Sharp County record., 1890-01-30

wrapped up IN this world .-.u-..-.'
tell them CT better worls ~ea
with your prayers. Too lafa At !,
discipline. Too late with ,s ro Wy sAllI
slon' s lou put all care upon W., q perl
Gren between Twelve and eigh,ss., e got =
do you not put the chief ea. sHe's
four and nine? 1t is tco }s.a +~'V o. /. - ia
a vessel when it has got ont =. he'd I
docks. 1t is too late to save H. '% .bnade
the executioners have brolos p;ant
God arm us all for this worL =, ~ .,aged
ing royal souls from death toco,. " m - 4 ha
i The third thought | hand ~ ,'.' onle ii
my text is that the church Of y sno.-l
good hiding-place. When W. s,
rushes into the nursery Of tba ~ AZ the
picks up Joash what Shall sbo 200.
him? Shall she take him to g. % ientist
in the palace? No; for t5o % .,,aler's
deSperaaoes Will hunt "A. unds !
every nook and corner of that An
snail she take him to the resiss, Ter had
some wealthy citizen? No. H1 ssW'
zen would not dare to barbo, 'l' a. am The
tive But she has to take him iris tn;
where. She hears the cry Of tba admit
the streets she hears the sb,iaL 0 by
dying nobility; SO she rusbes wiz exas s
unto the room of the temple ir,. MAJ
house of God, and then She NM. 4 ersiste
down. She knows that AtbaIit he mt
her wicked assassins will not bo6a inch b
temple great deal; they are mn he clo'
to go very much to church, live at
she sets down Joash in tba ta !" O
Oh, men Of the world outside III thin
betrayed, caricaturel and cbo,,g ere, S
the world, why do you not cor, -"v
through the broad, wide-opp, ascali
of Christian communion? / rsmall
could act the part of Jehosbsh Inder
day, and steal you away from vor lpple
lis and hide you in the temne 1nly &
few of US appreciate the fact that he tr'
church of God is hiding place. Nudge
are many people who put THE chu,5 IN
so low a mark that they begudr lear,
every thing, even the few dollars yyurl
give toward it. They make no Mrs.
fees. They dole a little out Of ind N
surplusage. They pay their but ty, d,
bill, and they pay their doctors toiilke;
and they pay their Landlord Its NJ
they pay every body but the Lord yez 6
they come in at the last to pay Am
Lord in His church, and fOm II
they say: "There, Lord, it is # way
will have it, take it-now take II er Ia
it; send me receipt in full, and ''Yes
bother me soon again" wash
l tell you there is not more thai work
man out of thousand who appveg are J
what the church is. Where are tbey Lun
that put aside one-tenth for ChEii vere
institutions one-tenth Of thoh hoon
come? Where are these who, repe
ing put aside that one-tenth, d y y
upon it cheerfully? Why iSpuIl 1ers W.s
drag, and hold on, and grab andda s, 5,
and giving is an affliction to most ~,
pie when it ought to be an ell 7 RI, :
ration and a rapture. Oh, that = ;, :,
would remodel our souls on thBg $yu, ~ 2
iect and that we might appNl NO ~,
the house of God as great refuge ~
your children are to come up to LE 81
virtue and happiness they will come vi,
under the shadow of the chuN5 vio
the church does not get them thew IN z
will. Vol
All, when you pass away-andltI no,
not be long before you do-vhei 10
pass away it will be a satisfactOlna ant
your children in Christian society ouj
want to have them sitting rio
the holy sacraments' You " Til
them mingling in Christian @
ations. You would like to have ~
die in the sacred precincts When Th
are on your dying bed, and your Il
ones come up to take your last W
and you look into their bewilderean pl'
YOU will want to leave them l1 1iy
the church's benediction. sp
care how hard you are, that " eg
said to a man of the world YOU W.
and daughter are going to JON y
church next Sunday. Have you any
iections?" "Blcss you," he sad 70
iections? | wish all my chllaSl
, longed to the church, l don a'NI \. Y
those matters myself know / ans a Z,
wicked - but | am very glau y
are going, and l shall be there "' a. =
+ them. ! am very glad, sir; ! ans Y
clad. / want them there Az.
, though you may have RsenSan's ! !
from God, and though you ma! :
sometimes caricatured the cnuNl 7
Jesus, it is your great desire '@'.g :
, sons and daughters shall be S%l' !
! all their lives within this Sac'V'
, closure. -, II
t More than that, you yourSSn I
4: want the church for hiding pla'V
! the mortgage is foreclosed' "Asn ,sr /
daughter, just blooming intO S, S,I
: hood. suddenly clasps her hana'
. slumber that knows no waking
gaunt trouble walks through the f.. f.
i and the sitting-rpom' and 'ng I'LL T1 4
s hall, and the nursery you "L W. a,
some shelter from the tempest A~5 M
f of you have been run upon ,otms ~
g fortune and trial; why do you nGi
p into the shelter? said TO a,m Wv
y y mother after she had buried ne, v
son-months after | saiu 'J,r
j "How do you get along 1ons noT't5 os
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