Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25

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desire TO present, and tnat Is, ,Innness rs
q iiieans of usefulness In al communities
You find skoptical men. Through early ed
ucation, or through the maltreatmcnt Of
professcd Christian people, or through pry-
iugclrioSity about tho future world, there
.hreja4sreat many people who become slccpJ
teal in religious things How shall you
capture them for God2 Sharp argument
and SARCASTIC rctOrt never won single
soul from skcpticism to the Christian re
ligion. While powerful books on the 'Evi-
dences Of Christianity" have their mission
in confirming Christian people in the faith
they have already adopted, have noticed
that when skeptical people nre' Brought
into the Kingdom Of Christ it isNthrough
the charm of some genial soul. and not by
argument mt nh So
Men are not saved through the head;
they are saved through The Heart. A storm
comes out of its hiding place. 1t says;
Snow, wc'H just rouse up all this son;"
and it makes great blustcr, blt it does
not succeed. Part Of thesea is reused up
pThape one-h half Of it, otoncafourth Of it,
Afer \ while Che calm moon5placid and
beautiful, looks down, and the ocean he
gins to rise, 1t comes up TO high water
mark IL embraces the great headlands
1t submcrgas the benches of all the CONT
nents It is the heart throb of one world
against the heart throb of another world
And have to tell you that while all your
stormstof ridiculc and storms Of sarcasm
mayroussup the passion of an Immortal
nature, nothing less than the attractive
power of Christian kindness can ever raise
the dcathless spirit to happiness and to
Col. Ihave more faith in the prayer of a
child five years oh III theway Of bringing
an inGdcl back to Christ and to heaven,
than have in all the kissing thundorbolts
Of occlesinstical controversy.
..... TIE POWER or PERSUASION.
You cannot overcome men with religious
augmentation. If you come nta sllcptical
man with an Hrgumcnt on behalf Of the
Chrstim religion You put The man on his
mettle He says 81 see that man has a
carbiue. III use my clrhiRc. III answer
his argument with my argument" But
If You come to that man, pcruading him
that You desire bis happiness on earth and
his eternal welfare in the world to come,
he cannot answer It,
What | have said is just ns truc in the
reclamation of the opcaly vicious. Did
you ever know druDkarl to hc saved
through the cGricgtgr2 of "a druukard?
Your mimicry Of the staggering step, aud
the thick tongue, and the discussing hic-
cough only worse mhalcns his brain, Bat
If You come to him in Kindness and sym
pathy, il you show him that you apprcci-
ate the awful grin Of q depgAvcd appetite
if you persuade linn Of thofGct that thou
sands who had the graphing hooks OF evil
inclination clutchci in their soul nslirmly
as in his have been delivered, then ray Of
light will flash across his vision, and it
will seem rs IL supernatural hand was
stcadyiny his staggeriny Elit IN
4 good pagy years q q there lay in the
streets rnnn dead drunk, his fa-e exposed
to the blisteging MONDAY sun. \ Christian
woman passed along looked nc him and
said, Poor fellow" She took heu hand
kerchiel and spread it over his fsre, and
passed on. Tho man reused himself mp
from his dehaUch and began 20 look NJ The
handkerchief, and 10, on il was the name of
a highly respectable Christian woman Of
the city. He went to her, he thanked her
for her kindness, and that one little decd
saved him for this life, and saved him Tor
the life that IS "a como. lie WIS aftcrward
attorney General of the Uritsa St9tos; but
higher than All, he hrcano hc'c0nsce rated
disciple OF Jesus Christ.
KIND WORDS COST SOOTHING.
Kind words are so cheap il is q wonder
We ito not use them ofteacr There arc
tens of thousands of pon2lc S'hO-io dying
for the lack pf one Eial wort. There is "a
business mau who has fought against
tyoahie until be is perfectly exhausted.
/ de hns been thinking a5Qut forgery, about
robbery, about suicide 60 O. that busi-
ness mgu. Tell him thar bcstc- tifacs are
coming. and tell him that You yourself
wcrc in sight business pass, aal the lord
delivered you Teu him ~ pus histrust
in God. Tell him that Jesus Christ stands
beside every business mI1 iu bis rCrplcN
irhs, Rell hifH q che sweet Fromises Of
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