Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-11


in whose hand thy breath is, and all
thy way, thou hast not gloritied." If
you treated any body as badly as you
have treated God, you would have
made five hundred apolig oss-yea,
your whole life would have been an
apology. Three times a day you hav0
been seated at Gods table. Spring,
summer, autumn, and winter, he has
appropriately apparelled you Your
health from him, your companion from
him, your children from him, your
nome from hun. All the bright sur
roundings of your lie from him.
q man, what dost thou
with that hard hearS Canst
thou not feel one throb of gratitude to-
ward the God who made you, and the
Christ who came to redeem y0u, and
the Holy Ghost who has all these
years been importuning you? II you
could sit down five minutes under the
tree of the Saviour's martydrom, and
feel his warm life triciSling on your
forehead and cheek and hands, me-
thinks you would get some apprecia-
ton of what you owe to crucifed
Jesus.
Jacob with good deal of tug and
push took the stone from the wells
mouth, so that the flocks might be
watered. And l would that to-day my
word blessed of God, might remove the
hindrances to your getting up to the
Gospel well. Yea, take it for granted
that the work is done, and row like
Oriental shepherds, / proceed to water
the sheep.
Come, all we thirsty! You have an
underlined longing in your soul. You
tried monev-making; that did net sat
isfy you. You tried Office under gov
eminent; that did not satisfy you.
You tried pictures and sculptures,
but works of art did net satisfy
you. You are as mnch disconnected
with this life as the celebrated
French author who felt that he could
not any longer endure the misfortunes
of the world, and who SAID Sat four
O'Clock this afternoon, l shall put an
end to my own existence. Mean
while, / must toll on up to that
time for the sustenance of my family"
And he wrote on his book until the
clock struck four, when he folded up
his manuscript and, by his own hand,
concluded his earthly life There
are men here who are perfectly discon.
tented. Unhappy in the past, un-
happy to-day, TO be unhappy forever,
unless you come to this Gospel-well
This satisfies the soul with high,
deep, all-absorbing and eternal salts
faction. 1t comes and il offers the
most unfortunate man so much OF
this world as is best for him, and
throws all heaven into the bargain.
The wealth of Croesus, aud all of the
Rothschllds is only or, miserable
shilling compared with the eternal
fortunes that Christ offers you to-day.
In the far East there was king who
used once a year to get on a scales,
while on the other side the scales were
placed gold and silver AID gems; iu-
deed, enough were placed there to bal
ance the king; then, at the
close of the weighing, all those
treasures were thrown among the
populace. But Christ to-day steps on
one side the scales, and on the other
side are all the treasures of the uni
verse, and he says: "All are yours
all height, all depth. all length, all
breadth, all eternity; all are yours"
We don't appreciate the promises of the
gospel. When an aged clergyman was
dying-a man very eminent in the
church, young theological student
stood by his side, and the aged
man looked up and said to him: "Can't
YOU give me some comfort in my dying
hour?" mo" said the young man;
81 can't talk TO you on this subject;
you know all about it and have known
it SO long" ''Well," said the dying man,
''just recite to me some promises" The
young man thought a moment, and he
came to this promise: 1.-The blood Of
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and he old man Clapped his hands, and
in his dying moment said: That's
just the promise / have been waiting
for. The blood of Jesus Christ cleans
eth from all sim" Oh, the warmth,
the grandeur, the magnificence of the
promises
Notwithstanding all you have said
this morning, l find no alleviation for
my troubles" Well l an not through
yet. / have left the most potent con-
sideration for the last. am
thought of Heaven. However, tallSa-
tive we may be, there will come q
| time when the stoutest and most en-
phatic interrogation will evoke from
us no answer AS soon as we have
power on earth can break that tacitur-
nifty. But where, o Christian, will be
your spirit? In q scene of infinite
gladness. The spring morning
of heaven waving its blossoms
IN the bright air. Victors fresh
from battle showing their scars. The
rain of earthly sorrow struck through
with the rainbow of eternal joy. In
one group, God and angels and the re.
deemer-Paul and Silas, Latimer and
Ridley, Isaiah and jeremiah, Payson
and John Milton, Gabriel and Michael,
the archangeL Long line of choris-
tiers reaching across the hills. Seas
of JOY dashing TO the white
beach Conquerors marching from
gate to gate. You among them.
oh, what great flock of sheep God
will gather around the celestial we'll
No stone on the wells mouth, while
the shepherd waters the sheep. There
Jacob will recognize Rachel the shep
herdess. And standing on one side
of the we'll of eternal rapture,
your children; and standing on the
other side of the we'll of eter.
nal rapture, your Christian ancestry,
you will be bounded on all sides by a
| Joy so keen and grand shat no other