Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-07

Christ smoothing the cares out O.
wrinkled faces. ., II you could only
feel the warm arm of Christ steadyint
your lettering steps. lift my voc,
loud enough to DO heard through the
deafness OF the eur while cry out:
zone thing thou lackest." 1t was on
importunate appeal young made in u
PRAYER meeting when he rose up and
said: do pray for my old father. He
is 20 years OF age and he don't love
Christ" That father passed afew more
steps on in life and then he went down
He never gave any intimation that he
had chosen Jesus. IL Is very hard
thing for an old man to become q Chris
tian. know it is. 1t is so hard u
thing that it can not be done by any
human work; but God Almighty can do
it by his omnipotcnt grace; He can
bring YOU at the eleventh hour-at
half past cleven-at ono minute ol
twelve lie can bring You to the peace
and the joys of the glorious gospel.
must make application OF this sub
iect. also, to those who are prospered.
Have You. my friends. found that dol
lars and cents are no permanent conso-
lation 10 the soul? You have large
worldly resources, but have you no tre;ss-
ures in heaven? Is an embroidered
pillow all that you want to put your
diving head on: You have heard peo-
pie all last week talk about earthly
values. Hear plain man tale abou,
the heavenly. Do you not think it vii!
be worse for you, o, prospered man, II
YOU reject Christ, and reject him finally
that it will be worse for you than
those who had it hard in this world,
because the contrast will make the dis
comfture so much more appalling.
THE SAVIOUR FOR THE NEEDY.
AS the hart bounds for the water
brooks, as the roe speeds down the hill
side. speed thou to Christ. Escape
for thy life, look not behind thee, Meth
er stay thou in all the plain: escape TO
the mountain lest thou be consumed"
l must make my application to another
class OF persons-the poor. When you
can not pay your rent when due, have
you nobody but the landlord to talk to:
When the flour has gone out OF the bar
rel, and you have not ten cents with
which to go to the bakery, and your
children are Juggling at youR dress fol
something to eat, have you nothing but
the worlds charities to appeal to:
When winter comes, and there are nc
Goals, and the ash barrels have no more
more cinders, who takes care OF you:
Have you nobody but the overseer OF
the poor? But preach to you a poor
mans christ. If you do not have in the
winter blankets enough to cover you in
the night, want to tell you of Him who
had not where to lay his head. II you
lie on the bare floor, want to tell you
of Him who had for pillow hard
cross and whose foot bath was the
streaming blood OF his own heart. O.,
you poor man. o, you poor woman!
Jesus understands your case altogether.
Talk it right out to Him tonight. Get
down on your floor and say: Lord
Jesus Christ, Thou vast poor and l am
poor. Help me. Thou art rich now,
and bring me up to Thy riches" DC
YOU think God would cast you off? Will
he? You might as well think that a
mother would take the child that feeds
on her breast and dash its life out as to
think that God would put aside roughly
those who have fed to him for pity and
compassion. Yea, the prophet says: "A
woman may forget her sucking child.
that she should not have compassion on
the son of her womb, but | will not for
get thee"
II you have ever been on the sea, you
have been surprised in the first voyage
to find that there are so few sails in
sight. Sometimes you 60 along two,
three, four. five, six and seven days and
do not see single sail; but when YES
sci does come in signt, the sea glasses
are lifted to the eye, the vessel is watch
ed, and if it comes very near, the cap
tain, through his trumpet, cries loudly
across the water: whittier bound?"
SAVING GRACE TAKEN IN TINE.
So you meet on this sea Of life. We
come ana we go. some OF US nave
never met before. Some Of us will never
meet again. But hail you across the
sea, and with reference TO the last great
day. and with reference to the two great
words, I cry across the water: Width
er bound? Whittier bound?" / know
what service that craft was made for,
but hast thou thrown overheard the
compass? Is there no helm to guide 1t!
Is the ship at the mercy OF the tempest!
Ia there no gun of distress booming
through the storm? With priceless
treasures-with treasures aboard worth
more than all the Indies-wilt thou
never come up out Of the trough OF the
sea? o, Lord God, lay hold OF that
man! Son of God, il Thou vert ever
needed anywhere, Thou art needed here.
There are SO many sins to be pardoned.
There are so many wounds to be healed.
There are so many souls to be saved.
Holy, Jesus! Help, Holy Ghost! Help,
ministering angels from the throne!
Help all sweet memories Of the past!
Help all prayers for our future deliver
ance. o, that now, in this, the accept,
ed time and day Of salvation, you viii
hear the voice of mercy and live.
Taste and see that the Lord is gracious.
In this closing moment Of the service,
when everything in the house Is so ia-
vorable, when everything Is so still,