Sharp County record., 1890-08-21

s.positiye philosophy" and "the a6so-
Lutte, "hnd "the great to be- ana lhe
everlasting no" and 'the higher unity
and 1.-THE latent potentialiies," ana
.the cathedral of the immensities. +"
have been translating what these
men 6aye been writing, and | have been
t,ansIating what they have been DONG
and l, will tell you what it all means
it means that they want to kill God!
And nv only wonder is that God has
not h Llled them. have, in other days
tasted of their confections, and ] como
back and tell you to-day that there is
no nutriment or life or health in any
thing but the bread made OF the old
corn Of the Gospel. What do | mean by
that? mean that Christ is the bread
oflifd, and taking Him, you live and
live Prever
Bug, you say, corn is of but little prac-
tica use unless it is threshed and
grouHd and baked. | answer, this Cos
pei ctrn has gone through that process
Whe on Calvary all the hoofs of human
scord me down on the heart of Christ
and Ill the fails of satanic fury beat
Him long and fast, was not the corn
threSned? When the mills of Gods in
dignt ttion against sin caught Christ be-
tweeh the upper and neither rollers, was
not 1he corn ground? When Jesus de-
scenhed into hell, and the flames of the
lost world wrapped Him all about, was
not the corn baked? Oh, yes! Christ is
readF. His pardon all ready; His peace
all rhady; every thing ready in Christ.
Are you ready for Him?
/ Aotice, in regard to this article OF
food you take it three times day. 1t
is On your table morning, noon and
night; and if it is forgotten, you say
"Wgern is the bread?" Just so certain
lyyd need Jesus three times day. Oh,
do not start out without Him; do not dare
to 20 off the front steps without hay
ing first communed with Him!
Before noon there may be perils
that will destroy body, mind and
soul forever. You can not afford
to do without Him. You will, during
the day, be amidst sharp hoofs and
swift wheels and dangerous scaffold =
ings threatening the body, and traps
for the soul who have taken some who
are, more willy then you. When they
launch a ship they break against the
side of it bottle of wine. That is
sort of superstition among sailors. But
oh, .on the launching of every day, that
we might strike against it at least one
earnest prayer for Divine protection!
That would not be superstition; thai
would be Christian.
This is the nutriment and life of the
plain Gospel that recommend to you,
| db not know how some of our minis
telss max o it so intricate, and elaborate
and my coming thing. 1t seems as if
they had sort of mongrelism in re-
ligion-part humanitarianism, part
spiritualism, part nothingarianism; and
sometimes you think they are building
their temple out of tho Rock of Ages" F"
but you find there is no rock in it at all.
1t is stucco. The Gospel is plain. 1t
i~4bread. There are no fogs lowering
aYar1g,is River of Life. All the fogs
W. VI lOitks5IAe Marsh of. Humsn Specu-
lation. If you can not tell when you
hear man preach, whether or not
he believes in the plenary inspiration
of the Scriptures, it is because he does
not believe in it. IT, when you hear
man preach, you can not tell whether or
not he believes that sin is inborn, it is
because he does not think it is congen-
ital. If, when you hear man talk in
pulpit or-praye you can not
make up your mind whether or not he
believes in regeneration, it is because
he does not believe in it, If, when you
hear man speak on religious themes,
you can not make upyour mind whether
or not he thinks tho righteous and the
wicked will come out at the same place,
then it is because he really believes
their destinies are conterminous,
Do not talk to me about man being
doubtful about the doctrines of grace.
He is not doubtful to me at all. Bread
is bread, and l know it tho moment
SEQ it. | had corn-feld which I
cultured with my own hand. did not
ask once in the whole summer: rs this
corn?' ! did not hunt up the Agrcult-
urist to get a picture Of corn. was
born in sight of a corn-feld and I
know all about it, When these
lsraelites came to Canaan and
looked off upon the fields, the cry
was: Corn! Corn" And if a man has
once tasted Of this heavenly bread he
knows it right away. lie can tell this
corn of the Gospel Canaan from "the
chaif which the wind driveth away" /
bless God so many have found this Cos
pei corn. 1t is the bread of which If q
man eats he shall mover hunger, set
the Cladness Of your soul to the tunes
Of "Ariel" and antioch" | ring the
wedding BELLS for Christ and your soul
are married, and there is no power on
earth or in hell to get out letters of di-
vorcement
Irodo some thirteen miles to see tho
Alexander, large steamship that was
bc0ched near southampton, Long Isl
and 1t was n splendid vessel. As
walked up and down the decks and in