Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-11-27

pOVVol 1line 70 Jnelr soul. They fonn
out That an immortal nature cannot liv
on bank stock. They took up a NORTH
ern Pacific bond, and there was n hole !,
1t through which they could look int
the uncertainty of all earthly treasures
Ihey saw some Ralston, living at tb
rate OF $4,000 a month, leaping from
san Francisco wharf because he couIJ
not continue to live at the same ratio
They saw the wien and paralytic bank
srs who had changed their souls intc
molten gold stamped with the image Of
the earth, earthly. They saw some great
souls by avarice turned into homuncnli
ana they said to themselves, 81 will seel
after higher treasure"
POOR THING TO HUNT.
From that time they did not care
whether they walked or rode, if Christ
walked with them; nor whether thew
lived in a mansion or in hut, if they
dwelt under the shadow of the Almighty,
nor whether they were robed in French
broadcloth or in homespun, if they had
the robe of the Saviour's righteousness;
nor If they were sandaled with morocco
or caifskin, If they were shod with the
preparation of the Gospel. Now you see
peace on their countenance. Now that
man says: "What a fool was to be en-.
chsnted with this worldl Why, have
more satisfaction in five minutes in the
service Of God than had in all the first
years of my life while l was gainget.
ting. like this evening of my day a
great deal better than | did the morn.
ing. In the morning greedily devoured
the prey. hut now it is evening, and l am
gloriously dividing the spoil"
My friends, this world is poor thing
to hunt. 1t is healthful to go out in the
woods and hunt. 1t rekindles the luster
of the eye. 1t strikes the brown of the
autumnal leaf into the cheek. It gives
to the rheumatic limbs the strength to
leap like roe. Christopher North's pet
gun, the muckle-mou'd Meg, going off
In the summer in the forests, had its
echo in the wintertime in the eloquence
that rang through the university halls
of Edinburgh. 1t is healthy to go hunt.
ing in the fields, but l tell you it is be-
littling and bedwarfing and belaming
for man to hunt this world. The ham.
mer comes down on the guncap, and the
barrel explodes and kills you instead Of
that which you are pursuing.
When you turn out to hunt the world,
the world turns to hunt you, and as
many sportsman aiming his gun at a
panther's heart has gone down under the
striped claws, so while you have been
to devour this world the
world has been devouring you. So it
vas with Lord Byron. So it was with
So it was with Catherine OF
Russia. Henry II went out hunting for
his world, and its lances struck through
lis heart. Francis ] aimed at the world,
,ut the assassin's dagger put an end to
lis ambition and his life with one stroke. |
Nary Queen of Scots wrote OH the win
low of her castle:
From the top OF all my trust
Mishap hath laid me in the dust.
The queen dowager of Navarro was
,ffered for her wedding day costly and
beautiful pair of gloves, and she put
hem on, but they were poisoned gloves,
ind they took her life. Better bare
land of cold privation than warm and
glove of ruinous success. "Oh,
Jays some young man in the audience,
Il believe what you are preaching. ]
am going to do that very thing. In the
of my life am going to devour
the prey, and in the evening shall di-
vide the spoil of Christian character. ]
only want little while to SOW my wild
pats, and then / will be good"
Young man, did you ever take thecen-
sus of all the old peoplef How many old
people are there in your house? One, two
Or none? How many in vast assemblage
like thisp Only here and there a gray
head, like the patches Of snow here and
there in the fields on late April day.
The fact is that the tides Of the years are
30 strong that men go down under them
before they get to be 90, before they get
to be 80, before they get to be 40, before
thew get to be 80. And if you, my young
brother, resolve now that you will spend
the morning of your days in devouriDg
the prey the probability is that you will
never divide the spoil in the evening
hour. He who postpones until old age
the religion of Jesus Christ postpones 1t
forever. o
Where are the men who 80 years ago
resolved to become Christians in old age,
putting it off a certain number OF years.
They never got to be old. The railroad
collision, or the steamboat explosion, or
the slip on the ice, or the falling ladder
or the sudden cold, put an end to thelr
opportunities. They have never had an
opportunity since, and they never will
have an opportunity again. They locked
the door of heaven against their SOUL
and they threw away the keys They
chased the world, and they died in the
chase. The wounded tiger turned on
them. They failed to take the game
thew pursued. Mounted on a swift
courser. they leaped the hedge, but the
courser fell on them and crushed them,
Promising to barter their soul Tor tne
world. they lost both and got neither
DIVIDING THE SPOIL -,
While this is an encouragement 70 oiu
naonle who are still unpardoned' II Is no
encouragement TO the young VINO arc
nutting off the day OF grace. ms uoo