The Brookhaven leader., 1891-01-29

he laid hold Of the oars to pull for the
shore, leaving hundreds helpless and
drowning, he cried out: "oh, that /
had a bigger boatr' Thank God am
not thus limited, and that can promise
room for all in this gospel boat Get in;
get inl And yet there is room. Room
in the heart of pardoning God. Room
in Heaven.
also apply the word of my text to
those who would like practical comfort
II any ever escape the struggle of life.
/ have not found them. They are not
certainly among the prosperous classes
In most cases il was a struggle all the
way up till they reached the prosperity,
and since they have reached these
heights there have been perplexities,
anxieties and crises which were almost
enough to shatter the nerves and turn
the brain. 1t would be hard to tell
which have the biggest fight in this
world-the properties or the ad-
versities, the conspicuities of the
obscurities. Just as soon as
you have enough success to
attract the attention of others, the en-
vies and jealousies are let loose from
their kennel The greatest crime that
you can commit in the estimation Of
others is to get on better than they do.
They think your addition is their sub
traction. Five hundred persons start
for a certain goal of success; one reaches
it and the other four hundred and nine
ty-nine are mad It would take vol
umes to hold the story of the wrongs,
outrages and defamations that have
come upon you as a result of your sue
cess. The warm sun of prosperity brings
into life swampful of annoying in.
sects- On the other hand, the
unfortunate classes have their
achieve livelihood by one who
had nothing to start with, and after
awhile for family as well, and carry
this on until children are reared and
educated and fairly started in the world,
and to do this amid all the rivalries of
business, and the uncertainty of crops,
and the fickleness of tariff legislation,
with an occasional labor strike and
here and there financial panic thrown
in, is mighty thing to do, and there
are hundreds and thousands such he
roes and heroines who live unsung and
die unhonored. What we all need,
whether up or down in life or halfway
between, is the infinite solace of the
Christian religion. And so we employ
the word-''Comer' 1t will take all
eternity to find out the number of busi-
ness men who have been strengthened
by the promises of God, and the people
who have been fed by the ravens when
other resources gave out, and the men
and women who, going into this battle
armed only with needle or saw, or axe,
or yardstick, or pen, or type, or shovel,
or shoe-last, have gained victory that
made the heavens resound. With
all the resources of God promised for
every ex1gency, no one need to be left
II the lurch.
like the faith displayed years ago in
Drury Lane, London, in an humble
home where every particle of food had
given out and a kindly soul entered
with tea and other table supplies, and
found kettle on the fire ready for the
tea. The benevolent lady said: ''How
is that you have the kettle ready for the
tea when you had no tea in the house"
And the daughter in the house said:
Mother would have me put the ket-
what is the use of doing so, when
we have nothing in the house?'
she said my child, God will
provide; thirty years He has already
provided for me through all my pain
and helplessless, and He will not leave
me to starve at last. He will send us
help though we did not yet see how
We have been waiting all the day for
something to come, but until we saw
you we knew not how it was to come
Such things the world may call coinci
dence, but call them almighty deliver
ances and, though you do not hear of
them, they are occurring every hour of
every day in all parts of Christendom.
But the word Come" applied to
those who need solace will amount to
nothing unless it be uttered by some
one who has experienced that solace,
That spreads the responsibility of Civ
ing His gospel call among a great
many. Those who have lost property
dAu OCSh SOhSO1CN py AOhShO III IioC
trial are the ones to invite those
who have failed in business. Those
who have lost their health and
been consoled by religion are
the ones to invite those who are
in poor health. Those who have had
bereavements and been consoled in
those bereavements are the ones to sym
pathize with those who have lost father,
or mother, or companion, or child, or
friend What multitudes of US are alive
to-day, and in good health and buOyant
in this journey of life, who would have
been broken down or dead long
ago but for the sustaining and cheer
ing help of our holy religion!
So we say-"Come!" The well is
not dry. The buckets are not empty.
The supply is not exhausted. There is
just as much mercy and coincidence and
soothing power in God as before the
first grave was dug, or the first tear
started, or the first heart broken, or
the first accident happened, or the first
fortune vanished. Those of who have
felt the consolatory power of religion
have a right to speak out of our own