Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-09-05

The continents. 1t IL the heart throb OF one
world against tbs heart throb Of another
world. And have TO tell you that while all
your storms OF ridicule and storms Of sarcasm
may rouse up the passion OF an immortal na.
ture nothing less than tho attractive power
OF Christian kindness can ever raise the death
! less spirit to happiness and TO God. have
more faith In the prayer Of child five years
| old. In the wav OF bringing an infidal h-~,. -
Christ ana 20 heaven, than have In all ths
Kissing thunderbolts Of ecclesiastical contro-
very.
You cannot overcome men with religious
srgumentation. Ii you como at a skeptical
man with an argument on behalf OF the
Christian religion, you put the man on his
mettle. He says: ~ 500 that man has q car
oine. III use my caroins. I'll answer his
argument with my argument" But IL you
como to that man parsuading him that you
desire his happiness on earth and his eternal
welfare In the world to come, he cannot an.
swsr it
What have said Is Just as true ia the re-
clamation OF the openly vicious. Did you
ever know drunkard to 10 saved through
the caricaturc OF drunkard' Your mimicry
Of the staggering step. and the thick tongue.
maddeus his brain. But IL you como to him
In kindness and sympathy, IL you show him
that you appreciate the awful grip OF do
PRAYED appetite, il you persuade him Of the
| fact that thousands who had tho graphing
hooks Of evil inclination clutched In their
soul as firmly as In his have been delivered,
then ray Of light will 1lsh across his
VISION, ana IL will seen as II a supernatural
hand was steadying his staggering gait.
A good many years ago thcro lay In tho
streets a man dead drunk, his face exoosei
to tho blistoring MONDAY sun. A Christian
woman passed along, looked at him and said.
"Poor fellow" She took her handkerchief
and spread il over his face aud passed
on. Tho man roused himself up from his
debauch anl began 10 look at the handker-
| chief and loi on it WAS the name OF a highly
respectable Christian woman OF tho city. He
went to her, he thanked her for her kindness
AMI that one little deed saved him for this
life, and saved him for the life that is to
como He was afterwarl Attorney General
of tho United States; but higher than all no
became the consecratei disciple OF Jesus
Christ.
Kind words are so cheap II is a wonder ws
do not use them oftonsr Thcro ars tens of
thousands OF people who are dying for the
lack Of one kind word There is business
man who has fought against trouble until he
Is perfectly exhausted. He has been think.
ing about forgery, about robbery, about sui
eide. Go TO that business man. Tell him
that better times are coming, and tell him
that you yourself were in tight business
pass, and the Lord delivered YOU Tell him
TO put his trust in God. Tell him that Jesus
Christ stands beside every business man in
bis perplexities Tell him Of the sweet PROM
lses Of Gods comforting grace.
That man Is dying for the lack Of Just one
kind word. Go tomorrow and utter that
one saving, omnipotent kind word Here
Ia a soul that has been swnmped In sin. He
wants TO find the light OF the Gospel. He
feels like a shipwrecked mariner looking out
over the beach, watching for a sail against
the sky. oh, bear down on him. Tell him
that the Lord waits to pe gracious TO him,
and, though he has been a great sinner,
there Is great Saviour provided. Tell
him that though his sins are as scarlet they
shall be as snow; though they are red
like crimson they shall be as wool. That
man Is dying forever for the lack Of one
kind word.
There used TO be sung at a great many of
the pianos all through the country a song
that has almost died out l wish somebody
would start 1t again in our social circles.
There may have not been very exquisite art
In the music, out there was a grand and
glorious sentiment:
Kind words mover die, never die;
Cherished and blessed.
Oh, that we might In our families and in
our churches try the force Of kindness. You
can never drive men, women or children into
the kingdom Of God. A March northeaster
will bring out more boneysuckles than. fret
tulness aud scolding will bring out Christian
grace. I wish that In all our religious work
we might be saturated with tho spirit OF
kindness. Missing that we miss great deal
Of usefulness. There Is no need OF coming
,ut before men and laundering to them the
law unless at tho same time you preach to
chem the Gospel. Do you not know that this
simple story Of q Saviour's kindness Is to re-
ieem all nationsf The hard heart OF this
worlds obduracy is to be broken before that
tory.
1nere Is in Antwerp Belgium, one Of tho
most remarkable pictures l ever saw. 1t IL
Tho Descent Of Christ from the Gross. ID
b ono Of Rubens's pictures No man can
stand and look at that descent from the cross
as Rubens pictured it. without having his
syes flooded with tears IL he have any sensi.
bility at all. 1t Is an overmastering picture
-one that stuns you, and staggers you, and
haunts your dreams Ono afternoon a man
,tood In that cathedral looking at Rubens's
Descent of Christ from the Gross" He was
ali absorbed in that scene OF Saviour's suf-
teriugs when the janitor came in aud said
ut Is time TO close up the cathedral for the
night. wish you would depart" Tho pill
grim looking at that Descent Of Christ from
The Gross, turned around to tho janitor and
mid; mo, no; not yet. Wait until they get
dim down"
On, IL IN the story OF Savlours suffering
kindness that Is to capture the world. When
the bones Of that great Behcmoth OK iniquity
which has trampled oil nations shall be
broken and shattered, 1t will be found ou,
that the work was not done by the hammer
Of the iconoclast, or by tho sword of the
conqueror, or by the torch of persecution,
but 10y the plain, simple, overwhelming
force OF 1.-THE soft tongue that breaketh the
bone"
And now ask the blessing OF God to com,
down upon you in matters Of health, In mat
ters OF business: that the Lord will deliver
you from all your financial perplexities; thai
he will give you good livelihood large sal
aries, healthful wages, sufficient income.
pray God that He may givo you the oppor
tunity Of educating your children for thil
world, and through the rich grace OF oul
Lord Jesus Christ OF seeing them prepared
for the world that Is TO come.
Above all, look for tho mercy of Goo
upon your immortal souls; and lest stanC
before some who have not yet attended TO the
things OF their eternal interest In this tn,
closing part OF my discourse, implore them
here and now to seek after God and be a
peace with Him. oh, we want TO be gathered
together at last in the bright and blessed u
semblaye of the Skies our work all done, ou
sorrows all ended. God bless you, and you
children, and your children's children. And
now commend you TO God and to the wore
Of His grace which is able to build you ~
and give you an inheritance among all then
that are sanctihed.