The Canton times., 1896-03-27
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When was a lad remember seeing
two rough woodcuts, but they mad
more imp. ession upon me than an.
pictures have ever seen. They wer'
on opposite pages. The one wooden
represented the coming of The snow IL
winter, and lad looking out at thu
doo- of great mansion; and he wa'
all wrapped in furs, and his cheeks
were ruddy, and with glowing counte
nance he shouted: ut SHOWS! il
snows" On the next page there wa'
a miserable tenement, and the dool
was open, and child, wan and sick
and ragged and wretched, was looking
out, and he said: "Oh! my God. II
SHOWS" The winter of gladness or OF
grief, according to our circum'
stances. But, my friends, there is
more than one way of warming up
this cold world, for it is a cold world in
more respects than one, and / am here
to consult with you as to the best way
of warming up the world. want to
have great heater introduced into all
your churches and all your homes
throughout the world. 1t is heater
of divine patent. 1t has many pipes
with which to conduct neat; and it has
door in which to throw the fuel.
Once get this heater introduced, and
it will turn the arctic zone into the
temperate, and the temperate into the
tropics. 1t is the powerful heater, it
is the glorious furnace of Chris
tian sympathy. The question
ought to be, instead of how
much heat can we absorb? how much
heat can we throw out? There are
men who go through the world float
ing icebergs. They freeze everything
with their forbidding look The hand
with which they shake yours is as cold
as the paw of polar bear. If they
float into religious meeting, the tenn
perature drops from 80 above to 10
degrees below zero. There are icicles
hanging from their eyebrows. They
float into religious meeting, and they
chill everything with their jerimiads.
Cold prayers, cold songs, cold greet
ings, cold sermons. Christianity
on ice! The church great
Christians gone into
winter quarters. Hibernation! On
the other hand, there are people who
go through the world like the breath
Of a spring morning. Warm greetings,
warm prayers, warm smiles, warm
Christian influence. There are such
persons. We bless God for them. We
rejoice in their companionship.
A general in the English army, the
army having halted for the night, hav-
ing lost his baggage, lay down tired
and sick without any blanket. An Of
fcer came up and said "Why, you have
40 blanket. I'll go and get you a
blanket" He departed for a few mo-
nents and then came back and COW
cred the general up with very
warm blanket. The general said:
Whose blanket is this?" The Of
Hcer replied: 81 got that
from a private soldier in the Scotch |
regiment, Ralph Mcdonald" "Now,"
said the general, ''you take this blan-
set right back to that soldier. He can
40 more do without it than 1 can do
without it. Never bring to me the
blanket of private soldier" How
many men like that general would it |
,al1e to warm the world up? The vase
of us are anxious to get more
whether anybody else is
olanketed or not. Look at the fellow |
feeling displayed in the rocky defile be-
,ween Jerusalem and Jericho in Scrip |
,ure times. Here is man who has |
oeen set upon by the bandits, and in |
,he struggle to keep his property, he
las got wounded, and mauled, and |
and he lies there half dead. |
A priest rides along. He sees him and
says: "Why, what's the matter with |
that man? Why, he muse be hurt, ly- |
ng on the fiat of his back. Isn't it |
strange that he should lie there? |
But / can't stop l am on
ny way to temple services. Go
along, you beast. Carry me up
20 my temple duties" After awhile a |
Levite comes up. He looks over and
'ays: "Why that man must be very
much hurt. Gashed on the forehead. |
What pity. Stabbed under his arm.
What pity. Tut, tut! What pity!
Why, they have taken his clothes near
y all away from him. But 1 haven't |
lime to stop; l lead the choir in the
temple service. Go along, you beast.
carry me up to my temple duties"
After awhile Samaritan comes
along, one who you might suppose
through a national grudge might |
have rejected this poor wounded Is
'aelite. Coming along he sees this
nan and says: "Why, that man must
De terribly hurt. 1 see by his fea-
lures he is an Israelite, but he is man
Ind he is a brother" "Whoa!" says
he Samaritan, and he gets down off
The beast and comes up to this wound
ID man, gets down on one knee, listens