The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-09-11

not glor1hed"
O. man. what dost thou with that
hard hearth Canst thou not feel one
throb Of gratitude toward the God that
made you, and the Christ who came 70
redeem you, and the Holy Ghost who
has all these years been importuning
you? If you could sit down i've min
utes under the tree Of q Savioar's
martyrdom and feel His warm life
tricziing on your forehead and cheek
and hands. methinlzs yon would get
some appreciation OF what you owe TO
a crGcifed Jesus
Heart Of stone, relent, rcIcnt.
Touched by jesus cross subduedi
See His body, man2led, rent
Covered " tn gore Of blood
Sinful soul what hast thou doues
Crucihsd the eternal son.
Jacob with a good deal Of tug and
push took the stone from the. wells
mouth, so that the locks might be
watered- And 1 would that to-day my
word, blessed of God, might remove the
hindFances to your getting up TO the
gospel well Yea, I take It for granted
that the work is done, and now like the
original shepherds i proceed to water
the sheep.
Come, all ye thirsty You have an
underlined longing in your soul You
tried money malrings that did not salts
fly you. You tried office under govern
ment; that did not satisfy you. You
tried pictures and sculptures, but works
Of art did not satisfy you There are
men who are perfectly discontented-
Unhappy IN the past, unhappy to-day,
to be unhappy forever, unless you come
to this gospel well This satisfies the
soul with a high, deep, all absorbing
and eternal satisfaction
The wealth of Croesus and Of all the
Rothschilds is only a poor, miserable
shilling compared with the eternal
fortunes that Christ offers you to-day
In the far east there was a king who
used once a year to get on the scales,
while on the other side the scales were
placed gold and silver and gems; in
deed enough were placed there to bal
ance the king then, at the close of the
weighing, all those treasures were
thrown among the pOpulace. But
Christ to-day steps on one side the
scales and on the other side are all the
treasures of the universe, and he says:
''All are yours-all height, all depth,
all length, all breadth. all eternity; all
are yours" We don't appreciate the
promises Of the gospel When an aged
clergyman was dying-a man very emil
nent in the church, young theological
student stood by his side, and the aged
man looked up and said to him; Cant
you give me some comfort in my dying
hOur?" mo, " said the young man; II
know all about it, and have known it
so long" WELL" said tho dying
man, Just recite to me some promises
The young man thought a moment, and
he came to this promise: ''The blood
of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all SIM
and the old man clGsped his hands, and
in his dying moment said; That's Just
the promise have been waiting for.
The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth
from all sim"
Come, also, to this gospel well all ye
trOu bled- do not suppose you have
escaped Compare your view of this
life at fifteen years of age with what
your view of it is at forty, or sixty, OF
seventy. What a great contrast OF
Opinionl Were you right then or are
you right now? Two cups placed in
your hands, the one a sweet cup, the
other q sour cup. A cup OF JOY and a
cup Of grief. Which has been the near
est to being full, and ont of which have
you the more frequently partaken?
What a different place the cemetery
is from what it used to be. Once it
was to you grand city Improvement
and you went out on the pleasure eS-
cursiOn and you ran laughingly up the
mound and you criticised in a light way
the epitaPh- But since the day when
you heard the bell toll at the gate as
you went in with the procession, it is
sad place and there is Hood of rushing
memories that suffuse the eve and over
master the heart. Oh, you have had
! trouble, trouble, trouble. God only
knows how much you have had. 1t is
a wonder you have been able to live
through it 1t is a wonder your nervous
system has not been shattered and your
brain has not reeled. Trouble, trouble.
If I could gather all the griefs of all
sorts from this great audience, and
could put them in one scroll neither
man nor angel could endure the recita-
ton. Well what do you want? Would
you like to have your property back
again? NO" you say, as n Christian
man; 81 was becoming arrogant, and 1
think that is why the Lord took it away.
1 don't want to have my property
back" Well, would you have your
departed friends back againP mo"
you say, 81 couldn't take the RESPONSE
billy OF bringing them from fearless
realm to a realm of tears 1 couldn't
do it" Well, then, what do want? A
thousand voices in the audience cry out:
Comfort, give US comfort" For that
reason 1 have rolled away the stone
from the wells mouth. Come, all ye
wounded of the flock, pursued of the
wolves, come to the fountain where the
Lords sick and bereft ones have come.
'Ah," says some one, you are not
old enough to understand my sorrows.
You have not been in the world as long
as have, and you can't talk to me about
my misfortunes in the time Of old age. -
Well, I have been great deal among
old people, and know how they feel
about their failing health, and about
their departed friends, and about the
loneliness that sometimes strikes
through their soul
After two persons have lived together
for forty or fifty years. and one of them
is taken away, what desolationi shall
not forget the late Rev, DIR. De Witt, OF
New York. when he stood by the open
grave OF his beloved wife, and after the
obsequies had ended, he looked down
into the oEan Enlaca and said. ELss--
well, my honorsd, faithful and beloved
wife The bond that bound us is sew
cred Thou art in glory, and / am here
on earth. We shall meet again. Fare
wenl FAREWELL To lean on a prop
for atty years and then have it break
under Voui
There were only tWoyears' difference
between the deaths OF nav father and