Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-07-04

cOnilagratOn, the MULTIPLICATION OF your
sorrows aud troubles think must make
the wings OF Gods lowering angels
SILVER to the tip.
But the last part OF my text opens
door wide enough TO let us all out ana
to letall heaven In. Sound 1t on the
organ with all the stops out. Thrum 1t
on the harp with all the strings atune.
WITH all the melody possible let the
heavens sound IL to the earth and let
the earth tell Il to the heavens. 1.-The
Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity OF
us ALL" am glad that the prophet ala
not stop to explain whom he meant oy
Him Him OF the Manager, HIM d!
the bloody sweat, Him OF the resurrec-
ton throne, Him OF the crucifixion
agony. ION Him the Lord hath laid
the iniSuity of us ALL" "Oh" says
some .aan. that is not generous, that
is not lair; let every man carry his own
burden and pay his own debts" That
sounds reasonable. II have an obliga-
ton and have the means to meet 1t,
and come to you and ask you to settle
that obligation. you rightly say, Pay
your own debts"
Sin has almost pestered the life out OF
some OF you. At times it has made you
cross and unreasonable, and It has
spoiled the brightness Of your days and
the peace OF your nights. There are
men who have been riddled OF sin. The
world gives them no solace Gossimer
and volatile the world, while eternity,
as they look forward to it, is black as
midnight. They writhe under the stings
Of conscience which proposes to give
no rest here and no rest hereafter; and
yet they do not repent, they do not
pray. they do not weep. They do not
realize that just the position they occu-
py is the position occupied by scores,
hundreds and thousands OF men who
never found any hope.
II this meeting should be thrown
open and the people who are here could
give their testimony. what thrilling ex-
periences we should hear on all sides.
There is man in the gallery who would
say: 81 had brilliant surroundings, l
had the best education that ones OF the
best collegiate institutions OF this coun-
try could give, and l observed all the
moralities OF life, and l was self-right-
eous, and thought l was all right be-
fore God as | am all right before men;
but the Holy Spirit came to me one day
and said: You are sinner, the Holy
Spirit persuaded me OF the fact. While
! had escaped the sins against the law
OF the land, 1 had really committed
the worst sin man ever commits-the
driving back Of the Son OF God from my
hearts affections. And / saw that my
hands were red with the blood OF the
Son of God, and began to pray and
peace came to my heart. and know by
experience that what you say this
morning is true. ON Him the Lord
hath laid the iniquity OF us ALL"
Yonder is man who would say: II
was the worst drunkard in New York:
I went from bad to worse; l destroyed
n'vself, destroyed my home; my chill
dren covered when entered the house:
when they put up their lips to be kissed l
struck them; my wife protested against
the maltreatment, and l kicked her
into the street. know all the Bruises
and all the terrors Of q drundard's woe.
I went on further and further from God
until one day l got letter saying:
'eNIv dear husband: have tried ev-
cry way, done everything. and prayed
earnestly ana fervently for Your refor-
nation, but it seems OF no avail. Since
our little Henry died. with the excep-
ton of those few happy weeks when you
remained sober, my life has been one of
sorrow. Many of the nights ] have sat
by tho window with my face bathed in
tears, watching for your coming. am
broken hearted, am sick, Mother and
father have been here frequently and
begged me to come home, but my love
for you and my hope for brighter days
have always made me refuse them.
That hope seems now beyond realiza-
ton, and have returned to them. 1t
is hard. and battled long before doing
it. May God bless and preserve you,
and hasten the day when we shall be
again living happily together. This
will be my daily prayer, knowing That
he has said: Come unto me all We that
labor and are heavy laden, and / will
give you rest" From your loving wife.
MARY
"And so wandered on and wandered
on" saws that man, until one night l
passed q NJ ethodist meeting house, and
said to myself, I'll 60 in and see what
they are doing and ] got to the door,
and they were singing:
All may come, whoever will,
This Man receives poor sinners still.
"And l dropped right there where l
was and said, God have mercy, and He
had mercy on me. My home Is restor-
ed, my wife sings all day long doing
work, my children come out long way
to greet me home, and my household Is
q little heaven. will tell you what
did all this for me. 1t was the truth
that this day you proclaim: ION Him
the Lord had la;e the iniquity OF us all"
Yonder is woman who would say:
81 wandered of from my iather's house;
| heard the storm that pelts on lost
soul; my feet weae blistered on the hot
rocks. went on and on, thinking that
no one cared for my soul, when one
night Jesus met me and He said:
'tPoor thing, 60 home yonr Father Is
waiting for you, your mother Is waiting
for you. Go home, poor thing, and,
sir, 1 was too weak 70 pray, and l was
too weak to repent, but l just cried out,
sobbed out my sins and my sorrows on
the shoulders Of Him Of whom 1t is said,
The Lord hath laid on Him the In
iouitv of us all