Arizona republican., 1899-01-26


 l The fact is thsee is no room for Him. ! There are many who would rather
 make room for 4 drnnkr.fd or the vileat person that ever walked the face of the earth than for Christ.
 ALWAYS COMES WHEN WANTED.
 We read of one person who found
 room for Christ. and that was Martha. l She sees the crowd around Him and wonders who it is, and she learns that | it is Jesus. Why, I want to see Him. ! I've heard of Him and the miracles He 1 had parformea.' So she presses through | the throng. She hears him say, Come l unto me all ya that labor and are | heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
 That's just what I want. I've nevet ! found rest, and l want it. I believe in
 Him and 1 think I'll ask Him to come | to Bethany Then she thinks of Mary and Lazarus at home who are opposed to Him, and her other friends who will snub her for putting faiIh in this imPOster, and perhaps the
 greatest struggle Of her life occurs right then. But she asks Him, and He
 goes. You notice Jesus always goes where He is invited. All who want Him can have Him if they only ask lie had not been long in that humble LiGiit- IT ADGLHdtlN uIttll 4ldiy SlIll I-ltA- arus believed in Him, and after tha- He was a frequent visitor at that home and always welcome one.
 "A cloud, unseen by either of tEe
 sisters or the brother, is hanging ove~
 them, and after awhile it bursts
 Lazarus is taken sick. The doctor is called and everything possible is done for him, but he grows gradually worse.
 At last all hope has fled and the fatal hour arrives; then their thoughts turn to Jesus. Oh, how they need Him then and long for His presence.
 YOU'LL WANT CHRIST SOME DAY
 There is one thing I want you to remember, even if you forget all else l have said here, and that is: The
 hour is coming when you'll need the Son of God. Not now in the midst of prosperity and health, but you will need Him. He wouldn't have come if He was not needed. So don't close your hearts against Him now, tor the day is coming when you will want Him to
 come in They send message to the Master saying, He whom thou lowest is sick. They don't ask Him to come, for they know that message will bring Him.
 Tn one of my voyages across the ocean there was a young man on board who was nearly dead with cOnsump- ton, and when we landed the change made him grow worse rapidly He was on his way to Indiana where his mother lived but he was unable to go any further. He wished to send her . dispatch, and when GNked what mes sage should be sent replied: Just say ] am real sick. Charlie But don't you want to ask her to come?' Oh. no; she'll come when she knows I'm sick They knew He would come when He heard that Lazarus was sick. So the messenger goes, but before he returns Lazarus dies, and they bury him. Oh. how desoIatG, that home and how they long to see the Master.
 HE SHARES YOUR SORROWS.
 "The messenger returns and they ask eagerly, Did you find the master?' Yes. Did yCu tell him Lazarus was sick?' Yes What did He say. His sickness is not unto d6ath.' Then 9 little doubt creeps in. Can it be possf- ole that He is true prophet and not know that Lazarus is dead. Perhaps We have been deceived. On the fourth l day Martha hears that Jesus has come i and she runs to meet Him with the | words, If you had been here. my L brother had not died. Jesus tells her | that he will rise again. Yes, she re- i plies, I know that he shall rise at the ! last day But Jesus says Iu her, I | am the resurrection and the life. | Didn't she do well to make room for | Him in her house and invite Him to . come. She sends word to Mary that { the Master is come, and calls for thee He calls for thes tonight Do you he2- him? The three go together to the grave and there Jesus weeDs' with them- 1 have always Teen glad that Jesus WepG with them at that grave l want Him to 8 to the grave with ma and weep with me there. Jesus says to them is they only believe they shall see the glory of Gcd Oh. f man, if you'll only believe tonight, you I shall see the f:l0ry of God. The stone Ii is rolled away, Jesus speaks to I.aza- rus and immediately he came forth. Il Wasn't it q goOd thing she received Him into her house?
 'fcu can bar the door of your heart against God, but you had better un- [ lock 1t and give Him a welcome en- trance. Some one asked me what it means to be converted. Let the Son \ Of God in and you will know what it IS. These meetings will soon close. II Are they going to close and leave Christ JGC or your heart, or enthroned there f Wll you be His friend CT His en- ' 7my? Oh, man, take Him, take Him E -onight.'' k
 The total number Of c5mmunicauts i[ of the Catholic church throughout the I3 world is 230,8G6, ,533; of Protestant [ ehlIrc1n- 1Ao 0oz coz