The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-04-25

locust, and how he wore his ole coat too |
long and made his old hat do, that he |
might keep you at school or college? |
What is that, my young man. under your |
fine boot to-day. the boot that so we'll |
fits your foot. such boot as your father |
could never afford to wear?
1t must be leaf from the palm tree |
of your fathers self-sacrifices. Do not |
be ashamed of him when be comes to
town, and because his manners are
little old-fashioned try to smuggle him
in and smuggle him out, but call in your
best friends and take him to the house
of God and introduce him to your pastor
and say, This is my father" II he had
kept for himself the advantages which
he gave you he would be as well edu-
Gated and as well gotten up as you.
When in the English Parliament MEM
Der was making a great speech that was
unanswerable lord dersively cried olt,
81 remember you when you blackened
my fathers boots.'' YES" replied the
man, land did not do it well?" Never
be ashamed of your early surroundings
Yes, yes, all the green leaves we walk
over were torn off some palm tree.
When recently Captain Burton, the
great author, died, he left scientific
book in manuscript, which he expected
would be his wife's fortune. He often
told her so. He said, This will make
you independent and affluent after l am
gone" He suddenly died, and it was
expected that the wife would publish the
book. One publisher told her he could
himself make out Of it $4,000 But 1t
was book which, though written with
pure scientific design, she felt would do
Unreasonable 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 motive
and scientific people might be helped BY
it, to the vast majority OF people 1T
would be harmful, and l 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 live
lihood. her home, her chief worldly re-
sources under the best moral and re-
ligious interests of the world.
How much are we willing to sacrifice
for others? Christ is again on the
march, not from Bethpage to Jerusalem,
but for the conquest Of the world. He
will surely 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 build
ings put up to ruin the world than to
evangeliZe it. There is m ore depraved
literature to blast men than good litera-
ture to elevate them.
Oh, for power to descend upon US
all like that which whelmed Charles u.
Finney with mercy, when, kneellng In
his law Office, and before he entered
upon his apostolic career Of evangelical
ton, he said: 1.-THE Holy Ghost de-
scended on me in manner that seemed
| to 60 through me, body and soul. l
| 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. 1t seemed like
the breath of God. l can recollect dis
tinctly that it seemed to fan me like i'm
mense wings. l wept aloud with JOY
and love. These waves came over me
| and over me one after another, and I'M
| til. Irecollect, cried out, II shall die il
| these waves continue to pass over me.
| I said, Lord, / cannot bear any more. "
And when a gentleman came into the
Office and said. Mr.. Flnney. you are in
pain?" he replied, NO. but so happy
that 1 cannot live"
MY hearers, the time will come when
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 matter of few years. perhaps
a few DAYS or a few hours. Ride on. .
Christ! for the evangelization Of all ma
tions. Thou Christ who didst ride on
the unbroken colt down the sides OF
| Oliyet, on the white horse of eternal
victory ride through all nations, and
may we, by our prayers, and our self
sacrifices, ana our contributions, and our
CONSIDERATIONS, throw palm branches in
the way. l clap my hands at the COM
ing victory.
l feel this morning as did the Israel
ties when, on their march to Canaan, they
came not under the shadow of one palm
tree, but of seventy palm trees, standing
in an oasis among dozen gushing foun-
tains, or as the Book puts it, Twelve
wells OF water and threescOre and ten
palm trees" Surely there are more
than seventy such great and glorious
souls present to-day. Indeed, 1t is a
mighty grove of palm trees, and feel
something of the raptures which l shall
feel when. our last battle fought and
our last burden carried, and our last tear
wept, we shall become one Of the multi
tudes St. John describes ''clothed in
white robes and palms in their hands"
Hail thou bright, thou swift advanc'
ing, thou everlasting Palm Sunday OF
\ Tho cEioS' NictOrS OVor sin and SnrPOW
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
CRATES Of pearl, and some on battlements
Of amethyst, and some on streets Of gold,
and some on seas of sapphire, they
shall stand in numbers like the stars. In
splendor like the morn, waving the palms
A New Invention.