The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-10

and riot into the divine system. And yot
Infinite mercy pleads thai no may be spared,
that he may be freely pardoned from tho
death sentence, and that a "speoial ordor'
favor. Now here 10 a Qrnvo question: How
cnn the demands OF both iustice ana mcrcy
BIO metz Where 10 the skill that, sntisfying
these requirements, can survey a line
through all tho difficulties involvsdp Right
he,e, whore human destiny 10 Mt stake. and
oil tho interests OF tho race hang IN awfni
jeopardy, Jesus Christ leaves his Fathers
throne. aud comes to cast up n highway Of
redemption. He first Travelled II alone when
there was no eye to pity or arm to save"
deep were the waters crossed. nor how dark
was tho night when the Lord passed through.
ere Ho found his sheep that was lost"
But hallelujsh! The night was not 40 dark
that he could not cross 1t. The gulf was
not 10 wide thst no could not span it. He
trestled tho great chasm Of sin between
earth and heaven, brought down the noun
Trims OF human pride. filed tho valleys of
deficiency and made straight the crooked
places. establishing n royal line leading
from the brisk yards Of Egypt TO the amar-
anthine bowers of Canaan. Many things
connected with railroading the outside
world does not understand. II Is only by
close observation and CAREFUL study that
one may understand the language of the
locomotive whistle. but the railroad en-
l pl0y6 ultd0Eotuuu6 Wucudy6x IL u0Llhuu0
signals or brakes. The flags and lanterns.
rod. white. green and blue. when given va
rions positions and motions. speak n dialect
understood by the railroad but which are
MYSTERIOUS TO the outside world. But am
] to disc edit what l cannot understand?
If 30 how little there ia in the universe
that bears the seal Of Truth. Greater
and more numerous still are the mysteries
of religious railroading. How can ] be
carried from earth to heaven by simple
faith in Christi Why are Gin and sorrow
in this world? Why must the good suffer
out of the mystery of death2 What nre
these colored signals that flash along tho
way? oh, the questions that stagger and
blind! And yot by taking passage on this
gospel train. l may know, for "If any man
will to do his will he shall know Of the
willing to travel on the road. yet they stand
aside and c~riticise the management. They
take up this book. look over the chart.
rules, regulations. connections and sched-
ule. by snatchinR q line here or a verse
there; but is this the wny We study our
railway guides? No. We study closely.
and rour over pnGe after page until we re-
ceive the desired information.
Their. are many things it is not necessary
for me to know. / need not be a philoso-
pher in order to take passage from Helena
to Fan Francisco; l need not know tho
number of ties in a mile, or OF rails in a
section; / cnn reach my destination with
out understanding the secret power of
steam, or knowing the philosophio~ principle
of motion. or without being able to tell
whether the wheels are made of steel or
paper. So on the gosrel train, / trust my
self III the hands of the conductor, and
keep my seat while passing through q tun-
mol. There are mysteries all along tho way.
but because l cannot understand them. l
will not leap from tho train out into the
0ol1 yrht re khrror Ms, s11ynk k@1 Ea...
purchased through the infinite merits of
Christ and presented to me as n gift; l have
it in my hand. 1t reads. From enrth to
heaven" with no ''stop over'' privileges.
My baggage ia checked through. and know
ing that there are no dangers on this line.
ten thousand times ten have already landed
safely on the other side, l roll on across
this desert world, toward q city whose
builder and maker is God and whose foun-
dation is Immortality.
In religious nnd commercial railroading
everything depends upon the observance Of
the rules. Iho!e are special rnles for all
positions in the railroad business; enei-
nee's. conductors. brakemen. train dis
patohe's. telegraph operators, ticket
agents, freight and express mon are all
bound by from six to sixty special rules.
besides the general regulations. So in tho
divine book of rules. God has given special
directions to nil his subjects, suited to
their respective positions In life. These
laws have a universal bearing and must be
obeyed. There is not a railroad oompany
in tine land that would retain q rebellious
employe for a single moment; the welfare
of the employc. the rights of the patronjz-
ing public and the security of life and
pro erty are all at stake; the slightest
detection from duty may .precipitate the
Thus every post of duty is surrounded by
the ~yastest interests-it is an axis upon
which r~evolves a world of response
bility. Order must be observed from
the supe%rintendent's office down to
the handcar %atntion. Out yonder in the
man; he saws to himself. "ln a Great rail-
way system like this, with its tens of thous.
ands of men at work, one switchman is of
small Importance; it won't make any differ
euce if l do Law down and take a nap" All,
no difference? Look! Here and yonder
thor human freightage. and upon the nc
ton OF that humble switchman hangs hun
dreds of lives. Greater Importance than all
this attaches to the fidelity of the gospel
operative in keeping inviolate tho COM
mands Of his chart. Upon this depends
of His kingdom. the pence md prosperity
of His children and the eternal welfare of
/ humanity at large. Catelessneas and disc.
badience in the Kings highway are
attended with irreparable loss. Once
there was a plain. humble woman,
but she was true to the duty
of her post; she couldn't flash before the
world, but she kept her feeble light burn
ing in the home and switched her boys John
and Charles onto tho right track. That
faithful mother has long since been at rest,
but the trains which Susanah Wesley
turned h%eavenward. go singing through the
centuries. Those most aithiu in their
labors and showing the best moral depot
ment are promised promotion. The high
positions in railronding arc not reached at
a single bound. Merited reward is the law
of all development. of all progress. Mon
are not made dispatchers, engineers. con
ductors, division masters. ticket. express,
freight agents and superintendents by ac-
cidsnt. These positions are reached
through carefulness in the little things and
faithfulness in the lower rounds of toll.
As a rule the high officials on
our railway lines. began at the
bottom and climbed to tho top. This is
true III all departments of activity. Will
lam Stewart entered new York with his
estate swung over his shoulder in a BAN
dana handkerchief. Vanderbilt wore blis-
ters on his hands rowing n ferry boat for a
living, before no could blister Wall street
with n scratch of his pen. Jay Gould ham
nered iron in n blacksmith chop before he
coujured up 'B.ack Fliday" or hammered
the best railroad stock dow below par.
Tho railway employe is required to be tenn
perate in his habits. avoiding the use of in
toxicatilg drinks, profnne Language, alter
cations. giving respect to supe Tor offers.
and kind attention to the pat onizing pub