Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-21

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ancieuts. 1t had three hundred and
sixty different uses. Tie fruit was
conserved the sap was "A beverage; the
stems were ground up for food for
calncls. the bgSe Of the leaves was
turned into hats, and mats, and bas-
kets and the leaves were carried IN vic
torioUs professions: and from the root
10 the topof the highest leaf there was
usefulness. The tree grew eighty-fve
feet in height sometimes. and il spread
broad leaves four and five yards long;
II meant usefulness, and il meant VIC
tory; usefulness Tor what ii produced,
victory because II was brought into
celebrations Of triumph And oh. how
much we want the palm branches in
the churches Of Jesus Christ at this
time! \ great many Christians don't
amount TO anything. 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 Chris
tians in the church.
The old maxim SAYS: DO not put
all your eggs into ore basket" but |
have to tell you in this matter Of re-
ligion you had better give your all to
God, and then get in 70 lrself. oh"
says some one, my business is TO sell
silks and cloths" Well, then, nv
brother, sell silks and cloths TO the
glory Of God. And some one says:
my business is TO raise corn and car
rots." Then, my brother, ralse corn
and carrots 10 the glory Of God. And
some one says, my business is to
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 for
the glory of God.
Usefulness is typifed by the palm
tree. All, we don't want in the church
any more people that are merely weep
ing willows. signing into the water,
standing and admirirg their long
lashes in the CLASSY spring. No wild
cherry, dropping bitter fruit. We
want palm trees, holding something
for God, something for angels, some
thing for man. am tired and sick of
this fiat, tame, insipid, satin slippered,
namby-pamby, highty-tighty religioni
1t is worth nothing for this world, and
it is destruction for eternity.
WANTED: TRUE RELIGION.
Give me FIVE hundred men and wo-
men fully consecrated 10 Christ, and
we will take any city for God in three
years Give me ten thousand men
and women fully up 10 the Christian
standard; in ten years ten thousand of
them would take the whole earth for
God. But when are we going to begin9
Dedyard. the great traveller, was
brought before the Geographical So
ciety Of Great Britain, and they wanted
him 10 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 10 do in
Africa, they said TO him: Now, Led
yard, when are you ready TO startl"
He said: Tomorrow morning." The
learned men were 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 10 be useful in
Christian service When are you 90
ing 10 begini 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 are
by nature the servants of Satan. He
stole us, he has his eye ON us, he wants
to keep us. The word comes from our
Father that il we will try TO break
loose from this doing of wrong, our
Father will help us; and some day we
rouse up, and we look the black tyrant
in the face, and we fly at him, and we
wrestle him down, and we put our
heel on his neck, and we grind him in
the dust, and we say, Victory, victory,
through our Lord Jesus Christi Oh
what grand thing it is TO have sin
under foot and a wasted life behind
our backs. Blessed is he whose trans
gression is forgiven, and whose sin is
covered. " But" says the man, Il
feel so sick and worn out with the all
ments Of life" You are going to be
more than conqueror. But, saws the
man, II am SO teupted, l am 50 pur>
sued in life." You are going 20 be
more than conqueror. 81, who have
so many ailments and heartaches, go-
ing TO be more than conquerora" Yes,
unless you are so self conceited that
you want 10 manage all the affairs os
your life yourself. instead Of letting
God manage them. Do you want TO
drive and have God take back scatl
Oh, no, you say; ! want God TO be
my leader Well, then, you win bs
more than conqueror Your last sicE~
ness will come. and the physicians in
the next room will be talking about
what they will do for YOU. What
difference will it make what Their do,
for your You are going 10 be- we'll
everlastingly well. And when fhS
spirit has fled the body your friends
Will be talking as to where they shall
bury you. What difference does h
make to you where they bury youl
The angel Of the resurrection can nick
you out Of the dust anywhere. and
all the cemeteries Of the earth
are In Gods care. Oh you are euiuq
70 be more than conqueror. Donf yoa
ehink We had better begin now 70 ecls-
brate the coming victoryi In ~ on
meeting house at Summervilla ~
father used TO lead the singing, sndhe
had the old fashioned tuning ~ and
he would strike il upon his kneA and
then put the tuning fork 70 bis oar 70
catch the right pitch end start the
hymn But friend d:ss you think