The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-05-07

| lieve we can, through ChriSt's grace, sine
| fifty thousand souls into the kingdom Of
| Christ An argument they can laugh at: {
| sermon they may talk down, but a vast
audience Joining in one anthem is irresisti
| bic. Would that Queen Balkis would
! drive all her spice-laden dromedaries into
| our church-music. Neither was there
| any such spice as the Queen of Sheba gave
| King Solomon"
| Now | want to impress this audience with
| the fact that religion is sweetness and per
| fume. and spikenard, and saffron, and elm
| nanan, and cassia. and frankincense and
all sweet spices together. oh you say.
| Il have not looked at il as such. | thought
| it was nuisance; it had for me repul-
sion: held my breath as though it were
malodor; have been appalled, at its ad-
vance; have said. If have any religion at
all. | want to have just as little OF il as is
possible to get through with Oh what a
mistake you have made, my brother.
THE RELIGION OF CHRIST
is a present and everlasting redolence. It
counteracts all trouble. Gust put it on the
stand beside the pillow of sickness. II
catches in the curtains and perfumes the
sitting air. II sweetens the cup of bitter
medicine and throws a glow on the gloom
of the turned lattice. II is a balm for the
aching side. and soft bandage for the tenn
pie stung with pain. 1t lifted Samuel Ruth
tilOih lllp Il ItNtllN OI SDlfliuul utll9II
While he was in physical agonieS. Il helped
Richard Baxter until, in the midst of such
complication OF diseases rs perhaps no
other man ever suffered, he wrote The
Saints Everlasting Rest" And it poured
light upon John Bunyan's dungeon-the
light of the shining gate of the shining
city. And it is good for rheumatism and
for neuralgia, and for low spirits. and for
consumption; IL is the catholiCon for all
disorders. Yes, it will heal ali your sor-
rows.
Why did YOU look so sad to-day when you
came in! Alas! for the loneliness and the
heart break, and the load
THAT Is NEVER LIFTED
from your soul. Some of you go about
feeling Ike Macaulay when he wrote: If
l had another month OF such DAYS as have
been SpendingSI would DE impatient TO get
down INTO my little narrow crib in the ground
like weary factory child" And there
have been times in your life when YOU
wished YOU could get out of this life. You
have said: ''Oh. how sweet TO my lips
would be the dust of the valley" and
wished YOU could pull over You in your last
Slumber the coverlet of green grass ana
daisies. You have said: "Oh. how beauti-
fully quiet it must be in the tomb. ! wish
was there / see all around about me
widowhood. and orphanage, and childiess-
ness; sadness, disappointment. perpleXity.
If could ask all those TO rise in this audience
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