Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-04-14
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But IL was a DOCK WHICH, lnUU,
with pure scientific design, she felt would
do immeasrrable damage to public
morals. With the TWO large volumes,
which had cost her husband the work of
years. she sat down on the floor before
the fire. and said to herself, There is a
fortune for me in this book, and although
my husband wrote it with the right mo-
tive AID scientific peorle might be helped
by it, to the Vast l-Ajority Of people it
would be5haTmful, and know it would
damage the world" Then she took
apart the manuscript sheet after Sheet
and put it into the fire, until the last line
was consumed. Bravo. She flung her
livelihood, her home, her chief worldly
resources under the best moral and re-
ligious interests of the world.
HOW MUCH ARE WE WILLING TO GIVE Up:
How much are we willing to sacrifice
for others? Christ is again on the march.
not from Bethpage to Jerusalem, but for
the conquest o. the world. He will SIRE
ly take it, but who will furnish the palm
branches for the triumphant way? Self
sacrifice is the word. There is more
money paid to destroy the world than to
save,it. There are more buildings put
Up to ruin the race than churches TO
evangel;ze it. There is more Srraved
literature to blast men than GOD itera-
ture to elevate them. Oh, for a lower
to descend upon US all like that which
whelmed CharlesG G. Fihney with mercy,
when. kneeling in his law Office, and be-
fore he entered upon his apostolic career
of evangelizatiop, he SAID: The Holy
Ghost descended on me in a manner
that seemed to go through me, body and
soul. / could feel the impression like a
wave of electricity going through and
through me. Indeed it seemed to come
in waves and waves of liquid love. Il
seemed like the breath of God. lean
recollect distinctly that it seemed TO fan
me like immense wings. | wert aloud
with Joy and love. These waves came
over me and over me one after another,
and, until, l recollect, / cried out
shall die if these waves continue to pas:
V e me- | said, Lord, l cannot bear
any more" And, when a gentleman
came into the Office and said, Mr.. Fin
ney, yod are in painE" he replied. "No,
but SO happy that l cannot live"
Ny hearers, the time will come whe1
upon the whole church of God will de-
scend such an avalanche of blessing, and
then the bringing of the world to God
will be a matter of a few years, perhaps
a few days or a few hours. Ride on, 0
Christ! for tt evangelizaion of al
nations. Thou Christ who didst ride OH
the unbroben colt down the sides OF
Olivet; on the white horse Of eternal
victory ride through all nations, and
may we, by our prayers and our Sell
sacrifices and our contributions and oul
conservation. throw palm branches II.
the way. Iclap my hands at.the Coming
yictorS. feel this morning as did the
Israelites when on their march from
Canaan; they came not under the shadow
Of one palm tree but of seventy palm
trees, Standing in an oasis among a
dozen gushing fountains, or as the Book
puts it, "Twelve wells Of water andthree-
score and ten palm trees"
Surely there are more. thin seventy
such great and glorious souls present
today. Indeed it is a mighty grove OF
palm trees, and ! feel something of.the
raptures which l shall feel when, our
last battle fought. and u last burden
carried, and our last tear wept, we shall
become one Of the multitudes st. John
describes sciothed in white robes and
palms in.their hands, Hail thou bright,
thou swift advancing, thou everlasting
Palm Sunday OF the skiesl Victors over
sin and sorrow and death and woe, from
the hills. and valleys of the heavenly
Palestine, they have plucked the long,
broad, green leaves, and all the ransomed
some in gates Of pearl, and sonle on
battlements OF amethyst, and some on
streets of gold, and some on seas of
sapphire, they shall stand in numbers