The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-04-21

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j ~ % Aad not thsorsh she
dom Of God. they VIII be worth "a
more TO the cause OF Christ than thos
who never examined the evidences {
Christianity. Thomas Chalmers one
skeptic, Robert Hall once skspti,
Christmas Evans once . skeptic; bu
when they did lay hold Of the Gosps
chariot, how they wade IL speed abeac
II, therefore. stand this morning bs
fore men and women who have drifte
away out into skepticism, l throw ou
no scoff; rather imp!ead you by tn
memory Of those good old times whe
you knelt at your mothers knee an
said your evening prayer. and thos
other days of sickness when sh
watched all night and gave you tn
medicines at just the right time, an,
turned the pillow when 1t was hot an,
with hand long ago turned to dus
soothed your pains, and with that voic
you will never hear again, unless 70,
join her in the better country, told yo'
never mind, you would be better b,
and by; and by that dying couch. whel
she talked 30 slowly, catching he
breath between the words--by all thos
memories I ask ycn to come and TAX,
the same religion. 1t was good enough
for her-it 10 good enough for you
Aye, make q better plea; by tn,
wounds and the death-throes OF tn,
Son of God, who approaches you Thu
morning with torn brow and laceratet
hands and whipped back. crying: "Coms
unto me, all ye who are weary ano
heavy laden, and l will give you rest >
Other persons apologize for not enter
ing the Christian life because OF the in.
corrigibility of their temper. Now. we
admit it IL harder for some people &c
become Christians than others, but the
grace Of God never came to mountain
1t could not climb. nor to an abyss that
it could not fathom. or to bondage IL
could not break. The widest horse
that ever trod Arabian sands has been
broken to b;: ard trace. The maddest
torrent tumbling from mountain shelv-
ing has been harnessed to the mill
wheel and the factory band. setting
a thousand shuttles all a-buzz and
a-clatter; and the widest, the haught-
lest, the most ungovernaj,o man ever
Sass Grace OF God. may be
subdued and sent out on ministry OF
kindness as God sends an August
thunderstorm to water the wild flowers
down In the grass
Good resolution, resolutions reforma-
tory efforts will not effect the change.
1t takes o nightier arm and a might
Ter hand 10 bend evil habits than the
hand that ever bent the bow of Ulysses.
and 1t takes a stronger lasso than ever
held the buffalo on the prairie. A man
can not not go forth armed with any
human weapons and contend success
fully against the Titians armed with
uptorn mountain. But you have known
men into whose spirit the influence of
the Gospel Of Christ came. until their
was entirely changed. So
Il was with two merchants in New York.
They were very antagonistic. They
had done all they could 70 in!lure each
other. They were in the same line of
business One Of the merchants was
to God. Having been
he asked the Lord to
each hira how to bear himself
oward that business antagonist and
ie was impressed with the fact that 1t
was his duty when customer asked !
'or . certain kind of goods which he |
rad not but which he knew mis- oppon-
mt had, TO recommend him to go to
hat store. suppose that Is about the |
hardest thing the man could do; but |
,eing thoroughly converted To God, he |
'esolved to do that very thing, and be-
ng asked for certain kind OF goods |
which he had not, he said. "You go to |
UGH and such a store ana you will get |
t" After a while merchant No ? ,
ound these customers coming, SO sent, |
md he found also that merchant No. l |
lad been brought to God, and he |
ought the same religion. Now they |
re good friends and good neighbors,
he grace of God entirely changing their
isposition..
'Oh!" says some one, II have rough,
jagged, impetuous nature. and religion
ant do. anything for me-" DO you
now that Martin Luther and Robert |
'ewton and Richard Baxter were i'm
etuouA all-consaming natures, yet the |
race OF God turned them into the |
nightiest usefulnessp oh, how many
Who haze been pugnacious, and hard to
lease, and irascible, and more bothered
bout the mote In their neighbor's eye
han about the beam-like ship-timbcr
n their own eye, have been entirely
hanged by the grace of God, and have
ound out that Goodness is profitable
or the life that now Is as well as for
he life which 10 to come"
Peter, with nature tcmpcstuous as the
en- that he once tried to walk. at one
Dok OF Christ went out and wept bit
erly. Rich harvcsts Of grace may
row on the tip-top of the jagged steep,
nd hocks Of Christian graees may find
he pasturage In 6elds Of bramble and
ock. Though your disposition may be
II Artistic with fretfulness; though
on have temper agleam with quick
ghtnings; though your avariee be Ike
hat of the horse-leech, crying; ''Give!'
hough damuable impurities have wrap
ed you in all-consuming fire, God can
rive that devil out Of your soul, and
yer the chaos and the darkness lie can
iy: Let there be light"
Converted grace has lifted the drunk
I'd from the ditch and snatched the
nife from the hand of the assassin and
he false keys from the burglar, and In
he peNtiferous lanes of the city met the
aughter OF sin under the dim lamp
ght and scattered her sorrow and her
uilt with the words: Thy sins are
1rgiyen; go and sin no more" For
,arlet sin q scarlet atonement
Other persons apologize for not enter
" the Christian life because of the in
onsistencies Of those who profess re-
gion. There are thousands of poor
.rmefs. They do not know the nature
the soil nor the proper rotation of
.ops. Their corn Is shorter Ia Tho
.lk and amaller In The enr They