Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-01

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ca S.otsso u.ers.Lse, pst o0sn Ms hal
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TITO ns.seh- no Nj $50 ia ihs tEcss Of
IN, CID people taos ths ssS.5sa ~ hsoA soaas
E.soysc t-xs .1E re.lss0n. bct Ii.s s0ISAlE-s
II celestial p.zace. and DC VIII szy. Was.
wonder II Ihs, lsn tls s-1fla peace tt-At
ssoD. cut CT shs tue 81 ny f.t..er All
mother when me. ~ dslogf'
And then there vail come y darnpns~s
IN lis EYES through which he can hardly
sc. and be veil oloss be eyes to inlpfison
tAe euoflon, bit ths hoi tar Will hres.k
through the fTinges II svel@sises and drop
ur-ln the coat siseve. he VIII put his
head co ere back If the Pew In front and
sob. Lord God Of the cid I-ople. hep
re" We ought - lay piot here for
the religious capture OF al the yoans
peOpic IN brooklyn.
CITY 90 pzFP syNFArHIES
Yes. sympathy for the OH They have
their aches si.i pains and distress.s.
They cannot hear or wala or So as well
as they used %. We must bs r~verenual
IN their presence. On darx days W.
must help them through tie aisle and
help them ind the place In the hyusn-
book. Some sabbath morning We shall
miss them from their place. and We shall
say, Where - Father so-and-so today
and the ,.nswrr Will D.: Nv hat. haven't
you heards The Kings wagons have
taken Jacob up 10 tho palace where his
Joseph ~ ycS aAive.'
Sympathy for business men. Twenty
four years Of commercial HE IN New
York and Brooklyn are enough To tear
ones nerves - pieces. W. want 10 make
our sabbath service here u Rescue for al
these martyrs Ut traffic. u foretsste of
that land where they have no rents ~
pay. and there are 10 business rivairies,
and " here riches, instead OF taking wlngs
~ fly away. brood over other riches.
sympathy for the fallen. remembering
that they ought 10 be pitied ss much as IA
man run over with a rail train. The
fact is that in the temptations and mis-
fortunes of life they get run over You
and l IL the same circumstances would
have done as badly. We should have
done worse perhaps. II you AID had
the same evil surroundings and tile same
evil parentage tho they had and tho
same native born prociIvities IA evil that
they had, You and should have been la
the penitentiary or outcasts Of society.
mo" saws soTae self righteous man. L
couldn't have been oyerthrown in that
way" You old hypocr,te, you would
have been the first TO fall,
We want IL tins church 10 have sym
patty for the worst man, remembering
he Is a brother. sympathy Tor tho worst
woman. remembering she Is "a sister. X
that Ii not the gospel, l 90 not know
what the gospel is. All. Yes. sympathy
for all the troubled. for the orphans in
their exposure. for widowhooi with il
weak arm fighting for bread, for tho
household which ers. resounded with
merry voices and pattering feet now aw-
fully still-broad winged sympathy, like
the feathers Of the Almighty; warm
blooded sympathy. everlasting svmpa-
thy: sympathy which shows itself in tho
grasp Of the bend. in the glittering tear
81 the eye. IL tho con-oling word OF tho
month; sympathy Of blankets for tho
cold. of bread for the hungry. Of medi-
cine for the sick. OF rescue for the lost.
sympathy.
TwgNrY-FOCI YEARS OF HEALTH.
Let IL thrill IN every sermon. Let it
trembic IN every song. Let it gleam ia
every tear and IN every liyht. Sympathy.
Men and women are signing for svn-
patny. groan!ur fer sympathy. DYING for
sympathy. tumbling off into uncl-auli-
mes and crime and perdi'ion for lack OF
sympathy. MAY CiOd give il - US, Eli
all this pulpit with II from step IL step.
L.; tie sweep of these galleries sucges.
it, encircling arms. Fin all the house
with II. from door todcor. and from floor
TO ceiling. until there is 10 more room
for Il, and il shall overflow into the
street. and passersby on foot and IN car
rage shall feel the thro5 IF its magniE-
cens bcnedictlon.
Lct that be our now departure a. o
church. Let that DO my new departure
as n pastor. Sympathy, Gratitude to
God demands that this morning men
tioa the fac; that during all. these -
years | have missed brt one service
through sickness. When entered TIE
ministry. was soda!icaia ! dil not think
Iwouid preach three months. bnt preach
inc has agreed with Ine. and think tho
healihiest thing ia al the earth l. the r.
ligi0a Of JesUs Christ. Bless the Lord,
- nv soul, What ingrstcs We are Ia r.
gard - our health,
must. IN gratitude 20 God. also mon
ton the multitude TO whom have been
permitted To preach. IL il simply mirac-
ulous, the attenlaace morning hy morn
Ing. night hy night. and year b. year.
and l9nS after II has got q L. ga oil
story. know some people are dainty
and exclusive In their tastes. A. fOr my.
self. ! like big crowd would Ike To
49, an audience large enough 10 scare
me. II this gospel u good. the more Tat
=; It the better.
sIany have received the gospel here
bat o'hess have rejected t. Vow. tel
You what aru ca.u-, 60 ID wlth some o..
NY dearest friends vho have la;hegro
~. ST Tho ao~Qsl NoI arr not st-aii
- me. and ln Mt afraid az Won. AMI
some day. % brother. viii clry yous
bands together. ant WIN turn yc-s- facs
tie other way. ar3 viii take ho.l ~
Your shoulders. and while y1g ar help
i~s- ia E5y eTa~p | y a. .1ve you oueL,s.,-
..1< push mio The snuglom ~ Gad.
Chvist ssys vs. nEs' compel yo1 - come
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