The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-23

been trying to dig their way ont They
have been digging away, and digging
away, but they can never hc delivered
unless now they will hoist some signal
of distress. However weak and fr1b4a
it may be, Christ win SEE it. aud bear
down upon the helpless craft, aud take
them on board; aud it will be known
On earth and il Heaven how narrowly
they escaped, escaped rs with the
skin of their teeth
There are others who. in attempting
to come to tod, must run between a
great many business pcrpleSities, ia
man go over TO business Mt 10 o'clock
in the morning and come away at :
O'Clock in the afternoon. he has some
time for religion; but how shall you
find time for religious contemplation
when YOU are driven from sunrise to
sunset, aud have been for five years
going behind in business, and are
frequently dunned by creditors
whom yuu can not pay, and
when from Monday morning until
Saturday night you are lodging bills
that you can not meet You walk day
by dav in uncertainties thnt hay. ltept
vour hroin an dre I'm. ,hc mast thra,
wears. Some with less business from
bl,s thau Won hav, ynne ,royv Thu.
clerk has heard u noise in the bocl,
counting room, and gone IN and found
the chief man of the firm a raviug
maniac: or the wife has heard th,
bang of a pistol in the back parlor and
gone in. stumbling over the dead body
of her husband n suicide. Th,rp ara
men pursued. hnrpssad troddcn down
and scnlped of business pcrulexiti,s.
and which way TO turn next
thrv do not l,pnw. Now cod will
not be hard on Won. He knows what
obstacles are in the way of Won hriu,r
a Christian, and q first effort in the
riuht direction II, will crown with s,r-
cess. Do not let Satan. with cotton
bales, and kegs. and horshrads. and
counters. and ~sSoclss of uu,alnble
goods hlocL mn vonr vnv Ia Heaven
Gather no all your energies, Tighten
the girdle about y,,ur Ioins. Take an
nooui2inp look into the face of God.
and then say "IIcre uoes n grand
effort for life eternal" and then bound
AWAY for Heaven rs,nninv .,os with
the skin of vour teeth"
/. In the last dav it, will u, found TINT
Hugh Latimer, and John Knox, and
Uuss. and Ridley were not the preatest
MARTYRS. but Christian men. who went
nm iucorrupt from the COMMUNICATIONS
and p~crplexities of Penusvlvania we
nue.. Broad street. State street and
Third street. On earth they were
called brokers. or stocl, iobbcrs. or rc-
t~ailers, or importers: but in Heaven.
Christian heroes. No faggots were
heapcd about their feet; no inouisition
demanded from their r.contutiou. no
soldier aimed "A pike at their heart: but
thew had mental tortur,s camparri
with which all physical CONSUMING il
as the breath of n snriuv mnrniuu
find in the community a Iurr, cloa.
of men who have been 90 chrntrd al
lied ahnut On outrapeously yrnnyed
that thnv have last their faith I uev.rv-
thing. In a world where evervtbiny
seem, so topsy-turyey, they do not sec
hov thar. can hn ,,y G,i Th.v ora
~r,nfoundeb and fre,,i.d md mis.
,rtbrnnic EI,hor.,. or,umnn,s +,
nrov, 10 th.m the truth If Christian.
H. n. ,ho ,m,h ~ o,u,bi, oh., ,,,ob
,hem nnyh.r, U.,r M. MI srch
man ,r.,nh ~ won mo- ronndod
n.r;,ds -, ,r,,nc,toI di.conrse. INT
nm, nv hand an yonr shn,Ido, and In.
vito ynu into ,ha ne,c, of tbn G,sneI
u.r. i g rno, -, ,yhioA yor ma, .,n,d
nrm thorob ,h. vay.s d,sh ,~r,iny, !,
ho der ina, III. Ati.n,ic nitchinr ;,s
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ro,Ilo. ~ ,hoo yv,rrd A. lounas ~,
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world. I'm, tn, .or,,, .o,cd.d tro,, III,
r,,.r,,nan, aud he,,. OH tb.so ont
r,yes and Mi these woes. God IL go,d
En,. ,n,nv hundrode nf ,,.,,a Tie Ma,
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IN Him. bu,th. more lie has ,o,v.d
tho more violent have he.n mon in th.i,
r.aista,ce and ,bay bave .tonn.d hack
and stenned bacls until thew HI, ve dron.
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