The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-09-04

pei. He feels like a shipwreeked mar
liner looking out over the 0eacn,
watching for q sail against the sky.
%. bear down upon him. Tell him
that the Lord waits to be gracious to
him, that though he has been great
sinner, there is a great Saviour pro-
vided. Tell him that though his sins
are as scarlet, they shall be as snow;
though they are red like crimson, they
shall be as wool That man is dying
forever for the lack of one kind word
There used to be sung at great
many of the pianos all through the
country song that has almost died
out l wish somebody would start 1t
again in our social circles There may
not have been very exquisite art in the
music, but there was q grand and glO-
rious sentiment:
Kind words never die, never die
Cherished and blessed
o, that we might in our families and
in our churches try the force of kind
ness You can never drive men. wom-
en- or children into the kingdom OF
God A March northeaster will bring
out more honeysuckles than fretful-
ness and scoldiDg will ever bring out
Christian grace. l wish that in all our
religious work we might be saturated
with the spirit of kindness Missing
that, we miss a great deal of useful
ness. There is no need Of coming out
| before men and laundering to them
the law unless at the same time you
preach to them the gospel. The world
is dying for lack of kindness.
In all our sermons there must be help
for every one somewhere. You 70 into
an apothecary store. We see others
being waited on; we do not complain
because we do not Immediately get the
medicine; we know our turn will come
after awhile. And so, while all parts
of sermon may not be appropriate to
our case. if we wait prayerfully, before
the sermon is through we shall have
Divine prescription. ] say TO these
young men who are gong to preach
the gospel, these the Biological students
Isay to them, we want in our sermons
not more metaphysics, nor more i'm
agination, nor more logic, nor more
profundity. What we want in our SER
mons and Christian celebrations IS
more sympathy. When Father Taylor
preached in the Sailors Bethel at Bos-
ton the jack tars felt that they had
help for their duties among the rat
mes and the fOrecastles. When Rich
ard Weaver preached to the operatives
in Oldham, England. all the working
men felt they had more grace for the
spindleS When DIR. south preached to
kings and princes ami princeSses, all
the mighty men and women who heard
. him felt preparation for their high sta
ton.
Kindness! We all need more of it in
our hearts, our words and our behaYior.
The chief characteristic of our Lord
, was kindness. a gentleman in En-
: gland died. leaving his fortune by will
to two sons. The son that stayed at
| home destroyed the will and pretended
} that the brother who was absent was
D dead and buried. The absent brother
| after awhile returned and claimed
2 his part of the property. Judges aud
D jurors were to be bribe1 to say
, that the returned brother and
r son was no son at ell, but only an
e impostOr The trial came on Sir
Matthew la e. the pr de of the British
r court rom and % 81 years the pride
{ of Jurisprudence, heard tina; this IN
| justice was al out to be praeticed ae
= put off his official robe. He put on
: the garb of miller. He went to the
/ village where that trial was to take
i place. He entered the court room. He
= somehow got impaneled as one of the
: jurors. The briber came around, and
the man gave ten pieces of gold to the
other jurors, but as this was only q
r poor miller the Oriber gave to him
only FIVE pieces of gold A verdict
was brought in rejecting the right of
this returned brother He was to have
, no share in the inheritance. Hold
my lord said the miller. Hold! we
/ are not all agreed on this verdict.
These other men have received ten
, pieces of gold in bribery and l have
received only five ''Who are you?
Where do you come from?" said the
Judge on the bench. The response
. was: Il am from Westminster hall;
my name is Matthew Hale, lord chief
{ justice of the kings bench. Off Of
that place, thou Villain And so the
: injustice was baked, and 50 the young
, man got his inheritance.
1t was all for another that Sir
Matthew Hale took off h robe and
put on the garb of a miller. And so
Christ took off his robe of royalty and
put on the attire of our humanity, and
in that disguise He won our eternal
portion. Now are we the sons of God?
Joint heirs! We went off from home
sure enough, but we got back in time
. to receive our eternal inheritance.
And if Christ was so kind u u. surely
we can afford to be kind TO each other.
TO INVESTIGATE FISH CULTURE.