The Baptist headlight., 1894-05-16

o0r OF 80
sstp. 'a,.I conflicts Of Life-The Famous
sf''as s- aas Something 70 say On the
rf'' ..ntiaIs or Religion
r.1mage last Sunday preached
rthe spsat IA Genesis xxi, 24-26: "And
II bis IsA Ieft alone, ana there wrest-
scOD WI nn With him until the breaking
ID man And when he saw that he
Fthe oss not against him he touched
rsEalIIp allow Of bis thigh, and the hol-
b nVi u Jacobs thigh was PIT ol Joint as
gF q 9eId ,eled with him. And he said,
\ pleso W. %. for the day breaketh. And
~ VI / will not let thee go except
s0u bless me-" oua7;n i ho,,a
,I.o.,1e Ias p and sheep and goats ana cam
s'' Tbey are the present that Jacob
y taes i cain the good will Of his Of
sDlS Il 5rother. That night Jacob
snasbb u the brook Jabbok. But there
~ rest II for the weary man. No shin
" I1aader to let the angels down into
U dream, but fierce combat that
aonntil the morning with an un-
" asn visitor. They each try to throw
D9nlb 'sber, The unknown visitor, to
sasI bis superior power, by q touch
s'sal aehes Jacobs thigh bone from its
'ISus '+at perhaps manning him for life.
Mas't y Y tbe morning sky the clusters Of
s,oe III cloud begin to ripen Jacob sees
" II angel vita whom he has been
u s.nsssnding and not one Of his brothers
.sS ntors. LET me 60" cries the
'sssl - lifting himself TIP into increas-
.ssi;cbt THE day breaketh."
Ton see in the first place that God
,IaTs good people sometimes to get
% IA terrible struggle. Jacob was a
,sd man, but here he is left alone in
\ II Midnight to wrestle with tremend-
u inanence by the brook Jabbok.
q loseph, bit; for Daniel, a wild
psst den; for David, dethronement
M exile; for John the Baptist, a
r1derness diet and the executioner's
/ tor Peter, a prison; for Paul, ship
rsck:: for John, desolate Patmos; for
Tasbti. most insulting cruelty; for
eephile. punishment; for Mrs. Si-
journey, the agony Of drunkard's
T|e FOR John Wesley, stones hurled
man infnriated mob; for Catherine,
Ss Scotch girl, the drowning surges
athe sea; for Mr.. Burns, the butfeting
1.-The Montreal populace; for John
BuEn Of Edinburgh. the pistol shot Of
Lard Claverhouse: for Hugh McKail,
IL sscafold; for Latimer, the stake; for
1 christ, the cross. For whom the rocks,
4 Adbbets, the guillotines, the thumb
neTs: For the sons and daughters
4 1.-THE Lord God Almighty. Some one
si to a Christian reformer, "The
Trdis against you" Then" he re-
Aai III am against the world
Redhot Disaster.
will 90 further and say that every
aistian has his struggle. This man
bis combat in Wall Street; this
on Broad Street; this one on Fulton
et; this one on Chestnut Street;
one on State Street; this one on
bard Street; this one on the
gsse. With financial misfortune you
y had the midnight wrestle. Red
disasters have dropped into your
n from loft to cellar What you
nght you could not sell. Whom you
nted fed. The help you expected
pld not come. Some giant panic
llh long arms and grip like death,
peg hold Of you in an awful wrestle,
nnWhlch you have not vet escaped,
W I is uncertain whether it will
NOV you or you will throw it.
here Il another soul in struggle with
ane pad appetite. He knew not how
aeaEllly 1t was growing on him. One
aouf he woke up. He said, For the
ake a nv soul, Of my family and Of
w children and Of my God, | must
asp ms And, behold, he found him
~ alOne BY the brook Jabbok, and it
- Midnight. That evil appetite
4 se1ea upon him, and he seized upon it,
~ n.y., q, the horror Of the conflict!
u, naen once bad habit has aroused it,
n n W q destroy a man, and the man
80. W sworn that, by the help Of the
nstlai nsai God, he will destroy it, all
i I0asea !. draws itself out in a long line
! !. llglt TO look from above, and hell
\ M,slcnes Itself in myrmidons of spite
! 4. ~ Up from beneath. | have seen
si.a j fally themselves for such strug-
NJ ~ ana they have bitten their lips
, II II Vl.nched their fists and cried with
~ sIooo red earnestness and rain Of
''sSMlng Tears, "God help me-"
III arOm wrestle with habit I have
i go men fall back defeated. Calling
ssa,'' y " .n.elp, but relying on their own
sss,,u.ions, they have come into the
sasgie, y. and for time it seemed as if
IA. S we're getting the upper hand Of
80 M; naDlt. but that habit rallied
m ssla lls internal power and lifted
~ sassa arom It's standing and with force
Issss ssoseu from the pit hurled it into
M M uarkness. First | saw the auction
M ss.s mallet fall on the pictures, and
n. sss.eal instruments, and the rich up
ss;sry 49, of his family parlor. After
49, 49, saw him fall into the ditch.
M 'a' h tne midnight, when the chill
- we're dreaming their sweetest
llsaln sa,ns and Christian households are
49, 49, with slumber angel watched !
blla1 I'm give the sharp shrek that
sgMsu Il ,s' Inc stab of his own poniard.
\ ts,i ts,1 rom an honored social position;
M 81 from a family circle of which