Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-16
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new religion.
] find an encouraging fact in the
thought that the secular press In this
day and the pulpit seem harnessed in
the same team for the proclamation of
the gospel. Now, on Monday morning
and Monday evening the secular press
spreads abroad more religious truth
than all the tract societies of the coun-
try spread in the other six days. Bless
ed be the tract societies! We hail them,
and we hail these others. l say it
would have been impossiblea few years
ago.
Go back few years, when there was
not decent paper in the United States
that had not discussion on the doc
trine of eternal punishment. Small
wits made merry, l know; but there
was not an intelligent man in the Uni
ted States that as result of that con-
troversy in regard to eternal punish
ment did not ask himself the
question: "What is to be my
eternal destiny?" and so some years
ago, when Tyndall offered his prayer
gauge, there was not secular paper
in the United States that did not dis
cuss the question: "Does God ever
answer prayer? May the creature inn
press the Creator" Ar not all these
facts encouraging to every Christian
and every philanthropist? Besides
that, the rising generation are being
saturated with gospel truth as no other
generation, by this international series
of Sunday school lessons. Formerly
the children were expected only to nib
BILE at the little infantile Scripture
stories, but now they are taken from
Genesis to Revelation, the strongest
minds of the country explaining the
lessons to the teachers, and the teach
ers explaining them to the classes; and
we are going to have in this country
five million youth forestalled for
Christianity.
Beside that, you must have noticed
if You have talked on these great
themes, that they are finding out that
while science is grand in secular direc-
tions, worldly philosophy grand in Sec
ular directions they cannot give any
comfort to soul in trouble.
Talking with men on steamboats, and
in rail-cars, find they are coming back
to the comfort of the gospel. They
say: Somehow human science don't
comfort me when / have any trouble,
and / must try something else;" and
they are trying the gospel. Take your
scientific consolation to that mother
who has just lost her child. Apply the
doctrine of the survival of the fittest;"
tell her that her child died because its
life was not worth as much as the life
of one that lived. Try that, II you
dare.
Go to that woman who has lost her
husband and tell her that it was a
geological necessity that that man
passed out of existence, just as the
megatherium disappeared in order to
make room for higher style of crea-
ton, and go on with your consolation
and tell her that there is possibility
that ten million years from now we
ourselves may be geological specimens
on the geological shelf, petritied speci-
mems of the extinct human race! And
after you have got all through with
your consolation if the poor afflicted
soul is not utterly crazed / will send
out the plainest Christian from my
church, and with one-half hour OF
prayer and the reading of scripture
promises the tears will be stayed and
the consolation and the joy in that
house will be like the calmness of an
Indian summer sunset. There will be
II glory flooding the house from floor to
cupola.
Oh, young man, do not be ashamed
to be found on the side of the Bible
Do not join those young men who in
this day put their thumbs in their vest
and swagger about the streets and
stores talking about the glorious nine.
teenth century, about its light being
sufficient without any Bible, and with
out any Christ, and without any God.
Vernon was the son of an English
squire. lie was brought up in great
elegance. There was man working
on the place by the name of Ralph.
Vernon used to often talk with Ralph
After a while Vernon went off to col
lege, and came back with his mind full
of skepticism. He talked his skepti'
cism to Ralph the workman. After
awhile Vernon went from home again,
was gone for years, came back, and
among his first questions when getting
home was: where is Ralph?" ''0h,"
said the father, Ralph is in prison
waiting for the day of execu'
ton" Vernon FASTENED to see Ralph.
Ralph, looking through the wicket
of the prison, said, Vernon, how good
you are to come and see me! lam glad
to see you. 1 hardly expected you
would come and see me. don't blame
you; don't blame anybody; / only
blame myself; but Vernon, ] want you