Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-11
FOOD IN GODS GOSPEL.
(coNTrNuEE FROM TH1Rp pAaE.)

man, would utter q protest against H. lnu
the graves of your Christian dead would
charge you with being an migrate, and your
little grandchildren would say: Grand
father, don't do that. Jesus is the one to
whom we say our prayers at night, aud
who is to open heaven when we die. Grand
father, don't do that" Tired of Jesus?
The burgundy rose you pluck from the
garden is not so fresh and fair and beauti-
full. 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 gladness of your own
children. Jesus is bread and the appetite
for that is never obliterated.
you NEED JESUS.
notice in regard to this article Of food
you take it three times day. 1t ia on your
table morning, noon and night, and if it is
forgotten you say, where is the breadS"
Just so certainly you need Jesus three
times u day. Oh do not start out without
him; do not dare to go out of the front
.oor; do not dare to 20 OF the trout steps
without having first communed with himl
Before noon there may be perils that will
destroy body, mind and soul forever. You
cannot afford to do without him. Yon
will during the day be amid sharp hOofs,
and swift wheels, and dangerous scaffold-
ings threatening the body, and traps for
The soul that have taken some who are
more willy than you. When they launch
ship they break against the side of it II
bottle of wine That is Il sort of supersti-
ion among sailors. But oh, on the launch
ing of every day, that we might strike
against it at least one earnest prayer for
,livine protection That would not be sup.
to-, La l,,(
Then at the apex of the day, at the tiptop
Of the hours, equidistant from morning
and night, look three ways Look back.
vLrd to the forenoon; look ahead to the
lrtcrnoon look up to that Saviour who pre-
sides over all. You want breal ut noon.
You may find no place in which to kneel
amid the cotton bales and the tierces of
rico, but if Jonah could find room to pray
in the whales belly most certainly you will
never be in such crowded place that you
cannot pray. Bread at noonl Whom the
evening hour comes, and your head is
buZzing with the days engagements, and
your whole nature is sore from the abrasion
Of rough life, and you see II great many
luties you have neglected, then commune
with Christ, asking his pardon, thanking
him for his love. That would be queer
This Is the nutrimcnt and life of the
plain gospel that recommend you. | do
not know how some of our ministers make
it so intricate and elaborate and mystifying
| thing 1t seems us if they had sort of
mongrelism in religon-part humanitari
anism, part spiritualsm, part nothingari
anisM; and sometimes you think they are
building their temple out of the Rock Of
Ages" but you find there is no rock in it
1t all 1t il stucco. The gospel is plain. II
S bread. There are no fog5 lowering over
his river of life. All the fogS hover over
he marsh of human specs lation. If you
,anuot tell, when you hear II man preach.
whether or not he believes in the plenary
Inspiration of the scriptures, 1t is because
ne docs not believe in it. II, when yon hear
man preach, you cannot tell whether or not
he believes that sin is Unborn, it is because
ne does not think il is congenital. IT, when
iou hear Il man talk in pulpit or prayer
meeting you cannot make mp your mind
whether or not he believes in regeneration
it is because he does not believe in it. II
when you hear Il man speak on religious
themes, you cannot make up your mind
whether or not he thinks the righteous and
The wicked will come outat the same place,
hen it IS because he really believes their
,iestinics are cOntcrminous.
TIE CORN OF TIE GOSPEL
Do not talk to me about II man being
doubtful about the doctrines of grace. lie
IL not doubtful to me at all. Bread j..
bread and know it the moment | see it.
had Il cornheld which cultured with my
own hand did not ask once in all the
summer, as this CORN" did not hunt
ZIP The Agriculturist to get IL picture of
corn. was born in sight of cornlield
and know all about it. When these Is
racliteS came to Canaan and looked off
upon the fields the cry was, Corn! cornv'
And ii n man has once tasted of this heav
,nly bread he knows ii 4 yht away He
can tell this corn of the gospel Canaan
from "the Chaif which the wind driveth
lway.' bless God so many have found
this gospel corn. 1t IL the bread of which,
II "A man eat, he shall never hunger. set
the gladnCSs Of your soul to the tunes of
'Aricl' and Antioch" | ring the wed
ling bells, for Christ and your soul are
married and there is no power on earth or
N he'll to get out letters of enforcement
Bat alIs fer the famine struck! Enough
.orn, yet it seems you have no sickle to cut
it. no mill to grind it, no fire to bake it, no
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