Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-09
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EulSlltl HllSSlJndTltS III Htutlltu
lands; for years wondering who did
Tor him The CHRISTIAN kindness, and
not finding out until in "a bundle of
books sent him to Africa he found the
biography of Brainerd Taylor and
picture 6 him, and the missionary
recognized the face in that book rs the
man who, at the watering trough for
horses, had SAID he thing that saved his
soul What opportunities you have had
in the past! What opportunities you
have nov! What opportunities you
will have in the days TO come Put on
your hat, oh woman, this afternoon,
and 90 in and comfort that young
mother who lost hei babe last sum .uer
Put on your hat, oh man, and go over
and see that merchant who was com
PEELED yesterday TO make an assign
ment, and tell him OF the everlasting
riches remaining for all those who
serve the Lord. Can You sing? Go
and sing for that man who cannot get
well, and YOU w Ii help him into
heaven. Let it be your brain, your
tongue, your eYo1 your ears. your
heart, your lungs, your hands, your
feet, your body. your mind. your soul,
your life, your death, your time your
eternity for God, feeling in your soul:
$40 tins end was l born" IL may be
helpful To some if | relate my own eX-
perience in this regard. started Tor the
law without asking any divine direc-
lions. consu ted my own tastes. liked
lawyers and court rooms and Judges
and Juries, and / reveled in hearing
the irelinghuysens and the Bradleys
OF the New Jersey bar, and as assistant
of the county clerk, at sixteen years OF
age, | searched titles, naturalized for
eigners. recorded deeds, received the
concession of judgme nts swore wit
nesses and juries. But after while
/ felt call to the Gospel ministry and
entered it, ind / felt some salts
faction in the work. But one
summer, when was resting at
Sharon Springs, and while seated
in the park of that village. | said To
myself, If have an especial work TO
do in the world ought TO find it out
now and with that determination |
prayed as had never before prayed,
and got the divine dire ton, and wrote
it Jwn in my memorandum book and
I.saw my ife-worll then as plainly as
| see it now. O, do not be salts
fed with general dire tions. Get
specific directions 10 not shoot
at random. Take aim and fire.
Concentrate. Napoleon success IN
battle came from his theory of break
ing through the enemys ranks at one
point, not trying TO meet the whole
line of the enemy 5 force by a similar
force. One reason why he lost Water
loo was because he did not work his
usual theory, and spread his force out
over a wide range.
hi rh,.ig+ TO-,
woman, break through somewhere.
Not general engagement for God. but
n particular engagement, and made in
answer , prayer If the.e are ii teen
hun red million people i'm the world.
there are sixteen hundred million differ
ent missions TO fulfill different styles Of
work To do, different orbits in which to
revolve, and if you do not get the divine
direction there are at least fifteen hun
dred and ninety nine million possible
ties that You VIII make mistake. On
your knees before God get the matter
settled so that you can firmly say. TO
this end was born
In the seventeenth century, all
Europe was threatened with wave of
Asiatic bari arism, and Vienna was es-
pecially besieged. he King and his
court had fed, and nothing could save
the city from being overwhelmed un-
less the King of Poland, John
SobleSki, 10 whom they had sent
for help, should with his army
come down for the relief, and
from every roof and tower the inha bit
ants of Vienna watched and waited
and hoped until on the morning of
September II the rising sun threw an
unusual and unparalleled briiliancy.
1T was the reflection on the swords and
shields and helmets of John Sobieski
and his army coming down over the
hills to the rescue, and that day. not
only Vienna, but Europe, was
saved. And see you not, On
We souls. besicged with sin and sorrow,
that light breaks in. the swords and
the shields and the helmets of divine
rescue bathed in the rising sun OF
heavenly deliverance? Let everything
else go rather than let heaven go.
What strange thing it must be to
feel ones self born TO an earthly
crown, but you have been born for a
throne on which you may reign after
the last monarch of al the earth shall
have gone TO dust. l invite you to
start now for your own coronation. to
come in and take the title deeds
TO your everlasting inherit
ance. Through an impassion-
ed prayer take Heaven and all of its
rap ures What a poor farthng is all
that this world can otter you compared
with pardon here and life immortal be-
yond the stars, unless this side of
them, there be a place large enough
and beautiful enough and grand
enough for all the ransomed. Wher-
ever it be, in what world, whether
near by or far away, in this or some
other constellation. hail home of light
and love and bles sedness. Through
the atoning mercy OF Christ, may we
all get there.