The Iola register., 1891-02-06


blast that comes up from the cold Jor-
dan. | must have this sword with which
to fight my way through all those. foes
on my way heavenward. When L was
in London saw there the wonderful ar
NOR of Henry VIII and Edward Ill.
And yet have to tell you that there is
nothing in chain mail of brass plate or
gauntlet or halberd that makes a man
so safe as the armor in which the Lord
God clothes His dear children. o. there
is a safety in religion. You will ride
down all your foes. Look out for that
man that has the strength of the Lord
God with him. In olden times the
horsemen used to ride into battle with
lifted lances. and the enemy fled the
field.
SURE COMFORT IN THE LORD
The Lord on the white horse of vic
tory. and with lifted lances of divine
strength. rides into the battle. and down
goes the spiritual foe: while the victor
shouts the triumph through the Lord
Jesus Christ. AS matter of personal
safety. my dear friends. you must have
this religion.
| apply my subject to several classes
of people before me. First, TO that
great multitude of young people in this;
Some of these young men are in board
houses. They have but few social ad-
vantages. They think that no one cares
for their souls. Many of them are on
small salaries, and they are cramped
and bothered perpetually, and some
times their heart fails them. Young
man. tonight, at your bedroom door on
the third floor you will hear knocking.
1t will be the hand of Jesus Christ. the
young mans friend, saying: 80. young
man, let me come in: | will help thee, |
will comfort thee, / will deliver thee.
Take the Bible out of the trunk. if it
has been hidden away. If you have not
the courage to lay it on the shelf or
table. take that bible that was given to
YOU by some loved one. take it out of
the trunk and lay il down on the bot
tom of the chair. and kneel down beside
it and read and pray and pray and read
until all your disturbance is gone, and
you feel that peace which neither earth
nor hell can rob you of. Thy fathers
God. thy mothers God waits for thee,
o, young man. Escape for thy life.'
Escape now. ''One thing thou lack
est.
APPEALING TO THE OLD PEOPLE.
But apply this subject to the aged
not many here-not many in any assem-
blage. People do not live to get old.
That is the general rule. Here and
there an aged man in the house. | tell
You the truth. You have lived long
enough in this world 10 know that it
can not satisfy an immortal nature.
must talk to you more reverentially than
| do TO these other people, while at the
same time | speak with great plainness.
o, father of the weary step, o, mother.
bent down under the ailments of life.
has thy God fOrsaken thee? Through
all these years, who has been your best
friend?
Seventy years of mercies? Seventy
years of food and clothing! Oh, how
many bright mornings! How many
glorious evening hours you have seen!
o father, mother, God has been very
good to you. Do you feel it? Some of
you have children and grand children:
the former cheered your Young life, the
latter twine your gray locks in their
tiny fingers. Has all the goodness that
God has been making pass before you
produced no change in your feelings,
and must it be said of you, notwith-
standing all this: 'One thing thou
lackest?"
o. if you could only feel the hand of
Christ smoothing the cares out of
wrinkled faces. o. if you could only
feel the warm arm of Christ steadying
your tOttering steps. | lift my voice
loud enough to be heard through the
deafness of the ear while / cry out:
Zone thing thou lackest." 1t was an
importunate appeal a young made in a
prayer meeting when he rose up and
said: ''Do pray for my old father. He
is 30 years of age and he don't love
Christ" That father passed a few more
steps on in life and then he went down.
He never gave any intimation that he
had chosen Jesus. 1t is very hard
thing for an old man to become a Chris
tian. know it is. II is so hard a
thing that it can not be done by any
human work: but God Almighty can do
it by his OmnipOtent grace; He can
bring you at the eleventh hOur-at
half past eleven-at one minute of
twelve He can bring you to the peace
and the joys of the glorious gospel.
l must make application of this sub
ject, also, to these who are prospered.
Have you, my friends. found that dol
lars and cents are no permanent conso-
lation to the soul? You have large
worldly resources, but have you no treas
ures in heaven? Is an embroidered
pillow all that you want to put your
dying head on? You have heard peo-
pie all last week talk about earthly
values. Hear plain man tale about
the heavenly. Do you not think it will
be worse for you, o, prospered man, if
you reject Christ, and reject him finally
that it will be worse for you than
those who had it hard in this world,
because the contrast will make the dis
comfiture so much more appalling.
THE SAVIOUR FOR THE NEEDY.
As the hart bounds for the water
brooks, as the roe speeds down the hill
side, speed thou to Christ. Escape
for thy life, look not behind thee, neith-
er stay thou in all the plain: escape to
the mountain lest thou be consumed" a."
must make my application to another
class of persons-the poor. When you
can not pay your rent when due, have
you nobody but the landlord to talk to?
When the flour has gone out of the bar
rel. and you have not ten cents with
which to go to the bakery, and your
children are tugging at your dress for
something to eat, have you nothing but
the worlds charities to appeal to?
When winter comes, and there are no
Goals, and the ash barrels have no more
more cinders. who takes care of you?
Have you nobody but the overseer of
the poor? But preach to you a poor
mans christ. If you do not have in the
winter blankets enough to cover you in
the piUht I want IN tell Won of Him who