Sharp County record., 1888-07-19

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Aoqin. remark that Christ is precious
b, -7o baIievaras q friend. You have COM
rgrciaL friends and Won have L@mI-y
fr4a7ds. To the commercial friend you
m when vou have business troubles. You
9a7 look bacl, TO some dav--tt may nave
been ten or twenty years ago-"heA' =
Won had not had that friend. You Wou4u
have baan entirely OverrlrOWn IN OuSI-
ness Bur I want to tellTOu this morning
o4 Iasus. the best business friend A-I-
ever had. He can pull you out oI me
worst DerDIeUties. There are people III
-brs audience who have got in the laDu
o+ 7rr-fnr down all their worldly troubles
,+ +1a saet of Jesus. Why, Christ meets
the business man On the street anu SAYS
SON. business man. / know dlL LII!
troubles. [ will be with thee. Will 770
-hae through Look out how you Jry -o
corner or -rampIe on . man who IS BACK
ed nm bv the Lord God Almighty. LOOK
ont how Won trampLe on Him. Jn' lAer0
fs n inancier that many OF orr business
men have not found out. Christ owns aII
-ha boards of trade. all the insurance
COMPANIES and all the banking -ou7
They saw that the TauderDlJs own .n7
raIIrOads. but Christ owns the Fauu7r
1ir+s and the railroads, aud all the ploJ-
+irrs of stock gamblers shall De put 10
confusion. and God. with his little 1uger'
shall wfDe out their Infamous projects
How often it has been that We nave seen
men rarher ND riches by fraud, IN
r7vramid of strength and beauty, ana Ih6
Lord came and blew on it and LJ was
zone. while there are those lere Io-h"y
Who. If they could speak out IN 5llS as .
sembIaee. or dared to speak out, would
say:
..Tbe best friend Z had in 1881. the best
FRIEND had in 1857. the best friend / lad
7+ +ba oDaninr Of The war. the best friend
[ ever had. has been the Lord Jesus
Christ. LwouId rather give up all other
friends than his One.'
Brt we have also family friends. -leY
come in when We have sickness N me
household. Perhaps they say nothing;
bn- they sit down and they weep as Jne
rgbt goes out from the bright eyes, anu
-ba white petals of the lily are scattered
in the blast of death. They watch through
the long night by the dying couch, ana
Then. when the spirit has gone, sOOthe you
with GREAT comfort They say: Don g
cry. Jesus Dities You. All is we'll, You
will meet the lost one again Then,
when vOur son vent off. breaking your
heart. did they not come and put the story
i'm the very best shape aud prophes y the
rer7rr Of the DrOdigal? We're they not
I'm -0ur house when the birth angel
4aDDed its wings over your dwelling:
And they have been there at the DaptisnS
and ar the weddings. Family friends
Bur [ have to tell you -ha7 Christ IS the
hest family friend. o, blessed IS that
cradle over which Jesus bends. Blessed
is that nursery where Jesus walks
Blessed is that sick brow from which
Tesus wines the Iampness. Blessed Ls
that table where Jesus breaks the bread.
Blessed is that grave where Jesus stands
with his SCARED feet on the upturned sod
saying:
II am the resurrection and the life; be
that beIieveth in Ne, though ne were
dead. vet shall he live
.'God is our refuge and strength, an
aver-Drpsent help in time Of trouble;
I -1ler-fgrg. We viii not teor though the
earth be removed. though the mountains
be carried into the mIdstOt the sea, though
the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
though the mountains shake with the
swelling thereof. Selah.'
The other day there was 4 sailor who
came into the Bethel in New York and
said:
.'yIv lads lhe was standing among 5h1
saiIorsl [ don't know what's the matter
with me. fused to hear good deal about
religion and about Jesus Christ. don
know that Z have any religion. or that
know any thing much about Christ, but
when [ was in mid Atlantic I looked NJ
one dav through the rigging and there
seemed to come light through my soul.
have felt different ever since, and L love
those that once hated, and feel Joy
can't tell you. [ really don't know what
is'the matter with me-
A rough sailor got up and said:
NY lad. Z know what's the matter Of
you. You have found Jesus. It's enoug
to make any man happy
His worth. if all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him TOO.
Lremark again: Christ is precious tc
the believer. Us q final deliverer. 7 on
and must after awhile get ont Of this
world. Here and there. one perhaps may
come on to eighty, to ninety years Of age,
but v0ur common sense tells you that the
next twenty-five years will land the ma
ior1tv Of this audience in eternity. The
next fen Years viii thin out . great many
of these family circles. This day may dc
the work for some Of rs. Now, why do
say this? To scare yOu2 No; but Just Us
would stand in your office, if Lwere
business man and YOU we're a business
man. and talk over risks. You do not
consider it cowardIy to talk in your store
over temporal risks. Is it base in us this
morning to talk a little while over the
risks Of the soul. that are for eternity:
In every congregation death has the last
year been doing a great deal Of work.
Where is vOW father2 Where is your
mother2 your child2 your brother: your
sister, o. how cruel does death seem TO
bel VIII he pluck every tOwer2 Will
ne poison every fountain? VIII he put
black On every door kuOb2 " III he SNAP
every heart-striug2 Can I keep nothing
Are there no charmed weapons with
which to 20 ont aud contend against him?
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