Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-07

lnty CifCle foillu il NlHllls lilul never
cease, and sportsman's gun cannot
shoot them, and storms cannot runle
their wings, and when they cease
flight in these lower skies of earth
they sweep around amid the higher
attitudes ofheaven. AT Baltimore a few
days ago ] talked into a phonogaph.
The cylinder containing the words
was sent on to Washington, and the
next day that cylinder, from anoth-
er photographic instrument, when
turned, gave back 10 me the very
words | had uttered the day before,
and with the same intonations. Scold
into a phonograph, and it will scold
back. Pour mild words into a phono-
graph, and il will return the gentle.
ness. Society and the world. and the
church, are monographs Give them
acerbity and rough treatment, and
acerbity and rough treatment you will
get back. Give them practical friend.
illness, and they will give back prlcti-
cal friendliness. A father asked his
little daughter; MARY, why is IL that
everybody loves your" She answered:
Il don't know, unless il is because |
love every body" "A mar that hath
friends must show himself friendly"
We want something like that spirit of
sacrifice for others which was seen in
the English channel, where in the
storm a boat containing three men was
upset, and all three were in the water
struggling for their lives. A boat
came to their relief, and q rope was
thrown 10 II of them, and he refused
Il take il, saying: First fling il 10
Tom; he is just ready TO 60 down. |
can last some time longer" a man
like that, be he sailor or landSman, lie
he in upper ranks OF society or lower
ranks, will always have plenty Of
friends. What is true MAYNARD Is true
Godward. We must be the friends Of
God If we want him 10 b. our friend.
We cannot treat Christ badly all our
lives and expect him to treat us loving
ly. | was reading of a sea fight, in
which Lord Nelson captured a French
officer, and when the French officer Of
fered Lord Nelson his hand, Nelson re-
piled: First give me your sword, and
then give me your hand" Surrender
of u resistance TO God must precede
Gods proffer Of pardon to us. Re
pentance before forgiveness. You
must give up your rebellious sword
before you can get a grasp of the
divine hand.
1T Is COOL TO HAVE GODS FRIEND
SHIP.
o. what a glorious state of things to
have the friendship Of God Why, we
could afford TO have all the world
against us and all other worlds against
us if we had God for us. He could in
a minute blot out this universe, and
in another minute make a better uni
verse. have no idea that God tried
hard when he made all things. The
most brilliant thing known to us is
light. and for the creation Of that he
only used a word of command. AS
out OF a flint a frontiersman strikes a
spark, so out of one word God struck
the MONDAY SUM-. For the making of
the present universe | do not read that
God lifted so much as a finger. The
Bible frequently speaks of Gods hand,
and Gods arm. and Gods shoulder.
and Gods foot; then suppose he
should put hand and arm and
shoulder and foot to utmost ten
sion, what could he not maker That
God, Of such demonstrated and un.
demonstrated strength, you may have
for your present and everlasting
friend. But a stately and reticent
friend, hard to get at, but as approach
able as a country mansion on a sum-
mer day when all the doors and win
dows are wide open. Christ said; II
am the door" And he is a vide door,
a high door, a palace door, an always
open door. My 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 domestics, not understand
ing human nature, said to her: why
did you not cry beforei' She answer
ed: There was no one to cry TO-"
Now | have 10 tell you that while hui
man sympathy may he absent, divine
rympathy is always accessible, Give
God your love and get his love;
your service and secure his help;
Sodr repentance and have his
pardon. God a friendl Why,
that means all your wounds medi.
Gated. all your sorrows soothed,
and If some sudden catastrophe should
hurl you out of earth it would only
hurl you into heaven. II God is your
friend, You cannot go out of the world
too quickly Or suddenly, so far as your
W happiness is concerned. There
were two Christians last Tuesday who
entered heaven: the one was standing
at n window in perfect health watch
ing a shower, and the lightning in
SANITY slew him; but the lightning
did not fash down the sky as swiftly
as lis spirit flashed upward. The
Christian man who died ON the
same day next door had been for
a year or two failing in health, and
for the last three months had
suffered from a disease that made the
nights sleepless and the days an an.
guisl. DO you not really think that
the case Of theonc who went instantly
was more desirable than the Il who
entered the shining gate through d
long lane Of insomnia and congestion
In the one case il was like your stand
ing YEARLY at "A door, knocking and
waiting, and wondering if il will ever
open. and knockingand whiting again.
while IN the other cuSe il was "A swing,