Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-08

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soul? Could you then kneel and pray Tor
3 blessing On your household! 40" yop
say, "n0t exactly thst. Icouldn't quite
do that, because have very quick tenn
| per, snd il professed religion and tried
| 70 tslk religion in my household, and then
after that l should lose MP temper they
would SCOT st me and say: You are p
pretty Christian -" So you are cOWer
down and their SARCASM keeps you GU: of
heaven and away from Christ, Waen u9-
der GOD you ought to take your whole
family into the Kingdom. Christ lifted
, mOuntsin, lifted q world for you; you
csnnot lit an ounce for Him. 8 how
it is; you want to be favorable 10 re-
lieion, you want TO support Christian
institutions, you like to be associated
with those who love Jesus Christ; out IS
to taking positive step on this subj CT,
you caCnot-you cannot, and my text,
like gate of a hundred bolt bare you
away from peace on earth snd glory ii
heaven.
There are hundreds OF men and women
here brsve enough In other things In life
who sin ply for the lack OF manliuess and
womanhuess stay swsy from God. They
dare say: "Forever aId forever, Lord
Jesus, axe Taee. Thou hast redeemed
NE By Thy blood, bere is my immortal
spirit. Listen, AL my friends. Listen
ali the world" They gre lurking around
shout the kingdom OF God-Ehey are
lurking around about II, expecting to
crawl in some time when NOBODY Is look
ing, forgetful OF the tremendous words Of
my text: "Whosoever doth not bear his
croes, and coma .tser Ne, cannot DE Ny
disciple"
An officer Of neighboring church told
me that he was in store in New York
Just happened in-Where there were
many CLERKS, and e gentleman came in
and said &c Joung nan stand
ing behind the counter: care
you the young man thas arose the
other night in the Brooklyn tabernacle
and asked for prs7eFt?" Without aDy
flush Of cheek he replied: "I am. l
haven't always done right, and have
oeen quite bad; but since l arose for
prsVers think l sE better than was"
It was only his way OF announcing ihst
ne had started for the higher life. G d
will not cast out man who Is brave
enough 10 tske step shead like that.
l tell you these things this morning be-
cause, my desr friends, want 10 show
you how light the cross is that We have
to carry compared with thst which Christ
carried for US. You have not had the
flesh torn 4 for Christ's sake in Carrying
your cross. He tainted dead away under
His cross. You have not carried the
cross until it fetched the blood. Under
His there wss pool of carnage that
FLASHED the hoTses' fetlocks. You haye
friends TO sympathize with you in carry
ing the cross; Christ tired The wlne-press
of Gods wrsth alone, alone! The cross
that you snd ought TO carry represents
only few days or few years CT trial
The Cross that Christ carried for US had
compressed into il The ag~niGs Of Gtcr.
nity.
There has some one coma here to-day
whom you have not observed. He did
not come through the from door; he did
not come doWa say OF these sisles; yet l
know he is here He is from the Esse,
the far East. He comes with blistered
foot, and with broken hear, and cheess
red not with heslth but with blood from
the temples. take hold OF His coat and
l say: at does no. seem to At Thee"
"No," he ssys, "is is nc. mine; It is
borrowed; II does not beloug to NE now
For my vesture did they csst lots" And
saY to Him: "rbine eyes are red IS
though from loss ct sleep" BE says:
ayes, the Son of man, had rot where to
lay His head" An / touch the log or
His hack and say: SWAY earliest Thou
this ?" "Ah," he says, "that is 8 cross
l carry for thee sud for the sins Of the
whole world. That is Cross Fall into
line, msrch on with me In this procession,
take your smaller crosses and your
lighter burdens, and Ioin me il this
march to Heaven" Aud
WE JOINED. THAT PROCESSION
with our smaller crosses and our lighter
burdens, and Christ looks back and He
sees some are hslting because they can
not endure the shame, or bear the bur-
den, and with voice which has In it
msjesty and onnipotencs, He cries until
all the earth tremolss: "Whosoever
doth not bear mis- cross and come after
Ne cannot be NY disciple"
o! my brethren, my sisters-ior I do
not speak Professionally, speak as q
brother would speak to BROTHER or sis
ter-my brother, Can you not bear E
cross II at last you can wear q crown? |
Come now, let Us divide OF. Who is on |
the Lords side? W1o is ready TO turn !