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10 Wherever there 10 . tear TO h wiped
swsy or . soul 70 be sAsed. You may, b.
fore coming 10 Christ. do . great many
noble things You take q Loaf OF bread TO
that starving man In the alley. bat be
wants immortal bread. You take pound
Of candies To that dark shsaty. They want
the light that springs from the throne Of
God. and yoa cannot take 10 because you
have 1t not in your own heart You know
that the fight Of an arrow depends very
much upon the strength Of the bow, and
have 70 tell you that the best bow that was
ever made was made out Of the cross OF
Christ; and when religion takes soul and
puts il on that. sud pulls il hack and let's
l; fy, every time II brings down Saul "
Goliath
There are people here OF high social post
ton. and large means. and cultured minds.
who. II they would cdipe into the kiugdon
of God. would set the city on lire with re-
iigious awakening. Oh. hear You not tho
more than million soicsHof those in these
two cities who are unconverted, Voices Of
those who in theAe two cities are dying IN
their sins' They want light They want
bread. They want Christ. They want
heaven. Oh, that the Lord would make
you n flaming evangsli AS for myself.
have sworn before high heaven that will
preach this gospel N well an can, in
all It's fullness, until every fiber of my
body, and every faculty OF my mind,
and every passion of my soul II exhausted.
But we all have work to do. cannot do
your work. nor can you do my work. God
points US out the place where we are 70
serve, and yet are there not people in this
house who are thirty, forty. fifty and sixty
years of age, and yet have not begun the
great work for which they werc creat<dl
With every worldly equipment. ''One thing
thou lackest."
FOLLY OF rnE MERE woRLpLIxa
Agnin, you lack the element Of personal
safety. Where arc those people who asso-
ciated with you twenty years Agos Where
are those people that fifteen years ago used
to cross South ferry or Fulton ferry with
you to New York; Walk down the street
where you wcre In business fifteen years
ago and sec how ali the signs hare
changed. Where are the people gone!
How many OF than are landed in eternity
| cannot say, but many, many. ] went 10
the village Of my boyhood. The houses
were all changed. ! passed one house in
which once resided man who had lived
an earnest, useful Life. and he is in glory
now. Iu the next house miser lived. He
devoured widows houses, and spent his
whole life In trying TO make the world
worse and worse. And he Is Rone-the
good man and the miser both gone to the
same place. All. did they 20 to the same
place! 1t is an infinite absurdity to sup
pose them both IL the Same place. II the
miser had a harp, what tune did he play
on it,
Oh, my friends, commend you to this
religion rs the only personal safety When
you die, where arc you going tos When
we leave all these scenes, upon what scenes
will we enters When we were on ship
board, and we all felt that we must go to
the bottom, was ] right in saying to one
next me. 81 wonder IL we will reach heaven
II we do 60 down to-nightw Was wise
or unwise in asking that question: / tell
you that man is fool who never thinks Of
the great future.
II you pay money you take receipt. II
you buy land you record the deed. Whyf
Because everything is 50 uncertain, you
want it down In black and white, you say.
For house and lot twenty-five feet front
by one hundred feet deep, all security; but
for soul vast as eternity nothing. nothing!
II some man or woman standing in some
of these aisles should drop down, where
would you go tor Which is your destinyi
Suppose a man is prepared for the future
world, what difference does IL make TO him
whether he goes to his home today or goes
into gloryi Only this difference-if he
dies he Is better of. Where he had one joy
on earth he will have a million in heaven.
When he has small sphere here he will
have a grand sphere there. Perhaps it
would cost you sixty, or one hundred, or
one hundred and fifty dollars to have your
physical life insured, and yet free OF charge
/ offer you insurance on your immortal
life, payable not ut your deceasc. but now
and tomorrow and every dav and always.
My hope In Christ Is not so bright a.
many Christians, l know, but I would not
give 1t up for the whole universe. in one
cash payment, IL It wcre offered me- IL
has been 50 much comfort TO me in time OF
trouble, IL has been so much strength TO
me whan l have been assailed. it has been
30 much rest TO me when have been per-
picked, and IL Is around my heart such an
incasement of satisfaction aud bleSscdness
that can stand here before God aud say:
take away my health, take away my life,
take everything rather than rob me Of this
hope. this plain. simple hope which have
In Jesus Christ. my Lord. I must have
this robe when the last chill strikes through
me. mus: have this light when all other
lights 90 out in the blast that comes up
from the cold Jordan. must have this
sword with which to fight my way through
all those foes on my ~ay hcavenward
When was in London | saw there the
wonderful srmor OF Henry VIII and Ed
ward III And yet have TO tell you that
there is nothing 10 chain mail or brass
plate or gauntlet or halberd that makes =
man 80 safe ~ the armor in which the
Lord God clothes his dcer children. oh,
there IL safety in reiigionl You viii ride
down ali your foes. Look out for that