Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-07-22

Heaven. There are men in all occupa-
tions who seem to act as though they
thought u pack of bonds and mort
cages could be traded off for u title to
heaven. and as though gold would be a
lawful tender in that place where it is
SO common that they make pavements
out of it. Salvation by Christ is the only
salvation. Treasures in Heaven are
the only incorruptible treasures. Have
you ever ciphered out in the rule of
loss and gain the sum: "What shall It
profit man If he gain the whole world
and lose his soul?" However fine your
apparel, the wings of death will flutter
it like rags. Homespun and thread
bare coat have sometimes been the
shadow of coming robes made white in
the blood of the Lamb. The pearl of
great price is worth more than any gem
you can bring from the ocean, than
Australian or Brazilian mines strung
in one carcanet. Seek after God; find
His righteousness, and all shall be well
here; all shall be well hereafter.
But have a word with those who
during the present commercial calami-
ties have lost heavily, or perhaps lost
all their estate. If n man lose his prop
erty Mt 30 or 40 years of age, it is only q
sharp discipline generally, by which
later he comes to larger success. 1t is
NIL folly for man to sit down in mid
life discouraged. The marshals of
Napoleon came to their commander and
said: 1--WE have lost the battle and we
are being cut to pieces" Napoleon
took his watch from his pocket and
said: ut is only . o'clock in the
afternoon. You have lost that bat
tie, but you have time enough
to win another. Charge upon the
foe!" Though the meridian of life
has passed with you, and You have
been routed in many a conflict, give not
up in encouragement. There are vic
tories yet for YOU to gain. But some
times monetary disaster to man when
there is something in his age, or some
thing in his health, or something in his
surroundings, which make him know
well that he will never get up again.
In 1857 it was estimated that, for many
years previous to that time, annually
there had been thirty thousand failures
in the United States. Many of these
persons never recovered from the
misfortune. But let me give a
word of comfort in passing. The
sheriff may sell you out of many
things, but there are some things
of which he cannot sell You out.
lie cannot sell out your health. He
cannot sell out Your family. He cam
not sell out your Bible. He cannot sell
out your God. He cannot sell out your
Heaven. You have more than you
have lost. Sons and daughters of God,
children of an eternal and ALLOWING
Father, mourn not when your property
goes. The world is yours, and immor-
tally is yours, and rivers of gladness
are yours, and shining mansions are
yours, and God is yours. The eternal
God has sworn it, and every time you
doubt it You charge the King of Heaven
and earth with perjury. Instead of
complaining how hard you have it, go
home, take up your Bible full of prom
Uses, get down on your knees before
God and thank Him for what you have,
instead of spending so much time in
complaining about what you have not.
Some of you remember the shipwreck
of the Central America. This noble
steamer had, i think, about five hun
bred passengers aboard. Suddenly the
storm came and the surges trampled the
decks and swung into the matches and
there went up a hundred-voiced death
shrek. The foam on the jaw of the
wave. The pitching of the steamer as
though it were leaping n mountain.
The dismal flare of the signal rockets
The long cough of the steam pipes.
The hiss of the eXtinguished fur
naces. The walking of God on the
wave. The steamer went not down
without struggle AS the pas
sengers stationed themselves in rows
to bail out the vessel, bark to the
thump of the buckets, as men unused
to toll, with blistered hands and
strained muscle, tug for their lives.
There is sail seen against the sky.
The fash of the distress gun sounded,
its voice is heard not, for it is choked
in the louder booming of the sea. A
few passengers escaped; but the
steamer gave one great lurch and was
gone! So there are some men who sail
on prosperously in life. Ais well, ais
well. But at last some financial disas-
ter comes; a euroclydon. Down they go!
the bottom of this commercial sea is
strewn with shattered hulks. But
because your property goes, do not let
your soul go. Though all else perish,
save that; for have to tell you that a
more stupendous shipwreck than that
which l have just mentioned. God
this world 5000 years ago.
1t has been going on under freight OF
and immortals; but one day
A. - g. ho