Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-17


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ennday. Relig,ps. - dxivsa into them
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snld BY thsts parsats tsst they were the
worst children tlsss svss lived bscauss
dsy hhsd 10 rids down hill better than
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never hsasd thsix pasents talk of Religion
bas with ths corners Of their months
drawn devs - The syss rolled up.
TIM UDVAyyuxVL u sTrNDIlNo Block.
Othss wsst tEts skepeaoixm through
aalkrussmsat On The part q soms who
profssssd religion. Thsrs - - man who
ssys. my partner h business W. vol
able IN prayer Saeeting, and b was Of
6ci0us N al religious circles. bat be
cheated me- out Vt 1000. and ! don't
want any VI that religion-"
There ars others who got into skepti-
cisrn BY . natural persistence IN asking
questioas-why CO how. How can God
b one being IN three rsrsonss They can
not understand 1t. Neither can I. How
IAN 6Vd b- complete sovereign and yet
man . frse agent? They cannot under
stand L. N-ith'R can I. Theycannot
sndsssaand why holy God lets san cosks
into ths world. cseisher can l. They say:
"Here u great mystery Hero u disci-
pie of fashion. frivolous = goddess all
her days-she liv,ss on 10 De an oetoSena-
ran. Here Is Christian mother train
ing her children tor God and for heaven.
self sacrificing, (kris,hke. indispensable
seemingly 70 TIA: housshold-shs takes
tho cancer and dies" The skeptic says.
II can't explain hat" Neither can l.
Oh. can SO how men reason them
selvcs into skepticisrn. With burning feet
have trod that blissering way. know
what IL i 70 have = hundred nights
poured into one hour. There are men In
this audiences who would give their thou
sands Of dollars II they could ct back to
tho old religion Of their fathers. Such
men ars not 70 be caricatured. bat helped.
and not through their heads, bat through
their hGartA When these men really 10
come into The Kingdom Of God. they viii
b worth Tar more TO the cause Of Christ
than those who never examined the evil
dences of Christianity. Thomas Chalmers
once = akeptic; Robert Hall once . skep-
tic: Christmas Evans once . skcptic, but
when they did lay hold Of the gospel
chariot. how they made il speed ahead!
II therefore ] stand this morning BE-
fore men and women who have drifted
away into skepticism ! throw out no
sco6. ! rather inplead you by the menu
ory Of those good old timcs when you
knelt - your mothers knee and said
your evsoing prayer and those other days
Of sickness when she watched all night
and gave you the medicines at Just the
right tirae and turned the pillow when
il was bot. and with hand long ago
turned 10 dust soothed your pains, and
with that voice You win never hear again
unless you join her in the better coun-
ny told you never mind-you would 10
bsstsR By and BY, and by that dying
couch, where she talked 10 slowly, catch
ing her breath between the words-by
Ill those memories ask you to como
and take the came religion. II was good
enough for her-it u good enough for
you
Aye. ] mako . better plea BY the
wounds and tho death throe Of the Son
Of God. who approaches you this morn
ing with torn brow and lacerated hands
and whipped back crying. Come unto
ms al 70 Who are weary and heavy Lad
en-, and ] will give you rest"
cARIyr's RK,exDy FOR BAD TEMPER.
Other pers0ns apologize for not enter
ing the Christian life because Of the in
corrigibility Of their temper. Now, we
admit 1t 10 harder for some people to be-
come Christians than for others. but the
grace Of God never came 20 . mountain
that il could not climb. or 70 IN abyss
that il could not fsthom. or 20 bondage
that il could not break. The widest
horse that ever trod Arabian sands has
been broken ~ bit and trace. The mad
est torrent Stumbling from mountain
shelving has been hsrnssssd 70 tine mill
wheel and the factory band. setting o
thousand shuttles all s-buxs and s-c!at-
ter. ard the widest, the haughtiest. the
most ungs,veYnable man ever created by
the grace Of God may BE- subdued and
sent oct on ministry Of Kindness. a. God
sends al August thunderstorm 70 water
the Wild towers down in the grass.
Good resolution. reformatory effort.
Will not effect the change. II TAKES .
riightser arm and . mixhttcr hand -
bend evil habits than the hand that bent
the tow % Ulysses, and II takss strong
or issso THAI ever held the buffalo on the
prairie. A man cannot 60 forth with
any human weapons and contend sue
cessfully against these Titans armed with
uptorn mountain. Bat you have known
men into whoss spirit the influence of
the guspel Of Christ came until their dis
position va entirely changed. So IL
waa with two merchants in New York.
Thy were very snta@onistic. They had
done al they oouid TO injure each other.
They were In The sAme hnc Of business.
One q ths mAschAnts WA converted 10
God Having been converted. he sskei
the Lord ~ teach him how to bear HIM
seif toward that b1ssnsss Antagonist. and
he wAa Impressed with the fact that II