Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-18

but do you not see that if the people stif
for heaven, on their way there they VIII d.
all the good they CAM They wilEat thv
very start of the journey get so Muchs6
the spirit of Christ, which is sp3rst o
kindness and self-sacrifice and generosit,
and burden-bearing and helpfulness, tina
every step they take will resound with geo.
deeds. Oh, get your religion of Of stills
Get it down out of the high towers! Get i
on level with the wants and woes of oul
poor human race! Get it out of the dust,
theological books that few people read ant
put it in their hearts and lives. Good thins
is it to profess religion when you join thu
church, but every day somehow we ough
to profess religion.
A peculiar patchwork quilt was, during
the civil war, made by lady and sent Il
the hospitals at the front. She had boz
in the army, and was naturally interested
in the welfare of soldiers. But what ;
patchwork quilt she sentl On every bloch
of the quilt was passage of Scripture OF
verse of hymn. The months and years
of the war went by. On that quilt many {
wounded man had lain
AND SUFFERED AND DIED.
But one morning the hospital nurse saw
patient under that blanket kissing the
figure of leaf in the quilt, and the nurse
supposed he was wandering in his mind
But no, he was the son OF the mother who
had made the quilt, and he recognized that
figure of leaf as part of a gown his
mother used to wear, and it reminded him
of home. do you know where this quilt
came FROM" he asked. The nurse
answered, Il can find out, for there was
a card pinned fast to it, and 1 will find
that" Sure enough it confirmed what he
thought. Then the nurse pointed to q
passage of Scripture in the block of the
quilt, the passage which says: When he
was yet great way off his father saw him
and ran and fell on his neck and kissed
him" yes" said the dying soldier, Il
was great way off, but God has met me
and had compassion on me-" "Shall /
write to your mother and tell her that
the lost one is found and the dead is alive
againl" He answered, II wish you would,
if it would not be too much trouble" Do
you suppose that woman who made that
quilt and filled it with Scripture passages
had any trouble about who Melchizedek
was, or how the doctrine Of God IS
sovereignty can be harmonized with man s
free agency, or who wrote the Pentateuch,
or the inconsistencies of the Nicene
creek. No, no; go to work for God and
suffering humanity, and all your doubts and
fears and mysteries and unbeliefs put
together will not be heavy enough to stir
the chemists scales, which is accustomed
to weighing one-fftieth part of a grain
of chamomile flowers. Why stop a mo-
ment to understand the mysteries whe,l
there are so many certitudeS.
WHY SPEND OUR TIME EXPLOITING
the dark garrets and coal-holes Of great
palace which has above ground 100 rooms
flooded with sunshine9 1t takes all my time
to absorb what has been revealed, so that
have no time to upturn and root out and
drag forth what has not been revealed The
most of the effort to solve mysteries and
explore the inexplicable and harmonic
things, is an attempt to help the Lord out
of the theological difficulties. Good enough
intention, my brother, no doubt: but the
Lord is not anxious to have you help him.
He will keep His throne without your as
sistance. Don't be afraid that the Bible
will fall apart from inconsistencies. 1t hung
together many centuries before you were
born, and your funeral sermon will be
preached from text taken from its undis-
turbed authenticity.
Do you know that think that if all min
listers in all denominations would stop this
nonsense of ecclesiastical strife and take
hold the word of God, the only question
with each of US being how many souls we
can bring to Christ and in how short time,
the Lord would soon appear for the saliva
ton of all nations2 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 Scot
land was illumined with bonfires and
torches. The night was set on fire with
illumination. The queen, stand
ing on the ships deck, knew from that that
Scotland was full of heartiest welcome,
and the thunder of the great guns at Glas-
cow and Edinburgh castle
WOKE UP ALL THE ECHOES
Boom they sounded out over the sea.
Boom! they sounded up among the hills.
Do you know that 1 think that our King
would land if we were only ready to re-
,eive hima Why not call to him from all
our churches, from all our hospitals, from
all our homes, Why not all at once light
all the torches Of gospel invitation? Why
light up the long night of the worlds sin
md suffering with bonfires of victory?
Why not unlimber all the gospel batteries
and let them boom across the earth and
boom into the parting heavens2 The King
S ready to land if we are ready to receive
him. Why cannot we who are now living
zee his DESCENT Must it all be postponed
o later agesa Has not our poor world
,roaned long enough in mortal agony? Have
here not been martyrs enough, and have
lot the lakes of tears and the rivers of
blood been deep enough2 Why cannot the
inal glory roll in nowi Why cannot this
lying century feel the incoming tides Of
he oceans of heavenly mercy9 Must our
yes close in death and our ears take on the
eafness of the tomb, and these hearts beat
heir last throb before the day comes in?
J. Christi Why Earliest thoui Wilt thou
lot, before we go the way of ali the earth.
ct US see thy SCARED feet under some noon
ay cloud coming this wayl Before we die
az us behold thv hands that were snjke6
pread out In benediction for a lost race.
md why not let us with our mortal ears
ear that voice which spoke peace as thou
idSt 60 up, speak pardon and emancipation
nd love and holiness and Joy to all nations
S thou contest down2
BUT THE SKIES DO NOT PART
l hear no rumbling Of chariot wheels CON-
ng down over the sapphire. There is no
woop Of wings. see no fash of angelic |
ppearances. All is still. I hear nothing |
ut the tramp Of my own heart as pause |
etween these utterances. The King does
OF land because the world is not ready
md the church is not ready To
lear the way for the Lords coming let US
evote all our energies Of body, mind and |
oul A Russian general riding over the |
attle-feld, his horse treading amid the dy- K
lg and dead a wounded soldier asked him |
,r water, but the officer did not understand |
is language, aud knew not what the poor
Glow wanted. Then the soldier cried out: |
Christos." and that word meant sympathy |
nd help, and the Russian officer dismounted |
nd put to the lips of the sufferer cooling /
raught. Be that the charmed word with |
'hich we go forth to do our whole duty.
/ many languages it has only little differ
nee Of termination. Christosl 1t stands
" sympathy. 1t stands for help. 1t stands
II pardon. 1t stands for hope. 1t stands