The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-12-10

vnnia avenue or some other street; Il
will be no more a matter OF choice |
with you tomorrow whether You shall
90 to Philadelphia or New York. or
stay at home. than II is this hour a
matter OF free choice whether you viii
accept Christ or reject Him
| In all the army of banners,
there Is not one conseript Men
( are not TO be d-agooned into
Heaven. Among AL the tens Of thou
| ands Of the lords soldiery there Is not
one man bnt win tell you, Il choss
4 Christ; wanted Him; desired to be
in His service; am not conscript-l
am a volunteer Oh that men had
! the same common sense in the matters
Of religion that they have in the mat
ters Of the world-the same concentra-
/ ton, the same push, the same enthusi-
asm. In the one case. secular en-
thusiasm; in the other consrcrated
I enthusiasm.
/ Again, remark: We want more com,
mon sense in the building Up and enlarg-
ling OF our Christian character. There
are men who have for 20 years been
running the Christian race. and they
haven't run a quarter Of milel No
business man would be willing to have
his investments unaccumulative. II
you invest a dollar You expect thar
dollar 70 come back home bfinging
another dollar on its thdtk. What
would you thinb OF aT|han who should
invest $40, 900 -iGrrh monetary institu-
tion, then of for five years. make
no in4diry IN regard to the Investment,
I'm come back. step up TO the cashier
Of the institution and say Have You
kept that $1,000 safely that | lodged
with your but asking no question about
interest or dividend? Why you say
that is not common sense" Neither Is
it, but that is the way we actin matters
OF the soul We make far more inn
portant investment than $4,000. We
invest our sonl. Is it accumulative?
Are we growing in grace? Are we
! getting better9 Are we getting worse2
God declares many dividends. but we
do not collect them; we dot ask about
them; we do not want them Oh, that
In this matter Of accumulation we were
as wise in matters Of the soul as we are
.. in matters OF the world
How little common sense in the read
ing Of the Scriptures, We get any
other book and we open IL and we
: say: Nov what does this book mean
to teach NEE 1t is a book on astron-
: omy; II will teach me astronomy. 1t
, Is book on political economy; It will
teach me political economy Taking
up this Bible, dowe ask ourselves what
IL means TO teach7 1t means to do just
one thing-get the world converted
|. and get us all to Heaven. That is what
. II proposes to do But instead Of that
we go into the Bible as botanists Il
: pick flowers, or we 20 as pugilists 70
get something to fight other Christian
with. or we go as logicians try
ing to sharpen our mental faculties FOL
: better argument. and we do not lilr'
= this about the Bible, and we do no
9 like that, and.we do not like the othe
thing What would you think Of |
man. lost on the mountains; night ha
come down; he can not find his wa,
2 home. and he sees light in a mount
= ain cabin; he goes 10 Il. he knocks q
4 the door; the mountaineer comes on
= and finds the traveller and says: well
: here have lantern; you can take
- and it viii guide you on the wa
Y home;" and suppose that travele
'e should say. II don't like that lantern
don't like the handle Of it, there ar
2, ten or IS things about II don't iik'
81 II you can't give me a better lanter
= than that l won't have any?'
: Now, God says this Bible is to be
lamp 70 our feet and lantern to on
7. path, TO guide us through the midnigh
= Of this world to the gates of the Celes
:. tial city. We stop and say we do nc
I like this about it. and we do not lilE
!, that, and we do not like th
I, other thing. Oh, how much wise
= we would be II by its holy ligf
we found our way TO our eve
= lasting homel Then, we do. nj
= read the Bible as we read oths
books We read it perhaps four or IL
minutes just before we retire at nigh
= We are weary and sleepy, SO somnoleI
=. we hardly know which end Of the Doc
* Is up we drop our eye perhaps
b. the story OF sampson ana tne foxes,
IN upon some genealogical table II
Il portant IN us place, Out SURFING
more religious emotion than the a
nouncement that somebody beg
- somebody else and he begat somebot
else: instead OF opening the book al
err saying. no" must read LOT my II
,c- mortal me my eternity Is involved
h tnis oook-
m. now nttls we use common sense
prayer we say. On' Loros give
cd TINS ana .On. LORD give me ina
ana On. LORD give me sometni
.rs else. and we DO not expect 10 get
I'M or getting H. we do not kno" we ha
his II we nave no anxiety ABOUT
I'D we DO not watch and wait Tor
Of coming AS merchant you teiegra
es OF you write TO some other city Tor
cir bill OF goods You say, Send me
mt such express. or oy such steamer
les BY such rail train Inc DAY arriv
nc You sand your wagon TO the del
.Ie- or TO the wharf The goods 90 7
rs come You immadiately eiegral
Tx what Is the matter with tnose goo'
In we haven't received them send IN
ps right away we want them now or
don't want them at all Ana You ke
a, writing. and you keep telegraph