The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-19

quick and send w,rd back with the
swiftest camel to Canaan to old Jacob.
that benjamin is well; all Is well;
ne Is faring sumptuously; the Egyp-
tidn lord did not mean murder and
death; but he meant deliverance and
life when he announced to us on that
day; 'Ye shall not see my face until
your brother be with you.'"
Well, my friends, this world is fam
innsbruck of sin. 1t does not yield a
single crop of solid satisfaction. 1t is
dying. 1t Is hunger-stricken. The
fact that 1t does not, can not feed a
mans heart was well illustrated in
the life Of the English comedian. All
the world honored him-did every.
thing for him that the world could do.
He was applauded in England and ap-
plauded in the United States. He
had no equal. And yet, although
many people supposed him entirely
happy, and that this world was COM
pletely satisfying his soul, he sits
down and writes:
Il never in my life put on new hat
that 1t did not rain and ruin It. I
never went out in q shabby coat be-
cause 1t was raining and thought all
who had the choice would keep in
doors, that the sun did not come out
in its strength and bring out with it
all the butterflies of fashion whom l
knew and who knew me. never con-
sented to accept a part hated out of
kindness to another, that l did not
get Missed by the public and cut
by the writer. l could not take
a drive for few minutes with Terry
without being overturned and having
my elbow broken, though my friend
got off unframed. could not make a
covenant with Arnold, which thought
was to make my fortune, without MAX
ing his instead, than in an incredibly
short space of time-I think l3 months
i earned for him ego, 900 pounds, and
for myself 81. l am persuaded that if
l were 20 set up as baker every one
in my neighborhood would leave off
eating bread"
That was the lament of the worlds
comedian and joker. All unhappy. The
world did everything for Lord Bryan
that it could do. and vet in his last mo-
ment he asks friend to come and sit
down by him and read. as most appro-
pirate to his case, the story of The
Bleeding Heart" Torrigiano, the
sculptor, executed, after months of
care and carving, Madonna and the
Child. The royal family came in and
admired it. Every body that looked
az it was in an ecstasy; but one
do ,f oil
all that admiration, because he did
not get as much com pensation for his
work rs he had expected, he took n
mallet and dashed the exquisite
sculpture into atoms. The world is
poor compensation. poor satisfaction.
poor solace. Famine, famine in all the
earth; not for seven years, but for
5000. But, blessed be God, there
is great corn crib. The Lord
built IT. II is in another land.
1t is n large place. Ap angel once
measured it, and, as far as | can cal
culate Il in one phrase. that corn crib
is i,hOo miles long and 1900 miles
broad and 1900 miles high; and i. is
full. Food for all nations. oh" say
the people, 1--WE will start right away
and get this supply for our soul" But
stop n moment; for from the keeper of
that corn-crib there comes this word,
saying: You shall not see my face
except your brother be with You" In
other words, there is no such thing as
getting from Heaven pardon and com
fort and eternal life unless we bring
with us our Divine brother, the Lord
xxith
we shall fall before we reach the
corn crib, and our bodies shall
be portion for the jackals of the
wilderness; but, coming with the di-
vine Jesus, all the granaries Of Heaven
will swing open before our soul and
abundance shah be given us We
shall be invited to sit in the palace of
the King and at the table; and while
the Lord of Heaven is apportioning
from His own table to other tables, He
will not forget us; and then and there
it will DE found that our Benjamin's
mess is larger than all the others, for
SO it ought to be. Worthy is the
Lamb that was slain. to receive bless
ing and riches and honor and glory and
power"
/ want to m AXE three points. Every
frank and common sense man will uo-
knowledge himself to be q sinner.
What are you going to do with your
sins? Have them pardoned, you say.
How? Through the mercy of God.
What do you mean by the mercy Of
God? Is it the letting down of bar
for the admission of all, without re-
spect to character? Be not deceived. ]
see soul coming up to the gate of
mercy and knocking at the corn crib
of heavenly supply; and voice from
within says: Are you alone?" The
sinner replies: "All alone" The voice
from within says: You shall not see
my pardoning face unless your Divine
brother, the Lord Jesus, be with YOU"
o, that Is the point at which SO many
are discounted. There is no mercy
from God except through Jesus Christ.
Coming with Him, we are accepted.
Coming without Him, we are rejected.
Peter put it right in his great sermon
before the high priests, when he thun-