Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
ter among the angels OF God? It is
news, it Is news! Christ has found the

News, III IL neWS! OHrlSI has lVunu thS
lost.
Nor angels can their JOY contain,
| But kindlc with new fire;
The sinner lost Is found they sing,
And strike the sounding Tyre.
|; When Napoleon talked OF going into
Italy they said. you can't get there
II you knew what the Alps were you
you wouldn't talk about II or think OF 1t.
You can't get your ammunition wagons
over the Alps" Then Napoleon rose in
his stirrups. and waving his hand t.
ward the mountains he said: There
shall be no Alps" That wonderful pass
was laid out which has been the wonder
ment of all the years since-the wonder
ment OF all engineers. And you tell me
there are such mountains OF sin between
your soul and God there Is no mercy.
Then see Christ waving his hand to-
ward the mountains; hear him say: II
will come over the mountains OF thy sin
and the hills OF thy iniquity." There
shall be no Pyrenees: there shall be no
Alps.
Again. notice that this resolution Of
the young man of the text was founded
in sorrow at his misbehavior. 1t was
not mere physical plight. 1t was grief
that he had so maltreated his father
1t is sad thing after father has done
everything for child, to have that
child be ungrateful.
How sharper than serpent's tooth, 1t is'
To have q thanlSless child.
That is Shakespeare. "A foolish son
is the heaviness OF his mother" That
is the Bible.
We read nothing in this story-this
parable founded on everyday life-we
read nothing about the mother. II
says nothing about going home to her.
think she was dead. / think she mad
died OF broken heart at his wander
ings. A man never gets over having
lost his mother. Nothing said about
her here. But he is homesick for his
fathers house. He thought he would
just like to go and walk around the old
place. He thought he would just like
to 60 and see il things were as they
used to be. Many man, after having
been of long while, has gone home
and knocked at the door and stranger
has come. tits the old homestead, but
stranger comes to the door. He finds
Out father Is gone and mother is gene,
and brothers and sisters all gone. |
think this young man OF the text said
to himself: perhaps father may be
dead" Still he starts to find out He
is homesick. Are there any here today
homesick for God, homesick for heaven?
But remark concerning this resolu-
ton, it was Immediately put into execu-
ton. The context SAYS, ''IIe arose and
game TO his father" The trouble in 99s
times out of 1000 is that our resolution9
amount to nothing because we make
them for some distant time. II | re-
solve to become christian next year,
that amounts to nothing at all. II |
resolve to become a christian to-mor-
row, that amounts to nothing at all. II
| resolve at the service tonight to be-
come christian, that amounts to moth
ing at all. II resolve after | go home
to-day to yield my heart TO God. that
to nothing all. The only kind
OF resolution to anything is the resolu-
tion that is Immediately put into eNecu-
ton.
There is a man who had the typhoid
fever. He said: 20. II / could get
over this terrible distress If this fever
should depart: if could be restored to
health. | would all the rest OF my life
serve God" The fever departed. He
got we'll enough TO walk around the
block. He got well enough 10 60 over
to New York and attend TO business. |
He is we'll to.day-as well Us he ever
was. Where is the broken vow?
There is man who said long ago: IF
| could live to the year 1891, by that
time will have my business matters
arranged. and | will have time TO attend .
10 religion, and will be u good, thor
eugh. consecrated christian" The |
year 1891 has come. January, February.
March, April, May, June-almost half
If the year gone. Where is your bro
zen vow ? 90" says some man, II
will attend TO that when can get my /
character fixed up; when | can get over
ny evil habits. l am now given to
strong drink" or. says the man, Il am |
riven to dishonesty. When get over
ny present habits, then will be athor.
,ugh christian. Ny brother, you will
ret worse aud worse, until Christ takes
'ou in hand. Not the righteous: sin
lers. Jesus came to call" o. but you
ay: II agree with you on that. but |
must put of little longer" Do you
NOW there were many who came just as
lear as you are to the kingdom OF God
md never entered it?
will tell you of two prOdigals, the
me that got back and the other that did
lot get back. In Virginia there is q
cry prosperous and beautiful home in
many respects. Ayeung man wandered
IL from that home. He wandered very
az into sin. They heard of him often,
ut he was always on the wrong track.
ie would not 60 home. AT the door OF ,
hat beautiful home one night there was
great cutlery. The young man of the ;
Ouse ran down and opened the door to !,
go what was the matter. 1t was mid
light The rest Of the family were :
sleen There were the wife and the a