Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-06-25

holes of a eat palace which has above
ground oT4 kndred rooals flooded with sun
siiineg It.i &es all my time to absorb what
has been ~ hailed, so that | have no time to
upturn andEoot out and drag forth what
has not bes1 revealed. The most of the eff
fort te-solve mysteries and explore the mex
plicable aud harmonize things is an attempt
10 help the Lord out of theological diffrul-
ties. Good enough intention, my bro1hSr,
no doubt, but the Lord isnot anxious t/have
you help Him. He will keen His thrope with
out your assistance. Don't be afraid that
the Bible will fail apart from Inconsistencies.
lthung together many centuries before you
were born, and your funeral sermon win 10
preached from text taken from its undis-
turbed authenticity.
Do you know that think that if all min.
isters 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 a time, the Lord
would soon appear for the salvation of all
nations2 Why not all at once light all the
torches of Gospel invitation? Why not ring
all the bills of welcome? Why not light up
the long night of the worlds sin and suffer
lug with bontres of victory? Why not I'M
timber all the Gospel batteries and let them
boom across the earth. and boom into
the parting heavens. The King is
TbdIy 10 ltliu IL we are ready 10 receive
Him Why cannot we who are now living
see His descent? Must it all be postponed
to later ages? Has not our poor world
groane1 long enough in moral agonies?
Have there not been martyrs enough, and
have not the lakes Of tears and the rivers
of blood been deep enough Why cannot
the final glories roll in now? Why cannot
this dying century feed the incoming tides
of the oceans of heavenly mercy? Must
our eyes close in death and our ears take
on the deafness of the tomb. and these
hearts beat their last throb before the day
comes III? o Christ? Why Earliest Thou?
Wilt Thou not before we go the way of all
the earth, let us see Thy SCARED feet under
some monday cloud coming this way? Be-
fore we die let us behold Thy hands that
were spiked spread out in benediction for
a lost race And why not let us, with our
mortal ears, hear that voice which spoke
peace as Thou didst go up speak pardon
and emancipation and love and holiness
and joy to all nations as Thou contest down?
But the skies do not part. hear no rum
bling of chariot wheels coming down over
the sapphire. There is no swoop of wings.
l see no flash of angelic appearances. All is
still. hear nothing but the tramp of my
own heart as ! pause between these utter
ances. The King does not land because the
world is not ready and the church is not
ready. To clear the way for the Lords COM
ing leb US ueFOuS dH our energies Oh DOuy,
mind and soul. A Russian general riding
over the battlefield, his horse treading amid
the dying ,ind dead, awounded soldier asked
him for water, but the officer did not under
stand his language and knew not what
the poor fellow wanted. Then the
soldier cried ont 'Christos," and that
word meant .. mpathy and help, and
the Russian officer dismounted and put to
the lips of the sufferer cooling draught
Be that the charmed word with which we
go forth to do our whole duty In many
languages 1t has only a little difference of
termination. 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 were
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 on our banners when we
march, Put it on our lips when we die
Put in the funeral psalm at our obssquies!
Put it on the plain slab over our grave!
Christosl Blessed be His glorious name for
ever! Amen!