Sharp County record., 1891-02-05


last day; my heart is not right viii
uod. Come, then, and have it made
right. Through the Christ who died to
save you, come! What is the use of
waiting? The longer you wait the
farther off you are and the deeper you
are down. Strike out for Heaven! You
remember that a few years ago a
steamer called the Princess Alice with
crowd OF eXcursionists aboard sank in
the thames, and there was an awful
sacrlfce of life. A boatman from the
Snore put out for the rescue, and he had
olg boat, and he got it so full that it
would not hold another person, and as
he lald hold of the oars to pull for the
shore' leaving hundreds helpless and
drowning, he cried out: "Oh, that.
mad a bigger boat" Thank God am
not thus limited, and that can promise
room for all in this gospel boat. Get in;
get IN! And yet there is room. Room
IN the heart of pardoning God. Room
in Heaven.
l also apply the word of my text 70
tnoSe who would like practical comfort.
II any ever escape the struggle of life,
nave not found them. They are not
certainly among the prosperous classes.
III most cases it was a struggle all the
way up till they reached the prosperity,
ana since they have reached these
heights there have been perplexities,
an2leties and crises which were almost
enough to shatter the nerves and turn
the brain. 1t would be hard to tell
winch have the biggest fight in this
"orld-the prosperities or the ad-
VeiSl'les, the conspicuities of the
oosc'lrltles. Just as soon as
you have enough success to
attract the attention of others, the en-
vles and Jealousies are let loose from
their kennel. The greatest crime that
you can commit in the estimation of
oIhers Is to get on better than they do,
lhey think your addition is their sub
traction Five hundred persons start
ior a certain goal of success; one reaches
IL and the other four hundred and nine
lynne are mad. 1t would take vol
umes to hold the story of the wrongs,
outrages and defamations that have
come upon you as result of your sue
cess Inc warm sun of prosperity brings
INTO life a swampful of annoying in
sects' On the other hand, the
unfortunate classes have their
struggles for maintenance. To
achieve livelihood by one who
mad nothing to start with, and after
awhile for family as well, and carry
this on until children are reared and
educated and fairly started in the world,
and to do this amid all the rivalries of
business, and the uncertainty of crops,
and the fickleness of tariff legislationl
with an occasional labor strike and
mere and there financial panic thrown
ln' Is mighty thing to do, and there
are hundreds and thousands such he
roes and heroines who live unsung and
die unhonored. What we all need
whether up or down in life or halfway
between, is the infinite solace of the
ChrlStian religion. And so we employ
the Word-"Comew 1t will take all
eternity to find out the number of busi-
ness men who have been strengthened
by the promises of God, and the people
VINO have been fed by the ravens when
other resources gave out, and the men
and women who, going into this battle
armed only with needle or saw, or axe,
OF yardstick, Or pen, or type, or shovel,
or shoe-last, have gained victory that
made the heavens resound. With
all the resources of God promised for
every eXigency, no one need to be left
in the lurch
like the faith displayed years ago in
Drury Lane, London, in an humble
nome where every particle of food had
given out and kindly soul entered
with tea ana other table supplies, and
found kettle on the fire ready fo' the
tea, The benevolent lady said; "How
is that you have the kettle ready for the
tea when you had no tea in the house?"
And the daughter in the house said.
Mother would have me put the ket-
tle on the fire, and when said
what is the use of doing so, when
we have nothing in the house%
she said my child, God will
proTlde; thirty years lie has already
provided for me through all my pain
and helplessless, and lie will not leave
me TO starve at last. He will send us
help though we did not yet see how
we have been waiting all the day for
something to come, but until we saw
you we knew not how it was to come
Such things the world may call coinci-
dence but call them almighty deliver
ances and though you do not hear of
them they are occurring every hour of
every day in all parts of Christendom.
but the word Come" applied to
those who need solace will amount to
nothing unless 1t be uttered by some
one who has experienced that solace.
That spreads the responsibility of civ.
ing HIS gospel call among a great
many Those who have lost property
ana been eonsoled by religion in that
trial are the ones to invite those
VINO have failed in business. Those
VINO have lost their health and
been consoled by religion are
the ones to invite those who are
in poor health, Those who hays had