St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-10

have heard of Jesus in their homes :;
they have heard of Him III the Sabbath
school; they have heard of Him
from the pulpit; they have, heard
of Him through a father or a
mother. They have enjoyed many bless
ings of the gospel. But when the test
comes; when it is question between
Christ and self: when some sacrifice is
necessary; when it is matter of plain
duty; when it is a question of life or
death, God or Mammon, the Lord Jesus
Christ as a reigning and ruling prinei-
pie of life; in a word. whether they
have the vital power of godlinesS in the
soul-they are found wanting. Some
time ago the housekeeper of a country
hotel died. Everybody thought she was
poor and had nothing. In the house,
among the rest of the furniture, was a
piano stool. Many men, women and
children had passed by it. and handled
it, but one day a person who CHANGED to
be examining it found it contained a
treasure that amounted to $4,000. How
many have been
Very Near to the Treasure 10
of the gospei-the kingdom of God:
have heard it. seen it. handled the word
of life, and after all missed it? At the
close of life they will look back and say
"On such day,in such place, at ueh a
time l was nearest to the kingdom of
heaven, but gradually drifted away"
But how different it was with the
eleven disciplesl With the refusal of
Jesus, whatever may have been their
hopes of Messiani0 kingdom before, it
is clear that the last ray faded away on
that memorable afternoon. They now
said what to be a follower of Jesus
meant-not position and honor and ex-
altation in temporal kingdom, but
poverty, danger and possibly death
in an unpopular. ignominious and hated
cause. But what could they do?
Gould they go back to the slavery of
sin? To their old habits and assOcia-
tons? Could they make another COW
enant with death. another league with
he'll? And to whom what would they
live fol? and to whom would they go?
What better master could they find?
Would they leave Him who had opened
their eyes, and broken their letters, and
snapped their chains, and made them
free? We're they able to give up all for
His sake? Had they the real life blood
in the souls or no? Would they go. or
would they stay? 1t was the parting of
the two ways in their life; and, thank
God they were able; and with these
eleven men He conquered the world.
And oft that question cometh TO US
ALL 'Wll We also go?" and we have
said, "Where shall we go? To whom shall
we go?" Tasting the heavenly gift, and
the joys of the Christian life. and glO-
riouS liberty, and the blessed hopes, we
say we can never go back
To a Life of Sin,
ouJ xua Yovor ,.ilI M 0avar Wa bov,o
made our choice, once for all, for time
and for eternity, and we mean to go
through life Just OH that line. Give uD
our teacher, our leader, our savior, our
king, no, never! TO whom shall we go?
Ask the old ocean, ask the bold mount
aims, ask the hOary hills, ask the
twinkling stars. the king of day, in his
journeys over the earth; ask ,the rest
less winds, as they sweep around the
world; ask the twinkling stars in their
silent vigilS, search the annals of his
tory and the records of time, and see if
there is any 'Other name than the name
of Jesus"
Gen. Sherman was once asked how
it was that he always submitted to Gen.
Grant and never complained or tried to
Supplant him. He replied that he could
plan for almost any kind of military I'M
dertaking, and that Little Phil'' woulas
declare that he could carry it out. but
neither of them could tell for their lives
which plan was the best. Then they
would go to Grant and lay the whole
matter before him. and he would always
tell them the best way and show them
why. and then they would see it, too.
Yes" said Sherman, ''Gen. Grant was
in his proper place. and he must always
remain there-at the head"
Brethren, we have our teachers, and
we have our leaders. We have Our
and our moralistS; we
have our helpers and our cOunselors,
but Jesus of Nazareth is in His proper
place, and must always remain there
at the head