Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-06-18

scripture passages na0 any trouble
about who Melchizedek was or how the
doctrine of Gods sovereignty can DO
harmonized with mans free agency,
or who wrote the Pentatcuch,
or the inconsistencies Of tho
work for God and suffering humanity
and all your doubts and fears and mys-
teries and unbeliefs put together will
not be heavy enough to stir the chem.
| lists scales, which is accustomed to
weighing one-fftieth part of a grain Of
chamomile flowers. Why stop q mo-
ment to understand the mysteries when
there are SO many certitudes? Why
| spend our time exploring the dark gar,
rets and coal holes of a great palace
which has above ground one hundred
rooms flooded with sunshine?
DO you know that think that If all
ministers in all denominations would
stop this nonsense of ecclesiastical
strife and take hold the word of God,
the only question with each of us be-
ing how many souls we can bring so
Christ and in how short time, the
Lord would soon appear for the SALIVA
ton of all nations? When the young
Queen of England visited Scotland
many years ago, great preparations
were made for her reception. The
vessel in which she sailed was far out
at sea, but every hill in Scotland was
illumined with bonfres and torches,
The night was set on fire with
artificial illumination. The Queen
standing on ships deck, knew
from that that Scotland was
full of hearticst welcome, and the
great thunder of the great
guns at Glasgow and Edinburgh
castle woke up all the echoes. Boom,
they sounded out over tho sea.
Boom! they sounded up among the
hills Do you know that | think that our
King would land if we were only ready
to receive him? Why not call to him
from all our churches, from all our hos
pitfalls, from all our homes? Why not all
at once light all the torches of Gospel
invitation? Why not ring all the bells
of welcome? Why not light up tho
long night of the worlds sin and suffer
ing with bonfircs of victory? Why not
unlimber all the Gospel batteries, and
let them boom across tho earth, and
boom into the parting heavens? Tho
King is ready to land if we are ready
to receive him.
But the skies do not part. / hear no
rumbling of chariot wheels coming
down over the sapphire. There is no
swoop of wings. | see no flash of an,
gelic appearances. All is still. l hear
nothing but the tramp of my own heari
as | pause between these uttcrances.
The King does not land because tho
world is not ready, and the church ii
not ready. TO clear the way for tina
Lords coming let us devote all our ener,
gies of body mind and soul. A Russian
General riding over the battlefield, hi
horse treading amid the dying an,
dead, wounded soldier asked him fol
water, but the officer did not under{
stand his language and knew not what
the poor fellow wanted. Then tho |
soldier cried 'ChriStos," and that word |
meant sympathy and help, and tho
Russian officer dismounted and put 60 |
the lips of the sufferer n cooling
draught. Be that the charmed word |
with which we go forth to do our
whole duty. In many languages 1t
has only little difference of termina-
ton. Christos! 1t stands for SYM
pathy. 1t stands for help. 1t stands !
for pardon. 1t stands for hope. 1t |
stands for heaven. Christos! In that |
name we We're baptised. In that name
we took our first sacrament. That will |
be the battle-shOut that will win the |
whole world for God Christos! Put !
it in our banners when we march Put |
it on our lips when we die. Put it in |
the funeral psalm at our obsequies! |
Put it on the plain slab over our grave! |
Christos Blessed be his glorious name |
forever, Amen!