The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-01-13

United States! Exposure and daring
are admirable when duty calls, but
keep out of peril when nothing prac-
tical and useful Is to be gained for
your family or your country or your
God. / admire the David Of my text
as he suppresses himself and enters
the gate of his castle, as much as
admire him, when, with his four mn
gers and thumb clutched into the girls
ly locks of Goliath's head, which he had
decapitated, and Saul admiringly asks
Whose son art thou, young man
And David, blushing with genuine
modesty, responds, II am the son OF
thy servant, Jesse. the Bethlehemlte'
The world has had other conquerors'
yet they subdued only natlon OF
continent; but here is One who is 10
be a Conqueror of hemispheres. Other
physicians have cured sufferings, Dut
here is a Doctor who gave sight 10
those who were born blind, and with
out surgery Strengthened the crooked
| back. and changed the numbness OF
l
paralysis into warm circulation, ana
who will yet extirpate all the ailments
of the world, until the last cry OF the
worlds distress shall change into
song of convalescence. Other kings
have ruled wide realms, but here Is a
King that will yet reign in all the
earth as he now reigns IN heaven
There have been other historians VINO
told the story of nations, but here Is
One who tells us of things that oc-
Cured before the world was. Ihere
have been other generals who com
manded men, but here was a General
who commanded seas and hurricanes
There have been other prophets, DuC
here is One out Of whose lie anu ca
reer, Moses and David and Jeremiah
and Ezekiel and Micah and Malachi
and Zechariah dipped their lnsplra-
ton. There have been other mercitul
hearts all I'D and down through the
ages but here is One who loves us with
an everlasting love, and whose mercy
antedates the birth of the hrst noun
tain, and the wash of the first sea, anu
y the radiance of the first aurora, and
the chant of the morning stars at the
creation, and will continue after the
last rock has melted in the final con-
fagration. and Atlantic and Pacific
oceans have rolled out OF their Deds'
and the last night shall have folded up
it's shadow, and our Lord shall have
cried out in the same words tnat
sounded through the night of John S
Punishment on Patmos, Il am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the ena'
the first and the last" Then all the
mightiest of heaven will gather
around the incarnated God OF whom l
preach, each one saying it for himself,
but altogether uttering it in mighty
chorus. Thou Son of David, thou Son
of Mary, thou Son of God, thou art
worth ten thousand of u.s.
But | must not close without COM
mending to you this wonderful Christ
: here and now as your pardon for all
sin, and your solace for all grief, and
, your triumph in all struggle. Down at
Norfolk, Virginia, a few days ago, a
) gentleman was telling me of one OF
: our war-ships in Cuban waters. Be
fore it left northern harbor, some
Christian ladies, at much expense and
with fine taste, bought and furnished
for that war-vessel a pulpit, from
which the chaplain might read the SER
vice and preach while on shipboard.
, The pulpit was made in the shape of a
: cross, and it was beautifully damasked
and tasselled. The ship got into the
battle before Santiago, and the YES
: sells of the enemy began to sink, and
l. their crew were struggling in the
waters, when, from this ship l speak
of. the officers and sailors began to
, throw over chairs, planks, tables, to
help the drowning save themselves
After a while everything movable had
been thrown overheard, except the pull
pit in the shape of cross. After OBJ
lection by some that it was too beauti-
2 full and valuable to be cast into the
5 waters, the cross was dropped into the
sea. One of the drowning men seized
it. but let go, and another seized, and
g the shout went from many on deck to
= those struggling in the waves, Cling
= to the cross Cling to the cross!'
t Several of the drowning took the ad-
vice and held on until they were res
j cued and brought in safety to deck
= and shore, and home, and l say to al
a the souls today sinking in sin ant
sorrow, now swept this way and now
D that: Though the guns of temptation
l and disaster may splinter and KNOCK
from under you all other standing, ant
e everything else goes down, take hold o.
e the cross and cling to it for your pres
: ent and everlasting safety. Cling tC
I the cross! for he who died upon it viii
: save to the uttermost, and he is 81
l good, and so lovely, and so mighty tina
= he is worth infinitely more than ter
I thousand of us.
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