The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-01-21

NO door opened 10 nm unul, uuhneo
and excited aud embarrassed. he start
ed back again, and coming TO some half
filed pew with apologize air entered
IL while the occupant glared on him
With q look which seemed to Sarl
well, ~ I must I must" Away with
sueh accured ~ihdecenes from the
house OF GOdi Let every church THAI
would maintain large Christian inAu-
enee In community culture Sabbath BY
sabbath this beautiful grace Of Chris-
tan Hospitality.
A good man travelling In the far west
in the wilderness wAs overtaken by
night and storm, and he put In az .
cabin. He saw firearms along the beams
Of the cabin, and he felt alarmed. He
did not know but that be had fallen
into q den Of thieves. He sat thsrs
greatly perturbed. After awhile the
man Of the house came home with q gun
on his shoulder and set II down In .
corner. The stranger was still more
alarmed. After awhile the man OF the
house whispered with his wife. and the
stranger thought his destruction was
being planned. Then the man of the
house came forward and said TO The
stranger; stranger, we are . rough
and rude people out here, and we work
hard for 9 living. We make our living
by hunting. and when we come to the
nightfal we are tired and we are apt 70
g. to bed carly, and before retiring we
are always in the habit Of reading .
chapter from the Word Of God and
making prayer. nyou sen'tlIks such
things. II you will just step outside the
door until we get through, I'll be great
" obliged TO you" ofoourse the stran-
ger tarried In the room, and the old
hunter took holA Of the horns Of the
altar and brought down the blessing Of
God upon his household and upon the
stranger within their gates. Rude but
glohsus Christian hospitality
Again, this woman OF my text was
great in her kindness toward GoA's
messenger. Elisha may have been .
stranger in that household, but a. khs
found out he had come on aDivine mis-
sion he was cordially welcomed. We
have = great many books In our day
shout the hardships Of ministers and
the trials Of Christian minister. I
wish somebody would write . book
about the joys Of the Christian minis
ter. about the sympathies all around
him. about the kindness, about the
genial considerations Of him Does sor-
row come to our home. and Il there q
shadow on the cradle, there are hum
dreds Of hands to help, and many who
weary not through the night watching,
and hundreds Of prayers going up that
God would restore the sick. Is there 9
burning, trimming cup Of calamity
placed on the psstor'stAble7 Are there
not many TO help him drink Of that cup.
and who win not be comforted because
he 10 stricken? Oh. for somebody to
write . book about the rewards Of the
Christian ministry-about his sur
roundings Of Christian sympathy!
This woman Of the text was only a
type Of Thousands Of men and women
who come down from mansion and
from cot to do kindness 10 the Lords
servants. l could tell you Of some
thing that you might think a romance.
A young mar 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
q committee OF the officers Of the
church waited on him and told him he
looked tired and thought ne had better
take a vacation Of a few days. The
young pastor took II Is an tntimation
that his work was done iornot accept
able. He took the vacation and ~ THE
end Of 9 few days came back, wAenan
old elder said: There istAe losy ofths
Parsonage. We have been cheating II
up. You had better 60 up andloekiai
rt 30 INC young pastor took tie Key
went up TO the parsonage, opened The
door. and lol It vas carpeted. and there
wal g hatrsck all ready for the cane.
and umbrellas and the o~vercoats, and
on the left hand of the hall was the par.
Tor, sofaed. chAired pictured. Il.
passed on TO the other side Of the hall
and there was the study table in thu
center Of the floor with stationery up.
OF 1t, b~ookshslves built, long ranges O
new volumes. far beyond the reach Of
the means Of the young pastor many o.
these volumes The young pastor went
upstairs and found all the sleeping
apartments furnished. came ownstairI
end entered the pantry, and there wer,
~ spices and the eotees and thu
sugars and the groceries for Vi
months. He went down into the cellar
and there was the coal for the coming
winter. He went into the dining hall
and there was the table already set
me glass \ b silver ware. He wen
INTO the Kitchen, and there were all Tn
culinary implements and q great stove
Inc young pastor Lifted one Lid Of tn
stove and he found the fuel all ready 70
Ignition. Putting back the cover OF tn
stove, he saw In another part Of II
luctfer match, and all that young maj
had TO do In starting to keep house wa
to strike the match. You tell me that 4
a~poeryphal. oh. mol that WA my owl
experiences. Oh, the kindness. the en-
! lnrged sympathies sometimes cluster
Ing around those who enter the Gosps
I ministry. Isupposs the man Of shunen
had 70 pay the bills. but II was thI
large-hearted Christian woman o
shunem that looked after the Lord
messenger.
Again, this woman Of the text wa
! great in her behavior under troubl.
. Her only son had died on her lsp. !
very bright Light went out In tina
household. The sacred writer puts 4
: very terssly when he ksySi He sat o.
her knee until noon and then he died.
Yet The writer goes on TO say that al