Telegram-herald., 1889-07-01


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hiInsslf frien1ly~ We want something hAs
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sesn il the Engilsh channel ~asTs ID tia
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| Cling foF their Isss. bat came - tssear
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, End Ae refused u take Il, saying: "flrss cling
| IL Il Tom, lac Is just read, ~ a. down l cal
last solDe time longer A ulaA liks that, t-
| be sailor or lsnisliAsn, lie be in upper ranks
| " soclsgs Or lower ranas. all Always have
/ plenty O. friends What Is true m@u ward a.
true Godwsra We must bs Tie friends al
| God II 90 " ant ham Ia - friend We
cannot mat Christ badly All cur lives and
expect Liln u treat us lovingly 1 wss read
iAs of a ssa ngbt, IN which Lord Aelsoa cap
| tur III a French oisloer. AID when the Ereach
| officer Offered Lord Nelson his hand, Nelson
| replled; "Flrsi give me your sword. aud thea
| give HE Your hand" Surrender If our re
| slstance 10 God must plccels Gods ptonef ~
| pardon 10 us Repeutancs before forgive
| lees. You must give up your rebeLious
| sword before yoa can get grasp ot the
| diVine Land
IT ID GOOD TO HAVE GODS FRIrsDsHp.
| Oh, what glorious state OF thlags - have
the friendship Of Godl Why, We could afford
| L. have all the world against and all other
| worlds against II We had God FOR us. lie
| could in minute blot out this univ erse, and
Ia another minute make a better universe. ]
| have no Idea that God tried hard when hs
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known 10 Us Is light, and for the creation of
| that he only used a word Of command As
out of flint the frontiersman strikes spark,
30 out OF one word God struck the MONDAY
sun. For the making Of the present universe
| DO not read that God lifted much a.
| finger The Bible frequently speaks of
Gods hand, and Gods arm, and Gods
| shoulder, aud Gods foot. then sup
| pose be should put hand aid arm and
| shoulder and foot 10 utmost tension, what
| could he not makei That God, Of such
| demonstrated ana undeinonsirated strength,
YOU may have for your present and everlast-
| ing friend But a stately and retlceDt friend,
hard 10 get n. but as approachabie "a a
/ country mansion ON summer day when al
| tho doors and windows are wide open
| Christ said: Il am the door" And he is a
wide door, a high door, IA palace door,
always open door. Ny four-year-old child
| got hurt, and did not CRY until hours after
| when her mother came home, and then she
| burst into weeping, and some Of the domes-
| tics, not understanding human nature said
| 10 her: "Why did you not cry beforer She
| answered: There Was 10 one 10 cry TO"
| Now have 10 tell you that while human
sympathy may be absent, divine sympathy
is ALWAYS accessible Give God your
| love ana get ioNcs your srfNlSe
aud secure his help; your repentance
and have his pardon God friendi Why,
that means all your wounds m>dicated. all
your sorrows soothed, and if some sudden ca
tastrophe should hurl you out Of earth IL would
only hurl YOU into heaven. IL God is your
friend you cannot 90 out OF tbs world too
quickly or suddenly, 50 far as your own hap
piness is concerned There were two Chris
tians last Tuesday who entered heaven; the
| one was standing at a window in perfect
health watching the shower, and the light
ming instantly slew him, but the lightning
did not flash down the sky rs swiftly his
spirit flashed upward The Christian man
who died on the same day next door had
been for "a year or two falling IN
health, and FOR the last three months bad
suffered from a disease that m0de the nights
slecpless and the days anguish. DO you
not really think that the case Of the one who
went instantly was more desirable than the
| one who entered tho shining gate through a
long lane OF insomnia and congesti0ni In
the one case. it was like your standing wesfi-
ly at a door, knocking and waiting, aud won
derin. If 1t Will ever open, and knocking and
waiting again; while in the other case, 1t was
| "A swinging open II the door 81 the iirst touch
If your knuckle. Give yonr friendship 10
God, and have Gods friendship FOR you. and
even the worst accident will be a victory.
HUMAN FRIENDSHIP HFFBtsBING.
How refreshing l. human friendship. and
true friends. what priceless treasured When
sickness comes and trouble comes. and death
comes We send for our friends first II al. and
their appearance in our doorway IN any crisis
Is isre-enforcement. ard when they have entered
we say. Now 1t Is all rightT Oh, what
| would We do without friends personal frefsds
hueness friends, family friendsi But we
VAT something mig hitter than human friend
ship in the great exigencies. When Jonathan
Edwards in his final hour had given the
last eood-by b. all bis earthly frisBds.
be turned on bis pillow and clossd his
eyes confidently saying. Now where Is Jesus
Il Nazareth. my true and never failing
s-iendY" Yes. admire human friendship as
zen In the cass of David and Jonathan. ~
Paul and One-sphoru,, II Herder and Goethe,
Goldsmith and Reynolds. Of beaumont
and Fletcher, of Co.lsy and Hsrvey, 81
: Erasmus and Thomas More 4 I-ssing and
Men .alvS-hn. ~ Lady Churchill and Prin.
os-< Anne, of Orestes and IylsdeS, esch -
ouesting that himself might take the point u
the dagger 80 the otbsr might be spared Il
, Epaminondss and Peloyidas. who rocked
, | their shis.ds in battle determined - d. to
, | getber. but the grsndest. the mightiest, tb'
; tenderest friendship Ia al the unlvsr-s
Is The friendship between Jesus Chris
and believing soul - after al
have snI f@eI have ori'
done What James Marshall, tie miner
dis ir 1915 n California. before its god
mines were Known lie reached "a sDd pu'
, upon the table = his srnpieyer. Osgf sutton
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