The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-06-23

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70 down the current Of our evil habit
We seem to get along quite smoothly,
but Il after awhile We urn around
and head the other way. toward Christ
and pardon and Heaven. oh. then how
We have to Law TO the oarsi You will
have your temptation. You have one
kind. you another. you another, not
one person escaping.
II is all folly for you 10 say TO some
one: Il could not be tempted as you
are The lion thinks it is % strange
that the fsh should BE- caught with
hook. The hsh thinks it is so
strange that the lion should be caught
with a trap You see some man with
= cold, phlegmatie temperament. and
you say: Il suppose that nan has not
any temptation Yes, as much as you
have. In his phlegmatie nature he
has a temptation to incidence and
Consciousness and ~Overeaiing and
drinking, a temptation TO ignore the
great work Of life, a temptation 70 lay
down an obstacle in the way Of all
good enterprises. The temperament
decides the styles Of temptation, but
sanguine OF lymphstie. you will have
temptation. Satan has a graphing
hook just fitted for your soul. A man
never lives beyond the reach Of temp
tAtion- You say when a man gets TO
be 20 or 50 years Of age be is safe
from satanic assault. You are very
much mistaken. A man at IS years
Of age has as many temptations as 4
man Of IS. They are only different
styles Of temptation. Ask the aged
Christian whether he is never assault
ed Of the powers Of darkness. II you
think you have conquered the power
of temptation. you are very much mis-
taken
No mar gets through life without
having 8 pommeling. Some SANDER
comes after you, horned and husked
and hOo.ed, to gore and tramplc you.
And what are you 10 do? tell you
plainly that all who serve Christ must
suffer persecution. II is the worst
sign in the world for you TO be able
TO say; Il have not an enemy in the
world" A woe is pronounced in the
Bible against the one OF whom every
body speaks well. II you are at peace
with sill the world and everybody likes
you and approves your work. it is be
cause you are an idler in the Lords
vineyard and are not doing your duty.
All those who have served Christ.
however eminent, all have been NAL
treated at some stage Of their expe-
Renee. You know 1t was so In the
time Of George Whitefeld, when he
stood and invited men into the king
dom OF God. What did the learned
DR.. johnson say Of him? He pro-
nounced him q miserable mOuntebank.
How was 1t when Robert Hall stood
and spoke as scarcely any unin.
spired man ever did speak Of the
glories Of Heaven? And as he stood
Sabbath after Sabbath preaching on
these themes his face kindled with
glory. John Foster. a Christian man
said OF this man: Robert Hall Is
only acting. and the smile on his fac,
is q reflection Of his own vanity, :
John Wesley turned all England up
side down with Christian reform, anC
yet the punsters were after him, anC
the canes jokes in England vert
perpetrated about John Wesley
What is true of the pulpit is true o.
the pew; ii is rue OF the street; II
is true Of the shop and the store. Al
who will live cody in Christ JesuI
must suffer persecution. And | set i
down as the very worst sign in al
your Christian experience IL you are
any Of you. at peace with all thu
world. The religion Of Christ is war
II is a challenge TO "the world, tn,
flesh and the devil" and if you vii
buckle on the whole armor OF God VOL
will find a great host dispuiing you.
path between this and Heaven.
But what are you to do when 20,
are assaulted and slandered an,
abused. as | suppose nearly all OF yol
have been in your life? Go u ant
hunt up the slanderer? Oh. no, sill,
man! While you are explaining ava,
a falsehood Ia one place 50 people vii
Iust have heard Of it in other plaees
counsel you to another course
While you are not TO omit any oppor,
tunity Of setting yourselves right. ]
want TO tell YOU Of one who had tn,
hardest things said about him. who's,
,obriety was disputed, whose mission
was secuted. whose eompanionshiI
was denounced, who was pursued al
4 babe and spit upon as a man, WHIT
was howled At after he was dead.
will have you 70 unto Him with you
humble child PRAYER, SAYING: Il Sc,
Thy wounds-wounds Of head. wound
Of feet, wounds Of heart. Now, lool
> at nv wounds and see what ! hayI
suffered and through what battles
! am going. anu | entrea, Thee by ihosI
wounds Of Thine 10 sympathize witt
: me- And He will sympathize, and Il
! will helm. Go and tell Jesus.
Again. I commend the behavior o
; the disciples 10 all the bereayed. How
many in Rarb Of mourning? How man,
; enblsns OF sorrow you behold every
where God has His own WAY Of tax
! ing D a fanll,, We must get GU, O
. th. way for coming generations, W
: must get Of the stage that Others ma.
: come on. and for this reason there is
: long procession reaching down all III
tim, into tht valley OF shadows. Thi
emigration from time into eternity /
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