Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-08-01

| your friends will be talking a. to Whero
they shall bury you. What difference
does It make to you where they bury
you? The angel Of the resurrection can
pick you ont Of the dust anywhere, and
and all the cemeteries of the earth are
in Gods care. Oh, you are going to be
more than conqueror. Don't You think
We had better begin now to celebrate the
coming victory? In the old meeting
house at Summerville, my father used to
lead the singing. and he had the old
strike it upon his knee, and then put
the tuning fork to his ear to catch the
right pitch and start the hymn. But,
friend, don't you think We had better be
catching the pitch of the everlasting
song, the song of victory when We shall
be more than conquerors? Had We not
better begin the rehearsal on earth.
They shall hunger no more, neither
shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat. For the lamb which is in the
midst of the throne shall fe ed them, and
shall lead them to living fountains of
water; and God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes.
+ City of Eternity, to thy bridal halls
From this prison would flee;
All, glory! that's for you and me-
1t says, 60 forth into the mount and
fetch up olive branches, and pine
branches, and myrtle branches, and
branches of thick trees. Now. you know
very we'll that a booth or arbor made of
slight branches would not stand. The
first blast of the tempest would pros
trate it. So then the booth or arbor
must have four stout poles to hold up
the arbOr or booth; and hence for the
building of the arbor for this world We
must have stout branches of thick trees.
And SO it is in the gospel arbor.
Blessed be God that We have brawny
Christianity, not one easily upset. The
storms of life will come upon us, and
We want strong doctrine; not only love,
but justice; not only invitation by warn
ing. 1t is might gospel; it is an ON
nipotent gospe. There are the stout
branches of thick trees. l remember
what Mr.. Finney said in a school
house in this State. The village
was SO bad it was called Sodom, and it
was said to have only one good man in
all the village, and he was called Lot;
and Mr.. Finney, preaching, described
the destruction of SOdom, and the
preacher declared that God would rain
destruction upon his hearers unless
tHcS, toO, Icpeuttus auu tue people III
the school house sat and ground their
teeth in anger, and clinched their fists
IL indignation; but before he was
through with his sermon they got down
on their knees and cried for mercy
while mercy could be found. Oh, it is
mighty Gospel; not only an invita-
tiOn, but warning; an omnipotent
truth, stout branches of thick trees.
Well, my friends, have shown you
here is the olive branch of peace, here
is the pine branch of evergreen gos-
pei consolation, here the palm tree
branch of usefulness and victory, and
here ore the stout branches of thick
trees. The gospel arbor is done. The
air is aromatic of Heaven. The leaves
rustic with the gladness of God. Come
into the arbor. L went out at different
times with fowler to the mountains to
catch pigeons; and We made our booth,
and we sat in that booth, and watched
for the pigeons to come. And We found
flOcks in the sky, and after while they
dropped into the net and we were sue
cessful. So l come now to the door of
this gospel booth and 1 look out, 1 see
flocks of souls flying hither and flying
thither. Oh, that they might come like
clouds and as doves to the window.
Come into the booth. Come into the
booth