Telegram-herald., 1890-07-07

crl,i to wrench Ourselves away from
ths rrasD. bat Ne could not Il dung
u aat. ana when we aToss We wers as
much eesDxed a. tfourgls. tne lealheas
80 s.eut iato,2 prayer meeting with
dagser and s gun - disturb the meet
iag aIad destroy il, but the ns1t day
wss foand crying Oh. my great Sinsi
On. ny great Saviour and Tor eleven
years preached the Gospel % Christ 70
las fellow m0untainserss the iasx gords
On Us dyng bps beng, Free grace =
Oh, il was free grace
coSyERsIoS DID II.
There is a man who was FOR ten years
a hard drinker Ths dreadful appetite
had sent down its roots around the pal
ate and the tongue, and on down until
they were interlnked with tine vitals IF
the body. mind and soul, bat he has
not taken any slinulants for ten years
What did thatl Not temperance soci-
etiss. Not prohibition laws. Not
moral suasion- Conversion did it.
why" said one upon whom the great
change had come, sir, l feel just as
though l were somebody else" There
is sea captain who swore all the way
from New York 70 Havana, and from
Havana TO San Francisco, and when
he was in port he was worse than when
he was OH the sea What power was
il that washed his tongue clean of pro
families and made him a psalm singerl
Conversion by the holy spirit There
are thousands OF people in this assem-
blage today who are no more what they
once were than a wateriily is night
+ shade, or a morning lark is a vulture,
or day Is night
Now, il l should demand that all
those people here present who have felt
the converting power of religion should
rise, so far from being ashamed they
would spring TO their feet with more
alacrity than they ever sprang to the
dance, the tears minglng with their
exhilarations Us they cried I'VE are
witnessesp And if they tried TO sing
the old Gospel hymn they would break
down with emotion by the time they
got to the second line:
Ashamed of Jesus. that dear Friend
On whom my hopes Of heaven deDendi
MOI When blush, be this my shame:
That 10 more revere his name.
THE GOSPELS POWER TO COMFORT.
Again remark that we are wit
nesses of the Gospels power TO comfort.
/ There are Christian parents here who
are willing TO testify TO the power of
this Gospel TO comfort. Your son had
just graduated from school or college
and was going into business, and the
Lord took him. Or your daughter had
Just graduated from the young ladies'
seminary, and you thought she was
going TO be a useful woman and of long
lie; but the Lord took her, and you
were tempted TO say, ''All this culture
of twenty years for nothingw Or the
little child came home from school
with the hot fever that stopped not for
the agOnized prayer or for the sllillful
physician, and the little child was
taken Or the babe was lifted out OF
your arrns by some quick epidemic,
and you stood wondering why God
ever gave you that child at all, il 50
soon he was to take it away. And yet
you are not repining, you are not fret
ful, you are not fighting against God.
What has enabled you 10 stand all
the triall "Oh," you say, II took the
medicine that God gave my sick soul.
In my distress | threw myself at the
feet of sympathizing God; and when
was too weak to pray or to look up
he breathed into me 4 peace that
think must be the foretaste of that
heaven where there is neither tear,
nor farewell, ror grave" Come,
all we who have been out to the grave
to weep there-come, all ye cornforted
souls, get up off your knees. Is there
no power in this Gospel TO soothe the
hearth Is there no power in this re
ligion 10 quiet the worst paroxysm oi
griefl There comes up an anS-er from
comforted widowhood, and orphanage
and childlessness saying: "Ay. ay, We
are witnesses"
GOD EASES SORROW.
When n man has trouble the world
comes in and says. Vow get your mind
of this; go out and breathe the fresh
air; plunge deeper into business.
What poor advicei Get your mind Of
IT, When everything is upturned Will
the bereavement, and everything re
minds you Of what you have lost. Get
your mind off il They might as vel
advise you to stop thinking. You can
not stop thinking, and you cannot stor
thinking in that direction Take 6
walk in the fresh air Why, along thai
very street. or that very road, she once
accompanied you out of that gras'
plat she plucked flowers, or into that
show window she looked, fascinated
saying. Come see the pictures" &c
deeper into business Why, she wa,
associated with all your business am
bitlon. and since she has gone you have
no ambition left
oh, this Is a clumsy world when i
tries to comfort a broken heart. / car
build a Cor.car's engine, can paint ,
Raphaers Madonna" / can play /;
Beethoven's Eroica symphony" .
easily as this world can comfort a brok
en- heart. And yet yOu have been com
forted. How was it donel Did Chris
come TO you and say. Get yo71r min
of ffiz- 81 ont and E~0arAa fresh af~
Flunge deeper into business No
There was a minute when ne came K
ro-,-na-hans in tha watchns u IL.