The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-20

become Christian, Tor ne mas aban-
doncd the costume of Islam. The mis-
sionaries tell us that when the heath
EN- adopts a different dress II is prac-
tically a confession Of faith. Abram
was what Scotchman would call "a
ken speck o man. He was known in
the market place 10y his garb and he
wore that coat till he died. There
was probably a friend who said to him:
ITS your dress, man. that makes them
stare at you. I'll give you the name
OF a tailor who will rig you up like
me and then thev wouldn't know the
difference and you would have peace"
But Abram said. My faith is more
to me than Il garment Jehovah called
me and l am taught the true faith.
This dress | brought with me when
I came across at Gods command and
in IL ] shall live and die" ChristS
dress is also distinctive and clothes
the believer from head to foot-a
robe of righteousness woven not on
any earthly loom with a crimson
sheen from the blood.
Another distinguishing mark was his
tongue As soon as he opened his lips
there could be heard no Perizzite ac-
cent no Canaanite speech. II had al
ways a foreign sound lie never tried
to disguise it, You say Of me this
morning "how like Il Scotchman he
speaks" You cannot give me one rea-
son that would convince me chat
shouldn't speak as a ScOtchman.
MARKED BY HIS TONGUE.
The Christian is marked by his ton
que. Whitfield wnen asked if q GER
tain man were a Christian replied u
don't know. J have never heard him
speak" Bunyon when he put Faith
ful through Vanity Fair emphasized
this point by his words. Faithful was
| condemned tc die A young lady prom.
inent in society in New York and Paris
and whose French was particularly
polished and elegant had arranged to
| address a religious meeting III the
| French quarter of New York. When
on the platform she suddenly realized
| that she had the French for society,
! for the court for the theater, but no
| words for the grace Of God. for saliva
| ton and love of peace and joy in the
| Holy Ghost for which her audience
| hungered. Abram spoke the heavenly
| accent to the last. So do you. The
| world. it wearies for the tongue OF
! the kingdom.
! IN his food Abram was distinct
| from the people among whom he lived.
| The stewards on the great trans-At
| lantic steamers have learned that por-
| ridge ia the national dish of the Scot.
! The American dish appears to be ice
: cream. The lassics from this country
clap their hands as it comes on the
table. You win know an Oriental by
| his menu. for wherever he may be his
tastes are distinctive and ne has these
dishes prepared if possible. Thus is
! the Christian known by his food and
| the piece to the world.
| When he gets the new nature. the new
| appetite he is hungry for the word
! instead of the novel and the newspap-
| erS and anything or everything but the
! word. The speaker had been in Amer
| lean hotels from one end Of the con
! tinent to the other and had been sad
| dencd on SUNDAY in this land of Pur-
! itan institutions to within an hour of
the ringing of the church bells pro-
| feSSlng church members to come to the
| breakfast table with arms filled with
! huge COlored comic bundles called sun
| day neWSpapers-the vileSt compound
| that the printer has ever devised. They
| pored over this awful dish of garbage
| with the most intense interest. Judg-
ing by induction they may be churcr
| members but cannot he Christians
The come cross" soul hungers fOi
the word of God. Believers know it;
all heaven knows it; angels flitterine
past know it; the devils, too realize
the truth of this. You foreigners in q
wicked land keep to the food of the
! word.