Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-17

OF the way; and servants come in
with q basin of water in one hand and
q towel in the other, and kneel down
before these newly-arrived travellers,
washing off the dust of the way. The
butchers, and poulterers, and caterers
of. the prime minister prepare the
repast. The guests are seated in
small groups, two or three at q
table, the food on tray; all the
luxuries from imperial gardens, and
orchards, and acquariums, and
aviaries are brought there, and are
filling chalice and platter. Now is
the time for this prime minister, if he
has a grudge against Benjamin to
show it. Will he kill him, now that
he has him in his hands? o, no! The
lord OF the corn-crib is seated at
his own table, and he looks
over to the table of his guests;
and he sends portion to
each of them, but he sends a larger
portion to Benjamin, or, as the Bible
quantity puts it: "Benjamin's mess
was five times so much as any of
theirs.' Be quick and send word
back with the swiftest camel to Ca
naan to old Jacob, that benjamin is
well; all is well; he is faring sumptu-
ously; the Egyptian lord did not
mean murder and death; but he
meant deliverance and life when he
announced to us on that day: aye
shall not see my face unless your
brother be with YOU"
Well my friends, this world is
famine struck OF sin. 1t does not
yield a single crop OF satisfaction. 1t
is dying. It is hunger bitten. The
world is
| POOR COMPENSATION.
poor satisfaction, poor solace.
Famine, famine in all the earth; not
for seven years, but for six thousand.
But, blessed be God, there is a great
crib. The Lord built it. 1t is another
land. 1t is a large place. An angel
once measured it, and as far as / can
calculate it in our phrase, that corn
crib is l,5OO miles long and 1, 500
broad and 1,50O high; and it is full.
Food for all nations.
want to make three points.
Every frank and common-sense man
will acknowledge himself to be a sin.
ner. What are you going to do with
| your sins? Have them pardoned you
say. How? Through the mercy OF
God. What do you mean by the
mercy of God? Is it the letting down
of bar for the admission OF all, with
out respect to character? Be not de-
ceived. see soul coming up to the
gate OF mercy and knocking at the
corn crib OF heavenly supply; and a
voice from within says: care you
alone?" The sinner replies: ''Ail
alone" The voice from within says:
"You shall not see my pardoning face
unless your Divine Brother, the Lord
Jesus, be with you" 0, that is the
point at which SO many are discom-
forted. There is no mercy from God
except through Jesus Christ. Coming
with him we are accepted. Coming
without him we are rejected. Peter
put it right in his great sermon before
the high priests, when he Numbered
forth: "'Neither is there salvation in
any other. There is no other name
given under heaven among men where.
by we may be saved" 0, anxious sin
ner! O,dying sinner! 0, lost sinner!
all you have got do dois to have this
Divine Benjamin along withyou Side
by side, coming to the gate, all the
store-houses OF heaven will swing open
before your anxious soul.
1 go further, and find in my subject
a hint as to the way heaven opens to
the departing spirit. We are told that
heaven has twelve gates, and some
people infer from that fact that all the
people will go in without reference to
their past life; but what is the use Of
having II gate that is not sometimes
to be shut? The swinging OF q gate
implies that our entrance into HEAVIER
is Conditional 1t is not monetary
consideration. Ii we come to the door
! of an exquisite concert we are not sur
prised that we must pay fee, for we
know that fine earthly music is ex
pensive; but all
4 THE oRATORIOs OF HEAVEN
cost nothing. Heaven pays nothing
for it's music. 1t is all free. There is
nothing to be paid at the door for en-
trance; but the condition OF getting in
to heaven is our bringing our Divine
Benjamin along with us. Ii Jacobs
sons had gone toward Egypt and hac
gone with the very finest equipage
and had not taken Benjamin along
with them, and to the question they
should have been obliged to answer
"Sir, we didn't bring him, as father
could not let him go; we didn't want
to be bothered with him. a voice
from within would have said: :Gc
away from us; you shall not have any
Of this supply; you shall not see my
face because your brother is not
with you" And if we come up to
ward the door OF heaven at last
though we come from all luxuriancs
and brilliancy of surroundings, anc
knock for admittance, and it is found
that Christ is not with us, the police
i of heaven will beat us back from the
bread house, saying: Depart, Ineve1
i knew you" If Jacobs sons, coming
towards Egypt, had lost everything OF
the way; if they had expended theil
last shekel; if they had come up utter
i " exhausted to the corn cribs of Egypt
and it had been found that Benjamin
4 WAS with them. all the StOrehOuSes