Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-04-27

the penitentiary or outcasts of society
s.No," says some self righteous man, :"
couldn't have been overthrown in tina
way You old hypocrite, you woult
nave been the first to fall!
We want in this church to have sym
pathy for the worst man, remembering
he is brother; sympathy for the wors
woman, remembering she is sister. L
that is not the gospel, do not know
what the gospel is. All, yes, sympath,
for all the troubled, for the orphans II
their exposure, for widowhood with it
weak arm fighting for bread, for thu
household which erst resounded Will
merry voices and pattering feet now aw
fully still-broad winged sympathy, ik'
the feathers of the Almighty; warn
blooded sympathy, everlasting sym. :
thy; sympathy which shows itself in th'
grasp of the hand, in the glittering teal
of the eye, in the consoling word of tht
mouth; sympathy of blankets for the
cold, of bread for the hungry, of medi
cine for the sick, of rescue for the lost
Sympathy!
TwESTY-FoUR YEARS OF HE ':TH.
Let it thrill in every sermon. Let i
tremble in everyssong. Let it gleam II
every tear and in every light. Sympathy
Men and women are signing for sym
pathy, groaning for sympathy, dying fol
sympathy, tumbling off into unc!eanli
ness and crime and perdition for lack O.
sympathy. May God give it to us! FIJI
all this pulpit with it from step to step
Let the sweep Of these galleries sugses
its encircling arms. Fill all the house
with it, from door to door, and from f!ool
to ceiling, until there is no more room
for it, and it shall overflow into tht
street, and passersby on foot and in car
rage shall feel the throb of its magnifi
cent benediction.
Let that be our new departure as
church. Let that be my new departure
as a pastor. Sympathy. Gratitude e
God demands that this morning l mer
ton The fact that during all these 2
wears I have missed but one service
through sickness. When entered t.,
ministry, was sodelicate | did not thini
Iwould preach three months. but preach
ing has agreed with me, and think tn;
healthiest thing in all the earth Is the re
lic;on of Jesus Christ Bless the LORD
o my SOUL What ingrates we are inre
II - o,,~ bao1tbf
must, in :; .titude to God, also men
ton the mul.itudes to whom / have bee,
permitted to preach. 1t Is simply mirac
ulous, the attendance morning by morn
ing, night by night, and year by year
and long after it has got to be an ol
story. know some people are DAM
and exclusive in their tastes. AS for M
self, like big crowd. would like t
see an audience large enough to scare
me! If this gospel is good, the more tia
get it the better.
Many have received the gospel here
but cthers have rejected it. Now, tel
YOU what am going to do with some o
nv dearest friends who have hithertt
rejected the gospel. You are not afrai(
of me, and am not afraid of you, an(
some day, o brother, I will clasp You,
hands together. and I will turn your face
the other way, and 1 will take hold o
your shoulders, and :ile you are help
less in my grasp viii giveyo one head
long push into the kingdor.Nof Goo
Christ says we must compe! you to com'
in. will compel you to come in. Cal
l consent to anything else with thes'
men, who are as dear to me as my owl
soul: 1 will compel you to come IN.
THE PAST HAS LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE.
Profting by the mistakes of the past.
must do better work for You and bette
work for God. Lest 1 might. through
some sudden illness or casualty,
snatched away before I have the oppor
tunity of doing so, take this occasion
to declare my love for you as "a people
Il is different work if pastor is place.
in a church already built up, and ne i
surrounded by established circun.
stances. There are not 10 people in thi:
church that have not been brought int
the church through my ministry. 1or
are my family. feel as much at home
here as do in my residence on Oxford
street. You are my famsly-my fathei..
my mother. my sister. my son. m'
,:4ugnter. You are my joy and crown
the subject of my prayers.
Your present and everlasting welfare
is tie object of my ambition. have nc
worldly ambition. had once. have
not now. I know the world about a:
we'll as any one knows it. have hearc
the handclappins OF its applause, anu
have heard the hiss of its opposition, ant
I declare to you that the former is moi
especially to be sought for, nor is the lat
ter to be feared. The world has giyer
me about all the comfort and prosperity
it can give man, and have no worldly
ambition. l have an all consuming ambi
ton to make full proof of my ministry
to get to heaven myself and to take
great crowd with me. Upon your table
and cradle and armchair and pillow anc
lounge and nursery and drawing room
and kitchen may the blessing of the al
mighty God come down!
During these "a years there is hardly
family that has not been invaded by sor
row or death. Where are those gran(
old men, those glorious Christian women
who used to worship with US: Why. they
went away into the next world SO grad
ually that they had concluded the secont
stanza or the third stanza in heaven be
fore you knew they were gone. They
lad on the crown before you though
they had dropped the staff of the earthly
pilgrimage.
And then the dear children. Oh, how
many have gone out of this church! Yo'
could not keep them. You folded then
in your arms and said: 20 God, l can
not give them up! Take all else, TAX
my property, take my reputation, bu
let me keep this treasure. Lord, l can
not bear this"
THE LAND OF no PARTING.
Oh. if we could all die together. l
we could keep all the sheep and tn
lambs of the family fold together unit
some bright spring day, the bird
a-chant, ard the waters a-glitter, ant
then we could altogether hear the voic
of the good Shepherd and hand in han'
pass through the food! No, no, no, no
Oh, if we only had notice that we are al
to depart together, and we could say t.
our families: "The time has come. Th
Lord bids us away" And then we coul'
take our little children to their beds ant
st-aighten out their limbs and say
''Now, sleep the last sleep. Good nigh
until it IS good morning" And then W
aa.,1d go o,r OWN ,nnchas and say