The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-05

Tod. II is the diving bell In which we
go down into the depths of Gods mercy
and bring up pearls Of great price,"
There Is an instance where praycr made
the waves Of G~enncsarct solid ms granite
pavement q, how many wonderful
things prayer has accomplished! Have
you ever tried itp In the days when
the Scotch Covenantcrs were prosecuted
and the enemies were after them one of
the head men among the Covcnanters
prayed: 20 Lord, we be as dead men
unless Thou shalt help us. o Lord,
throw the lap of Thy cloak over these
poor things" And instantly n Scotch
mist cnvelopcd and hid the prosecuted
from their pcrsecutors--thc promise lit
orally fulfilled: "Whilc they are yet
speaking will hear"
q. impcuitcnt soul. have YOU cvcr
tried the power Of prayer? God says:
"lie Is loving and faithful and patient"
DO you believe that? You arc told that
Christ came tn save sinners. Do you be.
licvc that? You are told that all you
have to- do to got the pardon of the gos-
pei Is to ask for II. DO you believe that?
Then coinc TO Him and say: go, Lord, |
know Thou canst not lie. Thou hast
told me To come for pardon, and | could
get It, | come, Lord, keep Thy promise
and libcratc my captive soul"
.. that you might have an altar in the
parlor, in the kitchen, in the store, In
the barn. for Christ will be willing to
come again to tho mangcr to hear
n,ntyn,. III, ,,.,,,11 ..,4 L.. $500. .t..u
of business as he confronted Matthew,
the tax commissioner II u measure
should come before congress that you
thought would ruin the nation. how you
would send In petitions and rcmon.
%stranccs. Aud yet there has been
enough sin in your heart to ruin IL for
ever and you have never demonstrated
or pctitioncd against II. If your
physical health failed, and you had the
means, you would go and spend the
summer In Germany and the winter in
Italy, and you would think it n very
cheap outlay IL you had to go all around
the earth to get back your physical
health. Have you made any effort, any
expenditure, any excrtiou for your i'm
mortal and spiritual health? No, you
have not taken one step.
i remark. again, you must seek the
Lord through Bible study. The Bible
Is the newest book In the world. &c."
you say, ut was made hundreds Of
years ago, and the learned men Of King
james translated IL hundreds Of years
ago" | c~onfutc that idea by telling
you IL Is not five minutes old, when
God, by His blessed Spirit retranslates
1t into the heart. II you will, in seek
ing Of the way of life through Scripture
study, implore Gods light To fall upon
the page you will find that these prom
ises are not one second old, aud that
they drop straight from the throne of
God into your heart.
There are many people to whom the
Bible does not mount to much. II
they merely look ut the outside beauty,
why it will no more lead them TO Christ
than Westinghouse farewell address or
the Koran of Mahomct or the Shaster
of the Hindoos. IL is the inward light
of Gods word you must get or die.
o my friends II you merely want to
study the laws OF language do not go to
the Bible. II Is not made for that.
Take Howe's Elements of Criticism. II
would be better than the Bible for that.
II you want to study metaphysics bet
ter than the Bible will be the writings
of William Hamilton. But II you want
to know how to have sin pardoned, and
Mt last to gain the blessedness Of
Heaven, search the Scriptures, ''for in
them We have eternal life"
When people are anxious about their
souls-and there are some such here to-
day--thcre are those who recommend
good books. That is all right. But !
want to tell you that the Bible is the
best book under such circumstances.
Baxter wrote. "a Call To the Uncon-
VERIFIED" but the Bible is the best call
to the u~nconvcrted. Philip Doddridgc
wrote, 'The Rise and Progress of
Religion in the Soul" but the Bible
is the best rise and progress. John
Angel James wrote, advice to the
Anxious Inquirer" but the Bible is the
best advice to the anxious inquirer.
o the Bible is the very book you need,
anxious and inquiring soul! A dying
SDluicT suIu W Ms uutcs NoiuTuuc,
give me a drop!' The comrade shook
up the cantecn and said: ''There isn't
n drop of water in the canteen." co."
said the dying soldier, that's not what
! want; feel in my knapsack for my
Bible" and his comrade found the Bible
and read him II few OF the gracious
promises, and the dying soldier said:
.'Ab, that's " that / want. There isn't
anything like the Bible for a dying SOL
dier, is there, my comrade?" o, blessed
book while we live. Blessed book when
we die.
remark again, we must seek God
through church ordinances. what
say you, cant n man be saved with
out going To churchY' reply there
are men, l suppose, in glory, who have
never seen IA church; but the church Is
the ordained means by which we are to
be brought to God; and il truth affects
us when we are alone, II affects us more
nightly when we are in the assembly
tho feelings of others, emphasizing
II OWL feelings. The great law of
sympathy m into play and n truth
that would take hold only with the
grasp Of u sick man beats nightly
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