The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-31

reiormer when he said: II will not he nut
down; will io heard" And 10 it was with
Millard. the preacher, In the time of Louis
nj. When Louis NJ sent word To him Tint
unless no stopped preaching in that style hr
would t throw. him into the river, hc replied:
sooner by water tllan he will reach il ly f;ls,
horses" A certain amount Of persecution
is q tonic and inspiration, but TOO
much OF 1t, and too long continued becomes
the rock Bozcz, throwing II ,lurk shu,luw
over ii mans life. What is he to do then?
TO home. you sny. Good advice that That
is Just tho placc for u man to go.wlirn tllc
God for our quiet and sympntl,ctir homes
but there Is inany q mnnwh hns the r"pn.a-
tion Of having home when lc has none
Through unthnlingncss Of precipitation
there arc many matches nude that ought,
never to have ltccn nude. An officiating,
priest cannot ulone unite couple. Thu
Lord Almighty must proclaim ban,,s. There
IL many home In which there is no sym
Entiiy, and no happiness, aud no good cheer.
Tho camor of the lmttlc may not have been
heard outside. but God knows, not wit l,stan,l-
Ing the playing of the "W@l,ling March. !"
und ull the OdOr Of the orange blossoms uirl
The benetlictibn Of the oticiating pusiur,
there has Men no marriage.
sometimes men have awakened to find on
one side Of them the rock persecution, aud
on the other side the rt,ek Of domestic info
lefty. What shall such u one do? Do as
J Jonathan did-cliinb. Get up the heights Of
Gods consolation, from which VIC may look
down in triumph upon outside persecution
und homo trouble. While good AMI great
John Wesley was being silcnccd by the
magistrates and having his name written on
the board icnocs Of London in dogecrc, at
the same time his wife WIS making him as
miserable as she could-acting ns though she
were possessed with The devil, us l suppose
she wns; never doing him Il Kindness until
the dny she ran away, so that Ii" wrote in his
diary these words: II did not forsnkc her;
!! hayc not dismissed her; l will not recall
her." Planting one foot, John Wesley did,
upon outside persecution. and the other foot
on home trouble, he climbed up into the
heights of Christian joy, and after rrcnrlin.s
4O,00Os sermons. aud trnvcling2 900 miles,
reached the heights of heaven, though in
this world he hud il hard cnuugl,-"u sharp
rock on the one side md II sharp rock on Tho
othcr.'
Agntn, that woman stands in the crisis OF
the text who has bereavement aud astrnwmln
for livelihood mt the same time. Wi,lion,
All. it is II hard thing for Il woman To make
an honest living. even when her heart is not
troubled, and she has n fair clicrk and the
magnetism of un exquisite presence I,ut
now the husband or the father is dead. Til"
expenses of the obsequcs have absorbed all
that was left in the savings bank;
mud wan and wasted with weeping
and watching, she goes fortll-a grave, a
icarsc, coffin lchind l.rr-to contend for
her existence and tho existence Of her chill
.lrrn. When 500 such 81 battle us that opc,
shut my eyes mt the gll;lstlinrss OF tho strc-
taclr Men sit with embroidered slippers
AMI write hcnrtlrss essays about wnmrn's
wages; hut Tint question is made mp of tears
and blood, and there is more blood than
tears. Oh! give women free access to all
I he rnlms where she can get Il livelihood,
from tho Telegraph office to tho pulpit Let
mems wages bcrut down before hers nrr cut
down. Men have iron in their souls and can
stand It.. Make the way free to her of tho
broken heart. May God put into my hand
I he cold, bitter cup of privatiun. and give mo
nothing hut IL widowlcSs hut for shelter for
many years, rather than that after am
'lc,l! there should go out from my home in.
to the pitilcss world u wonans arm to fight
he Gettysburg. the Austcrltz, the Waterloo
Of life, for bread.
And yet how many women there ;irr seated
between the rock Of bereavement oi, Tho on.
side nnd the rock of rs,ituton nn he other,
Bozcz and Srnch intcIlorkiug their shadow
and dropping them upon her miserable way.
There is sharp rork on he one si,l", and
a. isIGh Olt tiP OlIltT FNlt. w nat are
such to do? Somehow. let them climb up i,,-
to the cbeiglts softheglorinus promise: "l.r;,vc
thy futhcrlcss children; will preserve them
nlivc; untl let thy widows trust in Me-" ur
get up into the heights of tl,a;
other glorious proInisr "Tlc Lord
Prcserycth tho str;.ngrr and rlcrcih tllrwid-
ow and the fatlmrless.' y! yc sewing wnln-
an on STRIVING wages. o! ye willows turned
out from the once. beautiful huur. q, W. t.
mnlc tcnchcrs kept IN niggnr'lly stiprnl o.
yc 'tcsI'niring women, seeking in vain for
work, wandering nlUux the docks and think
Ing to throw yourself into the river last night
o! ye women of weak nerves and aching sides,
and short breath and broken heart, you need
something more thnn human sympathy; yu,,
need the sympathy of God. Climb up into
M Rs gan As kA9Sf IF o9!,a. Il I'll and he loves W"
did; and instead Of sitting down. wringing
your hnnds in despair, you hnd better begin
to climb There are heights of consolation
for you, though now there is II sharp rock
on the one side, and II sharp rock on the otl
er side"
Again, that nun is in tln. crisis of the
text who hns wnstc'l life ON one side, and
an Illuminated eternity OH tlrotlrr Though
Ii nun mny all his life have cultured drll.,r-
alton md srlfpnisc il he gets into that posi-
tinn nll his sclt-Iosscssinn is gone. There
arc all the wrong thoughts of his cxistcnrr,
all the wrong deeds. all the wrong words
strnitA above straits. gigantic. l.nmlrrous,
oycrsi,n,lowing. Tint rock j rnil 1l,oz,z. On m
tho other si'le are nll the rctribu,inns of tho
future, tho thrones ofjuigmcnt, the otrrnnl
nges, angry with his long ,lrtinnrr That
rock cnll Sencll. Between these two rocks
Lord Byron prrisllr, and AIcihin,l"s per-
isled, nnd lIcrtnl perishr.l. and ten Thousand
times ten thousand hnve lerislcd. %! man
man redeemed, man blood
ell,
up by tho wny Of the Cross. llav" your
wustctl life forgiven; hive y"nr ci,rnn lif.
secured. This morning just tkr one look
tn the past md kee whmt it llns lnnn, and
take one look to the future and sec what il
threatens to br, You can afford to losc
your health, you cun afford To lose yolir
property, you rnn afford To lose your rrin-
tntion but yOm rnnnnt afford to lose y,ur
soul. That bright glrmniing. glorious. pre-
cions. eternal lm,ssrssion you must carry aI"f,
in the day when the earth lrlrns up and the
heavens burst
You s,r from my subject that when II man
goes into the snfidy and prner uf the gospel
he does not l"mcan himself. rhrr" is moth
ing in religion that lends To mrlnurss or nm
mnnlincss. The gospel of Jesus Chris, only
asks you to climb as Jonathan dhl-c!imh
toward God. climb toward heaven, r!im,
into the sunshine Of Coils favor To he
come IL Christian is not TO go nralily
down; it sto come glurinusly up--upin,o,!ir
communion Of saints. up intothc l.;,cr hat
pnssr,h all understanding. up into h" com,
lanionship Of angels. He lives up; liz dies
up.
%! then, accept the wholesale invitation
which max" this morning to all the pcop!.
t'omc mp from between wasted lie aud m
eternity. Like Jonathan. climb up
with your might, ard instead ofsi,,ing down
to wiring your hands in The shadow and in
I he ,larknnss-"a sharp rock on he one side,
and sharp rock on the other side
A Plausible TwO.( 'cnt SWimdlc,
A thirsty tramp has been making
the rounds of the city for the last few
days, engaged in u novel scheme for