Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-20


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help the Lord out OF theological uin-
culties.
Good enough intention, my brother,
no doubt; but the Lord is not anxious
To have YOU help Him. BE will keep
His throne without your assistance;
DON'T be afraid that the Bible Will iaii
MART from Inconsistencies. 1t hung to-
= ,ther MANY centuries before you were
Iorn. and your funeral sermon will be
preached from text taken from It's I'M
disturbed authenticity. Do you know
that think that II all ministers In all
denominations woull lstop this non
sense OF ecclesiastical strife and take
hold OF the Word OF G d the only ques-
ton with each OF us being how man"
souls we can bring 10 Christ ana IN n !"
short time, the Lord would soon up
pear for the salvation OF all nations!
Why not call to him from all our
churches from all our hospitals, from
all our homes? Why not all at once
liQht all the torchec 81 gospel invita-.
ton? Why not ring all the bells OF
welcome? Why not light up the long
night of the worlds sin and suffering
with bonfires OF victory? Why not I'm.
timber all the gospel batteries, and let
them boom across the earth, and boom
into the parting heavens? The king Is
ready to land II we are ready to receive
him. Why cannot we who are now liv-
ING see his descent? Must 1t all be
postponed until later ages? Has not
our poor world groaned long enough In
mortal agonies? Have there not been
martyrs enough, and have not the lakes
OF tears and the rivers OF blood been deep
enough? Why cannot the final glory
roll in now? Why cannot this dying
century feel the incoming tides OF the
oceans Of heavenly mercy?
Must our eyes close in death and our
ears take on the deafness OF the tomb,
and these hearts beat their last throo
before the day comes In? Oh, Christ!
Why Earliest Thou? Wilt Thou not, be-
fore we 90 the way OF all the earth, let
us see Thy sacred feet under some noon
day cloud coming this way? Before we
die let us behold Thy hands that were
spiked, spread out in benediction for a
lost race. And why not letus, with our
mortal ears, hear that voice which
spoke peace as Thou didst 90 up, speak
pardon and emancipation and love and
holiness and Joy to all nations as Thou
CONTEST down? But the skies do not
part. hear no rumbling OF chariot
wheels coming down over the sapphire.
There is no swoop of wings. | see no
flash OF angelic appearances. All ie
still. hear nothing but the tramp OF
my own heart as / pause between these
utterances. The king does not land be-
cause the word is not ready, and the
church is not ready. To clear the way
for the Lords coming let us devote all
our energies OF body, mind and soul. A
Russian general, riding over the battle
field, his house treadlng among the dy-
ing and dead. wounded soldier asked
him for water, but the officer did not
understand his language, and knew not
what the poor fellow wanted. Then the
soldier cried out: "Christos," and that
word meant sympathy and help, and the
Russian officer dismounted and put to
the lips OF the sufferer o cooling
draught. Be that the charmed word
with which we 60 forth to do our whole
duty. In many languages 1t has only q
little difference OF termination. Chris
tos. 1t stands for sympathy. It stands
for help. 1t stands for pardon. II
stands for hope. 1t stands for heaven.
Christos! In that name we took our
first sacrament. That will be the bat.
tie shout that will win the whole world
for God. Christos! Put 1t on our ban
ners when we march. Put 1t on our
lips when we die. Put it in the funeral
psalm at our obsequies! Put it on the
plain slab over our grave! Christos.
Blessed be His glorious name forever
Amen!