Telegram-herald., 1890-06-23

rnezlt q. he seer< TtaS out -ESF
vested te k2ow waas they = .zt O. - b
ssyst
"oE. THAT WKag 4 CEe1sEI -
Ayita Rsss aDl Naoasl sFeey5ng OrPah
sorted foT he lad - DatLLeA1m They
lonscd Tor t.s sz6bath q corae straight
81 81 GrroT 90 rale msFA tle sermon struck
lAela AEsY tacggat the minister mast
ssa7s isasss Z thaiT case ena sas presscsing
r--t a. them. I1cE tLougAr the seIulon
Was very s1oTs, HoF dl1 thss once ocI
themselves uP ia thrir pew With their syes
shut AID keaa sverle4 with sn alT Il IN
moved dignity. They began - pray vita
AZ s2rnssfness that ast1glsl01 themselves
aE6 lstonisAcd others. Shoslas the D-aDe.
n wriuag np Gocclnts, ca salslng the
street when you ~ sht have though their
nind entirely upon the wcr,d. they were
saving within themselves oh thai were
a Chrlstiaa orpzh Is fsiiy started on the
road 10 Be- -lehom. Christian friends OBJ
serving the religious anxiety II the aHsk
enei sCGl s4y: ''Ee must certainly be a
Christian There is another soldier IN
Christ s ranks, another slck one has been
cured of the le.rosy. Ikc observers turn
their attention another way, they Say.
"Crpeh IS safe enough, she has gone 10
Bethlehem
Alas alas, Starting out for heaven is q
very diHelent thing from arriving there
Remember Lots wife She looked baSk
with longing u the piece from which she
came, and WAS destroyed. Half way be
tween Sodom and the city OF refuge that
strange storm CONES upon her. and Us sat
and birthstone gather GA her garments un-
IN they aTs so stiffened she cannot proceed,
nol can she lie down because Of this dread
fnl wrapping around her garments and
limbs, end long after hcg life has gone she
still stands thore, 80 covered up by tic
strange storm that she is called pillar of
salt, as some sailor on ships deck IN the
wintry tempest stands covered wlth L mail
tf ice Ten thousand times ten thousand
men have been destroyed half way between
Sodcm and the city OF refuge OrpHh
miQht IS wen never have started as AFTER
ward 20 turn back Yet nultitldcs have
walked in her footsteps Go among those
the least interested in sacred things, and
you VIII find thpJ they were once out Of
tae land Of Moab. Every one Of them
prayed right heartily md studied las
Bible and frequented the sanctuary, but
Lots wife looked back wistfdliy u S9dom,
and Orpab retreated from the company Of
Ruth end Naomi IL is an impressive
thought that after Orpah had gone 50 FAR
as actually 10 look over into the land Of
Bethlehem she turned back and died in
Moab
THEY LIFTED Up THEIR VOICE AND wEPT. p"
Again, let our subject impress upon Us
the truth that those who have once felt il
their duty to leave their natural state can
not give upthe!r duty and go back TO hard
ness Of heart without q struggle After
Orpah had thoroughly made up her mind
70 go back % the place from which she
started she went through the sad scene Of
parting with Ruth and Naomi. Ny text
says, The lifted up their voice and wept." j."
All, ny heareT, it requires moro decision
and perseverance to stay awey from the
kingdom Of God than to enter H. Although
she did not know il, Orpah passed through
O greater struggle il turning back into the
land of Moab than would have been ncces-
sary to take her clear through 70 Bethle-
hem. Suppose you that those persons who
have remained in their evil ways have had
no struggle? Why, they have been obliged
to fight every inch of their way.
The road to death is not such easy trav-
cling as some ministers have been accus-
toned 70 describe IT, From beginning to
end it is fighting against the sharp sword
of the Spirit II IS climbing over the cross.
II is waiing through the deep blood OF the
son of God IL Is scaling mountains Of
privilege l. is wading through lakes Of
sorrow. Il is breaking over communion
tables and baptisrnsl fonts and pulpi;s and
Bibles. It is wedSing ones SELF through
bstween Pious kindred who stand before
md press us back and hold on to US bv
their prayers even after we have passed
them in our headlong downward career.
No man ought to think Of undertaking to
20 back into Moab after having come
within sight of Bethlehem unless nc have
a heart that cannot be made 10 quake, and
a sure foot that will not slip among inf
mite perils, and an arm that can drive back
the Son Of God. who stands in the center
of the broad road spreading out his arms
and shouting into the ear Of the thought
less pilgrim, stop! stop"
CHRISTIANITY IS a SOLEMN THING.
We talk about taking up the cross and
following Jeeus, but that cross Is not half
50 heavy as .he burden which the sinner
carries II Is a very solemn thing 10 be a
Christian, but IL Is a more solemn thing
not 70 be Q Christian. There are multi
tudes who, afraid OF the SELF dcuials of the
Christian. rush into the harder self dcli-
ais OF the unbelieveT. No yoke bnt Christ's.
however tight and calling' Orpah goes
back u her idolstries, but she returns
weeping. and all who follow her vii! find
the same sorrows. Just in pr59c-- ioG AZ
gospel advantages have been numerous
will be the disturbance Of the bea4t that
will not come 20 Christ.
The Bible says ia regard - the pla9e
where Christ was buried: In tac riast Of
the garden there was a sepulchCr. and in
the midst Of tho most flowory enjo7mcn.s
Of the unpsrdoaed there is chlHn-ss -
death Although they may pull out the
arrows that strike their soul from the Al
mightys culver. there remain sting aDd .
smartinE II rnen wrench thern>tlvcs away
from Christ they will hear the marx n bis
hand OK which he would have rescued
them The plaas3res of the world may
give temporary relief from tie upbIaidings
Of conscience. but are Ike SIMPLIFYING drB,
thst dull tho pain only temporarily. Absb
hss a great kingdom, and you would think
be ought 20 Re happy with bis oourtiers
and chariots snd palaces. yet he goes -
bod sick because Nabcth Will not sell him
hia vineyard. Hamsn Is prime minister
of the gTeatest nation Ia tie world, ana
vet ore poor rnau who VIII not bog The
head mekes him utterly miserable Herod
uononolizes tic most p BE Vvor6 q honor.
snd yet is thrown into O rage because theT
sav LITTLE child il horn n Be-hleh hern vbo
msv sfter awhile dispute hts sgthoritT
Q~rra conquered the world with his pen.
snd yet sad thst he felt more 8nhappiness
f-1m the criticism of the most iiiiferste
reader taan re- experienced pleasars from
tho praise a sIl The tale1te3
THE THtf1RT AL sETAsrC.-1
u tha lazt oeuegrF in England hvei the
ir-r71rta Al -aersr0-a Por .cvs ~ h.s ID 2