The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-20

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misfortune and disaster II ia as good q rs-
ligion as it is in the fright, summer sun
shine. Well. now that is a practical truth.
For IL ! should go up aid down these
aisles 1 would not find 10 this house Htty
people who had had no trouble. But there
are some of you who ave especial trouble.
God only knows what you 90 through
with. o, how many bereayements. hoy
many poverties, how MANY persecutiops
How many MISREPRESENTATION And
now, my brother, YOU have tried
every thing else. why don't Won trv
this evergreen religion II il inst os good
for you now as L was in the DAVIS of vour
prosperity; it is better for you. Perbans
some of you feel like Muckle Backis the
fisherman, who was chided one dav he
Gauss he kept on working altboupb that
very day he buried his child. They came
to him and said: 1T il indecent FOR vo,
to be mendinp that boat when tbis aftar-
noon YOU. buried vour obild And +b.
old fisherman looked IN and said: sir
It Is yery easy for Won pentIafolks In stov
in the house with vour bandkarcbiefs ~
your eyes in grief, but, sir, ought I 10 let
the other five children starve because ono
of them is drowned? No, sir, we maun
work, though our hearts heat like tbis
hammer"
vor
row and misfor,una Tboyc o,ro IN al,
thew come In berds mon van so,I. anS
vet I have TO tell Won that his ral;aion
can console Won. that II can baIn Won .bot
II can deliver Won n nothing else viii, no
you tell me that the riches and the pain of
this world can console YOU? How was n
with the man who. had such a fondnes.
for money that when bs was sick he or
dered a basin of gold pieces to be brought
TO him. and he ut his pouty hands down
among the GOLD pieces. cooling his hands
off in them, and the rattle and rolling Of
these gold pieces were his amusement and
entertainment An, the gold and silver.
the honors, the emoiumenis of this world
are a poor solace for a perturbed spirit.
You want something better than this
can give. A young Prince, when the chill
uren came around to play with him, re-
fused to play. He said: 81 will play only
with Kings" And it might be supposed
that you would throw away all solace be-
fore this regal satisfaction, this imperial
joy. Yen who are sons and daughters of the
Lord Almighty ought to play only with
Kings.
The hill of Zion Yields
A thousand .acred sweets.
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
But nv text takes a further sten and r.
saws: SEQ into the mountain and fetch
olive branches and nine branches and
palm branches.n Now the palm tree was
very much honored by the ancients Tt
had three hundre and sixtv diFarant
uses. The fruit was conserved the san
was n beverage. tine ste,n. vera croundu ~
was turned into hats and mats and
baskets, and the leaves were carried in
victorious professions. and from The root
to the top of The highest trees there was
usefulness. The tree grow 50 feet in height
sometime s, and 1t spread broad leaves four
and five yards long; it meant usefulness.
and it meant victory; usefulness for
what 1t produced, victory because it was
brought into celebrations of triumph.
And, oh, how much we want the palm
branches in the churches of Jesus Christ
at this time! A great MANY Christians
don't amount to any thing. You have
TO shove them out of the way when the
Lords chariots come along. We don't
want any more of that kind Of Christians
in the Church.
The old maxim saws: "Do not nut all
your eggs into one basket;" hut l have to
tell you in this matter of religion YOU had
better give your all TO God, and then get
in yourself. 60" says some one, "my
business is to sell silks and cloths" Well.
then, my brother, sell silks and cloths To
the glory of God. And some one savs.
'sMy business Is to raise corn and carrot. ,,
Then, my brother, raise corn and carrots
10 the glory of God. And some one saws:
my business lie to manufacture horse
shoe nails" Then manufacture horse
sho e nails to the glory of God. Thore Ia
nothing for you to do that you ought to
do but for the glory of God.
Usefulness is typifed by the paIm tree.
All, we don't want any more people that
are merely weeping willows, signing into
the water, standing aud admiring their
long lashes in the CLASSY spring. No wild
cherry, dropping bitter fruit. We want
palm trees, holding something for God,
something for angels, something for man.
I an tired and sick of this fiat, tame, in
sipid, satin slippered, Mandy -pamby
highty..ighty religion! 1t Is worth moth
ing for this world, and it is destruction
for eternity.
Give me 800 men and women fully con-
secrated to Christ and We will take any
city for Sod In three years. Give me TO-.
600 men and women fully up to the Chris.
thar standard: in ten years 10. 900 of them
would take the whole earth for God. But
when are we going to begin!
Ledyard, the great traveller, was
broughU before the Geographical Society
of Great Britain, and they wanted him to
make som explorations in Africa, and
they showed him all the perils and all the
hard work, and ali the exposure, and after
they had told him what they wanted him
to do in Africa they said to hlm: snow,
Ledyard, when are you ready to startpn
He said: Tomorrow morning" The
learned men were astonished; they
thought be would take weeks or months to
get ready. We'll, now, YOU tell me you
want to be earnest for Christ; YOU want
to be useful in Christian service. When
are you going to begin?p O. that Won
ave the decision to say: 'sTo-day. now I"
Go now into the mount and gather the
palm branch. Blu the palm branch also
meant victory. IE ali ages, In all lands,
Iha pa1yn branch p,a,na yiot,r, W. 80