Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-19

:
ing hundreds helpless and drowning, he
cried out, "Oh, that l had a bigger boatp'
Thank God, 1 am not thus limited, and that
l can promise room for all in this gospel
boat. Get in; get inl And yet there is
room. Room in the heart of a pardoning
God. Room in heaven.
THERE Is NO ESCAPE FROM LIFE's STRUGGLE
also apply the word of my text to those
who would like practical comfort. If any
ever escape the struggle of life, have not
found them. They are not certainly among
the prosperous classes. In most cases il
was a struggle all the way up till they
reached the prosperity, and since they have
reached these heights there have been per
pleXities, anxieties and crises which were
almost enough to shatter the nerves and
turn the brain. 1t would be hard to tell
which have the biggest fight in the world
the prosperities or the adversities, the con-
spicuities or the obScurties Just as soon
as you have enough success to at.
tract the attention of others the envies
and jealousies are let loose from their
kennel The greatest crime that you can
commit in the estimation of Others is to
get on better than they do. They think
your addition is their subtraction. Five
hundred persons start for certain goal OF
! 6uCCCSSt Que TedCuGS III anu UDe OUD5c IOuf
hundred and ninety nine are mad. 1t
would take volumes to hold the story of
the wrongs, outrages and defamations that
have come upon you as result of your
success. The warm sun of prosperity
brings into life swamp full of annoying
insects
On the other hand the unfortunate
classes have their struggles for mainte-
nance. To achieve livelihood by one who
had nothing to start with, and after a
while 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 legislation, with an occasional labor
strike, and here and there financial panic
thrown in, is mighty thing to do, and
there are hundreds and thousands such
heroes and heroines who live unsung and
die unhonored. What we all need, whether
up or down in life or half way between, is
the infinite solace of the Christian religion.
And so we employ the word "Come" 1t
Will take all eternity to find out the mum.
Der OF business men who have been
strengthened by the promises of God, and
the people who have been fed by the ravens
when other resources gave out, and the
men and women who, going into this bait le
armed only with needle or saw or ak, or
yawstick, or pen, or type, or shovel, or
shoelast, have gained victory thab@made
the heavens resound. With all the re-
sources of God promised for every exi
gency no one need be left in the lurch.
A SUBLIME FAITH
like the faith displayed years ago in
Drury lane London, in humble home
where every particle of food had given out
and kindly soul entered with tea and
other table supplies, and found kettle on
the fire ready for the tea. The benevolent
lady said, How is it that you have the
kettle ready for the tea when you had no
tea in the house?" And the daughter in
the home said: Mother would have me
put the Kettle on the fire, and when | said
What is the use of doing so, when we
have nothing in the houSeY she said NV
child, God will provide. Thirty years he
has already provided for me through all
my pain and helplessness, and he will not
leave me to starve ut last. He will send us
help, though we do not 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 condolences, but / call
them almighty deliverances, and, though
you do not hear of them, they are occur
ring every hour of every day and in all
parts of Christendom.
But the word Come" applied to those
who need solace will amount to nothing
unless it be uttered by some one who has
experienced that solace. That spreads the
OF giving this gospel call
among great many. Those who have
lost property and been consoled by religion
in that trial are the ones to invite those
who have failed in business Those who |
have lost their health and been consoled
by religion are the ones to invite those who |
are in poor health. Those who have had |
bereavements and been consoled in those |
Dereavements are the ones to sympathize
with those who have lost father or mother
Dr. companion or child or friend What
nultitudes of us are alive today, and in
good health, and buoyant in this life, who
would have been broken down or dead
ong ago but for the sustaining and cheer
ng help of our holy religion So we say
Come" The well is not dry. The buck
It's are not empty. The supply is not ex.
lausted. There is just as much mercy and
and soothing power in God as
)efore the first grave was dug or the first
ear started, or the first heart broken, or
he first accident happened, or the first
ortune vanished. Those of us who have
cit the consolatory power of religion have
right to speak out of our own expert
noes, and say "Come"
THE WORLDS DISMAL CONDOLENCES.
What dismal work of coincidence the
world makes when it attempts to condolel
he plaster they spread does not stick.
he broken bones under their bandage do
ot knit. A farmer was lost in the snow
torn on a prairie of the far west. Night ,
oming on, and after be was almost frantic
rom not knowing which way to go, his ,
leigh struck the rut Of another sleigh and :
e said, II will follow this rut, and it will !,
IKE me out 10 safety" He hastened on :
ntil he heard the bells Of the preceding :
onses, but, coming up. he found that that =
lan was also lost, and, as Is the tendency =
( those who are thus confused in the forest
r on the moors, they were both moving in =
circle, and the runner of the one lost /,
eigh was following the runner Of the !,
ther lost sleigh round and round. AT last "a
occurred TO them 70 look at the north !,
ar, which was peeping through the night, 4
nd by the direction OF that star they got i
ONE again. Those who follow the advice j
this world in time Of perplexity are in
,arful round; for il is one bewildered soul
blowing another bewildered soul, and
ally those who have in such time got their +
re on the morning star OF our Christian p
18th can find their way out, or be strong b
iough 70 lead Others with an all persua g
We invitation. u
but, says some one, "yOu Christian "
'ople keep telling Us 20 Come, yet you do q
u tell us how 70 come" That charge u