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

houses were all changed. I passed one
house In which once resided man VINO
had lived an earnest, useful lille, ana he
Is In glory now. In the next house .
miser lived. He devoured widows
houses, and spent his whole life in try
inc TO make the world worse and worse.
And he is gone--the good man and the
miser both gone 10 the same place. An
did they go to tho same place: IL Is
an infinite absurdity TO suppose them IN
the same place. II tho miser had harp,
what tune did he play on 1t? ., my
friends, commend to you this religion
as the only personal safety. When yoL
die, where are you going to? When we
leave all these scenes, upon what scenes
will we enter? When we were on ship
board, and we all felt that We must &c
to the bottom, was right when sala !I
one next to me: Il wonder II we VIII
reach Heaven five go down tonlght!
Was wise or mwise in asking tins,
question? tell you that man Is u 1901
who never thinks OF the great future.
Ifyou pay money you take receipt
II Won buy land you record the deed
WHY? Because everything is SO uncer,
tain YOU want it down in black ana
white. YOU saw. For house and lot
TWENTY-FIVE feet front by one hundred
feet deep. all security: but for q soul,
vast as eternity, nothing. nothing! II
some man or woman standing IN some
of these aisles should drop down, where
would you go to? Which is your des'
tiny'
INSURANCE FOR ALL ETERNITY.
Suppose man is prepared for the fu'
ture world. what difference does II make
TO him whether he goes to his home to
day or goes into glory? Only this dill
erence: If he does he is better OH:
Where he had one Joy on earth. he VII
have million in heaven. When he
has small sphere here he will have o
grand sphere there. Perhaps it would
cost YOU $50, or 800, or $3.50 TO have
your physical life insured, and yet free
of charge, offer you insurance on your
immortal life, payable not at your de-
cease, but now, and tomorrow and every
day and always.
Nv hope in Christ is not so bright as
many Christians l know; but l would
not give it up for the whole universe, in
one cash payment, il it were offered to
me. 1t has been so much comfort to me
in time of trouble, and it has been so
much strength to me when have been
assailed. it has been so much rest to me
when have been perplexed, and 1t is
around my heart such an encasement OF
and blessedness that / can
stand here before God and say: Take
away my health, take away my life, take
away everything rather than rob me OF
this hope. this plain, simple hope which
have In Jesus Christ, my Lord. must
have this robe when the last chill
strikes through me. must have this
Iight when all other lighIs 60 out in the
blast that comes up from the cold Jor-
Ian. must have this sword with which
to fight my way throug h all those foes
on my way heavenward. When ! was
in London I saw there the wonderful ar
NOR of Henry VIII and Edward Ill.
And vet have to tell you that there is
nothing in chain mail Of brass plate or
gauntlet or halberd that makes q man
SO safe as the armor in which the Lord
God clothes His dear children. o, there
is a safety in religion. You will ride
down oil your foes. Look out for that
man that has the strength of the Lord
God with him. In olden times the
horsemen used to ride into battle with
lifted lances, and the enemy fled the
field.
SURE COMFORT IN THE LORD.
The Lord on the white horse of vic
tory. and with lifted lances of divine
strength, rides into the battle, and down
goes the spiritual foe: while the victor
shouts the triumph through the Lord
Jesus Christ. AS matter OF personal
safety, my dear friends, you must have
this religion.
| apply my subject to several classes
of people before me. First, to that
great multitude of young people in this;
Some OF these young men are in board
houses. They have but few social adj
vantages. They think that no one cares
for their souls. Many Of them are on
small salaries, and they are cramped
and bothered perpetually, and some
times their heart fails them. Young
man, tonight, at your bedroom door on
the third floor you will hear knocking.
1t will be the hand OF Jesus Christ. the
young mans friend, saying: 20, young
man, let me come in; l will help thee, |
will comfort thee, 1 will deliver thee"
Take the Bible out of the trunk, II 1t
has been hidden away. If you have not
the courage to lay it on the shelf or
table, take that bible that was given to
YOU by some loved one, take it out OF
the trunk and lay it down on the bot
tom of the chair, and kneel down beside
it and read and pray and pray and read
until all your disturbance is gone, and
you feel that peace which neither earth
nor hell can rob you Of. Thy fathers
God, thy mothers God waits for thee,
o. Young man. Escape for thy hfev
Escape now! zone thing thou lack
est"
APPEALING TO THE OLD PEOPLE.
But l apply this subject to the aged
not many here-not many in any assem-
blage. People do not live to get old:
That is the general rule. Here and