Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-09-20

row and misfortune They come in Hooks,
they come in herds upon your soul; and yet
l have to tell you that this religion can con
sole you, that it can help you, that 1t can
deliver YOU IL nothing else will. Do you
tell me that the riches aid the gain OF this
world can console you. How was it with
the man who had such fondness for money
that when he was sick he ordered II basin
of gold pieces to be brought TO him, and he
put his equity 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
All, the gold and silver. the honors, the
emolumcnts of this world are a poor solace
for a perturbed spirit You want some
thing better than this world can give A
young prince, when the children came
around to play with him, refused to play.
He said: will play only with kings.
And it might be supposed that you would
throw away all solace before this regal
satisfaction, this imperial Joy. Ye who are
sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty
ought 10 play only with kings.
The I'M ofzlon Yields.
=, thousand sacred sweets.
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets
But my text takes further step and it
says: go into the mountain, and fetch oil.
i've branches, and pine branches, and palm
branches Now the palm tree was very
much honored by the aucicnts. 1t had
three hundred and sixty different uses. The
fruit was conserved; the sap was bever-
camels; the base Of the leaves was turned
into hats, and mats and, baskets; and the
leaves were carried in victorious process
slons and from the root to the top Of the
highest leaf there was usefulness. The
tree grew eighty five feet in height some
times, ana it spread broad leaves four and
hVc yards long, IL meant usefulness, and it
meant victory; usefulness for what it pro-
duccd, 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 says: "Do not put all
your eggs into one basket" but / have to
tell YOU in this matter of religion you
had better give your all to God, and then
get in yourself. oh" saws some one ''mv
business is to sell silks and cloths" Well,
then, my brother. sell silks and cloths TO
the glory OF God. And some one says
"My business is TO raise corn aud carrots "
Then, my brother raise corn and carrots
to the glory of God. And some one SAYS
"My business is 10 manufacture horse shoe
nails" Then manufacture horse shoe nails
to the glory OF God There Is nothing for
you TO do that you ought to do but Tor tho
| glory of God.
Usefulness is tvpi6ed by the palm tree.
| All, we don't want in the church any more
| people that are merely weeping willows,
| signing into the water, standing and ad
miring their long lashes in the CLASSY spring.
No wild cherry, dropping bitter fruit We
| want palm trees, holding something for
| God, something Tor angels, something for
man. | am tired and sick of this fiat, tame,
| insipd, satin slippefed. Mandy pamby
| highly tightly religion II it worth nothing
for this world, and it is destruction Tor
| eternity.
Give me five hundred men and women
| fully consecrated to Christ and VIC Will
take any city for God in three years. Give
| me ten thousand men and women fully up to
| the Christian standard; in ten years ten
| thousand OF. them would take the
whole earth for God. But when we are 60
| ing TO begin,
Ledyard, the great traveller, was brought
| before the Geographical Society of Great
| Britain, and they wanted him to make some
explorations in Africa and they showed
him all the perils, and all the hard work,
and all the exposure and after they had
told him what they wanted him to do in
Africa, they said TO him; Now, Lcdyard,
when are you ready to start!' lie said
ITO morrow morning" The learned men
We're astonished; they thought he would
take weeks or months to get ready. Well
now, you tell me you want to be earnest for
| Christ; you want to be useful in Christian
service. When arc you going to Begin Oh,
that you have the decision to say, To-day,
now' Go now into the mount and gather
the palm branches. But the palm branch
also meant victory. In all ages in all lands
the palm branch means victory. We arc
by nature the servants of Satan. He
/ stole us, he has his eye on us, he wants
to keep u.s. The word comes from our
Father that If we try to break loose from
this doing wrong, our Father will help us
and some dav we will rouse up. and looh
the black tyraut in the face, and we will hN
at him. and we wrestle him down. and we
put our heel on his neck, and we grind hin
in the dust, and we say. Victory victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ! Oh VIVA
grand thing it is to have sin under foo
and wasted life behind our backs
"Blessed is he whose transgres3on is for
given, and whose sin is covered 'But,
says the man, II feel so sick and worn oui
with the ailments of life" You are goinl
to be more than conqucror. 'B IT." sayi
the man, II am so tempted, | am so pursued
in life" You are gong TO be more thar
conqueror. "a, who have so many ailments
and heartaches going to be more than con
qucrorN' Yes, unless you are so sell con
ccitcd that you want to manage all the af
fairs of your life yourself, instead of lettin,
God manage them. Do you want TO drive
and have God take back seat! Oh, no, 20,
say; / want God to be my leader. Well
then, you will be more than conqueror
Your last sickness will come, and the physi
clans in the next room will lie talking abou
what they will do for you. Wha
difference will it make what they d.
for you. You are going TO be well
everlastingly well. And when tn
spirit has fed the body your friends
| VIII be talking as To wnere they shall bur
you. What difference does it make 10 yol
where they bury you! The angel of tn
| resurrection can pick you out of the dus
anywhere, and all the cemeteries of tn
earth are in Gods care. Oh YOU are goin,
to be more than conqucror Don't yo
think we had better begin now to celebrat
the coming victoryi In the old mcetin
house at Summerville, my father used Z
lead the singing, and he had the old fash
toned tuning fork and he would strike it o.
his knee, and then pat the tuning fork I
his ear to catch the right pitch and star
the hymn. But, friend, don't YOU think W
had better be catching the pitch of tn
everlasting song, the song of victory whe
we shall be more than conqucrors. Ha
we not better begin the rehearsal on earth
''They shall hunger no more, neither thirs
any more; neither shall the sun light O
them. nor any heat For the lamb which
in the midst of the throne shall feed then
and shall lead them TO living fountains @
water: and God shall wipe away all tear
from their eyes"
City of Eternity TO thy bride nail,
From this pr.s IN would flee;
| All. glory thar or YOU and me.
My tex: brings up one step further. ]
says, go forth into the mount and fetc
olive branches, and pine branches, an
myrtle branches, and palm branches, an
branches of thick trees. Now YOU kno,
| very well that a booth or arbor made {
slight branches would not stand. The frs
branch of the tempest would PROSTATE i
So then the booth or arbor must have fou
stout poles to hold up the arbor or booth
and hence for the building of the arbc
for this world we must have stout prancne
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