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are admirable when duty calls, but d
keep out OF peril when nothing prac-
teal and useful Is to be gained for
your family or your country or your I
God. admire the David Of my text d
as he suppresses himself and enters
the gate OF his castle, as much as Is II
admire him, when, with his four I'm
gers and thumb clutched into the girls /
sly locks of Gollath's head, which he had 4
decapitated, and Saul admiringly asks,
Whose son art thou, young man &?
And And David, blushing with genuine 1
modesty, responds, + am the son Of !
thy servant, Jesse. the Beth ehemite.
@ The world has had other cong erors,
yet they subdued only q nation Or q
continent; but here is One who Is to !
be a Conqueror Of hemispheres. Other I
physicians have cured sufferings, but !,
here is a Doctor who gave sight to /
those who were born blind, and With
out surgery Strengthened the crooked
back, and changed the numbness Of 1
paralysis into warm circulation, and
who will vet extirpate all the ailments
OF the world, until the last cry Of the
worlds distress shall change into q
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 who
told the story Of nations, but here Is
One who tells us of things that oc-
Cured before the world was. There
have been other generals who COM
manded men, but here was a General
who commanded seas and hurricanes.
There have been other prophets. but
here is One out Of whose life and ca
reer, Moses and David and jeremiah
and Ezekiel and Micah and Malachi
and Zechariah dipped their inspira-
ton. There have been other merciful5
hearts all up and down through the
ages, but here is One who loves us with
an everlasting love, and whose mercy
antedates the birth of the first noun:
tain, and the wash of the first sea, and
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 beds,
and the last night shall have folded up.
it's shadow, and our Lord shall have
cried out in the same words that
sounded through the night Of Johns
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and Omega, the beginning and the end,
the first and the last Then all the
mightiest of heaven will gather
around the incarnated God of whom
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 us!''
i But I 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
i Norfolk, Virginia, a. few days ago, a
. gentleman was telling me Of one Of
our war-ships in Cuban waters. Be-
fore it left a northern harbor, some
Christian ladies, at much expense and
with fine taste, bought and furnished
for that war-vessel 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
their crew were struggling in the
waters, when, from this ship speak
of, the officers and sailors began to
throw over chairs, planks, tables, to
: help the drowning save themselves
After while everything movable had
been thrown overheard, except the pull
pit in the shape of cross. After OBJ
lection by some that it was toosbeauti-
: full and valuable to he cast into the
; waters, the cross was dropped into the
sea- One of the drowning men seized
it, but let CO. and another seized, and
the shout went from many on deck to
those struggling in the waves, "Cling
70 10 the CIOSo. W. S11uS W Lie 5& GLOSS!
Several of the drowning took the adj
vice and held on until they were res.
cued and brought in safety to deck
and shore, and home, and say to al
the souls today sinking in sin and
sorrow, now swept this way and nov
that: Though the guns of temptation
Z and disaster may splinter and KNOCK
from under you all other standing, ant
everything else goes down, take hold 9
+ the cross and cling to it for your pres
ent and everlasting safety. Cling t.
the cross! for he who died upon it vii
save to the uttermost, and he is S,
: good, and SO lovely, and so mighty tina
:, he is worth infinitely more than tel
thousand Of us.
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