The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-10-18

3 Christian the key to his house, that
might go in and destroy the idols,
battered to pieces all he saw. but st
the man did not get we'll The Chr
: tian said to him: There must be sol
idol in your house not yet destroyed
The heather confessed that there W
one idol Of beaten gold that he cou
not bear to give up. After awhil
when that was destroyed, in answer
the prayer of the Christian, the sit
man got well.
Many a man has awakened in his d.
ing hour to find his sins all about hin
They clambered up on the right side
the bed; and on the left side, and owe
the aboard. and over the footboart
and horribly devoured the soul.
Repent the voice celestial cries,
Nor longer dare delay;
The wretch that scorns the mandate dies
And meets fiery day.
Again, we need believing heart
good many years ago a weary on
went up one of the hills of Asia Minor
and with two logs on His back criet
out to all the world, offering to carry
their sins and sorrows. They pursued
Him. They slapped Him in the face
They Knocked Him. When He groaned
they groaned. They shook their fists
at Him. They spat on Him. They
bounded Him as though He were a
wild beast. His healing Of the sick,
His sight-giving to the blind, His
,,,arox, 70 %l,a o,,t,ock s;la,oad not tb a
revenge of the world. His prayers
and benedictions were lost in that
whirlwind of execration: Away with
Himl Away with Him.
All! it was not merely the two pieces
of wood that He carried; it was the
transgressions of the race, the an
guish of the ages, the wrath of God,
the sorrows of hell, the stupendous in
terests of an unending eternity. No
wonder His back bent. No wonder
the blood started from every PORE No
wonder that He crouched under tor
ture that made the sun faint, and the
everlasting hills tremble, and the dead
'ush up in their winding sheets as He
,ried: IF it be possible, let this
up pass from me-" But the cup did
lot pass. None to comfort.
Again. to have a right heart it must !
'e a forgiving heart. An old writer
avs: "To return good for evil is God.
ike; good for good is man-like; evil |
or good devil-like. Which of these
atures have we? Christ will have
othing to do with us as long as we
eep any old grudge. We have all
cen cheated and lied about. There are
eople who dislike us so much that If
e should come down to poverty and
sgrace, they would say: Good for
i'm! Didn't tell you SOP" They do
Of understand us. Unsanctified hui
an nature says: "Wait till you get
bod crack at him, and when at last
ou find him in tight place, give it to
i'm. Flay him alive. Noquarter. Leave
't rag of reputation. Jump on him
it'll both feet. Pay him in his own
for sarcasm, scorn for
orn, abuse for abuse" But, nv
lends, that is not the right kind of
'art. No man ever did so mean a {
ing toward us as we have done to- {
ard God. And if we can not forgive
hers, how can we expect God to for s
We us? Thousands of men have been {
pit out of Heaven by an unforgiving J
art
Again, right heart is an expectant 7
art. 1t is poor business to be
ilding castles in the air. Enjoy
nat you have now. Don't spoil your '
nfort in the small house because c
u expect larger one. Don't fret C
out your income when it is three or /
nr dollars per day because you ex- c
ct to have, after awhile, ten dollars C
r day; or ten thousand dollars a r
ar; because you expect it to be O
enty thousand dollars a year. But Fl
out heavenly things, the more we l
ink the better. Those castles are r
in the air. but on the hills, and we a
We a deed to them in our possession. "
Ike to see man all full of Heaven. T
talks Heaven. He sings Heaven. d
prays Heaven. He breads Heaven. o
me OF us in our sleep have had the Il
ID place open to us. We saw the b
lnacles in the sky. We heard the click S,
the hoofs of the white horses on W
Itch victors rode, and the clapping of W
cymbals of eternal triumph. And, W
lie in our sleep we were glad that CO
our sorrows were over and burdens h,
lie with, the throne of God grew o.,
tier and whittier and whittier. till we n
med our eyes and saw that it was a,
y the sun of earthly morning shin a,
on our pillow. To have a right n,
rt, you need to be filed with this W
ectancy. 1t would make your pri- ri
ions and annoyances more bearable. DC
the midst of the city of Paris nc
nds statue Of the good but bro G,
-hearted Josephine. 1 never imae- w
4 that marble could be smitten into HI
h tenderness. 1t seems not life oy
If the spirit of Josephine be dis W,