Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-12

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~ heaven and earth and hell aticsted their
alleaianco 70 Jesus Christ felt loy
something akin to that which the apos,po
descrlbos whom he says Whether Ia tlie
BODY cannot tell, or out OF the oouy
cannot tell. God knowoth."
Have not ministers n right 20 relo'oo
y,hen n ufodifll comes homer They hlew
nc trumpet, and ought they not to be gla9
Of the uathoring OF the hogti They pointed
no tho full supply, and ought they net 10
reioiuo when souls pant as tho hart lof
the water hrooks' They came forth, say.
ING. Van things arc now ready Ougho
they not TO rcj0icc WHEN the prodi2al ssts
down OF tho banquet
vainu OF Calm Mind.
Life insurance mon will all tell yon thai
ministers Of religion, as n class, liyo ION
Ger than any other. II is confirmed by the
statistics OF all those who calculate upon
human longevity Why Is itS There ~
moro draft upon the nervous systom thnn
I'm any other profession, and their toll ~
most exhaustng. have seen ministers
kcpt on miserable stipends by patsimoni'
Gus COMBINATIONS who wondered at tho
dullness OF tho sermons, whom tho men OF
God were porplcxed almost TO death by
questions o. livelihood and had not enough
nutritious food to koop any fro In their
temperament, No fuel, no FIRE. have
sometimes scon the inside OF the life OF
many Of tho American clergymen-noyer
ncuuptng their hospitality, because they
cannot nfI0rd it--but | have seen them
struggle ON with salaries OF $500 md 5000
q year, the average less than that, thcir
struggle well depleted by the western mis-
sionary who says In q letter. THANK you
for your last remittance Until 1t came wa
had not any meat IN our house for ono
year, and all last winter, although it was
q severe winter, our children wore theit
summer clothes"
And these men Of God find In different
parts Of the land struggling against an
noyanccs and corporations innumernble,
some of them week after week entertain
ing ngcnts who have maps TO soil md sub
hitting themselves @ all styles OF annoy
nnce, and yet without complaint and
cheerful Of soul. How ITO you account for
the fact that thosc life Insurance men tell
us that ministers rs class live longer than
amy othCrsf II because Of tho JOY Of their
work, tho joy otthe harvest field, tho Joy OF
greeting prodigals homo TO their Fathers
house.
RColcs In All Innocence.
We arc in sympathy with all innocent
hunritcs. We can enjoy a hearty song
md We can DO merry with the mcrrlcst
but those OF Us who hayo tOllCd IN tho
scrvlcu nro ready TO testify that all these
Joys arc tame compared with tho satisfnc.
ton of seeing men enter the kingdom OF
God. Tho great cras Of every minister arc
the tsitpourings Of tho Holy Ghost, aud I
thank God have sucn 70 Of them. Thank
God, thank Godl
notice also WHOM the prodlgnl comes
b0cl; an earnest Christians rejoice. II you
stood ON promoutory, mud there was q
hurricane ut sen, nud 1t WINS blowing to.
ward the shore, aud vessel crashed into
the rocks, and you saw people get ashore
In tho lifoboats and tho very last man
got ON tho rocks In safety, you could not
control your Joy. And 10 Is glad time
when the church Of God secs mon who are
tossed ON The ocean Of their sins plant
their feet IN the rock Christ Jesus.
No Long Prayers Needed.
When proAigHls come homie just hear
those Christians singl II IL not a dull
touo yuu hear nj such times Just hear
those Christians prny 1t Is not Il stcrpo.
typed sunpllcation we hnyo heard over and
over again Cor go years. hus u putting OF
the case Ia The Lands OF God with an I'M.
Fortunate pleading, Men never pray al
great length uullsa thCy have nothiug e
say and thvic honr,s arc hard and cold
All tho prayers In tho Bibo that wero an,
swcrcd wcrn short prayers; God be ner.
cliul TO me, a sinnoT" Lord, thar may
receive my fighG' Lord, save me, or /
pcrlsh." The longest prayer, Solomon
prayer at The dedication Of tho temple
leta than eight minutes In length, accord
ing TO tho ordinary ratio OF cnunointion.
And Just hear them pray now that tho
prodlgul3 ore coming home just SEQ chem
shake haudsl No putting forth OF tho
four tips ol tho fingers IN formal wnv
but a hcltty grasp, whore the muscles Of
tho hcnrt seem 70 cllnch the fingers Of on,
hard around tho other hand. And thof
sec those Christian faces, how iliuminct
thoy arol And SEQ that old man get M
and with tho sumo voice that no sang 81
ycnra ago In the old country meeting
house say Now, Lord, lettcst thou tn,
servant depart IN peace, for mino oyo
have seen thy salvation" There was 1
man Of Keith who was hurled into ptisdr
IN timo OF persecution and one day he no
on his shncldca, and he came and stood b,
tho prison door, and when tho taller wal
opening thodnOr with ono stroke no strncl
down the man who had incarccratcd him
Passing along tue streets Of London, b,
wondered whoro his family was. lilo die
not dare to nsk lest he excite susplclon
but passing along a little way from til,
prison. no saw n kulth tAnknrd, "A cup tina
belonged 10 the family from generation {,
penefAtlOn--ho saw 1t In window. Hi
family hoping that some day no woult
set clear came md lived as near as the,
could TO the prison house, and they I'd
That Keith tankard In the window, hnnini
he would SEQ it And no came along nnt
saw " and Knocked 40 the door mud wen
~, ana the long nhsont family were oil to
gether again Oh, II you would start To-
Tho Kingdom Of God today, think somi
ot You would iind nearly all your friend
ana nearly all your families around TIN
molly tankand OF the holy commandments
TIERS muthera, hrothors, sisters aroun,
ihNt sacred tansnrd which commemorate
the luvo OF Jesus Christ, uur Lord. oh, 1
WIN DO gleat communion day when you
whole family sits around tho sacred tank
anu One on earth, one In heaven.
Tile Heavenly Festival.
Once moro ! remark that when In
| pfodignl gets back tho inhabitants a
hchven keep festival. | nm very certain Q
10 IL you have never seen a telegraph,
chart, you have no Idea how many ctioi
arc connected together mud how man,
lands Nearly all tho noighborhooda D
/ The earth seom mtieulnted, aud nows lllc
trom city 70 city and from continent {,
continent but moro rapidly 10 tho tidlna
from earth TO heaven. and when prodiga