The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-03-13

and he can truly say, 'Its mansions are
mine; its temples arc mine; its songs are
mine; its God is minc!" Oh, 1T is no tame
thing to become q Christian! 1t II merry
making; it is the killing of the fatted calf;
it Is jubilee. You know the Bible never !
compares it to II funeral but always com |
purcs it to something delightful 1t Is
more npt to DC on:!ared to II banquet than
anything else. 1t is compared In the Biple
to watcr-bright, flushing water, to the
morning-rCsCntc, 1ireworkco, houht"1"
transit cured morning.
wish could today take all the 6lple
expressions about l;rdon ana peace ana
life and comfort and hoIc ana heaven
and twist tECIu into one garland ana put
it on the Lr0w Of the humblest child OF
God in this csst II. Li;:gc and cry, Wear It,
wear it now, wear 1t forever, son OF Goa,
daughter of the Lord God Almighty!' Oh,
the ioy of the new convert! Oh, tho glad
| ness of the Christian service! You have
| seen sometimes u man in u religious as
scmhly get up and give his experience.
| Well, Paul gave his experience Ho arose
| in the presence OF two churches-the church
| ON Garth and the church in hcaven-nnd he
said, 'Nov, this is my experience, sorrow
| full, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making
many rich; having nothing, yet possess
ing all things Ii the people in this house
| knew tho joys of tho Christian religion,
they would all pass over into the k1ngdoln
|
Sandeman was dying of cholera, his at
tendant said 'Havc you much painY'
ooh" he replied, "since 1 found the Lord
have never had any pain except sin. J"
Then they said to him, would you like
to send u message to your friendA! 4es,
l would. Tell them that only last night
the love OF Jesus came rushing into my
soul like the surscs of the sea- and had
to cry out: Stop, Lord, it is enough; stop,
Lord, cnoughv" Oh, the joys OF this
Christian religion! just pass over from
those tame joys in which you are indulg'
ing, Joys Of this world, into the raptures
of the gospel The world cannot satisfy
Won: YOU have found that out. Alexander,
lon ing for other worlds to conquer, and
yet drowned in his own bottle; Byron
. | whipped by disquictuueS around the Worlo
Voltairc cursing his own soul while all th<
streets of Pnris were applauding him
!. Henry IL consuming with hatred agAns
. poor Thomas u Bcckct-all illustrations
the fact that this world cannot make
: | man happy. The very man who poisonet
the ponlicl OF the saddle on which Qncel
a Eliza both rode shouted in the street, "Go'
save the Quecn!' One moment the wori'
J, applnutls. and the next moment the worll
;, mathematics. Oh, come over into TIL
= q | greater ioy. this sublime solace, this mag
. niflcent bcntitutlc! The night after tn
!, BATTLE of shiloh, and there were thousand
;. of wounded on the field, and the ambu
. lnnc,.s had not come, one Christian soldier
= lying there a-dying under the starlight
began to sing:
There is land of pure delight.
And when he came to the next line thcI
were scores of voices singing:
Where saints immortal reign.
- The song was caught up all through tt
~ fields among the wounded until 1t WI
=, Esaid there were at least 10000 woundc
men uniting their voices as they came
~ tho verse:
10 There everlasting spring abides
And never whitening flowers.
- TITS but narrow stream divides
u This heavenly land from ours.
- A Momcntous Stop.
IN OH, 1t is n great religion to live by ar
~ a great religion to die byi There is on
=; one heart throb between you and that +
20 ligion Just look into the face of your pa
,e doniug God and surrender yourself 4