The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-02-03

cency from the house Of God. Let every
church that would maintain large Christian
influence in community culture sabbath by
Sabbath this beautiful grace OF Christian
Hospitality.
good man travelling in the far West, in
the wilderness, was overtaken by night
and storm, and he put in at a cabin. He
saw firearms along the beams OF the cabin,
and he felt alarmed. He did not know bur
that he had fallen into 4 den Of thieves.
He sat there greatly perturhed. After 4
while the man Of the house came home
with a gun on his shoulder and set it down
in a corner. The stranger was still more
alarmed. Alter awhile the mar OF tine
house whispered with his wife, and the
stranger thought his destruction was be-
ing planned. Then the man Of the house
came forward and said to the stranger:
"StranSer, We are a rough and rude peo-
pie out here, and we work hard for
a living. We make our living by
hunting, and when we come to the
nichtfail we are tired and We are apt 20 90
to bed early and before retiring we are al
ways in the habit of reading a chapter
from the word Of God and making & PRAYER.
II you cont like such things, it you will
just step outside the door until we get
through III be greatly Obliged to you
OF course the stranger tarried in the room.
and the old hunter took hold Of the horns
VI Ni1 800 c4+A bAooS III t,sh NO blCSStD
Of God upon his housenOli and upon the
strange within their gates. Rude but
glorious Christian hospitality,
lhls woman OF the text was only a type
Of thousands of men and women who cone
down from mansion ana from cot to do
kindness to the Lords servants. I could
tell you Of something that you might think
romance. A younS man graduated from
New Brunswick Theological Seminary was
called to a village church. He had not the
means to furnish the parsonage. After
three or four weeks OF preaching II commit
tee Of the officers Of the church waited on
him and told him he looked tired and
thought he had better take a vacation
Of a few days. The young pastor took
1t as an intimatiOn that his work was done
or not acceptable. He took the vacation.
and at the end o. Il few days came back.
when an elder said: Here is the kew Of
the parsonage. We have been cleaning it
up. You had better 20 VI and look at it,
SO the young pastor took the key. went IN
to the parsonage, opened the door. and 10,
1t was carpeted. and there was the hatrncb
all ready for the canes and the umbrellas
and tie overcoats, cnd on the left hand
Of the hall was the parlcr, sofaed
chaired. pictured. He passed on to the
other side of tho hall, and there was
the study table in the centre Of the floor
with stationery upon it, bookshelves
suilt, long ranges Of new volumes, far
beyond the reach OF the means OF the
young pastor, many Of these volumes,
The young pastor went up stairs and
found all the sleeping apartments furn-
ished. came down stairs and entered
the pantry, and there were the spices,
and the c%offees, and the sugars. and the
groceries for six months. He went down
into the cellar, and there was the coal
for all the coming winter. He went into
Ala - IaiI -~l --~
already set-the glass and the silver.
ware. He went into the Kitchen. AMI
there were all the culinary implements
and a great stove. The young pastor
lifted one lid Of the stove, and he found
the fuel all ready for ignition. Putting
back the cover of the stove, he saw in an
other part Of it q lucifer match, and al
that young man had to do in starting to
keep house was to strike the match. You
tell me that is apocryphal. Oh. no, that
was my own experiences. Oh. the Kind
ness: oh, the enlarged sympathies some.
times clustered around those who enter
the gospel ministry! | suppose the man OF
Shunem had to pay the bills, but it was
the large-hearted Christian sympathies oil
the woman OF Shunem that looked after
the Lords messenger.
Where are the feet that have not bean
blistered On tho hot sands Of this great
Sahara? Where are the soldiers that have
not bent under the burden OF grief? Where
Is the ship sailing over CLASSY sea that ha:
not after awhile been caught In q cyclone!
Where IS the garden of earthly comfort
but trouble hath hitched up its fiery ant
painting team and gone through it Will
burning plowshares of disaster? Under
the peitiDs Of ages Of suffering the grea'
heart of the world has burst with woe
Navigators tell US about the rivers, anC
the Amazon, and the Danube, aud tt,
Mississippi have been explored, but whC
can tell the depth or tue length OF III.
great river OF sorrow. made up OF tear
and blood rolling through all lands am
all ages. bearing the wreck OF families
and Of communities. and Of empires. foam
ing, writhinc, boiling with the aconiCs o
5000 years. Etna, Cotopaxi AMI Nesuyiu,