Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-21

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Had son not better submit 10 "A little
humiliation! oh, you say, until that
man takes the first step | will never
be at peace with him; nothing will
be done until he is ready 10 take the
first step. You are Il pretty Christian.
When would this world be saved if
Christ had not taken the first stepi
We were in the wrong, Christ was in
the right-all right and forever right.
And ye, he took the first step. And
instead Of going and getting a knotty
scourge with which 10 whip your an
tagonIst. your enemy. you had better
get up on the radiant mount where
Christ suffered for his enemies, and
Just take an olive branch, not strip
ping of the soft. cool, fragrant leaves,
but leaving them all on, and then try
on them that gospel switch. 1t won't
hurt them, and il will save you.
Peace with God; peace with man. If
you cannot take those two doctrines
you are no Christian.
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts In Christian love;
The fellowship Of kindred minds
Is Ike TO that above
From sorrow toll and pain,
And sin we shall be free;
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through al eternity.
Butmy text goes further. II says:
Go up into tie mountain and fetch
olive branches and pine branches.
Now what is suggested by the pine
branchesl Tie pine tree is healthy il
is aromatic; il is evergreen How often
the physician says TO his invalid pa
tients: go and have a breath of the
pines. That will invigorate you"
Why do such thousands of people 60
south every year, IL is not merely TO
get to a warmer climate, but 10 get to
the influence of the pine. There is
health in il, and this pine branch of
the text suggests the healthfulness of
our holy religion; it is full Of health.
health for all, health for the mind,
health for the soul.
DINED DAILY WITH THE KING.
i knew an aged man, who had no
capital Of physical health. He had
had all the diseases you could imagine;
he did not eat enough TO keep a child
alive; he lived on a beverage of hosan-
mas. He lived high, for he dined
every day with the king. He was kept
alive simply by the force of our holy
religion. II is a healthy religion;
healthy for the eye, healthy for the
hand, healthy for the feet, healthy for
the heart, healthy orthe liver, healthy
for the spleen, healthy for the whole
man 1t gives a man such peace, such
q~uietness, such independence Of cir
cumstances, such holy e~quipoise. Oh
that we all possessed it, that we pos
sessed it now. | mean that ii is healthy
If a man gets enough OF it. Now, there
are some people who get just enough
religion TO bother them, just enough
religion TO make them sick; but if a
man take a full, deep, round inhala-
ton Of these pine branches of the Cos
pei arbor, he will find it buoyant, ex-
uberant, undying, immortal health.
But this pine branch of my text also
suggests the simple fact that it is an
evergreen. What does this pine branch
care for the snow on its brow2 II is
only a crown Of glory. The winter
cannot freeze it out. This evergreen
tree branch is as beautiful in winter as
it is in the 81 .mer. And that is the
, characteristic of our holy religion; in
the sharpest, coolest winter of mis-.
fortune and disaster, il is as good a re-
ligion as il is in the bright summer
sunshine. Well, now that is a prac-
teal truth. For if / should 90 up and
down these aisles, | would not find in
this house fifty people who had had
no trouble. But there are some Of you
who have especial trouble. God only
knows what you go through with.
Oh, how many bereavements, how
many poverties, how many per-
secutionsl How many misrepre-
sensations! And now, my brother,
you have tried everything else. WHY
don't you try this evergreen religioni
II is just as good for you now as it was |
in the days OF your prosperity; it is
better for you. Perhaps some of you
feel almost like Muckle Backie, the
fisherman. who was chided one day
because he kept on working, although
that very day he buried his child.
They came TO him and said: 1T is in
decent for you 10 be mending that
boat when this afternoon you buried
your child" And the fisherman look
ed up and said: ''Sir, it is very easy
for you gentlefolks 10 stay in the
house with your handkerchiefs TO your
eyes in grief; but, sir, ought / TO let
the other five children starve because
one OF them is drowned2 No, sir, we
maun work, we maun work, though
our hearts beat like this hammer"
RELIGION CAN HELP YOU.
You may have had accumulation Of
sorrow and misfortune. They come
In tlocks, they come in herds upon
your soul; and yet / have TO tell you
that this religion a console you,
that II can help you, Tnat 1t can deliver
you II nothing else will. Do you tell
me that the riches and the gain Of this
world can console your How was it
with the man who had such a fond
ness for money that when he was sick
he ordered a basin Of gold pieces 10 be
brought 10 him, and he put his equity
hands down among the gold pieces,
cooling his hands of in them, and the
rattle and rolling Of these gold pieces
were his amusement and entertain
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