The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-26

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from heaven and they left that mamma,
but they looked for fish, the
onions, the leeks and the garlic
of Egypt. Yes, and isn't that
the condition OF good many now? When
| you see child OF God that would rather
| go To some places of amusement, and taxes
more interest in them than in Gods house
and Gods people isn't there something
wrong? A friend of mine said he had
beautiful canary bird, and he thought IL
was the sweetest singer they had ever had.
| Spring came on, and he felt il was pity
| To keep the poor bird i'm the house, so he
| just put il under tree right in front OF
| his house. He said before ne knew II lot
OF these little English sparrows got under
that tree. (And you know they cannot
sing, any more than can. / don't know
one note from another) chutter, chut-
ter chutter chutter. Before he knew IL,
that little canary had lost all its sweet
notes. 1t had got into bad company. And
so with Christians. They cannot help II.
After he found out that he had made
mistake he took the bird into the house
and it just kept up that "chutter,
| chutter, chutter, chutter." He said
he bought another bird, but the canary
nearly ruined it. He said that bird never
| got back its sweet notes. Now, don't
you know lots of Christian people who
had a beautiful testimony several years
ago, but they have lost their witness, and
| all they do now is talk, talk, talk,
talk. They don't say anything,
but it is just talk, talk, talk,
talk. Did you ever think of the yards
and yards of talk that you hear that
| doesn't amount to anything? Why?
| Because they are out of communion
with God and have lost their witness. A
Christian in the world is all right. There
is no trouble about them. No one is say
/ ing anything against them. You say,
| "Didn't Christ say He left His disciples
in the world?" Yes and that is the place
| for us until He calls us.
ESome time ago | was on the Spray and
| it went along all right until they knocked
hole in it and water began to come in
and the boat began to sink. Then 1t was
all wrong. The ship was made for the
water, but when the water gets into the
ship down it goes. think the reporters
Of the morning papers the moment the
water began to come in, wanted to get
out of that boat.
There are a lot OF Christians in the
world about waist deep, and then they
wonder why they haven't any power or
influence. Man or woman, get out of the
world and keep out OF it If you want power!
Some one asked q Scotchman il he was
on his way to heaven, and he
said, "Ah, man! live there" Some one
asked Billy Miner how the world was get
ting on. He said he didn't know, he
hadn't been there for II years. This isn't
our home my friends, we don't dwell re.
Nm of Ia tra Ia mn
We don't belong down here. Some
to find that out--most of US
: have lived long enough. A good man j
a.. speaking to this afternoon will be
gone inside of 30 days. But don't let the
world get hold OF you. Keep ii under.
Let me read to you just few verses about
Jehoshaphat, III Chronicles xvii, IT, "And
Jehoshaphat reigned in his stead,
and strengthened himself against
Israel. And he placed forces in all
the fenced cities Of Judah, and set garri-
sons in the land of judah, and in
the cities Of Ephraim, (which Asa
his Father had taken. And the Lord
was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked
in the first ways of his father
David, and sought not unto Baalim; but
sought TO the Lord God, of his fat her,
and walked in His commandments, and
not after the doings of Israel. Therefore,
the Lord established the kingdom In his
hand; and all Judah breHs sat TO Jeheshs--
phat PRESENTS; and he had riches
and honor in abundance. And his
heart was lifted up in the ways OF
the Lord; moreover he took away the
high places and groves out of Judah" lie
was King of Judah and he strengthened
himself against the enemies OF God. He
had great army and the Heavens
seemed to smile upon him. Now just
turn over into the next chap
ter, 18th chapter, LIST verse.
"Now Jehoshsphat had riches ana
honor in abundance, and joined affinity
| with Ahab." Down he went. ! suppose
he reasoned in this way: at form aiiin-
ity with Ahab | can perhaps win back
Israel" He knew the edict had gone out
against Ahab. There was Ahab, one
of the worst men that had
ever lived on earth. And yet
Jehoshlphat, with all that light and
knowledge, went down and formed afiin-
ity with him. What was the result? 1T
overthrow his dynasty. IL WASN'T long
before the son went down and married
Jezebel's daughter. Il would as soon
have married the devil himself.) All Of
Jehoshaphat's sons were put TO death and
not only that, but the crown prince, his
young son was put TO death and he king
dom passed over to some one else.
When the world forgets Christ, LET you
and | get out. We are identified with
Him. You go down the Mississippi river
and after you drop down TO Quincy, H.,
you will find the Missouri river runs into
the Mississippi The Mississippi is quite
a clear stream, but by and by the Missouri
comes and it is very ro!ly. For miles ard
miles these two streams run on separately,
but after they have gone on for few
miles IL all becomes roiy. That Is a pic
ture of the world. There is pure ana am
impure man yoked together. BY and by
the pure man become impure. "How can
two walk together, except they be sgrecd?"
You cannot walk with the ungodly without
conforming to them. Now, sometimes
you see a great forest when you have been
riding on the cars. There has come a
or at storm and has torn that forest all 20