Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21


least barred as for you to go and tell
what all your frailties are and what
your temptations are. The world will
only caricature you. will only scott at
you. What, then. must man do?
When the wave strikes him with ter
rifle dash, shall he have nothing to
hold on to? In this contest with this
world, the flesh and the devil" shall
a man have no help. no counsel? Our
text intimtes something different. In
those eyes that wept with the Bethany
sisters | see shining hope. In that
voice which spake until the grave
broke and the widow Of Main had
back her lost son and the sea slept
and sorrow stupendous woke up in the
arms of rapture-in that voice l hear
the command and the promise. Cast
thy burden on the Lord, and he will
sustain thee" Why should you carry
your burdens any longer? oh, you
weary soul, Christ has been in this con.
fiict. He says: My grace shall be
sufficient for you. You shall not be
tempted above that you are able to
bear" Therefore with all your tempta-
tions, go, as these disciples did, and
tell Jesus.
Again, | commend the behavior of
the disciples to all those who are
abused and to the slandered and per-
secuted. When Herod put John to
death. the disciples knew that their
own heads were not safe. And do you
know that every John has a Herod ?
There are persons in life who do not
wish you very well. Your misfortunes
are honeycombs to them. Through
their teeth they hiss at you. misinter-
pref your motives and would be glad
to see you upset.
Suffering Persecution.
No man gets through life without
having a pommeling. Some SANDER
comes after you, horned and husked
and hoofed, to gore and trample you.
And what are you to do? | tell you
plainly that all who serve Christ must
suffer persecution. 1t is the worst
sign in the world for you to be able
to say, II 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 all 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, how
ever eminent, all have been maltreated
at some stage of their experience. You
know it was so in the time of George
Whitefield, when he stood and invited
men into the kingdom of God. What
did the learned DR.. Johnson say Of
him? He pronounced him a miser-
able mountebank. How was it when
Robert Hall stood and spoke as scarce
ly any uninspired man ever did speak
of the glories of heaven? And as he
stood Sabbath after Sabbath preaching
on these themes his face kindled with
the glory. John Foster. Christian
man, said of this man: Robert Hall Is
is a reflection of his own vanity"
John Wesley turned all England up
side down with Christian reform, and
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persecutioh. Anu set uown as
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