The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-22

oSvs.s HtoeN ao0 tNat ~, you never
set tired OF IL There are people here
seventy years old who findit Just az
appropriate for their appetite as theyl
did when, in boybood, their mother
cut q slice Of IL clear around the j jak
You have not got tired OF bread, ana
that is q characteristic Of the cospei.
Old Christian man, are, you tired OF
Jesusf If 50, let US take His name
cut OF our Bible, and let as with per
and ink erase that name wherever we
see it. Let US cast it out Of our
hymnology, and let "There is Foun-
.s;-' tain and Crock of AGES 90 into
forgetfulness Let US tear down the
communion table where we celebrate
His love. Let US dash down the
baptismal bowl where we were consel
Grated to Him. Let us hnrl Jesus
from our heart, and ask some other
hero to come in. Let us say, "Go
away, Jesus; / want another friend,
another companion than thou art. |"
Could you do itf The years of your
past life, aged man, would utter q
protest against il, and the graves Of
your Christian dead would charge
You with being an migrate, and your
little grandchildren would } say.
Grandfather don't do that, Jesus is
the one to whom we say our prayers
at night, and who is to 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 80 fresh and fair and beau
tiful. Tired of Jesus? As well get
weary Of tho spring morning, and the
voices of the mountain runnel, and
the quiet OF your own home, and the
gladness OF your own childaen Je-
sus is bread, and the appetite for
that is never obliterated
I notice, in regard to this article of
food, you take it three times day.
It 10 on your table morning, noon
and night; and if it is forgotten, you
say, "Where is the breadfn Just so;
certainly you need Jesus three times
day. oh, do not start out without
Him; do not dare 60 out the front
door do not dare go off the front
the front steps, without having first
| communed 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
have taken some who are more wily
than you. When they launch shin
they break against it bottle of wine,
Thot is a sort of superstition among
sailors. But oh, on tie launching OF
every day, that we might strike
against it 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
tiptop OF thethours, equidistant from
morning and night, look three ways
Look backward d to the forenoon: lool
ahead to the afternoon; look up tc
that Savior who presides over all
You want bread at noon. You ma,
hnd no place in which to kneel amidst
the cotton bales and the tiercas ot
nee; but If Jonah could find room tc
pray IN the whales belly, moat Ger
talnly YOU will never hefia SS3
crowded plaoSSsnar you cannot pr
Bread at noon! When the eyeninS
hour comes, and your head is buzzins
with the days engagements, and YOU,
whole nature is sore from the abra
sion of rough life, and you see grea,
many duties you have neglected, ther
commune with Christ, asking HI,
pardon, thanking Him for His love
That would be queer evening re
past 1T which there was no bread.
This is the nutriment and life O
the plain gospel that I recomment
you. do not know how some O
our ministers make it 30 intricat,
and elaborate and mystifying thing
1t seems az If they had sort of mon
grelism in religion--part humanitari
anism, part spiritualism, part moth
ingariaaism; and sometimes you thinl
they are building their temple out O
the Crock of Ages" but you fine
there is no rock in it at all. It i.
stucco. The gospel is plain. It i,
bread. There are no fogs hoverine
over the marsh of human speculation
II you cannot tell when you hear ,
man preach, whether or not he be
lieves III the plenary inspiration O
the scriptures, it is because he does
not believe in it. If, when you heal
a man preach, you can not tell wheth
er or not he believes that sin is Unborn
1t IL because he does not think it con
genital. If, when you hear maj
talk In pulpit or prayer meeting, yo,
cannot make up your mind whether
or not he believes in regeneration, 4
is because he does not believe in IL
Ii, when you hear man speak OF
religious themes, you cannot make u,
your mind whether or not he think,
the righteous and the wicked will
come out at the same place, then it i,
because he really believes their des
tinies are conterminous.
Do not talk to me about man be
ing doubtful about the doctrines O
grace. He is not doubtful to me a,
all. Bread is bread, and know 4
the moment l see it. had a corn
field which cultured with my owl
hand. did not ask once in all the
summer, 'Is this corn?" l did mo-
hunt up the Agriculturalist to get {