Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-15

pi<s nave 30 deal Gishf Il i tes. Taat God
lsls souieas asFe, aDa II matters DCt u here
bar s51aeg here. p-ovilla1 great heayea.
e-1t Tor saaetuess tor taoss weo want
Qriet great Tor vast asseulbisge fer those
vac h1e nuittuIss, great for srca iteesUrs
toE lhass w1o axe ar aiteSE1Ee. great Tor
beautiful laaiseaps fog sno<e who Ike
bsaatifUi .ssl1seape. gne.t for music for
those who tlke music. great for professions
for those = bo Ike armies OF shife horses.
and great soF anything khAt oae especially
desires IN such a r4ptarous cominirS, and
ILrU0Ga the dJiass II one wLo ss2s born
about Ese miles south OF Jerusalem and
died about ten minutes walk from It's east
err gate all may saler that great heaFen
tor the earnest AID heartfelt asking Is
thai alli That Is all Mhzt, t8eu. h your
work aud intact Our work l. 10 persuade
peogle 10 face that way AID start tAither
ward and aaSlly - Ia Bat has not reii-
g.on something - TO with tAis world a.
well is the nexts Oh. yes, but DO you not
see that II the people start for heaven on
their way there they viii DO ali the good
they czns They viii AZ the very start 81
the Journey get - much " the spirit OF
Christ, which II spirit OF kindness ana
self sacrifice and generosity and burden
bearing and helptaine,s, that every step
they take viii resound with good deecs.
Oh get your religion of Of stiltsl Get it
down out Of the high towersl Get it on
level with the wants aud woes OF our poor
human race! Get 1t out Of the dusty theo-
logical books thai few people read, and put
IL ia their hearts and lives. Good thing IS
IL to profess religion when you join the
church. but every day. somehow. We ought
To profess religion.
y peculiar patchwork quilt was, during
the civil war, made by lady and sent To
the hospitals at the front She had boy
in the army. and w.Li naturally interested
In the welfare OF soldiers But what
patchwork qullt she sent! On every block
OF the quilt was a passage of Scripture or
verse Of a hymn. The mouths and years Of
the war went by. Ca that quilt many
wounded man had lain and suffered and
died Bat one morning the hospital nurse
SAW a 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 a leaf us part of "A
gown his mother used 10 wear, and il re
minded him of home. "Do you know where
this quilt came 'FRONT.' he asked The nurse
answered, IL can find out, for there was
card pinned fast 10 il. and will find that"
Sure enough, IL confirmed what lac thought
Then the nurse pointed To n passage Of
Scripture in the block Of the quilt, the
passage which says, wv hen he was yet
great way OF his father saw him and ran
and fell on his neck and kissed him"
YES" said tue dying soldier, Il was
great way or, but God has met Inc and had
compassion on me-" Shall write TO your
mother and tell her that the lost one is
found and the dead is alive again?" He
answered, IL wish you would. IL 1t would
not bc too much trouble" Do you sup
pose that woman who made that quilt and
filed it with Scripture passages had any
trouble about who Melchizedek was, or
how tie doctrine of Gods sovereignty can
be har.noniZed with mans free agency, or
who wrote the Pentateuch or the incon-
sistencies of the Nicene creed! No, no; 20
To work for God and suffering humanity
and all your doubts and fears and mysteries
and unbelicis put together viii not he heavy
enough TO stir the chemists scales, which
Is accustomed To weighing one-iiftieth part
OF a grain OF chainomile flowers. Why stop
moment TO understand the mysteries
when there are 50 many certitudes? Why
spend our time exploring the dark gsrrets
and coal holes of a great palace which has
above ground one hundred rooms flooded
with sunshine? 1t takes ali my time to
absorb what has been revealed. SO that
have no time to uprurn and root ont and
drag forth what has rot been revealed.
The most Of the effort to solve mysteries
and explore the inexpiicable and harmonic
things is an attempt TO help the Lord out
of theological difficulties. Good enough in
tention. my brother. no doubt; but the lord
il not anxious 10 have you help him. He
will keep his throne without your assist
ance. Don't be afraid that the Bible will
fall apart from Inconsistencies. 1t hung
together many centuries before you were
born, and yoar faneral sermon will be
preached from text taken from its unds-
turbed authenticity.
LAY HOLD on GODS WORD.
Do you know that | think that il all
ministers in all denominations would stop
,h;s ,cpcenSa of acrlasiaSfisal AMI