Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-02

and the eneny fed the field. The Lord on
the white horse OF victory 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 a
matter Of personal safety, my dear friends,
you must have this religion.
APPEAL TO THE YOUNG.
/ npply my subject TO several classes OF
people before me. First, to that great mul-
titude Of young people IN this house. Some
OF these young men are In boarding houses
They have but few social advantages
They think that no one cares for their
souls. Many Of them are on small sala
ries, and they are cramped and bothered
perpetually, and sometimes their heart
fails them. Young man, tonight Mt your
bedroom door on the third floor you will
hear q knocking. It will be the hand OF
Jesus Christ, the young mans friend. say
ing, ooh, young maD,. let me come in; /
will help thee, win comfort thee, will
deliver thee" Take the Bible out of the
trunk II it has been hidden away. II you
have not the courage 20 lay 1t 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 il down on the bottom OF
the chair then kneel down beside IL, and
read and pray and pray and read until all
your disturbauce is gone and you feel that
peace which neither earth nor hell can rob
you o. Thy fathers God, thy mothers
God, waits for thee, o young man. "Es
cape for thy life" Escape nowl zone
thing thou lackestl'
But | apply this subject to the aged--not
many here-not many In any assemblage
People do not live TO get old. That is the
general rule. Here and there an aged man
in the house | tell you the truth. You
have lived long enough In this world to
know that IL cannot satisfy an immortal
nature | must talk to you more rever
entialiy than do TO these other people,
while at the same time speak with great
plalnness. o fath0r Of the weary step,
o mother bent down under the ailments
of life, has thy God ever forsaken theei
Through all these years who has been
your best friend2 Seventy years Of merciesl
Seventy years Of food and clothingl Oh,
how many bright mOrningsl How many
glorious eyeEing hours you have seenl o
father, mother, God has been very good to
you, Do you feel it2 Some OF you have
cmldrpn aud gHgndchildren; tho former
chcered your young life, tho latter twine
your gray locks in their tiny fingers, Has
all the goodness that God has been making
pass before you produced no change in your
feelings, and must it be said Of you, not
withstanding all this, "One thing thou
laokest"
TAKE YoUR TROUBLES 70 JESUS.
Oh, II you could only feel the hand OF
Christ smoothing the cares out Of wrinkled
faces Oh, II you could only feel the warm
arm OF Christ steliying your tottering
stcps | lit my voice loud enough ~
break through the deafness OF the ear
while cry out, "0ur thing thou lackest. "
IL was an importuuate appeal a young
man made in prayer meeting when he
rose up and said: "Do pray for my old
father, He Is 70 years OF age, and he don't
love Christ" That father passed a few
more steps ON in life, aud then he went
down. H9 never gave any intimation that
he had chosen Jesus, n IL u worry hard
thing for an old man to become a Chris
tian, know it Is. II is 80 hard thing
that II cannot be done by any human
work. but God Almig ghty can do il by his
omnipotent grace; he can bring you at the
eleventh hour-.at halfpast ll--at one min
ute OF l3he can bring you 10 tho peace and
the joys OF the glorious gospel
must make application OF this subject
also TO those who arc prospered. Have
You, my friends, found that dollars and
couts are no permanent consolation 20 the
souli You have large worldly lasou roes,
but have you no treasures, no heavenS Il
an enbroidGred pillow all that you want 10
put your dying head on' You have heard
people all last week talk about earthly
values. Hear plain man talk about the
h.a iR 4, L. III A..
worse for you, Q pPospersd man, II you
reject Christ, and ject him HnRlly-that
It will be worse for you than those who
had it hard IN this world, because tue con
trast will make the discontinue so much
moro appalliug' As the hart bouu,s, for
the water brooks, as the roo speeds down
the hillside, speed thou 20 Christ rs
cape for thy life, look not behind thee,
neither stay thou In all the plaIu; escape
to the moHntaln lest thou be cpnsumedl"
must make my application t0 another
class of p0rsons-the poor Whom you can
not pay your rent when il Is due, have you
nobody but tho landlord 10 talk to- when
the -Four has gone ont ~ the barrel, and
YOU have not ten cents with which tn
go to the bakery, and your children are
tugg,ng AZ your droSs Tor something tO
eat, have you nothing but the worlds char
ities TO appeal toY When winter comes
and there are no Goals, and the ash
harrvls have NO more cinders, who takes
care ot your Have you nobody but the
oyersccr OF the poOri But proach TO YOU
a poor mau'a Christ. II you do nut have
IN the winter blankets enough Go cover
you iu tho uight, ! want Ia toll you OF hun
" ho had not where TO lay his head. fyuu
llr ON the hare aoor, want 20 tell yoa a.
him who had for a pillow hard cross, AN,
N hose foot bath WAS the streaming bloos.
ol his ONn heart
oh, you poor mani Oh. YOU poor WON.
AMI Jesus understands your case alto
Evthvr Talk it right out 10 him "a night
Get down on your door apd say Lord
Jesus Christ, thou vast poor aud | am
poor liplp me Thou ART rich now, Anl
bring mo up Co thy riches" Do YOU tAluk
God would east YOU out VIII heg You
might As well think that mother would
take the child that feeds on her hrcs.st aud
dash igs life cut, as TO think that GOl
would put aside roughly lhosa who hare
hel ca him hlr pity aud compassion Yea,
tho prophet SAYS, "A woman may tousut
her sacking chihl. that she Shoal NOT hAvo
compassion ON tho son OF her womh, bat
will not forget thcen %
ruE VOYAGE oP LiFG.
II YOU have ever boen on the sea yon
have ecen surprised In the rrst voyage 20
mud therv aro 30 few sails Ia sight Sona
times you 80 along two. thrve. four, fve.
six aud seven DAYS. aud do not soe a single
sail hut when vessel does eolne la sight
the soa glasses are liftei b the eye. the vOs
81 l. watched. aud u ii come very near
then The captaia. through ths trumpct,
rrlgs loudly acruss the water, WHITTIER
bounil" - yaa aai raeei ou gais seA of
lltc. We eoine and Ne ~. Sogns ~ Us
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