Telegram-herald., 1888-07-02

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sz1 sayss 20. business n>n, knew al thy
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og1k Chxlss o.zs al tie boafts or trade. ali
TIE Insurance companies 2zd Al tes hanz1ng
kossSesL Tkey say that TIE Nancerbisrs oNa
the railroads. but Carizs owns tbs Wander
bits and tl.e railroads, &1d al tbs plor<lnss
Of stock gamblers sail be pot % confusioa,
and God With his ltsLe finger shall wipe OUT
thar iafan1oos projects How oftea it has
been that we hare ssrn ruea gather up riches
by fraud. in . pyramid # strength and
bzluEy, ard the Lard came aad blew On it
and iE was gone. while there srs tbose here
today VITO. IL they eocld speak cut IN this as
ssfnblage, or dared 20 speak cut, would say:
.'Tne lest friend had Ia 1887. ths best friend
lad in 1857: ths hst friend i had ~ ths
opening Of the wr-. the best friend l ever
h2d has besa tbs Lord Jasas Christ fwould
rather give up eli othsr friends than this
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Bat we hzve also family friends They
CONE in when Se hare sickness IN the house
hold PERHAPS they say nothing, but t1ey
sit down and they weep e. tho light goes cut
from the bright eyes and the white petals OF
tbs lily are scattered IN the blast Of death.
They watch through tho long night by tho
dying couch, and then, VIXEN the spirit las
gone, soosh you with great comfort They
say; 'tDont cry. Jesus pitles YOU All Is
well You will meet the lest one again
Then, when your son went OF, breaking your
heart, did they not como ard put tho story in
the very bes. shape and prophecy the return
OF tho prodigali We're they not in your
(honse when the birth angel tapped its wings
over your dwelAngi And they have been
there at the baptisIns and at the weddings.
Family frierdsi But have % tell you that
Chris. IL the BEST family friend oh,
blessed il that cradle over which Jesrs
bends Blessed Is that nursery where Jesus
walks Blessed Is that sick brow from which
Jesus wipes the dampness. Blessed is that
table where Jesus breaks the bread Blessed
Is that grave where Jesus stands with his
Scared feet On the upturned sol, saying: II
am tho resurrection and the life; he that be-
lieve;h in me, though he were dead, yet shall
be live" Have you babe in the house!
Put il into the arms Of tho great Child
Lover l. there a sick ono in tho housci
Think Of him who said: "Damsel, arise"
Are you afraid you will come 70 wants Think
Of him who fed the Eve thousand Is there
a little one in your house that you are afraid
VIII be- blind or deaf or lame! Think Of
him who touched the blinded ego eand
snatclled back the boy from epileptic con-
valSion- Oh, he Is tie best friend. Look
over your family friends today aad find an
other that can be compared to him. When
we want our friends they are sometimes
out OF town Christ is always in town.
We find that some viii stick 10 us in
prosperity who will not in adversely.
But Christ CONES through darSest night,
ard amid ghastly sorrow, and across
roughcst sea. to comfort you. There are
ucn and women here who would have been
dead twenty years ago but for Jesus. They
have gone through trial enough TO exhaust
ten times their physical strength. Their
property went, their health went, their fami-
lies were scattered God only knows what
they suffered. They are an amusement to
themselves that they have been able to stand
IL. They look at their once happy home,
surrounded BY all comfort Gone. They
think OF the time when they used to rise
strong in the morning and walk vigorously
down the street, and had experienced q
health they thought inexhaustible. Gonel
Everything gone but Jesus Ho has p.tied
them. His eye has watched them His or1-
impotence he's defended them. Yes, ho has
been with them They havo gone through
disaster, and be was pillar OF Gre by night
/ They have gone across stormy Gnlicc, but
| Christ had bis foot on the neck Of the storm.
! They felt the waves OF trouble coming up
around them gradually. and they began to
climb into tho strong rock OF Gods de-
| fense, and then they sang, es they looked
over the waters. God Is uur rsfuye and
strength, an ever present hap IN time Of
| trouble: therefore we viii not fear though
the earth be removed, though tho mountains
be carried into the midst Of the sea, though
| tho waters thereof roar and bo troubled,
| though the mountains shake with the swell-
| ing thereof Sclah-- Tho other day there
was sailor who came into the Bethel in New
York. and said: my lads Ono WIS Standing
among sail-rx,. l don't know what's the
matter with nle used 70 hz1r rood deal
about religion ard about Jesus Christ
don't know that have any religion, OF that
! know anything much about Christ; but
when I wss in raid-Atlsntic l looked up ono
day through the rigging. and there seemed to
| come light through my soul have felt diff
fersut sye- since. and I loso those ones
hated, end feel q Joy I crn's ten you.
really doar know wha. Is the matter OF me.
A rough sailor gos up and said: NY lad, I
know what's tie matter of you Ycu havs
found Jesus. IL n enough - mako any man
happy.S
HIS wcr>h r nfI Ire nations tre--
Sure the Whole ea-sh would love hir1 TOO.
remark again: Christ is precious 10 u,
believer. az a inal 6elivers-. Yea erd
r,rst after awhile css out oe this world.
/ Here and there. oue perhaps mar cc-ne on -
eighty, % ninety years of age, but Jour cora-
mon sense teils you that tie naxt twenty -five
years VIII lad the majority OF this audiences
/ in eternity. The nexs ten years wiil thin cut
great many q these family circles 1hs'
l day mar do the work for sorDe of VI Now.
Why % I say thisi To scare youf No; but
j irst as woud ssansi IN your oflcr. II svsrs
= bnslne~s man. ard talk over rists Yos
4 do not consider Il cuvarsiiy - talk in your
stors OVER t~orporzl risks Il Il hnse IN M
{ tbis morning - taIk . ii.tie While over ths
risks u the sou'. that ars for cternityf ia
svsry eonxreSstioa cestA has tbs LAT
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