Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-06


death and foand hssa ia very ,nlarn
knaltk he aid % Ar. Adams: 4 "A
gid ~ 80 yo1. ! hops soa sre getting
alors pretty wsilsr The reply wss: Al.
sir. quite TIE eoatrzry. | ind ] an =
pour tenant ocrapsils house mach
shattered By tiu4<. IL s~sys and ueGl-
bies With every wind. and. what h worse.
slr. the landlord. - lear - ] can maze
out. does no< satxnd 10 make any 10
paAns'
pr. Bcm2n, after passing into the
seventies. wss asked BY my friend. Rev.
DR.. Spear. DIR. Bsfnan. how y your
health nowr and BE- replied. y have on
me an incurzbie disease" What -
thar a~ksd my frisnd. and the sepsu-
sgcE arian replied. .oid age" Both u
the old men heve mentioned intended
their remarks Zoe facetionsness, and cid
people have z right 20 be faoetiouk- An
aged woman sens for her physaclsn and
told him Of her ailments. and The doctor
said: What would you have me- do.
macamf ! cannot make you young
again. She replied: II know that,
doctor. What | want yen to do Is to
help me grow old little longer"
The young have their troubles before
th4n. The old have their troubles be-
hind them. You have got about all out
Of this earth that there Is in IL. Be glad
tha< you. an AGED servant of God, f-e
going To Try another life and amid better
surroundings Stop looking back and
Lob <s.rsq1
the eighties. and the nineties, your best
days arc yet 10 come; your grandest az
soclations are yet 10 be formed; your best
eyesight Is yet TO be lnndled; your best
hearing Is yet to 10 awakened; your
greatest speed IL yet 10 be travelled; your
giaddest song IL yet to be sung
The most Of your friends have gone
over the border. and you are going to
join them very soon. They are waiting
for you. They are watching the golden
shore to see you land They are watch
ing the shining gate 10 see you como
through. They are standing by the throne
TO see you mount. What glad horr
when you drop the stat and take the
scepter: when YOU quit the stiifencd joints
and become an immortal athlete! But
hear, heart remark pertinent to all
people whether in the twenties, tho thir-
ties, the forties. the fifties, the sixties.
the seventies, or beyond. What we all
need is to take the supernatural into our
lives.
Do not let us depend on brain ard
muscle and nerve. We want mighty
supply Of the supernatural. We want
with Us q divine force mightier than the
waters and the tempests. and when the
Lord took two steps on bestormed Cali
lee, putting one foot on the winds and
the other on the waves. he proved HIM
self mightier than hurricane and billow.
We want with u divine force greater
than the fires. and when the Lord cooled
Nebuchadnezzar's furnace until Shad-
rach, Meshach and Abednego did not
even have to fan themselves he proved
himself mightier than the fire.
We want divine force stronger than
wild beast. and when the Lord made
Daniel a lion tanner he proved himself
stronger than the wrath Of the jangies.
There are so many diseases in the world
pable of combating ailments. and our
Lord when ON earth showed what he
could do with catslepsy and paralysis
and ophthalmia and dementia. Oh, take
this supernatural into all your lives!
How - get il? Just as you get anything
you want-by application. If you want
anything you apply for it.
BY prayer apply for the supernatural.
Take it into your daily business Many
man has been able 10 pay only so
cents on the dollar who if he had called
in the Supernatural could have paid 100
cents on the dollar. Why do " men out
OF 100 fail in businesss Because there are
not more than two men out Of hundred
who take God into their worldly affairs.
Behind the great unknown stanieth
God within the shadows keeping watch
upon his own"
CAST ALL YOUR cARxs on GOD.
A man got up in New York prayer
meeting and said: God Is my partner.
did business without him for 20 years
and failed every two or three years. !
have been doing business with him for
20 years and have not failed once" Oh,
take the supernatural into all your AZ
fairs. / had such an evidence of the
goodness Of God Ia temporal things
when l entered active life must testify.
Called to preach at lovely Belleville. In
New Jersey. entered upon my work.
But there stood the empty parsonage. and
not cent had with which TO furnish
1t. After preaching three or four weeks
the officers Of my church asked me il
did not want 70 take two or three weeks
vacation. l said Yes" for | had
preached about all I knew, but feared
they must be getting tired OF me.
When | returned to the village after
the brief vacation, they handed mo the
key Of the parsonage and asked me If |
did not want 20 40 and look at 1t. Not
suspect,ng anything bad happsned. |
put tho key into the parsonage door and
opssaed ~, aud there was the hall com
plstoly furnished with carpet and PIC
lures and hstrsck. and turned into the
parlors. and thay were furnished. the
sottcst sofss ever sat on. and into the
study and found " furnished with book
cases. and went 10 the bedrooms. and
they were furnished. and into the
pantry. and that WA furnished with
every culinary article, aud the
spiceboxes were flIed. and four
barrel stood there ready 10 be opened.