The morning news., 1892-03-07


have gone far on without
Christ, / address you deferentially.
You have found this tough
world for old people. Alas! to have aches
and pains. and no Christ to soothe them 1
want TO give you a cane better than that
you lean on. 1t is the cane that the Bible
speaks of when il says, THY rod and thy
staff, they comfort me-" want 70 give you
better spectacies than those you now look
through. 1t is the spiritual eyesight Of
divine grace Christ will not think that you
are in the way. Does your head tremble
with the palsy of old agel Lay 1t
on Christ's bosom. DO you feel
lonely now that your companions aud
children are gonel 1 think Christ
has them. They are safe in his keeping.
Very soon he will take you where they are.
take hold Of your arm and try 20 lead you
20 place where you can put down all your
burden. Go with me. Only little while
longer and your sight will come again, and
your hearing will come again, ana with the
strength of an immortal athlete, you will
step on the pavement Of heaven. No
crutches in heaven; no sleepless nights In
heaven: no cross looks for old people.
Dwelling there for ages, no one will say,
s'Father, you know nothing about this: step
back; you are in the wayW o, how many
dear old folks Jesus has put to sleapl How
sweetly he has closed their eyesl How
gently folded their armsl How he has
put his hand on their silent hearts and said,
''Rest now, tired pilgrim. 1t Is all over.
The tears will never start again. Hush
hushl" So he gives his beloved sleep.
think the most beautiful object on earth is
an old Christian-the hair white, not with
the frosts of winter, but the blossoms OF the
tree of life. / never feel sorry for Chris
fian old man. Why feel sorry for those
upon whom the glories of the eternal world
are about to burstl They are going to the
goodly cedar. Though their wings are
heavy with age, God shall renew their
strength like the eagle, and they shall make
their nest in the cedar. 'All fowl Of every
wing"
Again: The very bad, the outrageously
sinful, may come. Men talk of the grace of
God as though it we're so many yards
long and so many yards deep. People
point to the dying thief as an encourage
ment to the sinner. How much better it
would be to point to our own case aud say,
s'If God saved us, he can save anybody
There may be those here who never had one
earnest word said to them about their souls.
Consider me as putting my hand on your
shoulder and looking in your eye. God
has been good TO you. You ask, "How 40
you know thatl He has been very hard on
me.n "Where did you come fromg"
s.Home." Then you have a home. Have
you ever thanked God for your home? Have
you childrenn Yes" Have you ever
thanked God for your children9 Who
YES" Who made you well! Have you
been fed every days Who feeds you9 Put
your hand on your pulse. Who makes it
throbl Listen to the respiration OF your
lungs. Who helps you to breathea Have
you Bible in the house, spreading before
Bible" ., it has been q story Of goodness
and mercy all the way through. You have
has been one of Gods pet children. Who
fondled you and caressed you and loved
youl And when you went astray and
wanted to come back, did he rsfusea
know of a father who, after his son came
back the fourth time, said, ''No; / forgave
you three times, but will never forgive
you again." And the son went off and died
But God takes back his children the
thousandth time as cheerfully as the first.
AS easily as with my handkerchief I strike
the dust of book, God will wipe out all
your sins.
There are hospitals for "incurab,es, -
When men are hopslessly sick they are sent
There. Thank God there is no hospital for
Bpiriturel incurables. Though you had the
worst leprosy that ever struck soul, your
flesh shall come again like the flesh OF a
little child. y, this mercy OF Godl / am
told it is an ocean. Then place on it four
swift-sailing craft, with compass, and
charts. and choice rigging and skillful navi-
gators, and tell them to launch away, and
discover for me the extent of this
ocean. That craft puts out in one
direction. and sails to the north:
this craft to the south; this to the
east; this TO the west. They crowd on all
their canvas and sail ten thousand years
and one day come up the harbor of heaven,
and l shout to them from the beach, Have
you found the shores" and they answer.
''No shore to Gods mercym Swift angels
dispatched from the throne, attempt to go
across it. For a million years they fly and
fly, but then come back and fold their
wings at the foot OF the throne and cry "No
shore! No shore TO Gods mercyn
Mercy Mercy Mercy | sing it. 1
preach it. l pray it. Here l find a man
bound hand and foot to the devil, but with
one stroke of the hammer of Gods truth
the chains fall off and be is free forever.
Mercy Mercy Mercy There is no
depth it cannot fathom. there is no hight
it cannot scale, there is no infinity it can
not compass. / take my stand under this
goodly cedar, and see the hocks flying
thither. They are torn with the shot of
temptation, and wounded, and sick and
SCARED. Some fought with iron beak, some
once feasted on cercasses, some were fierce
of eye and cruel of talon, but they came
flock after flock-"all fowl OF every wing"
Again, all the dying will find their nest in
this goodly cedar. 1t is cruel to destroy a
birds nest, but death does not hesitate to
destroy one There was a beautiful nest in
the next street. Lovingly the parents
brooded over it. There were two or three
little robins In the nest. The scarlet fever
thrust its hot hands into the nest, and the
birds are gone. Only those are safe who
have their nests in the goodly cedar They
have over them "the feathers of the AL
mighty" OF to have those soft, warm.
eternal wings stretched over usl Let the
storms beat, and the branches of the cedar
toss on the wind-no danger. When storm
comes, you can see the birds flying to the
woods. Ere the storm Of death comes down
let us fly to the goodly cedar.
OF what great varieties heaven will be
made up! There come men who once were
hard and cruel, and desperate in wicked
ness, yet now, soft and changed by grace,
they come into glory: "All fowl of every
wing" And here they come, the children
who were reared in loving home.circles,
flocking through the gates of life: "All
fowl of every wing" These we're white,
and came from northern homes; these were
black, and assembled from southern planta-
tions; these were unprecedented, and went
up from Indian reservations. IAN fowl of
every wing" So God gathers them
up. 1t is astonishing how easy
It is for a good soul TO enter
heaven. A prominent business man
in Philadelphia went home one afternoon,
lay down on the lounge, and said: sit i:
time fer me 10 60" He was very aged
His daughter said to him: "Are you sick 2
He said stNo. bnt is tirna fOr ma to no