Telegram-herald., 1890-08-11

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a.. rssf,l lress of trisL Instead 4 bring
ire I'D = PEW plaster fer . new ~oaEd and
frssh laannz fcr fFeSh hunger. they ran
r~a.s thsir haYsrssck 70 nnd socas cruIzb
~ . ,oas0lsti0a, when from horizon 10
borlr1U tae groand Is white With TIE ne2
fzllsa mama Of Co.'s help not Eve mia
utss old
Bat after fourteen thousand SIN hundred
consecutive days 0l falling naHnz-Saa-
DAYS exceptsd-Jhe tnzaEA cS2sed- some
Of them we're glad OF L. You know they
had com plained % their leader, and won-
dered that they had to eat raAnnS i0sIead
CT onlOas. Now the fare IS chSugsd. These
people Ia that army under fortI years of
age had never seen a corn Geld, and now,
when they hear the leaves rustlinx AID SEQ
the tassels waving and the Dillo1s Of gteen
E0Nlng over the plala IS the VIVA touched
them, il n4Ust have been q new and lively
sensation. Corn cried the old Inan, IS
he opened an ear. Cora" cried the chill
dren, as they counted the shining grains
'CornW shouted the vanguard OF the host
IS they burst opea the granariHs Of the
affrighted population, the Granaries that
bad been left in the possession 9f the vic
torious Israslites. Then the ara was kin
died, and the ears OF corn were tnrust into
IL, and, fresh and crisp and tender, were
devOared OF tie hungry victors; and bread
was prepared, and many things that can
be made out OF -four RECALLED the appetites
that had been sharpened by the long march
"And thc mama ceased on LAe morrow
4 after they had eaten OF the old corn Of the
land"
Blessed be God, we stand in just such a
/ field today, the luxuriant grain coming
/ above the girdle, the cir full OF the odors
/ of the ripe old corn of the gospel Canaan
/ ''Ohr' You say, ''the fare is too plain -
I Then l remember you will soon get tired
/ Of fanciful diet. While was in Paris I
/ liked for while the rare and exquisite
/ cookery, but | soon wished | was home
again, and had the plain fare of my native
land. So IL is a fact that we soon weary of
I the sirups and the custaris and the
whipped foam Of the fanciful religionists,
I and we cry, Give US plain bread made out
/ of the old corn of the gospel Canaan. A"
! This IS the only food that can quell the
souls hunger.
HUNGRY FOR GODS WORD
There are men here who hardly know
what is the matter with them. They have
( tried 70 get together a fortune and larger
account at the bank and 20 get investments
yielding larger percentages. They are try
ing 70 satisfy their soul with diet of mort
cages and stecks. There are Others here
who have been trying TO get famous, and
have succeeded TO a greater or less extent:
and they have been trying to satisfy their
soul with the chopped feed of magazines
and newspapers. All these mon are no
more happy now than before they made the
/ first thousand dollars; no more happy now
than when for the FIRST time they saw their
names favorably mentioned. They cannot
analyze or define their feelings; but / will
tell them what is the matter-they are
hungry for the old corn of the gospel That
you must have, or be pinched and wan and
wasted and hollow eyed and shriveled up
with an eternity OF famine.
The infdel scientists OF this dey are Of
fering us a different kind OF soul food; but
they are, of all men, the most miserable.
have known many of them; bat l never
knew one OF them who came within q
thousand miles Of being happy. The great
John Stuart Mill provided for himself u
new kind of porridge; but yet, when he
comes 10 die, he acknowledges that his
philosophy never gave him any comfort in
days OK bereavement, and in a roundabout
way he admits that his life was a failure
So it is with all inlidel scientists They
arc trying to live oA telescopes and cru
cibles and protoplas;nS, and they charge as
/ with cant, not realizing that there is no
such intolerable can't in all the world as
tnis perpetual talk we arc hearing about
positive philosophy and the absolute,
and "the great to be, and 'the everlasting
10" and "the higter unity and ''the
latent pOtentialities. and ''the cathedral
of the immensities." | have been trans-
lstng what these men have bsen writing,
and / have been t-anslating what they
have been doing and viii tell you what
it all Yneans--it means that they want to
kill God And my only wonder is that
God he's not killed them. / have in other
days tasted Of their confections, and
come back and tell you today that thcre Is
no nutTiment or life or health in anything
but the bread made out OF the old corn OF
the gospel. What GO l mean by tbat'
mean that Christ is the bread Of life, and
taking him. you live and live forever.
ARE ToU READY FOR HINf
But, you say, corn is Of but Attle practi-
cal use unless il is thrcshed and ground
and baked I answer: This gospel corn
has gone through that process. When on
Calvary all the hoofs Of human scorn
came down on the heart Of Christ, and ell
the fails Of satanic fury beat him long and
fast, WIS not the corn threshed' When
the mills OF Gods indignation against sin
caught Christ between the uppey and
neither rollers was not the corn ground.
When Jesus descended into hell, and tAs
flames Of the lost world wrapped him al
about. was not the corr bakedf Oh, yes
Christ Is ready, his pardon all ready hi'
peace al ready. everything rcady IN Christ.
Are you ready Tor him.
You say, "Thst Is such simple gospelr'
/ know lt ia. You say ron thoarht religion
was q strange mixture of elaborate com
pounds. Nc, It = 20 plain that any ahsce
darian may understand 81 II is simplici
- is ia power. II Tou cc1ld this morning
realize that Christ died 20 save from sin
and death and heii nos only your minister,
cad your neighbor, and ycIr fsther. and
vour child. bat vou. Is would make this
hour Ike the jgdgmen; day for azitations
ard TO ionEsr able 70 Keep yoEr seat. you
wouid leap u0 crying. "Tc- rno' for mer
toC grs1r Tat ~ou. ny orothe~ ---T r.
rhis gospel With yoar own sycs. ard b.
? with y0ur own ears. and feCi WITH y0u
.wn heart thsf yoa are loss soal. bo
that Christ comes for y9ur extrlcatior