Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-10-08

who Jesus is, and keep on asking 1t o
every Bible lily, of every raven, o
every star, Of every crazed brain cured
of every blind man come to sunlight. o
every coin in a flsh's mouth, of every
loaf that got to be five loaves, of ever,
wrathful sea pacified, of every pulse
less arm stretched forth in graduation
ask it of His mother, of Augustus, Of
Herod, of the Syrophenician woman
of the damscl that woke up from thu
death sleep; of Joseph, who had Hin
buried; of the angel posted rs sentine
Mt His tomb; of the dumb earth tina
shook, and groancd, and thundercC
when He died.
Walk all up and down this Bible do
main! Try every path. Plunge in al
the prophecies, and come out Mt the
epistles Go with the patriarchs, until
You meet the evangelists Rummage
and ransack, as children who are not
satisfied when they come to a new
house, until they know what is in every
room, and into what every door opens.
Open every jewel casliet. Examine the
skylights. Forever be asking ques-
tions. Put to n higher use than was
intended the Oriental proverb: "Hold
all the skirts Of thy mantle extended
when Heaven is raining gold"
Passing from Bonn to Coblcntz on
the Rhine, the scenery is comparatively
tame. But from Coblentz to Mayence
it is enchanting. You sit on deck, and
feel that the last fash of beauty must
exhaust the scene; but in n moment
there is turn of the river, which COW
ers up the former view with more lux
uriant vineyards, and more defiant cas-
Ties and holder bluffs, vine wreathed,
and grapes SO ripe that il the hills be
touched, they would bleed their rich
life away into the bowls of Bingen and
Hockheimer Here and there, there
are streams of water melting into the
river, like smaller joys swallowed in the
bosom of u great gladness- And when
night begins to throw its black mantle
over the shoulder of the hills and
you are approaching Decentralization ut
the Mayence, the lights along the shore
fairly bewitch the scene with their
beauty, giving one thrill that he feels
but once, yet that lasts him forever.
So the river of Gods word is not a
straight stream, but winding splendor
at every turn new wonders to attract,
still ripe vintage pressing to the brink
and crowded with castles of strength
(Stol zenfels aud Johannisbarger as
nothing compared with the strong tower
into which the righteous run and are
saved), and our Decentralization at last
in the evening, amidst the lights that
CLEAN from the shore of Heaven. The
trouble is that the vast majority of
Bible voyagers stop at Coblentz, where
the chief glories begin.
The text is appropriate to all Chris
tians of shallow experience. Doubts
and fears have in our day been almost
elected to the parliament of Christian
graces. Some consider it bad sign
not to have any doubts Doubts and
fears are not signs of health, but testers
and carbuncles. You have valuable
house or farm. 1t is suggested that the
title is not good. You employ counsel.
You have the deed examined. You
search the record for mortgages, judg.
ments and liens. You are not satisfied
until you have certificate signed by
the great seal of the state, assuring you
that the title is good. Yet how many
leave their title to Heaven an undecided
matter! Why do you not go to the records
and find out? Give yourself no rest,
day nor night, until you can read your
title clear to mansions in the skies.
Christian character is to come up
to higher standards. We have now to
hunt through our library to find one
Robert McCheyne, or one Edward Pay
son, or one Harlan Page. The time
will come when he will find half
dozen of them sitting in the same seat
with us. The grace of God can make q
great deal better man than those
have mentioned. Christians seem
afraid they will get heterodox by going
too far. They do not believe in Chris
tian perfection. There is no danger of
your being perfect for some time yet.
l will keep watch and give you notice
in time if you get too near perfection |
for the safety of your theology. One
half of you Christians are simply stuck |
in the mud. Why not cut loose
from everything but God? Give not |
to Him that formal petition made |
up of "Os"-"0 Lord!" this, and 20 |
LordI" that. When people are cold and |
have nothing to say to God they strew
their prayer with co." and Forever
and ever, amen," and things to fill up.
Tell God what you want, with the feel
ing that he is ready to give it, and be.
lieve that You will receive, and you
shall have it. Shed that old prayer you
have been making these ten years. 1t
is high time that you outgrew it.
Throw Il aside with your old ledgers
aud your old hats and your old shoes
Take review of your present wants,