The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-12

heard the name OF Jesus Christ? / seem
to see look of establishment on some
faces at this announcement, yet IL IL a
fact. A missionary some time ago was
travelling through some port IONS OF FLOR
da land Florida is not the only state IN
His name and His reiigion), when ne
1 came upon some children playing ana ne
said 10 them: "My children, do you know
,Jesus?" And they said: mo,
we don't know Him." Why,
be said, "hsve you ne never ,ns rsaI1 rsnIv
came, "Why, no; where does He liver"
And he questioned the little fellow ana
the Others who were with him, and they
declared that they had never heard OF the
name OF Jesus Christ; they had never
seen or heard of a Bible or the word Oh
God.
So ! say there is a great work to be
done to make the world TO see Jesus, ana
realize that He Is the Savior OF the worio.
And for this great work we need great
army OF workers. And we need the
children We need the children; ior 1
have come to see and believe; am nrmly
rooted and grounded in this beliei, tnat
the children in many cases are CONG
more for the saving OF mankind than
grown people are doing. Let one OF these
little children spproach one who 10 not
follower of Christ and ask him III he
y II
Do you know of a person who would treat
the child lily for such a thing? whereas,
If minister of the gospel or one OF these
laymen should accost the man thus ne
would receive only curses IN return. An!
the children can reach the heart Wnen
oftentimes the word of the grown person
would fall as an idle tale. From the So
cieties OF Christian Endeavor, Epworth
Leagues, Sunday Schools, Junior En-
deavor Societies and other kindred socie-
ties the world Is receiving corps oil
workers such as, 1T has never before
known.
speak here of life as a battlefield, and
want TO say to these young hearts here
today that life is q battlefield. Rest as
sured of that, young hearts, but never
fear. say, never fear. Keep youi lives
in accordance with the command oil the
text, and you have Jesus Christ ABIDING
in you, and when you have Jesus Christ
abiding in your hearts you have one VINO
will conquer in all things. One who, oy
all His followers, has been found sufnclent
to enable them to overcome all difnculties
and to stand firm in the strength OF Goo'
Yes, believe that this army Is going 10
win the world back to virtue and purity,
and religion and God. IL Is going TO win,
because its principles are the word OF God,
that lives and abides forever. III Is an
army irresistible in its march, flowing on
to the East and 10 the West, TO the North
and to the South, and 1t shall continue 10
extend It's branches in every direction
until the people all over our land shall be
freed from sin and won to Jesus Christ
1t shall go on, and on, and on, until the
banner of Prince Emanuel shall wave
from every hilltop and float in every val
ley. And its soldiers, our coming men
and women, are the instruments tnat are
going to bring about this great work.
Possibly some of the children would
desire TO ask today, what they may do TO
help some other one to Jesus Christ.
have partially told you; but want 10
give you some illustrations Of what has
been done in the past, and what has been
done in the past can be done again, and
may and will be done, II Jesus Christ is
! abiding in your hearfs;
A little Highlander was standing on
some steps with party OF little friends
singing Sunday songs, when drunken
man came along the street, who said with
an oath, ''My little man, did your master
not teach you anything better than to be
singing such songs as tho5ey' One little
fellow said, "Yes, sir; He teaches US that
il is very wicked to swear" That man
heng his head and went on down the
| street, and O few years after he testified
| before vast audience that those words
| from the little fellow were what led him
| to seek q better life.
| A man who had spent his evening at tho
! club returned one night to his home, bare
| and desolate for the want OF comforts
which had one by one disappeared as the
result of his dissipated habits. He went
through the uncarpeted hallway and en-
| tered the cheerless sitting room where his
wife was holding. In her arms lit
tie sickly girl Morose and sullen,
as such men are, he threw himself
into a chair, and said never word. The
mother said 20 her child; "My darling
it is time for you to go to 5ed,n and the
/ little girl knelt at her mothers knee and
said her prayer to God, then she said,
| the mother said, (" Yes, pet, pray" and
she folded her hands and closed her eyes,
and with her face turned toward heaven,
said: 80 God, save, oh! save my dear
father.n And that man, though partially
md or he iufiueuce of drink caught his