Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

ally interested in the welfare OF sol.
diers But what patchwork quilt
she sent! On every block of the Quilt
was a passage Of Scripture or a verse of
hymn. The months and years of the
war went by, On that quilt many a
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 only
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 rs part of a gown his mother
used to wear, and 1t reminded him Of
home, do you know where this Quilt
came from?" he asked The nurse ans.
wercd, II can find out, for there WA
card pinned fast to it, and will find
that.'i Sure enough, it confirmed what
he thought. Then the nurse pointed to
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
daying soldier, Il was great way of,
but God has met me and had com.
passion on me-" shall l write to
your mother and tell her that the lost
one is found and the dead is alive
againY 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 Gods sovereignty can be
harmonized with mans free agency,
or who wrote the Pentateuch,
or the Inconsistencies of the
Nicene creed? No. no; go to
work for God and suffering humanity
and all your doubts and fears and mys.
teries and unbcliefs put together will
not be heavy enough to stir the chem
lists scales, which is accustomed to
weighing one-tiftieth part of a grain of
| chamomile flowers. Why stop mo-
| ment to understand the mysteries when
there are so many certitudes? Why
| spend our time exploring the dark gar
| rets and coal-holes of great palace
| which has above ground one hundred
rooms flooded with sunshine?
DO you know that think that IL all
ministers in all denominations would
| stop this nonsense of ecclesiastical
strife and take hold the word of God,
the only question with each of us be-
ing how many souls we can bring to
| Christ and in how short time. the
Lord would soon appear for the saliva
ton of all nations? When the young
Queen Of England visited Scotland
many years ago, great preparations
We're made for her reception. The
vessel in which she sailed was far out
at sea, but every hill in Scotland was
illumined with ponfires and torches.
Tho night was set on fire with
| artificial illumination The Queen
standing on ships deck, knew
from that that Scotland was
full OF heartiest welcome, and the
great thunder of the great
guns at Glasgow and Edinburgh
castle woke up all the echoes. Boom!
they sounded out over the sea.
Boom! they sounded up among the
hills. Doyou know that think that our
King would land if we were only ready
to receive him? Why not call to him
from all our churches, from all our hos.
pitfalls, from all our homes? Why nat oil
at once light all the torches Of Gospel
invitation? Why not ring all the bells
Of welcome? Why not light up the
long night Of the worlds sin and suffer
ing with bontires Of victory? Why no,
unlimb Der all the Gospel batteries, and
let them boom across the earth, an(
boom into the parting heavens? The
King is ready to land if we are ready
to receive him.
Eut the skies do not part. l hear nc
rumhling Of chariot wheels coming
down over the sapphire. There is M
swoop of wings. l see no fash of an
gelic appearances. All is still. heal
nothing but the tramp Of my own hear
rs l pause between these utterances
The King does not land because thu
world is not ready, and the church i
not ready. To clear the way for tn,
Lords coming let us devote all our ener
gies of body, mind and soul. A Russian
General riding over the battlefield, hi
horse trcading amid the dying ant
dead, wounded soldier asked him 70
water. but the officer did not under
the poor fellow wanted. Then tn
soldier cried 'Christos," and that wor'
meant sympathy and help, and tn
Russian officer dismounted and put t
the lips of the sufferer a cooling
draught. Be that the charmed wor
with which we 60 forth to do GU
whole duty. In many languages
has only little difference of termina
ton. Christos! 1t stands for sym
pathy. 1t stands for help. It stand
for pardon. 1t stands for hope. ]
stands for heaven. Christos! In tina
, name we were baptised. In that nam
we took our first sacrament. That Wi
! be the battle-shout that will win tn
whole world for God. Christos! Pu
it in our banners when we march! Pu
it on our lips when we die! Put It i
the funeral psalm at our obsequie'
J Put it on the plain slab over our gray,
: Christos! Blessed be his glorious nam
forever! Amen!
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