The Penn's Grove record., 1894-04-27

preach as short as that, but he meant 10
teach us compression.
At Selma, Ala, the other day vas shown
4 cotton press by which cotton was put IN
such shape that it occupied in Transports
ton only one car where three cars vera for
I merly necessary, and one ship were three
ships had been required, and 1 imagine that
| we all need to compress our sermons and our
| prayers into smaller spaces.
And His sermons were so lovely for senti-
! ment and practically and simplicity and il
lustration. The light of candle, the crystal
o. the salt, the cluck of a hen for her chick
ems, the hypocrite's dolorous physiognomy,
tha moth in the clothes closet. the black
w.ng of q raven, the snownank of white
lilies, our extreme hotheration about tho
splinter of imparfection in some one eisa's
character, the swine fei on the pearls,
wolves dramatizing sheep, and tho perora-
ton made up of a cyclone in which you hear
the crash OF q rumbling house unwisely con-
structed. No techniG1lities, no splitting OF
hairs between north AMI northwest side, no
dogfnatics, but a great Christly thro5 of
helDiutnass. do not wonder at the record
which says, ''When He was come down from
Ina mountain, great multitu les followed
Him." They had but one fault to tlul with
His sermon. 1t was too short. God
help all of US in Christian work 10 get down
OF our stills n realize there ls only one
thing we have to do-there is thu. great
III VI lit WI . olt I'll u fN4LAA
there is the great healing plaster OF tho gos-
pal. What you and l want to do is to put the
plaster on the wound. All sufficient is the
gospel If it is only applied. A minister
preaching to an audience Of sailors con3ern-
ilg the ruin by sin and the rescue by the 20
pei accommodated himself to sailors Y 'rnIa-
ular and said, ''This plank bears Many
years after this preacher was called to see u
dying sailor and asked hin about his hopo
and got the suggestive reply, This plank
Oeara."
Yea, Christ was lovely in His chief life's
work. There were a thousand things for
Him to do. but HIS great work was 10 get
our shipwrecked world out of the breakers.
That He eame TO do, and that He did, and
Hs did it in three years. He took thirty
years to prepare for that three years activ-
ity. From twelve to thirty years OF age we
hear nothing about Him. That intervening
eighteen years 1 think he was in India. But
H3 came back 10 Palestine and crowded
everything into three ~years-three winters,
three springs, three summers, three ant
umns. Our life is short, but would God We
might SOC how much We could do in three
years. Concentration Intensifcation
Three years of kind words Three years OF
living for others Three years OF self-sacri-
fcei Let US try it.
Aye, Christ was lovely in His demise. lie
nad a right that last hour to deal in auathe-
matization. Never had any ono been so
meanly treated. Cradle OF straw among
goats and camels-that was the worlds re-
ception OF Him. Rocky cliff, with ham
mers pounding spikes through tortured
nerves-that was the worlds farewell saluta-
ton Tho slaughter of that scene sometimes
hides the loneliness of the sufferer. Under
the saturation of tears and blood we some
times fail to see the sweetest face OF earth
and heaven. Altogether lovely! Can cold
est criticism find an unklnd word He evor
spoke, or an unklnd action that He over per-
formed, or an unkind thought that He ever
harbored?
What u marvel il is that all the nations OF
earth do not rise up in raptures OF affection
for Him! must say it here and now. lift
my right land in solemn attestation. l love
Him, and the grief Of my life is that l do not
love Him more. Is it an impertinence for
me to ask, Do you my hearer-you, my
reader, love Him? Has He become 4 part of
your nature? Have you committed your
children on earth into His keeping, as your
children in heaven are already ia His bosom?
Has Ho done enough to win your confidence?
Can you trust Him, living and dying and for
over1 Is yourback or your face toward Him?
Would you like to ave His hand to guide
you, His might 10 protect you, His grace to
comfort you, Hls'suiferings to atone for You,
His arms to welcome you, His love to encir-
Gle you, His heaven to crown you?
Oh, that we might all hava something Of
the great German reformer's love for this
Christ which led him to say, ar any one
knocks at tho door of my breast n says,
Who lives thsreT my reply is, Jesus Christ
lives here, not Martin Llther.'" VIII it not
bs grand II. when we got through this Short
and rugged road OF life, We can go right up
into His presence AMI 1.-Two with Hin world
without end.
And if, entering the gate of that heavenly
s;ty, we should DO so overwhelmed With our
uuworthiness on the one eide, and the super
nal splendor on the other side, wo get q lit
Ito bewlldered and should for a few moments
be, lost on the streets OF gold N among tina
FURNISHED temples and the sapphire thrones,
there would be plenty to show US tho way
andtake us out of our joyful bewildermcnt,
and perhaps the woman Of Main would say,
"Come, LET me tax you 70 thc Christ who
raised my only boy to lie" And Martha
would say, Como, lot ms take you to the
Christ who brought up my brother Lazarus
from the tomb" And ono OF tho disciples
would say, "Come, and let mo tako you
to the Christ who saved our shaking snip
in the hurricane on Gonnasarst." Ani
Paul would say, "Come, aud lot mo
lead YOU 10 the Udrist for whom 1 dol
on tho road to Ostia." And whole groupso;
martyrs would say, "Come, let US show you
the Christ for whom werattlei The ciiain and
waded the foods and dared the ilres." AM
our W glorlhed kindred wolidhock around
US, say ms Np haNV EOSh "Sthb oSS
while for you, but before we talk over old
times, and we tell you OF what We have en-
joyed since VIC have been here, AMI you tell
US Of what you have suffered since we parted,
come, come and let US show you the greatest
sight in all the place, the most resplendent
chrome, and upon it the mlghtiest cenqusror,
the exaltation OF hoaven, tho thsmc OF the
immortals, tie altogether great, the altogeth-
er good, tho altogether fair, tho altogether
lovelyr'
We'd, thu t~eiishtfui morn viii coma
When ny dear Lord wilt 0rics mo home
And l shall SEQ His faSe.
Then. with my Saviour, Brother. erihni,
A bless Starn, ty I'll spend,
Triumphant ia HIS grace,