wander
bilts and the railroads, and all the plot
tings of stock gamblers shall be put L
confusion. and God with his little finger
shall wipe cut their infamous projects
How often il has been that we have
seen men gathcr up the riches by fraud
in a pyramid of strength and beauty, and
the Lord came and blew on it aud it wa:
gone; while there are those here today
who. il they could speak cut in this Us.
scmblagc, or dared TO speak ont, would
say: The best friend had in 1857; the
best friend | had in 1851; the best friend
/ had at the opening Of the war; the best
friend | ever had has been the Lore
Jesus Christ. would rather give up al
other friends than this one.
But we have also family friends. They
come in when we have sickness in tn,
household Perhaps they say nothing
but they sit down and they weep as th
! light goes out from the bright eyes. an,
the white petals of the lily are scattere
in the blast of death. They watc
through the long night by the dyin
couch, and then, when the spirit Ina
gone. soothe you with great comfort
They say; Don't cry. Jesus pitie
you. All is well. You will meet tn
lost one again" Then, when your sol
went OF, breaking your heart, did the.
not come and put the story in the yer.
best shape, and prophesy the return o
the proiigal! We're they not IN YOU
house when the birth angel tapped it
wings over your dwelling2 And they
have been there at the baptisms and a
the weddings. Family friends! But
. have 10 tell YOU that Christ is the besI
family friend. Oh, blessed is that cradl,
over which Jesus bends. Blessed is thai
; nursery where jesus walks. Blesset
ia that sick brow from which Jesus wipei
the dampness. Blessed is that tabl,
where Jesus breaks the bread Blesset
is that grave where Jesus stnndi
with his Scared scct on the upturnet
sod. saying. II am the resurrection and
the life; he that believeth In me, though
he were dead, yet shall he live" Have
YOU d babe in the housc2 Put II into the
arms Of the great Child Lover. Is there
sick ono in the houscl Think of him
who said: "Damscl, arise" Arc you
afraid YOU will come to want2 Think d