The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-12
T. 1898

EndIlsh channel, whore In u, storm /
boat containing three men was upset, anf
all three were In the watse struggling fol
their lives. A boaS came to their reliaf
and q rope Was thrown to one Of them
and he refused to take 1t, saying: First
fling II to Tom He is 3ust ready to q
down. can last some time longer" A
man like that, be he sailor or landsman,
be he In upper ranks Of society or lower
ranks, will always have plenty Of friends.
What is true MAYNARD Is true Godward.
We must be the friends Of God II We want
him to be our friend. We cannot treat
Christ badly all our lives and expect him
to treat us lovingly. was reading of a
sea fight in which Lord Nelson captured q
French officer, and when the French officer
offered Lord Nelson his hand, Nelson re-
piled, First give me your sword, and
then give me your hand." Surrender Of
our resistance to God must preoede God s
prefer of pardon to u.s. Repentance be-
fore forgiveness. You must give up your
rebellious sword before you can get a grasp
Of the divine hand.
Oh, what a glorious state Of things to
have the friendship Of God! Why, we
could afford to have all the world against
US and all other worlds against us If we
had God for us. He could In q minute
blot out this universe, and in another
minute make better universe. have no
idsa that God tried hard when he made
all things. The most brilliant thing
known to us Is light and for the creation
Of that he only used word Of command.
As out Of flint . frontiersman strikes a
spark, 80 out Of one word God struck the
MONDAY sun. For the making of the pres
emit universe I do not read that God lifted
90 much as finger The Bible frequently
speaks Of Gods hand and Gods arm and
Gods shoulder and Gods foot; then sup
pose he should put hand and arm and
shoulder and foot to utmost tension, what
could he not maker That God of such de-
monstrated and undemonstrated strength
you may have for your present and ever
lasting friend, not a stately and retioent |
friend, hard to get at, but a. approaohable |
as country mansion on q summer day |
when all the doors and windows are wide |
open. Christ said, II am the door," And |
he is q wide door, q high door, q palace
door, an always open door.
My 4.year-old child got hurt and did not |
CRY until hours after, when her mother
came home, and then she burst into weep
ing, and, some Of the demestios, not under
standing human nature, said to her, "Why
did you not Org befores" She answered,
"There was no one to cry TO-" Now, I
have to tell you that while human SYM
pathy may be absent, divine sympathy is
Away accessible. Give God your love, and
get his love; your service, and secure his
IN md hal h{o |
don. God q friendS Why, that means all
your wounds medioated, all your sorrows
soothed, and II some sudden catastrophe
should hurl you out Of earth 1t would only
hurl you into heaven.
Tho Two Christians.
II God is your friend, you cannot go out
NJ the world too quickly or suddenly, so
lar as your own happiness is concerned G
There were two Christians who entered
heaven. The one was standing at win c
low in perfect health, watching shower, q
and the lightning instantly slew him, but :
The lightning did not fash down the sky
rs swiftly as his spirit flashed upward.
The Christian man who died on the same
lay next door had been for year or two \
ailing In health, and for the last three
months had suffered from disease that
made the nights sleepless and the days an
'nguish. Do you not really think that
be case Of the one who went instantly
vas more desirable than the one who en-
cred the shining gate through long lane
4 insomnia and congestionp In the one
ase 1t was like your standing YEARLY at
DOR, knocking and waiting and wonder p
ng II 1t will ever open, and knocking and s
Waiting again, while In the other case h
was swinging open Of the door at the
rat touch Of your knuckle. Give your a
to God, and have Gods friend n
hip for you, and even the worst accident A
Ill DO victory.
How refreshing Is human friendship, a
nd true friends, what priceless treasuresl =
hen sickness comes and trouble comes 4
nd death comes, we send for our friends
rst Of all, and their appearance In our !,
I'd when they have entered we say,
Now 1t Is all right" Oh, what would
Q do without personal friends, business ,
lends, family friends9 But we want .
mightier than human friend
Zip in the great exigenoies. When Jona- q
IAN Edwards, In his final hour, had given =
10 last goodby to all his earthly friends,
, turned on his pillow and closed his
es, confidently saying, "Now where is
'sus Of Nazareth, my true and never
Hing Friend2" Yes, admire human
as seen In the case Of David and
nathan, of Paul and Onesiphorus, Of |,
order and Goethe, Of Goldsmith and I
,yholds, of Beaumont and Fletcher, Of
wiley and Harvey, Of Erasmus and =,
1omas More, Of Leasing and Mendols-
hn, Of Lady Churchill and Princess
nne, Of Orostes and Pylades, each re.
testing that himself might take the point =;
the dagger, so the other might be spar -,
; of Epaminondas and Pelopidas. who I'll
cked their shields in battle, determined
die together, but the grandest, the
ightiest, the tenderest friendship In all III
Q universe Is the friendship between III
sus Christ and believing soul, yet after m;
have said I feel have only done a.,
lat James Marshall, the miner, did In ~ w.
4S in California, before its gold mines ~
,re known. Hereached in and put upon Ak
Q table Of his employer, Captain Suffer, Ga
thimbleful of gold dust "Where did (
u get thatp" said his employer. The a.
ply was, II got ii this morning from a.
II race from which the water had been p.
avn off," But that gold dust, which u.
lid have been taken up between the fin III
: and the thumb, was the prophecy and 4
,eimen that revealed California 8 wealth III
all nations and today have only put a.
ore you a specimen Of the value of di- sIS
10 friendship, only thimbleful Of mines :.
and infinite, though all timo
all eternity go on with the exploration. we we
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The Spanish Character. IA
emile Olivier, formerly prime minister F
France contributes to The Century an 7lo
iclo on America, Spain and France" -
Olivier says: ,ai.
The Spanish nation has brilliant quail w