The Atlanta constitution., 1896-09-07

admiration. because he did not get much
compensation for his work as he had eA, i,
pected he took a mallet and daSheu lis
exquisite sculpture into atoms. The Wortu
is poor compensation, poor satisl9cu%on, on
poor solace. Famine. famine In an ttr tn
earth; not even for seven years, put IoI
six thousand But, blessed be God there
is a great corn crib. The LORD pulit ~ ~
1t is in another land. 1t Is a Iarse piaCv, oc
An angel once measured It, and as far as
/ can calculate il in one phrase. that corr
crib is fifteen hundred miles long anu ~
teen hundred miles broad, and lliteen nun niI
dred miles high; and II Is fun foou loi iii al
nations. "Ohw say the people, We WIZ
start right away and get th's suppiy ,r, 10
our soul" But stop q moment; LOT IT,. IT,,
the keeper OF that corn crib there comes
this word. saying. you shall not see my
face except your brother be with you "a
ting from heaven pardon ana comfort ana
eternal lire unless we bring with us our ul-
vine brother, the Lord Jesus Christ. COM
ing without Him we shall fall before w
reach the corn crib and our bodies shall
be a portion for the jackais Of the wild
erness; hut coming with the divine jesus
before our soul and abundance shall be
given us. We shall be invited to sit in the
palace of the king and at the table; . ana
while the Lord of heaven is apportoninS
from His own table to other tables. lie
will not forget us; and then and there II
will he found that our Benjamin's moss IS
rger than all the others for so II ought
TO he. Worthy is the lamb that was
slain, to receive blessing and riches ana
want 10 make three points. Every frank
and common-sense man will acknowledge
himself TO he a sinner. What are you going
to do with your sins2 Have them pardoneG
you say How? Through the mercy of
God. What do you mean by the mercy OF
God? II is the letting down of bar for
character? Se not deceived. ] see soul
coming uD to the gate of mercy and knock
ing at the corn crib Of heavenly supply;
and voice from within says, Are you
aloue2" The sinaer replies "Al alone.
The voice from within says. You shat
not see my pardoning face unless your IL
vine brother, the Lord Jesus be with YOU"
q. that is the point at which SO many are
discounted. There is no mercy from God
except through Jesus Christ. Corning with
Him, we are accepted. Coming wi hout linn,
we are rejected. Peter put it right i'm MS
great sermon before the high priests when
he thundered forth. Neither is there sal
v1tiCn in any other. There Is no other
name given under heaven among men
whereby we may hc saved" - anxious sin
uer! 9 dy ny sinner, . lost sinner, al you
have got 10 do is 10 have TINS divine Ben
jamin along with you. Side by side. COM
ing to the gate. all the storehouses oi
heaven viii swing open before your anxious
soul
Am reht in calling Jesus benjamin? o
yes Rachel lived only long enough 10 give
name - that child, and with dying
kiss SHE called aim Benoni Afterwards
Jacob changed his name. ana ne called him
benjamin. The meaning Of the naIne She
gave was 'sop Of my pain The meaning
OF the name the father gave Wa. son OF
my right hand" And was not Christ the
son OF paiu2 All the sorrow cf Rachel in
that hour when she gave her child over into
the hands Of strangers was as nothing
compared with the struggle of God wnel lie
appropriately called Son Of the rlsEt
hand?" rid not stephen look into heaven
aud see Him standing at ~" right h3hd o.
Gad2 And does not Paul speak Of lil'n as
standing at the right haad Of God making
mterCession for u.s. BENJAMIN Jesus.
Son OF parg, son Of victory! Ihe deepest
j. cffv oil NJ
the sound Of 1hat nomenclature. IN your
prayers plead Ills tears. His su1teriugS,
His sorrows, and Ills Geath. If you refuse
to do Il. all the corn cribs and the palaces
Of heaven wiz be hOltcd and barred against
your soul ana a voice from the throne snail
stun you with thc announcement, GU
SHALL not see My face except your prothef
nv text also suggests tho reason why so
many people do not pet any real comloil.
You meet ten people, nine Of them are IN
need Of some kind OF coincidence. There Is
somcthiua in their health. er in their ss&le,
or In their domestic condition that demands
sympathy And Vet mCst Of the W2riu
sympathy amounts TO absolutely nothing.
People 80 to the wrong crib. or they go
IN the WronE way. aeh tne pias"' W.. VIZ,
in Rome, 2 S2dt many vars aHo' ,l''t
We're eighty men VINO cnanted themselves 10
death with the litanies OF Gregory me
Gre8t-literally chauted thenselNtS ~
death. and ye, it did not stop the plague.
Aud ali the music Of the Wclld cannon
stop the plague of the human agall
osyer be sick ." That does not give You
much comfort. What You want IS Sooth-
iug power for your present distress lloSt
children. have yOuy / come 70 YOU ana Ton
YOU that ia ten years perhaps you " an meet
those loved ones before the throne OF Goa.
put there is little coincidence in that one
day is a wear with them, and zen years Is
a small eternity. what you want is SFhpa- :
thy noW-present help J come to thQse 81
you who have lost dear freeda anq Sa.'
TRY Il forget them. 10 not keep the de-
parted always in Nour mind. Ho~ cen
YOU forget them when every usure ih ,.r
Garnet and eve~y book aud every picture
and every room calls out their name? SUD
pose come 90 YOU ana say ~ way ol con-
Golcnce. God IS wise 'On. You say
,.tbaf gives me no help" Suppose / come
and say, God. from an eternity has ar ar
ranged this trouble All you say, lial
does me no good Then / say, W I'm 'e
svift feet OF prayer 80 direct TO the corn
crib for q heavenly supply on 80. io.!
say. Lord. help me- lord, comfort me-.
ptt no help Vet. NO comfort yet II rs an
dark What ls the matter2 ] have round.
You ought TO go TO God ANA say, Here,
bring with me the wounded Jesus. Let lils
wounds p8y fOr my wounds, Hls bcrcaNe-
meut for my bcvcavemcnts. Ills loneliness
for nay loneliness Ills Leart-hreak Tor my
Lord Jesus Christ-the God. the man. the
Teujamiu. the brother-deliVer my asonizei
soul. Oh. Jesus of the weary foot, ease my
heal my aching head. Oh, Jesus of the
Bethany sisters. roll away the StCle irom
the door of our grave That is the KIND or
prayer that brings help: and yet how many
of you are getting mo help at AL. for the
,,t9s,r that there Is ia YOUR soul perhaps.
secret trouble. You may never mention
it TO single human ear. or you may nave
mentioned il TO some one who Is now some
away. and that great sorrow IS sun ~ your
soui. After Washington Irving Wa dead.
they found little box that contained
braid OF hair and "a miniature and the name
of Matilda Hoffman and memoraudum
ttf ItHs "a "a