The Holt County sentinel., 1898-07-08

found her sitting up waiting for them
and her face was so sad that they could
not repeat the experiment. They could
not have the fun they longed for while
inmates of such a home. But after.
while they were sent to college or tC
learn business in some other place. They
went sadly, with mothers Bible and her
blessing and meant to he true to hei
teachings. But the wind came. They
toyed with it for while, then yielded
and away they went in that career OF
folly and frolic so fascinating to the car.
nal heart. They thought that they were
happy because they were intoxicated
with song and dance and wine. They
thought that they were enjoying life be
cause they whirled day and night amid
scenes of gayety and frivolity. But how
many of them have | seen in muddy
bitches while loving kindred and friends
bent over them broken hearted"
With truth has it been written:-
There are reefs and rocks in the river of
time:
There are guicksands of sin and whirl-
pools of crime:
There are demons who hide in its deep
bed of slime,
And they laugh at the groans of the dy-
ing,
And the poisonous breath of the marsh
and fen,
Drifts over the river and back again.
While wrecks of women and wrecks of
men on the disolate strand are lying
This leads us tonext say that as to op-
portunity to show sympathy and to direct
the needy to Jesus the sin bearer. We
have been set in "A large place.
As people we have before us a great
and an open door.
There is many discouraged one that
little kindness will wonderfully help.
There is many sin-burdened one that
will take refuge in Christ if only shown
the way. And the very genius of the
Christian religion is helpfulness. 1t is
not possible to have the spirit of Christ
and not be helpful, nor can we have the
JUNCTION of the Holy Spirit and not show
compassion for the fallen.
What a change too, does this religion
of Christ sometimes make in the life of
the individual.
Said DIR. Talmage in a sermon a few
Sabbath mornings ago: "Thereis man
seated among you who only few minu-
ties ago came down from as happy a
home rs there is in this or any other city.
Fifteen years ago, by reason of his dis
sipated habits, his home was a horror to
wife and children. What that women
went through with IN order to preserve
respectability and hide her husbands
disgrace no one knows. Instead of sup
porting her she supported him. The
children had often heard him speak the
name of God, but never in prayer, only
in profanity. 1t was the saddest thing
on earth that i can think ola destroyed
home. Walking along the street one day
an impersonation of all wretchedness, he
saw sign at the door of young mems
Christian association which read meet
ing for men only" He went i'm, hardly
knowing why he did so, and sat down by
the door, and young man in broken
voice and poor grammar was telling how
the Lord had saved him from dissipa-
ted life, and the man back by the poor
said to himself. why can not have
the Lord do the same thing for me-"
And he put his hands all atremble over
his bloated face and said, o! Lord: l
want that; i must have that; and God
said; "you shall have it and you have it
now" And the man came out and went
home a changed man." What changed
that man? What reconstructed that
home? What took that wife who was a
slave of fear and drudgery, and made her
4 queen on q throne OF affection? 1t
was the religion of Christ the religion of
Gods word. 1t will do the same for 9th
ers. Let US as we have opportunity tell
the needy of this panacea for their ills.
For the time left us is short.
A little while for sowing
Busily the golden grain:
A little while to gather
The ripened fruit again:
A little while to scatter
Deeds of kindness by the way:
4 little while till evening
Dims the sunlight of today.
4 little while and faces
Wreathed with loving light, grown cold,
Will be hidden meath the daisies
In the silent church yards mold;
4 little while for shedding
CLEANS of light along the way;
\ little while to utter
Words of comfort while we may
There are feeble hands uplifting
Heavy burdens we might bear:
There are wounded spirits shrinking
Underneath their griefs and care:
There are erring footsteps treading
Swiftly now the downward way:
ust little while to lead them
To the Savior while we may.
iod forgive us that we silent
Sit, with folded hands and sigh:
While the swiftly flying moments
And the precious hours go by,
Oh! with earnest hearts and hopeful,
Let us labor while we may,
FOR the path that leads us to our rest
Is such little way"
Then too as TO the influence of our ex-
mpie upon others we have been set in
large place.
Mr.. Spurgeon in his life told the fol
owing story as illustrating the power of
xample and the care to be exercised in
he influencing of others for good or evil.
ientone was Mr.. Surgeons birth place
nd every summer he went there to