The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-22

utes tlut nau pPen anurpeneo 0y Gn0 long
march. And the manna ceased on the
morrow alter they had eaten Of the old corn
OF the land"
Blessed be God, We stand in just such q
field to-day, the luxurinnt grain coming
ahove the girdle, the cir full OF the odors Of
the ripe old corn OF the gospel Canaan.
"0hl' you say, "the nre is too plain. =. :.
n fanci ul diet. While was in Paris, I liked
for while the rare and exquisite cookery;
hut soon wished WINS home again and had
the plain fare OF my native land. So 1t 10 q
fact that We soon weary of tho sirups and
the cnstards and the whipped foam OF fanci-
inl releionists. and we cry. 'Give us plnin
bread mntle out nf the old corn of the gospel
Canaan" This is the only food that can
qucll the souls hunger.
There arc men here who hardly know what
in the mntter with them. They llnve tried
to get together u fortune md larger account
ut the bank, and to get etinvestments yielding
larger percentages. They are trying to
satisfy their soul with n diet ofInortgages
and stocks. There are otlicrs here who have
been trying to get famous, and have sue.
ceeded to IL greater or lcss extent and they
have heen trying to satisfy their soul with the
chopped iced OF magazines md newspapers.
All these men are no more happy now than
l,e ore they made the first thousand dollars;
no more happy now ,hnn when for the first
TONED. They cannot nnnlyze ordcfine their
feelings; but l will tell them what s the mat.
ter-ttcy ME hungry ;or the old corn of the
gospel. That you must have. or he pinchcd.
and wan. and wasted, aud holow.eye,i. md
shrivele,l up with an eternitv Of faminr.
The iniidel scientists oithis day nres,Iering
Ills different kind o:sou food: but they are. OF
all men, the most miserable. l,nvo known
many of them; but have never known any
of hem who came within IL thousand miles
Of bring happy. The gteat John Stuart
Mill provided for himself n now kind of por-
ridge" hut yet. when he came to die he nc-
lnowledges TINT his philosophy never gnve
him nuy comfort in the days Of beren vment,
and in roundabout way he admits that
his Iii was u failure. So lis with allinfidel
scientists They are trying to live on telcs.
cores and rrucihles anl protoplasms,
and they cl,argc uH with can't, not realizing
that tn re- is no aucli intolerable cant in oil
ing about positive philosophy" and the
absolute" nnl .the grent to lie. !" md "tho
everlasting no." and "tle higher unity"
nnd "the latent potentinlitiea," nnd "the
cathedral of the immcnslties." have been
translatiuS what these men have been writ
ing, and hive been translating what they
have been doing, and will tell you what it
all nleuns-it menus that they want to kill
God And my only wander is that God has
not killed them, have, in other days,
tnstet OF their con ctions, and come buck
md toll yon to dny that there is no nutri-
ment OF life = health in anything hut the
bread nude out of the old corn of the
that Christ is tho bread Of life. and taking
Him. you live md live forever.
But. you say. corn in OF but little prnticAl
use linlcss it is threshrd nnd GROUND md
bnkci. ! answer, this gospel corn has gone
through that process.
When on calvary all tho hoofs of human
srnrn cnme down on he heart OF Christ. and
all TIL" fails olsntanc fury heat him long and
last, was not the corn tlIreshetl? When the
mills o. Gods Indignation against sin caught
Christ between the upper md nsthGr rollers,
was not the corn ground? When Jesus de-
s'rn'lc,l into hell. aud the flames of the lost
world wrapped Him all about, was not the
corn bakrd' Oh. ycsi Christ is pe,ldy. His
pardon all ready; everything ready in Christ.
Are you ready for Him"
You say. Tint is such simple gospell"
know il is. You say you thought religion
wns strange mixture of elaborate COM
pounds No;is il ND plain that any nbece-
harian mny ndcrstnul it In its simplicity
is it's power Il yom could. this morning,
renIze That Christ died to save from sin and
death and hell, not only your minister and
your nci ghbor and your fnther mud your
child, but you, it would make this hour like
the Judgment day for agitations. and, no
longer able to keep your seat, you would
leap up. crying, For me! FOR ME!' God
grant that yo,l, my brother. may sco this
gospie With your own eyes. ana hear it with
your own ears and feel with your own henrt
that YOU nre lost soul, but that Christ
comes Tor your extrirati0n Gun you not
tnkc that truth ana digest it, and make 1t u
part or yanr immortal lit? 1t is only bread.
inn lnv.no,ircd that invalids cannot take
nll kinds of food. Tie food that will do for
one will not do for another. There IRE kinds
oi food which will produce, in eases o. inva.
lihism. v"ryspec'ly DEATH But you have no.
tired that all persons. however weak they
mny he, can take bread. Oh, SOIL yirE with
sin invalid in your transgrpssiOns, I think
this gospel will agroe WITH you! think ii you
canno, take anything else you can take this
i.ost--i"nni. Sunkci-rnised Cnst out.
invited in! That is the old corn Of the gospel.