Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-24

on earth. (Amen, from Rev. Wells Many
persons st different places where have
preached have endeavored to get me TO
speak out against blooded horses, but /
wouldn't do it. 1 couldn't. / want to
see lots of good horses; and while they
are improving their stock, may be they
will go on and improve the human folks
One day at place 1 was preaching IN +,
over in Kentucky, where they go in
heavy on fine horses, a fellow says to
me: Jones, you are wrong. You don t
say il right. Don't say raising young
men. In this section we raise horses
and bring up young men,
90 Yes, l saws, / understand. You
raise horses here worth $50 900, and you
bring up young men that are worth about
three for dollar. Suppose you make a
change and raise some Young men and
bring up your horses.
al love good horse. Thank God I
own one. 1 wish every horse in the
country could make it in 2.40. 1 love a
good horse, but I hate nightly TO see
one ridden to hell by a contemplate little
fool love TO see q fine horse ready for
a race, but 1 despise the little sawed-of
thing that shoves his hands down in his
pockets and yells out, 'l'n bet you a
flyer on the bay l have a contempt for
them little fellers that want to bet on
everything they see. There's not much
TO them.
"But was talking about my horse
will wander from my subject sometimes.
/ can t help it. 1t is hard to talk right
along on one subject and still keep track
of the audience. Sometimes the TWO don t
run parallel. But I am going to stick to
my audience every time, no matter what
becomes of the text. About my horse.
When / return home after a long absence
go to my stable and there
stands my horse. He looks at
me as though he was saying: Jones, l
am glad you are back again. / was
sorry you went away. l hope you are
home to stay. And now, tomorrow if
you want to go for a ride l will be happy
TO carry you. 1 like yOu, and it is the
greatest pleasure I know to do anything
for you And 1 say to the horse as l
said to the dog, why is it you love me
so?' and he replies; Because you have
been good to me, and have never whipped
me nor let others whip me.
81 have won the love of my dog and
my horse by the power Of kindness
toward them. Listen to mel If you
will only look up once and see how
good God has been to you and you don't
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than my horse and my dog. If 1 was
you I'd get out from among the dogs.
If God g love and kindness fails to win
you then you haven t the sense of
gratitude that a dog or a horse has. No
man can realize God s kindness to
Him without responding in gratitude and
obedience to the end of his days. God
asks you 10 love Him in return for His
Kindness, for the Bible says that he that
loveth Him keepeth the commandments
of God. Lovel Love! The ingTatitude
of a son or a daughter! Sharper than
the tOota of an adder, and they emit
poison more ruinous than the poison of
the snake is ruinous to the human body.
"'But God not only loves us and re-
ques IS Us 10 respond to that love with
gratitude and obedience, but that love is
a specific love. He loves each one of us
Is though we were his only child. That
is great consolation. He looks after
each one of us. He says the very hairs
of my head are numbered, and not even
a little bird can fall without his say SO.
He is a gracious, loving father.
"Sometimes when l return home from
my travels. L enter the house, and greet
my wife and children. And sit down
and talk while and everything is very
pleasant. But there is a feeling about
me that everything is not just as it should
be. / don't feel satisfied. Something
is wrong. All at once l remember. 1
ask my wife, where is Julia?' l knew
there was something wrong something
missing. My wife says she is in the
garden playing, and 1 go out and call her
TO me and kiss her, and then l am salts
fed.
ut is just the same with God. His
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and embraces every one in the world.
"And God has his special favorites.
I firmly believe that. Some parents
will tell you that in their family they
have no favorites. But [ have a favor
lite in my family. NV favoTite child is
the one that is sick or IN trouble. When
my little boy was so sick I thought he
would die, [ prayed TO God, saying 1
would willingly give up all my Others
If this sick one might be spared
unto me as he was my favorite. Well,
he got well. And a short time later my
little girl got sick, and this time ] said
90, God spare me this one and take the
other. / was mistaken the other time.
This one is my fayoEite It's just the
same as with the old fellow whose son
married TO a girl one time. After
the ceremony the old gentleman
came ana sat Dy me anu
began TO talk. My children are all
marrying off ne said, zone at time.
There are four of them married now and
only only one remains. He can marry
as soon as he feels like it too. 1 just say
the same to 'em all. l say children,
go on away all by yourselves. ] wish you
well; hope you will do we'll. And if you
do well, don't let me hear from you.
You needu t write TO me. But if you
get sick or in trouble, come to me.
Your old daddy will stick to you till your
heels fly up
That's the way with God. God
don I pay any particular attention to us
when we are doing fairly well ourselves;
but when we get sick or in trouble, that
very minute He comes to us. You never
were in trouble in your life that your
Heavenly Father didn't come to you if
you wanted Him.
sin speaking of God love I make
three points: 1t is helpful love, it is q
sympathetic love, it is q pardoning love.
That covers the whole ground. Ii meets
all the wants of my nature. / find that
] can never he such husband nor father