Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-08

a A9e seems wrtakled and his hexs . 1os.
WIZ age There be his stool f1' g
i efasions. 'oakiGz og. aooa the /. .hAaSei'
moods And eus:am. S.nus And xnress
bleak AID pisfcisg have xaippsa b.s s0s,
prov, DAT he has si,od Gaehansed, s'ss.
awful AeouS him the nu.i. Of DE -
ms been Playing; the wasers ass ess
!, plunging dan by his side IN ea,x,seD; e
. spindie. % hurd'ei mill. have ts9' aas
$ eioshiEs up tie n-ksd, yet fhs,l d u
remained . silent sifoe.s. VIII. ssre y
, these exts.nsi ishgeaces hsd ,ss.; sf:c
upon him: He has been .tes5tts; - "
sTefiastias niIls oecIus. Of i,,s-asl fsfsr
which c,ult rice proudly abavs sIisfni
and bid them defiance.
Why is it h,: travellers sre 90 e1'sfsSfrt
with foys ign rights and scere,, snen 5a'
own Country affords vocdsrs clss y al
tivs;ins Way d. they s'aad VT. oa'sa
heads before the Egyptian Psaasd. v,
from these srsy s1mInits fory seasa.e'
look down apoa hem aud lsugb. a VaIe
from the past speais. 1. cells uan ms; u
Is p1ssiols 50 TO build; with s1eb f'7aas
ton AID Of such IN stefial, thI sIsfnA
condition, chsrg' Of for uae Of tynss'y'
can have DO effect whsseve;. |: als nsm
that internal condition. is Of tN s'sa'e!
Importance than externaIs.
! Now Jesus Christ came into ne ss'sd to
lay the true foundation upon Which men
may build -itnoat Any prospect Of S'e'
throw, sod Ihe apostle Pau dsels:ss NAT
II We are s.esdfss: and uamoy,ols 10 our
conhieDce in Him, neither ex.ersil eIein-
stances nor internAl conditions cal hsse aIy
power TO defeat our purpose. BIT ss are
- take care that ss are net only ma gpon
Hun but ,ha' We are .l.o bull. .P ia num-
for then we shall have no. Only The rue
foundation, b1! also the msxrisl when
will endure.
Iniiexible Loyalty.
Now notice briefly in the seaeDd P.see,
| that this s.eadf4st condienc. j. 70 De
coupled with ~ ii flexible Ioyalfy. We are
ever to stoaad in the WORK Ct the LORD,
because we know thAI such labor is not IN
vain
This is il par! the test Of evsrg pfacAcai
business man. He does the thing !hat ne
thinks will succeed, only be g.aafsi' lin
lie bis idea Of success to monssafy 7aiues.
The point | want to make i tbs You
cannot fl ID practical business ns' who
gill give himsei: over to ,he pa''ai! OF
visionary ideas. He must see Of think be
Sc e, success.
Now If We are ste4diass il cur cor
Ad.tce in Jesus Christ, ve shall
oelleye whs, be says. We shall
believe what God says. Blu! God sad to
Aoran, Gen. 10: /, Fss. not; ! Am thy
SHE'D and Thy exceeding s,es: reward.
Jesus ssii in his sermon on The Mount,
after eIumerstiDg q great punbs' OK ser
vices which ave sure to bring blessing, even
inc ing in his list co ldi'iors shleh We
hesitate from assuming Rsi,ics and be
exceeding plid for eres, is your fs~a'd n
beaver, Moses. We read in heb II 2G,
had respect unto the recompsr;s OF the
reward Then We are told 10 Col ) %
that whatsoever We do we are 10 do II
heartily as uuto the Lord and not unto
men; knowing shst Of the L1id we shall
receive the reward Of he iohsii.sncs.
Then We are warned against conduct
which is sure to bring failure and disaster
OR inft xibe loyalty not only to the
truth of Chrisl, bat to the plEa word Of
tAI4s1b Ut CSulu aEl OF ClIat "'ii dIstSt
our service.
But il the scripture, wt.ch is so full
upon this impotin! point. il regard to the
rewards Of CarisiiAo service, see utterly
silent, we could not b, in doub after these
nineteen ctn:ufits Of trial. Cailst'a work
bears the test Of inspection. He il
yites il. The centuries ilyi'e it, and
though no. perfec'. bscsrs nsu with
whom it d ais and to wh. m i!is Entrusted,
is far from perfect. Yet the ,lle1! testimony
Of the centuries is s, fiji :ient 10 convince US
that Christian y is a tremsndous success,
and it conditioGs the succs. Of life from
mn y points OF view.
Now then, il his 10 the Vo'k that pays;
il this is the WORK ~h ch Conscience in its
best moments approves, lei Us apply the
test Of the practical buMas. man still
further ami
Abound In This Kind ofWork.
Fad me the business man il you can, who
will invest hi, capitsl 9, per cent when be
knows Ct. Is thoroughly familiar with 40
enterprise, safe in all particulars, which will
yield him 10 per cent. Why no. 1t would
De more ike him to search he couatry
round and hire money at I, ), .. or even
per cent as h, nigh. be sDis and put 1t into
his special line. AH3 he YOU'D be ju.t,fied
in so doirg He would stoasd in that kind
Of work N regird to which there was no
possible chance Of failure OF loss
Nov my friends, this is the exact
argument of the apostle 70, Astounding in
Christian serV:Cs. | il not il VAN. IL
IS not fI- nsught. II pays he best
d any hind Of work vhleh csn be under.
nel for Jesus Christ A community i,
'icher, so is q state or n,t.on, where its
citizens are Astounding in tbs sort OF work
Il is needless to cite illu.rsions upon this
important point. The thought is almost
Then again it paws the best OF anything.
when we c0Deiier Gu: own comfort and
Christianity has done Whist s!l The the
les and 'isms" of he world have failed To
10 1t has robbed oesth u it's terrors l.
comforts and ifspires the soul in the dying
,our. Ii transforms verl.able he'll into
PARADISE. Tde,e is no doubt sbou il.
has proved i;ss II marvellous
uHcess-in Every particular.
Hence the exhor sIi1n, not only FOR
tesdfast confidence bu: also for inhsxi
Vie loyslty. Let as press this eHhortstion
l0me upon our hearts. We DO not mead
lere to di'cuss what it means to abound in
leh service; nor what we mem by bei1g
oya! to Christ. II is CROUCH for MS to ssk
{ .e will engage 1ryht royalty in that
which we know TO be for gu, Rreasess a.
Tantage not only here and RoW but hero
Ifter.