Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-28
Christian love for me9" And no be.
cane very much awakened and atirred

Christian love for me?:" And no be.
cane very much awakened and stirred
in spirit, and he said after awhile,
"Why, thut man must mean my SOUL"
and he went into his back Office, knelt
down and began to pray. Then he
took his hat and went out to the Office
of this Christian physician and said,
"What can 1 do to be saved?" and the
two doctors knelt in the ice and COM
mended their souls to God. All the
means used in that case was only the
voice of one good man saying, Give
my Christian love to the doctor.s The
voice of kindly admonition. Have you
uttered it to-day: Will you utter it to-
morrow?: Will you utter it now? Com
pei them to come in.
Faith aud Prayer.
I think there is q great work also to
be done in the way OF prayer. If we
had faith enough today, we could go
before God and ask for the salvation of
all the pee. lie in IL churches, and
they would all be saved. there and
then, without q single exception.
there. political men there, worldly
men there, men who had not heard
the gospel for twenty years, men who
are pre-. udiced against the preachers,
men who arc pre-. udiced against the
music. men who are preiudiced against
the church, men who are pre-, udiced
against God lido not are they might
be brought in by fervent prayer you
would compel them to come in.
Oh, for such an earnest prayer
People of God, lay hold of the horns OF
the altar now and supplicate the saliva
ton OF all those who sit in the same
pew with YOU yea. the redemption of
all who sit in your churches.
tell you to-day, my friends, of o
great salvation. DO you understand
what it is to have IL Saviour?: He took
your place. He lore your sins. He
wept your sorrows He is here now t
ave your soul. y soldier, worn out in
his country's service, took tothe violin
as a mode of earning his living. He
playing his violin. but after awhile his
and he could no more make music.
One day, while he sat there weeping,
Il man passed along and said, My
friend. you are too old and too feeble.
Giveme your violin" and he took the
mans violin and began to discourse
most exquisite music. and the people
gathered around in larger and larger
m%ultitudes, and the aged MAJ held his
hat, and the coin poured in and poured
in until the hat was full. "Now," said
the man who was playing the violin,
put that coin in your pockets" The
coin was put in the old mans pockets.
Then he held his hat again, and the
violinist played more sweetly than
ever and played until some of the peo-
pie wept and some shouted. And again
the hat was filled with coin. Then the
violinist dropped the instrument and
passed OF, and the whisper went:
"Who is it? Who is it," and some
one Just entering the crowd, said:
"Why. that is Butcher, the great VIC.
linist, known all through the realm.
Yes, that is the great violinist."
Christ Bears Our Burdens.
The fact was. he had just taken that
mans place, and assumed his poverty,
and borne his burden, and played hil
music and earned his livelihood, and
made sacrifice for the poor old man.
So the Lord Jesus Christ comes down,
aud he flint S us in IL spiritual penury,
ken heart he strikes q straino of infinite
music. which wins the attention Of
earth and Heaven. He takes our pow
erty. He plays our music. He weeps
our sorrows. He dies our death, A
sacrifice for you. A sacrifice for me.
oh, will you accept this sacrifice
now: I do not single out this and that
man and this and that woman But I
say all may come. The sacrifice is SO
great, all may be saved. Does it not
seem to you as if Heaven vas very
near: [ can feel it's breath on my
cheek. God is ear Christ IS near.
Ministering angels are near, your
gloritied kindred in Heaven near, your
Christian father near, your glorified
mother near, your departed children
near. Your redemption is near.