The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-04-24
have spent their fury tho church, =


far from having Lost any OF its force
has increased and is worth infinitely
} more after the assault than before
: Read all history and you will hnt
that true. The church is far more
indebted to the opposition of civil gov
7 eminent than to its approval. The
fires Of the stake have only been the
torches which Christ held in His hand,
by the light of which the church has
marched to her present glorious posi-
tion. In the sound of racks and i'm
plements of torture hear the rum
bling of the Gospel chariot. The scar
folds of martyrdom have been the
stairs by which the church mounted.
Learn also from our subject that san
will come to exposure. Long, long
ago had those brothers sold Joseph
into Egypt. They had made their old
father believe that his favorite caild
was dead. They had suppressed the
crime, and 1t was a profound secret
well kept by the brothers. But sud-
denly the secret is out. The old faith
err hears that his son is in Egypt. hav-
| ing been sold there by the malice OF
his own brothers. How their cheeks
must have burned and !heir hearts sunk
at the flaming out of this long-sup-
pressed crime. The smallest iniquity
has thousand tongues, and they will
blab out ea posure. Saul was sent to
destroy tbs Canaanites, their sheep and
their oxen; but when he got down
there among the pastures he saw some
fine sheep and oxen too fat to kill, SO
he thought he would steal them. No
body would know it. He drove these
stolen sheep and oxen toward
home, but stopped to report to
the prophet how he had executed
his mission, when in the distance
the sheep began to bleat and the
oxen to below. The secret was o1t,
and Samuel said to the blushing and
confused Saul: ''What meaneth the
bleating of the sheep that hear and
the believing Of the cattle?" Ah!my
nearer, you can not keep an iniquity
still. At just the wrong time the
sheep will bleat and the oxen will bell
low. Achan can not steal the Baby
lonish garment without being stoned
to death, nor Arnold betray his
country without having his neck
stretched. Look over the police ar
rests. These thieves, these burglars,
these counterfeiters, these highway
men, these assassins, they all thought
they could bury their iniquity so deep |
down it would never come to resurrec-
ton, but there was some shoe that an
swered to the print in the soil, some |
false keys found in their possession,
some bloody knife that whispered OF |
the death, and the public indignation
and the anathema of outraged law
hurled them into the dungeon or
hoisted them on the gallows.
Now, there are two ways of laying
up money. One of these is to put it in
stock and deposit it in bank, and in
vest it on bond and mortgage. The
other way to lay up money is giving
away. He is the safest who makes
both of these investments. There are
in this house men who if they lose
every dollar they have in the world
would be millionaires for eternity.
They made the spiritual investment;
out the man who devotes none of his
gains to the cause of Christ, and looks
only for his own comfort and luxury,
s not safe, l care not how the money
S invested. He acts as the rose if IL
should say: 81 will hold my breath,
Ind none shall have snatch of
fragrance from me until next week;
hen l will set all the garden afloat
With my aroma" OF course the rose,
to breathe, died. But above
III, lay up treasures in Heaven. They
lever depreciate in value. They are
lever at discount They are always
Ivailable. You may feel safe now
With your $l,OO0 or $4,000 or $4,000 or
10000 income, but what will such
IN income be worth after you are
lead? Others will get it. Perhaps
ONE of them will quarrel about il
,efore you are buried. They will be sd
inpatient to get hold of the will. they
will think you should be buried one
lay sooner than you are buried. They
will be right glad when you are dead
they are only waiting for you to die.
What then will all your earthly
ccumulations be worth? II you
adhered it all in your bosom and
walked up with it to Heavens
ate, it would not purchase your adj
mission. Or, il allowed to enter, il
ould not buy you crown or robe,
nd the poorest saint in Heaven would
ook down at you and say: Where did
hat pauper come from?" May we all
a fraa aurao l., Hao-a- A-a,,t