Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-07-12


such a life. St. James lost his head. St.
Philip was hung to death on pillar. st.
Matthew had his life dashed out with a
halberd. St. Mark was dragged to death
through the streets. st. James the Less
was beaten to death with a fullers club.
St. Thomas was struck through with a
spear. They did not find following Christ
smooth sailing; Oh, how, they, were all
tossed in the tempest, John Huss in a
fire; Hugh Mckail in the hour of martyr
dom; the Albigenses, the Naldenses. the
| Scotch Covenanters-did they find it
smooth sailing? But why go into history
| when we can draw from our own memory
| illustrations of the truth of what | say:
| A young man in store trying to serve
| God, while his employer SCOTS at Chris
| tianity; the young men in the same store
antagonstic to the Christian religion
teasing him, tormentlng him about his re-
| ligion, trying to get him mad. They sue
ceed in getting him mad and say, ~ ou're
pretty Christian.' Does that young
man find it smooth sailing when he tries
to follow Christ? Or you remember a
| Christian girl Her father despises the
Christian relgon; her mother despises
the Christian religion; her brothers and
sisters scoff at the Christian religion; she
can hardly find a quiet place in which to
say her prayers. Did she find it smooth
sailing when she tried to follow Jesus
| life of the Christian religion must suffer
persecution. If you do not find it in one
way you will get it III another way. But
be not disheartened! Take courage. You
are III glorious comPanionshlp' H9d
VII see you through all tflais' ana he
will deliver you.
My subject also impresscs me with the
fact that good people sometimes get fright
ened. In the tones of these disciples as
| they rushed into the back part OF the
boat find they are frightened almost to
death. They say, Master. carest Thou
not that we perish?,' They had no reason
to be frightened, for Christ was in the
boat. ! suppose if we had been there we
would have been Just as much affrlghted.
Perhaps more. In all ages very. good peo-
pie get very much attrghted l. Is often
so in our day, and men say: 'Why, look
at the bad lectures. Look at the various
errors gong over the church OF ,rod. we
are gong to founder. The church II Is gong
to perish. She Is gong down Oh, how
many good people are ,atfrighted by in.
i,quity in our day and think the church of
Jesus CHRIST Is gong to be overthroWn,
and are Just as much aiIrighted as We're
the disciples OF my, text. Don't worry,
don't fret,, as though lnlqmty were. gong
to triumph over Righteousness. n hon
goes INTO cavern to sleep lie hes down
WITH ms shaggy name covering the paws.
Meanwhlie the spiders spin a web across
the mouth OF the cavern and say, We
nave captured mn. GosSamer thread
after gooss@mer thread until the whole
spiders web, and the spiders say, The
hon Is done; the hon IS last. After
awhile the hon has got through sleeping.
lie ronSes hImseI1, he snakes ms name ne
walks out INTO the sunlight; .de does not
even know the SPIDERS web IS soun, and
with hls roar he shakes the mountain. SO
men come spinning ther, sophlstres and
sNepticism about Jesus CHRIST: lie seems
to be sleeping; 1hey say; we have cap
tured the Lord. lie VIII never come forth
again upon the nation. Christ is overcome
forever. HIS religion VIII never make any
conquest among men. But alter awhile
the Lion or the tribe OF Judah Will rouse
Himself and come forth tosshake nightly
the nations. What's spiders web to the
aroused hon! GIVE truth and error tar
grappie, and truth viii come oil victor,
DO not be afraid or great revival. Oh.
that such gales from heaven might sweep
through all our, churches. Oh, for such
days as Richard Baxter saw IN England
and Robert, McCheyne- saw, IN Dundee!
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