The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-09-28

can not ride into the gate of heaver
with coach and four, position ahead
and lackey behind. Except yc be-
come as little children We "a not
enter the kingdom of God God has
chosen the weak things Of the world
to confound the mighty. Zaccheus.
come down! come down.
| notice that this tax-gatherer &c
companied his surrender to Christ
with the restoration of property that
did not belong to him. lie says: "lf
l have taken anything by false accu-
~sation, l restore four-fold." That is.
if I have taxed any man for $40, 900
when he had only five thousand dol
lars worth of property, and put in
my own pocket the a. for the last
five thousand, / will restore to him
four-fold. If l took from him $40 l
will give him $40. If / took from him
$40 I will give him Sleo.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been sc mt to Washington during
the past few years as conscience
money" suppose that money was
sent by men who wanted to be Chris
tians, but found they could not until
they made restitution. There is no
need of our trying to come to Christ
as long as we keep fraudulently n
dollar or a farthing in our possession
that belongs to another. Suppose
you have not money enough to pay
your debts, and for the sake of de-
frauding your creditors you put your
pronarf, ~ ,N,, ,uif,'s n,r,a Nnu
might cry until the day of Judgment
for pardon. but you would not get it
without first making restitution. In
times of prosperity it is right, against
a rainy day, to assign property to your
wife: but if. in time Of perpleXity and
for the sake of ~defrauding your credi-
tor you make such assignment, you
become a culpirt before God,
and you smay as we'll stop praying
until you have made restitution. Or
suppose one man loans another money
on bond OF mortgage, with the under
standing that the mortgage can lie
quiet for several years. but as Don as
the mortgage is given, anne
forclosure-the sheriff mounts the
auction-block, and the property is
struck down to at half price, and the
mortgagee buys it in. The mortgGgee
started to get the property at half
nrice, and is a thief and a robber.
Uatil he makes restitution, there is no
mercy for him. Suppose you sell
goods by a sample. and then afterward
send to your customer an inferior
quality of goods. You have committed
a fraud and there is no mercy for you
until you have made restitution. Su D.
pose you sell a mar u handkerchief
for silk, telling him it is all silk and
it is part cotton. No mercy for you
until you have made restitution. Sup
pose you sell a man a horse, saying
he is sound, and he afterward turns
out to be spawned and balky.
No mercy for you until you have made
restitution.
The wav being clear, Christ walked
into the house of Zaccheus. He be-
comes u different man: his wife a diff
ferent woman; the children are diff
ferent. Oh! it makes a great change
in any house when Christ comes into
it. How many beautiful homes are
represented among yon! There are
pictures On the Wall, there is music
in the dr2 wing room; and luxuries in
the wardrobe; and q full supply in
the pantry. Even If you We're half
asleep, there is one word with which
I could wake you. and thrill you
through and through, and that word
is homer There are also houses of
suffering represented, in which there
are neither pictures nor ward
robe, nor adornment-only one room,
and q plain cot Dr. a bunk in a
corner yet it is the place where your
loved ones dwell. and your whole
nature tingles with satisfaction when
you think of it and call it home.
Though the world may scott at us, and
pursue US, and all the day we be tossed
about, al eventide we sail into the
harbor at home. Though there be no
rest for us in the busy world, and we
go trudging about, bearing burdens
that weil-night crush us, there is a
refuge, and it hath an easy chair in
which we may sit, and a lounge where
we may lie, and a serenity Of peace IN
which we may repose, and that re-
fuge is home.
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Up to forty years men work for
themselves; after that, for their chill
dren. Now, what do you opo to
leave them. Nothing but dollars!
Alas! what an inheritance. 1t is more
likely to be u curse than a blessing.
Your own common sense and observa-
ton tell you that money, without the
divine blessing. is q curse. You must
soc leave your children. Your
shoulders are not so strong az they
were. and you know hat they will
soon have to carry their own burdens.
Yonr eyesight is not so clear at once;
they will soon lave to pick out their
own way. Your arm is not SO mighty
as once; they will DON have to fight
their own battles. Oh, let it not be
told on judgment day that you let
your family start without the only
safeguard-the religion Of Christ
Give yourself no rest until your
children are the sons and daughters of
the Lord Almighty. Your son does