The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-06-06

the greatest knowledge OF the blDlei VINO
are In nearest intimacy with Jesus Christ,
who have the most glowing experiences
OF the truth, who have had the most re-
markable answers to prayer and who
have most exhilarant anticipations
OF heaven. The temptations which
weary Us who are in robust
health they have conquered. They have
divided among them the spoils OF the
conquest Many who are alert and ath-
letic and swarthy loiter in the way. These
are the lame that take the prey: Robert
Hall an invalid, Edward Payson an in
valid, Richard Baxter an invalid, Samuel
Rutherford an Invalid. This morning,
when YOU want 10 call to mind those who
are most Christlike YOU think of some
darkened room in your fathers house from
which there went forth an influence po-
tent for eternity. 4 step further Through
r.ised letters the art OF printing has been
brought 10 the attention OF the blind. /
find among that class OF persons, among
the blind, the deaf and the dumb, the
most thorough acquaintance with Gods
word. Shut out from all other sources Of
information, no sooner does their hand
Huch the raised letter than they
Gather a prayer. Without ewes they
look off upon the kingdoms Of
Gods love. Without hearing they
catch the minstrelsy OF the skies. Dumb,
vet with pencil, or with irradiated COun-
tenance, they declare the glory OF God. 4
lad who had been blind from infancy was
cured. The oculist operated upon the
lad, and then put a very heavy bandage
over the eyes, and after a few weeks had
gone by, the bandage was removed, and
the mother said to her child. willie, can
you seq" He said, "Ohl mamma, is this
heaven " The contrast between the dark
ness before and the brightness atterWard
was overwhelming. And ] tell you the
glories OF heaven will be 4 thOusand-fOld
brighter for those who never saw any
thing on earth. While many with good
vision closed their eyes in night, and
many who had n good, artistic and cul-
tured ear went down into discord, these
afflicted ones cried unto the Lord in
their trouble and he made their sOT-
rows their advantage, and SO the lame
took the prey. A step further: There
are those in all communities who toll
nightly for a livelihood. They have
scant wages Perhaps they are diseased,
or have physical infrmities, so they are
hindered from doing a continuous days
work. A city missionary finds them up
the dark alley, with no fire, with thin
never ride in the street-car; they cannot
afford the 3 cents. They never see any
pictures save those in the show window
on the street, from which they are often
lostled and looked at by some one who
seems 10 say in the look: "Move on
what are YOU doing here looking at pic
.ures?" Yet many of them live on noun
tains of TRANSPORTATION. At their rough
table He who fed the 5000 breaks the
bread. They talk often of the good times
that are coming This world has no
charm Tor them, but heaven entrances
their spirit. They often divide
heir scaht crust with some forl0rn
wretch who knocks at their door at night.
and on the blast of the night wind, as the
door opens To let the wayfarer in, is heard
the voice OF Him who said: Il was hungry
and We fed me-" No cohort OF Heaven
will be too bright to transport them. By
Gods help they have vanqulshed the
Assyrian host. They have divided among
them the spOils. Lame, lame, yet took
they prey. A step further: There are in
all communities many orphans. During
our last war and in the years Immediately
following, how many children we heard
say: "Ohi my father was killed in the
war" Have you ever noticed fear
you have not-how well these children
nave turned out starting unOef the
greatest disadvantages, no orphan asylum
could do for them what their father
would have done had he lived. The
skirmisher sat one night by the light of
faggots in the swamp writing a letter
home, when a sharshooter's bullet ended
the letter which was never folded, never
posted and never read. Those
children came up under great disadvan-
tages. No father to fight their way for
them. Perhaps there was in the old fam
lily bible an old, yellow letter pasted fast,
which told the story Of that fathers long
march and how he suffered in the hospi-
tai but they look still further on in the
bible, and they come to the story Of how
God is the father of the fatherless and
the widows portion, and they 500 took
their fathers place in that household.
They battled the way for their mother
They came on up, and many Of them have
III the years since the war, taken positions
in church and state. While many of
those who suffered nothing during those
times have had sons go out into lives of
Incidence and vagabondage, those who
started under so many disadvantages be-
cause they were so early bereft, these are
the lame that took the prey. A step fur
Their: There are those who would like TO