The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06
In SEVERAL PULPITS
SOME OF THE THINGS THE MINIS
IsTERs HAD TO SAY YESTERDAY.


About three hundred and fifty people as
sembled in the lecture room Of Roberts Park
yesterday morning at the 8 o'clock service.
Evangelist Ostrom preached the sermon,
which was short.
Il am glad" he said ito meet so many
people this beautiful morning at so early an
hour Students say they can learn best at
day-dawn and / think it is a good thing for
us to study the Christian religion while
our minds are clear and before we have
had time to think of generalities"
The evangelist invited the attention OF the
congregation to the words of Christ found
in the twenty-eighth verse of the eleventh
chapter of Matthew: "Come unto me all
We that labor and are heavy-laden and /
will give you rest"
You see that the text includes U.S." he
said. 1.-THE kind of people who are apt to
come to these early meetings are not people
of leisure. People of leisure are apt to feel
that this is an innovation. People who
labor and are heavy-laden' are people most
likely to become Injured to early morning
meetings and most vigorous in their interest
for the greatest and best things for human
ity. L meet. so many weary people. There
IS a sort or underlined slavery to-day; ii is
reaching poor and rich, and / do not be-
HeVe IL Ode entirely to too much employ
ment or too great plans, but il is rather due
10 the fact that We quarrel with our con-
ditions. We rasp against our tasks. You
notice that the word 'wearinesS' has for it's
nrst syllable the word wear My friends,
1t rs not so much what We have to do as
1t is that we are so unrestful Peter says
knowledge balance. God never intended us
to be jolted about with our understandings
-nopelessly confused because there is so
much to do. He intended that we should
eO1lDOlSp kings
in our undertakings. Hear Him say L will
give you rest Do you think that your
Father in heaven does not know how many
children you have to care for; what lawful
bills you have TO pay; notes you have to
meet? When shall We recognize the sane
tity of measuring cloth, and blowing fields
and cooking victuals? / don't believe hu-
manity has reached but the merest fraction
OF its capacity to toll and endure. Your
power to endure depends upon the way you
do things: There is rest in activity: oh,
throw out the old quarrel and give thanks
TO God for plenty to do"
II knew an old lady" continued the
evangelist, who came to meeting early in
the morning, and in the afternoon of that
day. In testimony meeting. she said:
Well, I had never been to one of those
early meetings and / thought / would go
and see what they were like I told my
husband that II he would be willing to
take cup OF coffee and plain lunch for
go with him to meeting. After 1 got home
| found that knew something about this
rest and ] prepared breakfast cheerfully
and with unusual ease. Then I came to
the next meeting thinking that / would
surely need to stay In the rest of the dav
but here L am. I have been many years i'm
this work, but it seems to me that never
really rested until to-day. l may wear out
any minute. I know that this old body
cannot be strong enough to hold me always,
but / tell you l am resting
God is not a being of confusion and dis
traction, concluded the evangelist See
how smoothly this world is run How calm
His nature must be. and He says to you
and me, L will rest YOU Let Him do it."