The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-01-24

~ Noulu tdhc NOluIneS 10 nOlu the
story of the wrongs, outrages and de-
falcations that have come upon you as
a result of your success. The warm
sun of prosperity brings into life a
swamp full of annoying insects. On
the other hand the unfortunate classes
have their struggles for maintenance.
To achieve d livelihood by one who had
nothing to start with, and carry this on
until children are reared and educated
and fairly started in the world, and to
10 this amid all the rivalries of bust
ness and uncertainties of crops and the
fckleness of tariff legislation, with an
occasional labor strike and here and
there a financial panic thrown in, is a
mighty thing to do, and there are hun
dreds and thousands such heroes and
heroines who live unsung and die I'M
honored. What we all need, whether
up or down in life or half way between,
is the infinite solace of the Christian re-
ligion. And so we employ the word
"Come!" 1t will take all eternity to
find out the number of business men
who have been Strengthened by the
promises of God, and the people who
have been fed by the ravens when other
b"fO Oubf "ANA tlC alCl dlu
women who, going into this battle
armed only with needle or saw, or AK,
or yardstick, or pen, or type, or shovel,
or shoe-last nave gained a victory that
made the heavens resound. With all
the of God promised for every
emergency, no n need be left in 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 a fire ready for the tea. The
benevolent lady said: "How is it that
you have the kettle ready for the tea
when you nave no tea in the house?"
And the daughter of the home said:
Mother would have me put the kettle
OF the fire, and when l said, what Is
the use of doing so, when we nave
nothing in the house?' she said my
child, God will provide; thirty years he
has already provided for me through all
my pain and helplessness, and he will
not leave me to starve at last. He will
send US help, though we do 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 call coinci-
dences, but 1 call them almighty de-
liverences and, though you do not heal
of them, they are occurring every hour
of the day al all parts of Christendom.
But the word "Come" applied to those
who need solace will amount to nothing
/ trp1aac IL ha f.ffora1 hU emma ann ruho
has experienced that solace. That
spreads the responsibility Of giving this
gospel call among a great many. Those
who have lost property and been con-
soled by religion in that trial, are the
ones to invite those who nave failed In
business. Those who have lost their
health and been consoled by religion
are the ones to invite the ones who are
in poor health. Those who have had
bereavements and been consoled in
those bereavements are tho ones to
sympathize with those who have
lost father or mother or companion or
friend. What multitudes of us are alive
to-day and in good health and buoyant
in this journey of life, who would nave
been broken down or dead long ago but
for the sustaining and cheering help of
our holy religion! So we say, 'Come!"
The we'll is not dry. The buckets are
not empty. The supply is not exhaust
ed. There is just Is much mercy and
coincidence and soothing power in God
as before the first grave was dug, or the
hrst tear was started, or the first heart
broken, or the first accident happened
or the first fortune vanished. Those of
US who have felt the consolatory power
of religion have a right to speak put of
our own experience and say, "ComeT"
What dismal work of coincidence the
world makes when it attempts to con-
dolel The plaster they spread does not
stick. The broken bones under their
bandage do not knit. A farmer was
lost in the snow storm on a prairie of
the far West. Night coming on and
after he was almost frantic from not
knowing which way to go his sleigh
struck the rut of another sleigh and he
said: 81 will follow this rut and it will
take me out to safety" He fastened on
until he heard the bells of the proceed
ing horses, but, coming up, he found
that that man was also lost aud, as is
the tendency of those who are thus con-
fused in the forest or On h moors.
they were both moving In a circle anti
the runner of the one lost sleigh was
following the runner of the other lost
sleigh round and round. At last 1t &C.
ourred to them to look at the north star,
which was peering through the night,
and by the direction of that star they
got home again.
Those who follow the advice of this
world in time of perplexity are in .
fearful round, for it is one bewildered
soul following another bewildered soul,
and only those who have in such time
got their eye on the morning star of
our Christian faith can find their way
out, or be strong enough to lead others
with an all persuasive invitation.
But" says ONE ne, "you Christian
people keep telling US to come yet
you do not tell us how to come" That
charge shall not be true on this occa-
sion. Come believing! Come repent
ingl Come praying! After all that
God has been doing for 5000 years,
sometimes through patriarchs and some
times through prophets, and at last
through the elimination of all tragedies
IN Golgotha, can any one think that
God will not welcome your coming?
VIII a father at vast outlay construct q
m nsion for his son, and lay out
| parks white with statues, Inc green
with foliage, and all a sparkle with
fountains, and then not allow his son
to live in the house, or walk In the
parlfsp Has God built this house Of
gospel mercy and will He then refuse
entrance TO His children? viii q Gov
eminent at great expense build life
saving stations all along the coast and
boats that can hover unhurt like a
petrol over the widest surge, and then
when the life-boat has reached the
wreck of a ship in the offing not allow
the drowning to seize the lifeline or
| take the boat for the shore in safety?
| Shall God provide at the cost of His
only Sons assassination escape for a
| sinking world and then turn a deaf ear
to the cry that comes up from the
brakers?
"But," you say, ''there are so many
| things l have to believe and SO many
things in the shape of n creed that 1
have TO adopt that ! am kept back"
No; mol You need believe but two
things; namely, that Jesus Christ came
into the world to save sinners, and that
you are one of them. But" you say,
81 do believe both Of those thingsl" Do
you really believe them with all your
heart? yes"
Why, then, you have passed from death
into life. Why, then, you are q son or
| a daughter of the Lord Almighty. Why,