Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-08

and that edition was nearly al OuI Ihcu
IN the preat London FIRE. But forty |
eioht copies had been sold out of the
city. and those forty-eight copies
saved Shakespeare for all nations
and all time. Your suppression ON a
smaller scale may last a good while,
but for all You are worth You VIII
vet shine out ON earth or III heaven.
Again. learn from my subject that
connected With the most distressing
judgments of God there are displays
of divine mercy. God might justly
have left NebuchadnezzaT in the
field, but infinite compassion brought
him back to the palace No sooner
was Eden blasted than blessing tol
lowed on the heels of the curse
promising the coming Of One who
would destroy sin and make the
whole world a paradise The deluge
descends. but not until Noah had IN.
vited the people into the ark. The
destroying angel comes upon Egypt
for the shifting of the first born, but
left unmolested every house whose
door was sprinkled with the blood OF
sacrifice.
Fiery ternpests bear down upon
Sodom. but not until two angels
have warned Lot and his family to
fee from the destruction. Jerusa,
lem was utterly destroyed. but not
until jeremiah had sounded an alarm,
bidding them turn from their abomi-
nations. On the darkest cloud OF
wrath there is a rainbow Of mercy
Zechariah in his prophetic vision be,
held four chariots. symbolical OF
Gods government.
The first chariot was drawn by red
horses. They indicated the wars that
were coming. The second chariot
was drawn by black horses. They
indicated the coming of a famine and
pestilence. The third chariot was
drawn by white horses They indi.
Gated the spotless purity of his con-
quests. But. mark well that the
fourth chariot was drawn by horses
"g1'isled and bay" denotng that
mercy was miDed with all the DESC
lating judgments OF God Sinai can.
not thunder so loud as To drown the
invitations of Calvary. The Lord
utters the admonition, The wages
of sin is DEATH" but exhaustlesa
mercy responds. Deliver him from
going down to the pit. for ! have
found a ransom.
Hide thee quick in the rock, Christ
Jesus. Let not this insignificant
"Now" absorb thee more than the
great hereafter. The path leading to
this side of the grave is only a few
fUrlongs, but the path which com
mences at the other side of it is with
out end. The powers of darkness
gather about your souL and the
temptations of an evil heart and the
allurements of the world | know are
trying to drown the voice of the
preacher, but taking hold of the sill
yer trumpet of the Gospel which
made Felix tremble. and at the Pen
tecost brought three thousand souls
out of their sepulcher. l would blow
one long, loud blast, crying, Who
soever will, let him come"
CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES always BEAR
GOOD FRUIT.
Take this goodly religion which has
done so much for me that can com
mend it to ALL Without it should
have gone the whole downward ca.
reer. Stolid and phlegmatic natures
going astray do not go SO far, but
natures like mine. sanguIne, intense,
emotional, optimistic, social to the
last degree and echoing to all the
heights and depths of mirth, if they
get off the track they go with one
wild leap to hell. AS to tho restrain
ing power of this religion upon a
mercurial temperament. ] testify.
This is not abstraction or something
gotten from books. speak of what
| know Go out and ask all who
have tried this religion and ask them
how it works.
Three young men in factory came
out on the Lords side. hut two of
them, overcome by the jeers Of their
comrades, went back and joined the
scoffers. The one held on To his
Christian hope, and one day when
they pressed him hard and were tell
ing how much infidelity had done
for the world, and that Christianity
had done nothing, the prosecuted
Christian turned upon them, and
pointing to Henry and GeOvge, who
had for little while followed Christ
and then turned back. he said
You have tried your principles on
them and know what they have done
for them, When they tried to serve
Christ they were civil. good tom
pered, kind husbands and fathers.
They were cheerful, industrious and
ready TO obhge. What have you
made themg Look and see, They
are cast down and cross; their
are full of cursing and filth.
ness; they are drunk every week
their children half clothed. their
wives broken hearted, their homes
That is what your prin
ciples have done. Now have tried |
Christ and his religion and what has
it done for met You know well what
used TO be. There was none of you
that could drink so much, swear so
desperately and fight so masterly
had no money and nobody would trust
me. My wife was i'll used, l was i'll
humored, hateful and hating. What
has religion done for met Thank
God, am not afraid to put it to you.
Am l not a happier man than vast
Am ! not betterworkman and
kinder companionf Would ] once
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