The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-08

but Heaven entrances their spirit They
often divide their scant crust with some
forlorn wretch who knocks at their door .,
night, and on the blast of the night wind,
~ the door opens TO let them In, 10 heard
the voice Of Him who said: II was hungry
and 70 fed me-" No coAort Of Heaven viii
be too bright 70 transport them. BY Gods
help they have vanQuished the Assyriau
host. They have divided among them the
spoila Lame. lame. Jet they took the
prev.
was riding along the country road one
day aud ] saw man ON crutchoA over
ing very slowly. At that rate IL would
have taken him two hours to 20 mile.
81 d: "Wouldu't you like 10 rideW He
said: THANK you, would. God bless
you" When he sat beside me, be said !:
"You see, am very lame and very old,
but the Lord has been . good Lord to NE.
have burisd all my children. Tho Lord
gave them and the Lord had Alright 70 take
them away. Blessed be His name. WAS
very sick and had NO money, and my
neighbors came In and took care Of me,
and I wanted nothing. suffer .
great deal Of pain, but then have
30 many mercles left The Lord has
been . good Lord to me-" Aud
before We had got far I was In doubt
whether was giving him . ride or he was
giving me ride! He said: snow, IL you
please, I'll get out here. Just help mo
down on my crutchss, II you please. God
bless you. Thank you. SIR. Good morning.
Good morning. You have been feet to the
lame, sir. good morning." Swsrthy men
had gone the road that day. ! do not know
where they came out, but every hobble Of
that old man was towards the shining
gate. With his old crutch he mad struck
down many Sennacherib Of temptation
which has mastered you and me. Lame.
so fearfully lame, 50 awfully lame; but he
took the prey.
munities many orphans. During our last
war and in the years Immediately follow
ing how many children we heard say: 70,
my father was killed IN the war;" Have
you ever notlced-I fear you have not-how
| we'll those children have turned QUIT Start
ing out under the greatest disadvantages,
no orphan asylum could do for them what
their father would have done had he lived
The skirmisher sat ono night BY tue light
OF fagots In the swamp writing . letter
home when q sharpshooter's bullet ended
| the letter which was never folded, never
posted and never read.
Those children cana up I'm Ter great dis
advantage. No father to fight their way
for them. Perhaps there was In the old
family Bible an old yellow letter pasted
fast which told the story Of that fathers
long march and how he suffered In the
hospital, but they looked still further on
in the Bible and they came to the story Of
how God Is the Father Of the fathcrless
and the widows portion aud they soon took
their fathers place in that household.
They bsttled the way for their mother.
They came on up and many Of them have
in the years since the war taken positions
in Church and State. While many of those
who suffered nothing during those times
have had sons 60 out into lives Of indo.
lence and vasabondage, these who started
under 50 many disadvantages because they
were so early bereft these arc the lame
who took the prey.
A step further: There are these who
would Ike to do good. They say: ''Oi il l
only had wealth, orif had eloquence, or il
had high social position how much would
accomplish for God and tho Church,"
stand here 10 day to tell you that you have
great opportunities for usefulness. Who
built the pyr.midsi The King who or.
dered them built! No; the plain work.
men who added stone after stone and stone |
after stone. Who built the bikes of Hol- |
land? The government that ordered the |
enterprise? No; the plain workmen who |
carried the earth and rung their trowel on |
the wall Who are those who have built |
these vast citlesl The capital stsl No; the |
carpenters, the masons, the plumbers, the |
plasterers. the timers, the roofers, depend
ent on days wages for y livelihood. And 50
in tbs great work Of assuaginy human suf-
fertng and enlightening human Ignorance
and hating human iniquity. In that great
work. the chief part is to be done by or
binary men. with ordinary speech, in On
ordinary manner and by ordinary means.
The trouble is that in the army of Christ
we all want to be Captains and Colonies and
Brisadier Generals. We are not willing to
march with the rank and file and to do
duty with the private soldier. We want
to belong to tie reserve corps and read
about the battle while warming ourselves
at III. camp fires, or on furlough at home,
our feet upon an ottoman, We sagging back
into an arm. chair.
As you go down the street, you see an
excavation AMI four or five men are work.
Ing, and perhaps twenty or thirty leaning
on the rail looking over At them. That is
the way it is in the Church Of God to-day;
work, there are firiy men watching the
job.
o, my friends, why do you not 60 to work
and preach this gospel. You say: Il have
no pulpit" You have. It may be the car
penter's bench. II may he the lnason's wall.
The robe in which you are to proc ann this
gospel may be shoemaker's apron. But
woe unto you il sou preach not this gospel
somehow! II this world Is
ever brought to Christ it will be through
the unanimous AMI long continued efforts
Of men who, waiting for no special endow-
ment, consecra:e to God what they have |
Among the most useless people In the .
world are men with ten talents, while
many ono with only two talents, or NO
talent at all, is doing great work, and SO
the lame take ths prey"
There are thous ands Of ministers Of ,
whom you have neve- head ia log cabins
1t the West In M.ssiJn chapels ut the !.
East-who are warning against the leyions :.
u darkness, successfully warring. Tract
iistr'h- .ors, month by month uudermir Ing !,
he ella lels Of sin. You d. not know their !.
soing or their coming; but the footballs OF :.
heir ministry are heard in tho palaces Of =.
Heaven. Who are the workers in our !,
sabbath schools throughout this lind TO-
iayi Men celebrated, men brilliant, men
u vast estatel For the most part not that :
It all. I have noticed that the chief char. y
cte; istic Of the most Of those who are sue =
'sssful in the work is thst they know 7
heir Bibles. ars earnest in prayer, are
'nxious for the salvation Of the young, .
nd Sabbath BY Sabbath are willing :
o down unObseryed and tell Of Christ
nd the resurrection. These are the hum.
lie workers who are recruiting the great
rmy Of Christian youth-nOt BY might,