Democratic messenger., 1896-08-29

come alta skcpticai man with an argument
ON behalf of the Christian religion, you
put the man on his mcttlc lie says: Il
see that man has a carbinc. I'll use my
carhinc. III answer his argument with
my argument. But II you come to that
man. Icrsuading him thnt you desire his
hap inc>S en- c;rth and his eternal welfare
In tie w.ild to ccnlr. he cannot answer IL.
\ Glorious Sentiment.
What | have said is just as true in the
IL, lamaticn of the openly vicious Did
you ever know drunkard to bc saved
through tie oaricaturc Of drunkard!
Your minicry If the staggering step, and
the thick tongue. and the disgusting hic
cough. a /; verse matldcnS his brain. But
il you crn.c to him in Kindness and sym
patty il you show him that you appreciate
the awful grip of dcfravcd appetite, II
you cr>uatic him If the fact that thou
sands who had the graphing hooks Of evil
inclination CluichCd in their soul rs firmly
as they Low are in his have been rescued,
then ray ~ light will flash across his
vision, and IL will seem rs IL supcrnat-
ural hand We're stcadying his staggering
gait. 4 good many years ngn there lay In
the STREETS oi Richmond man dead drunk,
his face expos, Il to the blistcring MONDAY
sun. y Christian woman passed along,
looked at him and said, Poor fellow
She took her handkerchief and spread II
over his f.cc ard passed on. The man
reused hin. ELF up frCm his dcbauch and
began u look AT the handkerchief, and lol
on il was the name Of n highly respectable
Christian woman cf the city of Richmond.
He went to her he thanked her for her
kindness. and that orc little decd saved
him for this life. and saved him for the
life that is Ia cone He was aftcrward at
tnrncy general Of the United States; but,
higher than all. he bccamc the consccratcd
disciple of Jesus Christ
Kind words are So cheap IL Is n wonder
we do not use them cftcncr. There arc
tens Of thousands of people In these cities
who are dying for the lack Of one kind
word There Is n business man who has
fought against trouble until he Is perfectly
exhausted. lie has hccn thinking about
forgery, about robbery about suicide. Go
10 that b;;SiIcss an Tell him that bet
ter times arr coming. and tell him that
you Yourself were in tight business pass,
and the Lord delivered you. Tell him TO
put his trust in God. Toll him that Jesus
Christ stands beside every business man
In his pcrplcxitics. Tell him Of the sweet
promises Of Gods comforting grace. That
man is dying for the lack Of just one kind
word Go tomorrow and utter that one
saving. omnipotcnt, kind word. Here Is a
soul that has been swamped in sin. He
wants to find the light Of the gospel. He
feels like shipwrceked mariner looking
out over the beach, watching for u sail
against the sky. Oh, bear down on him!
Tell him that the Lord waits To be gracious
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sinner, there Is great Saviour provided.
Tell him thar, though his sins are rs scar
let. they shall hc 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 Mt
u great many of the pianos all through the
country u song that has almost died out.
l wish somebody would start it again in
our social circles. There may not have
been very exquisite art in the music, but
there was grand and glorious sentiment.