The Newtown bee., 1897-05-07

"o A0oAs Aihe running. Did you ever know soul that had run for 20 years in all sincerity this heavenly race that wanted to quit? I never did! Did vou ever hear racer say, after 30 years con- slstent running along this way 1T am tired l must give up?" I never did |! Did you ever hear it said after 40 years faithful running, 1T feel very weak and not 80 we'll fitted to continue this race at 70 as l was at BOP" I never did!
 NO, BLESSED BE GOD,
 the more we go on and the more ear- nestly we strive to win, the more He giVes us the needed strength to continue to the end. The more He urges us on the more he fits us for the struggle. Nv aged racer appeal to you. Do you not travel faster, freer, better and with greater zest at 60 than you did maybe at 50! Do you tire as easily to-day as you did when first you started on your race :? No you say not so for His strength is made perfect in our weakness. In the third place the reward meted out to these old time contestants was but tenn porary. The garlands would fade ere long. The wreaths would wlther. the flowers would dIe, the honors would perish, the visitors names would be for gotten and he himself would see others feted and honored while he was becon- ing stiff and decrepit, and was left out Tn the cold. But not so, not so in this grander race in which we take part. Here the rewards shall never fade. The crown shall 6ver shine with lustre. The wreaths shall ever be sweet and fresh. The flowers shall ever bloom. The garlands shall ever be bright and beautiful. The harp shall ever be attuned and the songs of triumph shall never cease. The honors shall nev- CT pale and the glories shall forever en- circle the Victor's brow.
 ''They shall run and not be weary.'' ''They shall walk and not faint" This assures us that even at the very end when the step maybe is not so fast and 80 firm and so sure as in the youngerssdays even then He who has led us on thus far, will still be our strength and shield.
 The dying words of one of this worlds noblest men were these: 70 my God, Thou hast never failed me! !' And He never will fail usl He has never failed your pastor. He has never denied His aid to me in all my youthful struggles. FNkaSr Fa. &yl q failed me in my dark days, and I have had my share of such. My middle aged disciple of this patient Christ, has he ev- CT disappointed you? My aged sire, bent with the roll of the years, with hair sil- vered with the.lapse of Time, tell us, tell these brave good souls, young and old. who may have but recently joined us full ly in this Christian race, tell us Ehas this long suffering Christ ever, throughout these long long years, sent you away from His sympathetic heart empty, sad, Respondent?
 Listen, my young woman friend; lis ten, my young man friend; listen, my middle aged friend; listen, saint; listen, sinner; listen, doubter, listen, ,timid soul :; listen. all, to the ringing reply, sounded through all Time and echoing back from eternity Never, no never p
 s.This is indeed good news for every ''Race.n Take it home with you and feed upon it. It is Gods 'sUnchanging Truth, 7 for back of it stands in letters of gold the language of the text: ssBut they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They ahall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint" Amen.