The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

What is your idea of Christianity? IL You
are mistaken on that p lint every thing else
vii b. wrong. If a man thinks that Chris
tianity consists in feeling happy, he will be
wholly at the mercy OF circumstances If
his liver is sound, and h j. comfortable n
himself, he will thiak that all is right be
cause he fees happy; but if he has neural
gia he will feel unhappy. and will imagine
the devil has got hold of him, and that he Is
a lost man The man who judges of his
Christianity by his feelings, builds on the
shifting sand. There IS nothing -thaf-Blil
help us but this one pOlnt-that Jesus Christ
has c-lled and made me Christian that de
may live in me His life over again 1t Is not
hv chewing thi, ing or that thing that l
can get to heaven, but by Jesus Christ living
and dwelling in me. He wants me to live
His lif in the office, in the workshop behind
the counter. for when people see Christian
living a ChriSt-liSe life, they viii believe IN
Christianity. There is only one work on the
evidences of Christianity worth havmE-a
work l have met with here and there IL Is
rather scarce but thank God some new cdl-
ticns are coming our Its bound in cloth
from five to six feet Of humanity living q
Christ-like life 1t IS no use arguing with
Deople o prove the existence Of a Creator
only. Downright out-and-out goodness and
simple every day Christlikeness can win the
victory
Are you going to be witnesses for Christ,
or while your fellows look upon you as
Christian, are you going to be angry, and
mean. and harsh? If so, pc pie will shrug
say: ''Ah. there's your Christianity? If
religion does not govern your temper and
cure your meanneSs what's the good of it?
See! here is a man who is brought before
a Judge under suspicious circumstances, and
whether he is acquitted or not depends upon
my evidence | am called as witness, l am
asked what | know l bungle in nv speech,
and am careless. l put in what l ought to
have left out, and leave unsaid what | ought
to have said. The judge shakes MS head
counsel for prosecution rubs his hands and
sits down smiling. The counsel for the de
fer ce looks aghast. the jury whisper togeth-
er. and my or friends turn peadingly u
me. as if to say: rs that the best you can
do for ms?' So Jesus Christ, whom we
love, stands in US at the bar of public
opinion. and whether He shall be excepted
or rejected depends upon our evidence every
day. and hour by hour
VIII you not then give yourselves right
up to Jesus Christ and quietly, earnestly
and resolutely live His life kneel down in
His presence and say, 10 d l can think
of no greater ambition than t make the
world thirk well of Thee | don't want t.
be great, but I want 50 to live that men can
nOt-help belleVlnS III 4uet: ne uoe 81
want splendid gifts or sparkling 55:I H. but
earnest, s+sa>.--s5;;;;i, out-and-out men IN whom
He can live His life ov T again. What bet
ter thing canst thou do than give myself
wholly to Him?
That alone is Christ's idea of Christianity
men and women given up TO Him, that
they may be filed with His power Now,
what are yol going to do, don want you
10 put train and agony upon yourself TO
make great resolutions and splendid prom
iSes-they are lust blown away by puff Of
wind: but 1 do want you to say. Lord L
i've myself 10 Thee; Thou shalt live Thy
fife over again in M I hold myself as Thy
9wn.'-ReU Marl Guy Redrce