The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-08-21
There is another characteristic


about bread, and that is, YOU never
get tired of it. There are people here
seventy years old who find it iust os
appropriated for their appetite as thev
dld when, i'll boyhood, their mothe,.
cut q slice of it clear around the I,of
| You have not got tired of bread, and
mat Is a characteristic of the gospel.
0ld Christian man, are you tired of
Jesus Ii so, let us take His name
out OF our Bible, and let us with pen
and INK erase that name wherever we
see It,: Let us cast it out of our
hymnology, and let "There is Foun-
tam and Crock of Ages" 90 into
forgetfulnoss. Let us tear down the
communion table where we celebrate
His love. Let us dash down the
baptlsmal bowl where we were conso-
Grated to Him. Let us hurl Jesus
from our heart, and ask some other
nero to come i'll. Let us say, "Go
away, Jesus; [ want another friend,
another companion than thou art"
Could you do it? The years of your
past life, aged man, would utter q
protest against it, and the graves of
your Christian dead would CHARGE
you with being an migrate, and yonr
little grandchildren would snv
"Grandfather don't do that, Jesus IS
the one to whom we say our prayers
at night, and who is 10 open heaven
when we die. Grandfather, don't do
that" Tired of Jesus? The Bur
gundy rose you pluck from the gar
den IS not SO fresh and fair and beau
tlful. Tired of Jesus? AS well get
weary of the spring morning, and the
voices OF the mountain runnel, and
the quiet of your own home, and the
Sladncss of your own childaen. Je-
sus IS bread, and the appetite for
that is never oblitcratcd.
notice, in regard to this article of
food, you take it three times day
1t is on your table morning, noon
and night; and if it is forgotten, you
say, "Whcrc is the bread?' just SO:
certainly you need Jesus three times
u day. Oh, do not start out without
tim; do not dare go out the front
door do not dare go off the front
the front steps, without having first
ctommuned with Him! Before noon
there may be perils that will DESTROY
body, mind and soul forever. You
cannot afford to do without Him.
You will, during the day, be amidst
sharp hoofs and swift wheels and
dangerous scaffoldings threatening
the body, and traps for the soul that
nave taken some who are more wily
than you. When they launch a shin
they break against it bottle of wine.
Ihot IS a sort of superstition among
sailors. But oh, on tie launchinr of
every day, that we might strike
against 1T at least one earnest PRAYER
for divine protection That would
not be superstition; that would be
Christian.
Then at the apex of the day, at the
tlptop CT thcShours, cquidistant from
morning and night, look thrcc WAYS.
Look backward to the forenoon: look
ahead to the afternoon: look M to
that Savior who prcsidcS over all.
You want bread at noon. You may
find no place in which to Enecl amidst
the cotton bales and the ticrccs Of
rice; but if Jonah could find room to
pray III the whales belly, most Ger
tamly you will never be in such a
crowded place that you cannot Dr:1v
Bread at noopn WLap. the evening
| hour comes; and your head is buzzing
M1tntGn day s engagements, and your
whole nature Is sore from the abra-
sion OF rough life, and you see great
many duties you have neglected, then
commune with Christ, asking His
pardon, thanking Him for His love.
That would be queer evening re-
past 1T which there was no bread.
This IS the nutrimcnt and life of
the plain gospel that [ recommend
you. L do not know how some of
our ministers make it so intricate
and elaborate and mystifying thing.
1t seems as if they had sort Of mon
grelism in religion-part humanitari-
anlsm, part splritualism, part moth
mgarlaRism; and sometimes you think
they are building their temple out of
the "Rock OF Ages but you find
there is no rock in it at ALL It is
stucco. The gospel is plain. 1t is
bread. There are no fogs lowering
over tho marsh of human speculation.
If you cannot tell when you hear a
man preach, whether or not he be-
llevcs i'll the plenary inspiration Of
the scriptures, it is because he does
not believe in it. If, when YOU hear
a man preach, you can not tell wheth-
cr or not he believes that sin is inborn
1T IS because he does not think it con
genital. If, when you hear a man
talk in pulpit or praycr-meeting, you
cannot make up your mind whether
or not he believes in regeneration, it
IS because he does not believe in it.
If, when you hear man speak on
religious themes, you cannot make ND
your mind whether or not he thinks
the righteous and the wicked will
come out at the same place, then it is
| because he really believes their dcs-
TIMES aro contorminous.
DO not talk to mo about man be-
ing doubtful about tho doctrines of
grace. He is not doubtful to me at
all. Bread is bread, and [ know it
the moment see it. I had corn
field which [ cultured with my own
hand. [ did not ask once in all the