Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-07

charge It TO God. you win encourage
ekepiicism That fellow jnst ate himself
10 death, and I'm not going to say It
was the strange providence Of God.
'I,et us be- reasonable about these
things. That man killed himself, he vio-
lated natures laws. A man gets drunk
in a saloon. lie fights and man. shoots
his head off, A preacher is sent for and
be- says that IL VI the strange providence
Of the Lord That was not the cause OF
his death II was the bullet that went
through his brain. How came Y 10 DO ~
He simply got ont Of the line where
Gods blessings flow. Let inc impress II
ON your minds that coos BLESSINGS ~, 40
not fow in saloons and gambling hells.
"Woll,' says one, you speak OF the
providence Of God, don't you be-
iieye IN it, Yes: but l believe
that death and disease are the
results Of the violations OF ma
lures laws / believe If a man VIII liFe
In harmony with nature he will live to
ripe Old age. That is life; that Is the
grand principle of life; and Christian
life especially is living ia harmony with
the laws Of God.
Wcli,' says one, explain little FUR
Their
mot long since was called to preach
a sermon on the death of a noble Chris
tian mother. She lay In the collin with
friends had gathered about and four
small girls stood by to take the last fond
look at her. One by one they APP
preached the coffin and kissed the cold
face, but the smallest one was too small
to look into the face of her mother, and
some loving hands lifted her up and
she kissed her mother ] thought Is
that the providence Of GodI No; II is
a violation of natures laws that has
produced this awful sorrow. And, say
some, there Is some mysterious blessing In
that proyidentinl incident that will come to
those little girls, Have you ever known
or seen where any blessing comes to n
girl on account Of her mother passing
0wayt Young men, " you have any
manly. nature In you. you can mount the
summit Of this world: sou can soar high
er and higher and battle in this world
untii you write. your names on the roll
OF time; but when We look upon an or
phnn girl with no father or mother, my
soul! how sOrrOwful is the picture
A young lady came to me few DAYS
ago aud she looked up In my face and
SAID Brothcr Wilson, pray for me. |
| nave never felt the touch Of % mothers
| hand Lot me toll you. my friends. II
there are any people who need attention.
II IS the poor orphan girls You tell
ne mere Is some mysterious blessing in
tllat for the orphan girlY ! say no.
Inc, blessings of God flow to MS in
| chnnnel7. Not long since | was aboard
most diiIiculi bnrt ~ do 6Ii,' u ri, u'I
was in The pilof housc fnii.in,, to H., IA,
who was 4 pnrticul1r Sricni az az , nIiu,'
| While I was stnuJjnv tbnro ,,t mn Az
pronthcd no difficult No., fora ana w., ~
The bell which cnIisj fnr ,iiu NV i rllig
men began tp tbrnv ia, ia.iii NJ
man on Inc ril-ht called ~ a " ".,,,t W. W.
tho deck md gnid ,fnu, rcot ',i y, i',l ol'
ON the other gidc snil ,Gyc fno, ,I IVS,,
| feet. called tho cont1in o,J G,.r u,o
| pilot turned tl.r vessel 10 ttc jonn ,,,,tar
AS / looked uppn Tho grsnc tt,"r,sS,t
how beautifully Il Illustrates ma Goi
| has provided ,ho channel of tbnt riysr
aud man has provided he instrument,
| and the vessel must run where thn cbnn,
mel runs. and when Ii uets ant ~ ,bat
channel there Is danger.
"Wkcn an engine leaves Tho trncl, tbere
| IL wreck Whenever m m"nib"r 81 tbe
church turns his back on tbe church
there Is u wreck lY.ern Is no wreck "a
terrible as the wreck of n man. In me
process of intellectual dcyelopment
there is n channel where The mind hns 10
| run And Low / npprorinta tLn s"bnnts
of tho duyl There are three factors of
power in all rcfOrnniions. Take the
schuolrOom. 'hc printing press and the
pulpit, There was time when lie pco-
pie sat mud listened TO the preacher and
all the literature the world got was from
the pulpit, Look ut the advance made.
Look at me, power of tie school. Take
| the beautiful Southland and notice the
the schoulrOom, | appreciate 10 press. I
appreciate the pulpit more than ever lid
botorc, for THESE are the mighty fuvtors
| IN the development of Tie world