The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-19

the prosperous classes. In most cases 10 was
a struggle all the way up till they reached
the prosperity, and since they have reached
these nights there have been perpleKities.
anxieties and crises which were almost
enough to shatter the nerves and turn the
brain. 1t would e hard to tell which have
the biggest fight in this world-the pros
perities or the Universities, the conspicuities
or the Obscurities. Just as soon as you have
enough success 20 attract the attention OF
Others, the envies and jealousies are let loose
from their kernel Tne greatest crime that
You can commit in the estimation Of Others
is to get on letter than they do. They
think your addition is heir subtraction.
Five hundred persons start for a certain
goal Of success; one reaches It and the other
499 are mad. 1t would take volumes to
hold the story of the wrongs, outrages and
defamations that have come upon You as a
result Of your success. The warm sun OF
prosperity brings into life a swamp full Of
ANNOYING insects. On the other hand, the un~
fortunate classes have their struggles for
maintenance. To achieve livelihood by one
who had nothing to start with, and after a
while for a family as we'll, 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 aud here and there financial
and there are hundreds and thousands such
heroes and heroines who live unsung
and die unhonored. What we all
need, whittier up or down In
life or half way between, is the
infinite solace of the christian religion.
And so We employ the word, "Comem It
will take all eternity to find out the num-
Der of business men who have been sire 9Th
ened by the promises of God, and the peo-
pie 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 yard
stick. or pen, or type, or shovel, or shoe
last. have gained victory that made the
heavens resound. With all the resources OF
God promised for every exigency, no one
need be left in the lurch.
/ like the faith displayed years ago In
Drury Lane, London, in an humble home
where every particle of food had given out,
and a kindly soul entered with tea and
other table supplies, and found a kettle on
the fire ready for the tea The benevolent
lady said: How is it that you have the
kettle re tdy for the tea when you had no
tea in the houseT" And the daughter in the
home said: Mother would have me put
the kettle on the fire, and when said what
is the use of doing 30, when
we have nothing in the houseP
she said my child, God will pro-
for me through all my pain and helpless
ness, and be will not leave me to starve at
last. He will send US help, though we do
not yet see how We have been waiting
all the day for something to come. but until
we saw you we knew not how it was TO
come" Such things the world may call
condolences, but l call them almighty de-
nyerances, and. though you do not hear of
them, they are occurring every hour OF
every day and In all parts of Chirstendom.
But the word Come" applied to those
who need solace will amount to nothing un-
less it be uttered by some one who has ex-
perienced that solace. That spreads the
responsibility Of giving this gospel call
among q great many. Those who have lost
property and been consoled by religion in
that trial are the ones to invite those who
have failed in business. Those who have
lost their health and been consoled by.rellg-
ion are the ones to invite those who are in
poor health. Those who have had bereave-
lnents and been consoled in those bereave-
ments are the ones to sympathize with
those who have lost father or
mother or companion or child or
friend. What multitudes of us are alive
to-day and in good health and buoyant in
this Journey of life, who would have been
broken down or dead long ago but for tho
sustaining and che ring help Of our holy
religion! So we say-"Come" The well
" y
The supply Is not exhausted. There is just
as much mercy and coincidence and sooth-
ing power in God as before the first grave
was dug, or the first tear started, or the
first henrt broken, or the first accident
happened, or the first fortune vanished
Those Of us who have felt the consolatory
power Of religion have a right to speak out
of our own experiences, and say-"Comen
What dismal work of coincidence the
world makes when it attempts to condole!
The broken bones under their bandage do
not knit. A farmer was lost in the snow
storm on prairie of the far west. Night
coming on, and becoming almost frantic
from not knowing which way to go, his
sleigh struck the rut of another sleigh, and
he said, II will follow this rut and it will
take me out to safety" He has;ened on
until he heard the bells Of the preceding
horses, but, coming up, he found
that that man was also lost and, as
is the tendency of those who are
confused in the forest or on the
moors, they were both moving In circle
and the runner OF the one lost sleigh was
following the runner of the other lost sleigh
round and round. At last it occurred to
them to look at the north star, which was
peerng through the mig at, and by the di-
rection of that star they got home again.
Those who follow the advice of this world
in time of perplexity are in a fearful round,
other bewildered soul, and ouly those who
have in such time got their eye on the
morning star of our christian faith can
flnd their way out. or be strong enough to
lead others with an all-persuasive invita-.
tion.
But" says some one, ''you Christian
people keep telling us to come vet you dc
not tell us how to come" That charge
shall not be true on this occasion. Come
believingl Come repentingl Come pray
ingl After all that God has been doing for
5000 years, sometimes through patriarchs
and sometimes through prophets, and al
kast through the elimination of all TRACE
dies onsGolgotha, can any one think that
God will not welcome your cominRi Will
a father at vast outlay construct a man
sion for his son, and lay out parks whit,
with statues, and green with foliage, and al
a-sparlkle with fountains, and then not al
low his son to live in the house, or walk il
the parksl Has God built this house O
gospel mercy and will he then refuse en-
trance to his childrenl Will a govern
ment at great expense build life>savin,
stations all along the coasts and boats tina
can hover unhurt like a petrol over tn
widest surge, and then when the life-boa
has reached the wreck OF ship in the offinI
not allow the drowning to seize the lifeline
or take the boat for the shore in safety
Shsll God provide at the cost of his onl'
Sons assassination escape for a sinkinj
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