The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-18

Dut saves us from our sins. Inat jb tne
only test that is worth having; that Christ
Is saving you from sin.
81 will set up one Shepherd over them"
You may have your different churches,
but we have only one Christ after all.
Do you know thatf All these miserable
sectarian walls have been built up by men.
The Catholics have the same Christ as the
Protestants-one Shepherd, one Christ.
The quicker We recognize that fact the
better. We must get nearer and nearer
together II wc are going to have power.
II we are going TO get nearer the Shep-
herd We have got to get nearer together.
81 will make them covenant of peace"
He brought peace, Prople are trying to
make it. He made 1t by the blood OF the
cross, and all we have got to do is enter
into IT..
the land" When a man IL at peace with
God, he Is at peace with every one. He
can have beautiful, peaceful, joyful
Christian life II he will only walk with
God. That Is what we want, is just to
have this victorious life.
81 viii cause the showers to come down."
That is just what we want now here in
Providence. Isn't it? II you want the
and anxious to do it, and II will bring
great honor and glory to His Son il the
tide comes In here and wave goes out
from this city that will 60 way across this
continent. Why not? Let us expect
great things and we shall not be disap-
pointed.
az will raise them upa plant of renown."
Thank God He has been raised up. Christ
has come since that was prophesied.
"I will satisfy tnem." want to say
that there is only one thing that will sat
isfy longing heart, and that rs Jesus
Christ. The world will not satisfy. A
proof of that Is that the man who
has the most of this worlds
goods gets the least out OF it.
Isn't it SO? You never saw millionaire
in your life that was satisfied. When he
gets one million he wants three; and
when he gets three, he wants ten, and SO
on. Why, remember myself when
millionaire was considered quite
rich man; but he Is
nothing now. He must have hun
dred million. j pity him, don't you?
i do. just pity them because they are
not satisfied. The fact is when God made
your heart and mine he made them little
too big for this world. That is just what.
Christ undertakes to do, to satisfy. You
know sheep never lie down until they get
enough to eat and drink. And so 1t says,
81 will make them rest" He will just
satisfy them so that they
rest. That is just what we want.
We want rest for ourselves before we can
work for others. II we are restless and
agitated and don't get rest for our own
soul, we are the last ones to help anyone
else. He instructed US and kept us as the
apple of His eye. He keeps. Wonderful
Shepherd. He is able to keep every one of
His sheep. People are always talking
about not being able to keep Christ. Man,
let Christ keep you. I remember when
my little girl was about years old she
was always teasing for one of those black
and white muffs, and she kept on teasing
and teasing, and one day her
mother brought her home
black and white muf. She came
to my room and said, "Come
papa, lets go and take a walk" ! was
very busy and said Icould not 60. But
you know when you have an only
daughter she can do about as she wants
to with you. She knew she would get me.
And we went out. 1t was icy, and and
said, "Emma, you better let me take your
hand" But she wouldn't let me, and she
strutted down the street. She wanted to
walk as her mother did and show off her
new muff. We went along and finally she
fell and hurt her little. said, "Now,
Emma, you better let me take your hand"
"No, no." She wouldn't. Very indepen-
dent! But by and bye down she. went
again, and she said, Papa, wish you
would let me take your little finger"
"You better let me take your hand"
But she wouldn't, she only wanted
my little finger. So gave her my
crooked little finger. (My little finger is
crooked). Down she went again, and she
hurt her that time. "Papa, just take my
hand please" / put my big hand around
her little wrist, and when her feet went
from under her again she didn't go down.
That is the way the Shepherd does, He
keeps. Give the whole thing up; your
trying does not amount to anything.
Trust Him to hold and keep you.
The Shepherd will keep all
that commit themselves to Him.
Just say, Lord, / cannot stand without
your help. The temptations arc so
numerous that cannot help myself, but
have put my hand into the hand of the
Eternal God and believe lie will hold
me-" Thank God for the promise that
He will keep us. Let that sink down into
your soul. He will keep ell who commit
themselves to Him. Just trust
Him now to keep you. Remem-
ber that it Is His work to
keep you, and II you go astray, it is His
work to bring you back. The Shepherd
goes and gets the sheep and puts it on His
shoulder and brings 1t back That man
who had the hundred sheep didn't say he
would let the sheep find its way back.
He went out to find it. He We IT out and
searched until he found 1t, and when he
found 1t he didn't beat nor mawl nor
kick it, but just kindly put 1t on his
shoulder and carried it home. There was
a young minister heard about some time
ago, who went 10 take charge of church
that had been under the care OF an old
pastor; and he went to scolding the peo-
pie, and he kept that up for six months.
One day one OF the old deacons asked him
home to dinner with him. After dinner