The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-22

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have never tried 10 break a.. II ls very
casy 10 90 on down with the stream and
with the wind lying on your oars, but Just
turn around and try 10 go against the
wind and the tide. and you will find IT Is
"a different matter A. long az we go down
the current OF our evil habit we seem 90
get along qu,e smoothly, but II after
while we turn around and h I the other
way, toward Christ and pardon and
heaven. Oh. then how We have 10 lay 20
the oars! You will have your tcmpta Ic De.
You have one kind, you another You an
other. not one person escaping
Again, | commend the behavior OF the
disciples 10 all those who are ahu 4 ar
to the saudcrcd and per. -cutcd. When
lIcrod put John 10 death, the disciples
knew that their own heads were not sale.
And Il You know that every John hos q
IiCrody There are persons M lic Who 90
not wish you Wy well. \ our rI.iortuncs
are honcycom. 20 them. Through their
teeth they hiss at you, mlsintcrprct oar
motives and would be glad TO see you up
set No man gets through life without
having pOmmcIug. Some SANDER comes
after YOU horned and huskcd and hoOicd
10 gore and tramplc You, and what are
YOU 10 dOy | tell you plainly that all who
serve Christ must suffer persecution. II ls
the worst sign in the world for You TO be
be- able To say, u have not an enemy IN
the world" A woe is pronounced m the
Bible against the one OF whom everybody
speaks well IT YOU are at peace with all
the world and everybody likes you and
approves your work, ~ ~ because YOU are
an idIor ln the Lords vineyard and are
not doing your duty. All those who have
served Christ howcv r. eminent. all have
been maltrcatcd at some stage OF their cN.
ucricucc You know II was 50 iu the time
of George Whltchcld when hc stood and
invited men into the kingdom OF God,
l Il, t, L. q
him? He pronounced him a miserable
mountchauk How was n when Robert
! Hall stood and spoke as scarcely any unn-
spircd man ever did speak OF the glorcs
| of heaven And a. hc stood Sabbath al.
| ter sabbath preaching on these themes
! his face lindlcd with the glory ohm
| Foster Chrstlan man, said OF TIN" man,
! Robert Hall rs only acting. and the smile
on his face is reflection oi ms own van.
ity.' John Wesley turned all England
upside down with Christian reform. and
vet the uuustCrs were after hnn, and the
mcancst Jokes in England were pcrpciratCd
about John Wesley. What Is true of the
pulpit is true OF the pew; It is true the
street. It is true of the shop and the store.
All who live godIy iu Christ Jesus must
suffer persecution.
And | set it down as tho very worst sign
in an your Christian experience u YOU are
any of you at peace with all the world.
challenge to "thc world, the flesh and the
devil" and il YOU will buckle ON the whole
armor of God YOU viii find great host
djsputug your path between ''ls and
heaven.
But what are YOU 10 do when YOU are
assaulted and slaudcrcd and ahu ed. as !
suppose nearly all ot YOU have been mn your
htcy Go out and hunt up the slaudcrcrt
Oh. mo-. silly mani While YOU are explain
| 4. IN, t.l
uc will lust have heard of 1t m other
uar,s | counsel YOU to another course.
While YOU are not TO omit amy oppnriunlt .
off setting Yourselves right | want to tel
you ot One who had the hardest things
said about Him. whose sobrctv was dis.
uutcd. whose mission was secuted. whose
championship was denounced who was
pursued as "a babe and spit uuon as % man.
/ who wa howlcd at after lie was dead |
will have YOU 20 unto Him with your
/ bruised soul n some humble child prayer
/ saving. Il see Thy wounds wounds of
/ head. wounds of feet. wounds ot heart
/ Now look az ny wounds and sec what !
/ have suffered and through what battles /
ann going and | cutrCat Thee hN those
wounds ot Thine ~ympathlsc with me.
/ And He ...ll sympathlle and He VIII help.
/ Go and tell Jesus.
Again. | commend the behavior of the
| DISCIPLES TO all the hcrcavcd. How many
nm parh of mourning, How many emblem.
of sorrow YOU behold everywhere. God
has His own way of taking apar tam
ily We must get ont of the way 10, com
ing generations We must get of the
stage that others may come ON. and ioi
this reason there rs a long procession reach
ing down all .hc time INTO the valley %
shadows. This emigration from tuc nt'
eternity is 50 vas' an enterprise ihal W,
cannot understand it Every hour we hca,
sI % . tl,., tI.Itr ItN A. Ia
sod must hc broken. The ground must h'
plovcd tor scsurrccti, harry ~. ETERNITY
must hc peopcd. The dust must press our
oy,lds 1T ls appointed unto all mct
once to die This emigration from time
into eternity keeps thrce.tourths of th'
families ot the earth m desolauon. IN,
air is rent with tarcwclls, and the phCl
tassclCd vehicles of death rumble through
every stree. The body of the child tina
was folded so loosely Go the mothers hear
is nut away m the cold and the darkness
The laughter freezes 60 the girls hp. an,
the rose scatters. The boy IN the harvcs
field ot Shuuem SAYS. MY head. mn,
hcad' and they ..ry him home 90 die oi
the lap of his mother. Nldowhood stan !
with tragedies of woe struck into th. pa
Tor of the check Orphanagc cries IN vail
. for father and mother. oh, the grave /
| cruel With teeth of stone 10 clutches to
, IT'S prev Between the closing gates oi th
: sepulgher oar hearts are manglcd an
4 | crushed
Is there any earthly solacc' None "
. come 90 the ohscQuiCs We sit with IA
p grief stricken. We talk pathctiCaly 60 thcl
+ soul. but soon the ohscquies have passc,
p the carriages have left us az the door. th
l friends who staid for a few days are gone
4 and the heart sits in desolatlon lstenin
: for the little feet that Will never agar
: patter through the hall or looking for th
/. entrance oi those who will never con
x again. signing into the darkness. ever an
s. anon coming across some book or "a
IN ment or little shoe or picture that arouse
r. former association. almost killing q
g heart. long DAYS and nights of sutierr
.e that wear ont the spirit and CNpungc q
A. bright lines of life and give haggardnc
To- the face and draw the flesh tight dow
10 over the cheek bone aud draw dark I'm
70 under the sunken eye. and the hand
af tfemulous. and the voice h. husky and n
"a certain. and the grief Is wearing. grindin
70 accommodating. exhausting.
n Now what are such 90 dog Are th
es ! merely to look up into a braaen and u