The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-04

called the Princess Alice, with crowd
of excursionists aboard, sank in the
Thames, and there was an awful sacri-
fee of life. A boatman from the Eshore
put out for the rescue, and he had big
boat, and he got it so full 1t would not
hold another person, and as he laid hold
of the oars to pull for the shore, leav-
ing hundreds helpless and drowning, he
cried out: 80, that had bigger boat!'
Thank God that am not thus limited,
and that l can promise room for all in
this Gospel boat. Get in; get in! And
yet there is room. Room in the heart
Of pardoning God Room in Heaven.
I also apply the word Of my text to
those who would like practical comfort.
If any escape the practical struggle Of
life l have not found them. They are
not certainly among the prosperous
classes. In most cases it was struggle
all the way up till they reached the
prosperity, and since they have reached
these heights there have been perplexi-
ties, anxieties, and crises which were
almost enough to shatter the nerves and
turn the brain. It would be hard to
tell which have the biggest fight in this
world-the properties or the ADVERSE
ties, the conspicuities or the obseurities.
just as soon as you have enough success
to attract 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 sub
traction. Five hundred persons start
for certain goal Of success; one
reaches it and the other four hundred
and ninety-nine are mad. It 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 q swamp
full Of annoying insects. On the
other hand the unfortunate classes
have their struggles for msinten-
nance. To achieve livelihood by one
who had nothing to start with, and after
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 fckleness of tariff legislation,
with an occasional labor strike and here
and there financial panic thrown in, is
a mighty thing to do, and there are hun
dreds and thousands such heroes and
heroines who live unsung and die un-
honored. What we all need, whether
up or down, in life or halfway between,
is the infinite solace of the Christian re.
ligion. And so we employ the word
Come" 1t will take all eternity to
find out the number 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 battle
armed only with needle or saw, or ak
or yardstick, or pen, or type, or shovel
or shoe-last, have gained victory that
made the heavens resound. With al
the resources of God promised for every
exigency no one need be left in the
lurch.
like the faith displayed years ago il
Drury Lane, London, in an humble
home where every particle of food hat
given out, and kindly soul entered
with tea and other table supplies, ant
found a kettle on the fire ready for thu
tea. The benevolent lady said: "Hov
is it that you have the kettle ready fol
the tea when you had no tea in thu
: house?" And the daughter in the HON,
said: "Mother would have me put tn,
; kettle on the fire, and when l said 'wha
5 is the use Of doing so when we hav'
, nothing in the house?' she said, IN,
l child, God will provide; thirty years HI
l has already provided for me through al
, my pain and helplessness, and He will
/ not leave me to starve at last. He vii
' send us help though we do not yet SCI
: how We have been waiting all til,
day for some thing to come, but until W,
r saw you we knew not how it was Il
S come" Such things the world may cal
l condolences, but I call them almight,
l deliverances and, though you do no
S hear of them, they are occurring ever
Y hour of every day and in all parts o
2 Christendom.
= But the word "Come" applied to thos
!: who need solace will amount to nothin
r unless it be uttered by some one VIII
a has experienced that solace. Tha
? spreads the responsibility of giving thi
S gospel call among great many. Thos
r who have lost property and been cor
: soled by religion in that trial, are tn
n ones to invite those who have failed i
I? business. Those who have lost thei
l. health and been consoled by religio
s are the ones to invite those who are i
k poor health. Those who have had b.
reavements and been consoled in thos
n bereavements are the ones to symps
l. thize with those who have lost father q
d mother or companion or child or frient
What multitudes of us are alive to-da
o and in good health and buoyar
s in this journey of life, who woul
Il have been broken down or dead Ion
IS ago but for the sustaining and cheerin
e help of our holy religion! So we say
n "Comer' The well is not dry. tn
d buckets are not empty. The supply
o not exhausted. There is just as niue
n mercy and coincidence and soothin
n power in God as before the first gray
l. was dug, or the first tear started, or ii
d first heart broken, or the first accidel
s. happened, or the first fortune vanishe,
d Those Of us who have felt the consol
r. tory power Of religion have a right
G speak out Of our own experiences, ar