The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-06-16

IN this boat, And As for the waves
under the keel Of the bat, shy, they
osly make the DCtioa % or little
heat the zOrs S~siCArful~ Bat whea
the winds sEep; down AID the So
was tossed into wrath thea they
found that following 0rist Vas not
smooth sziiEg - yOa have tCu1a
it, 50 I have t01nG il
Did yoa ever Eoties the ED Of the
life Of the apostles Of JesEs Ckristg
0o1 wozli ay u ever zeu oaght 70
have had q sz0osh Ess. 3 szooth DE-
p4rture. tAsa thosS usl The disciples
Of JeS1s 0rist o1Eht 70 have had
sueh = departure and s1oA . LIE 81.
james los; his had 81 Philip Was
hang 10 SeAih On = pillar. 81 Nat
thew had his life dashed cat with .
k.lbert 81 Marx vas dragged 10
death through the strsetS St James
TIE LES was beaten 10 death With .
fuller'S club 81 no-ss vas strzck
tAro1gh with . spar. Tkey did not
knd tOIlowinE 0rsz smooth sailing.
o. how they were al tossed IN the
tsupexti John Huss in a Hp; Hugh
NeKHl in the hour Ct Uartyrdon: I
the AIbigerseS the Weaknesses the
I. SeoteA CorenAnter-dia thsy knd IL
snooth aihzEe But My 60 into
history Shen ne eaa draw FROM cur
Owz usnory mustrztions Of the truth
Of What l sye
A yOz1g 1sn IN a store tuing 10
~ God. while his employer SCOTS
a. Christianity; The young men in the
sane store. antagonists TO the Chris
rsligiOa- teasing hin. ~to-nenting
hfz about his religion, trying TO get
hin mad They succeed in getting
him mad ard say: You're a pretty
oriStiA1,- Does that young man
Ezd j, smooth sailing when be tries
to fellow Christ; Or you remember
a Christian girl Her father deSp;sss
tie Christian religion; her mother
dsspssss the Chfstian religion; her
brothers and sisters scoG al the Chris
uaa religion; she can hardly ind =
gaze. Plsce in which TO say her
prayers Did she snd il smooth sailing
When she tired 10 follow Jesus Christi
Oh. no. All who woai live the life
Of the Christian religion must suHer
persecution II you do not find il in
oos way. you will get il in another
uay But Be not disheartsned. Take
courage You are in q glorious CON-
partnership God viii see yoR through
all tralA and he will deliver you.
Ny subject also inpresses me with
the fact that good people sometimes
get frightened In the OF these
disciples Is they rushed into the back
part Of the boat ! End they are fright
ened almost to death They say:
Master. cHrest Thou not that ne per
ishT They had no reason to be
frightened. for Christ was in the boat
suppose IL we had been there We
would hsve been Just as much az
trighied. Perhaps more. In all ages
very good people get very much Af-
frighted. 1t is often 50 in our day,
and men say: why, look at the bad
lectures Look at the various errors
, going over the church Of God. We are
going to founder. The church is go
. ing TO perish. She is going down"
Oh, how many good people are at
frighted by iniquity in u day and
think the church Of Jesus Christ Is
gong { be overtbrown and are just
as much Afrighted as were the dis
7 eiples Of my text. Don't IVORY. don't
fret, as though iniquity were going to
triumph over Righteousness A lion
goes into a cavern TO sleep. He lies
!, down with his shaggy a covering
the paws- Meanwhile the spiders spin
a web across the mouth Of the cavern
and say: I'VE have captured him
=, Gossamer thread after gossamel
thread until the whole from; Of tn,
cavern is covered with the spiders
web. and the spiders say; The hor
Is done; the lion is fast" After awhiIs
= the lion has got through sleeping
He ruuses himself. he shakes hi,
= name. he walks out into the sunlight
He does not even know the spider'i
:, web is spun. and with his roar HI
shakes the mountain. So men CON,
!. spinning their sophistries and skepti
= eism about Jesus Christ. He SEEM. q
Be sleeping. They say: we kav'
n captured the Lord He will nevei
Is come forth again upon the nation
= Christ is overcome forever. His re
: lgiOn will never make any eOnques
e among men" But after awhile tn,
81 Lion Of the tribe Of Judah will rous
?, Himself and come forth TO shakI
nightly the nations What's a spi
ID der's web 10 the aroused lion? Civ
s truth and error = fair grsPPle, an
sl truth will come OF victor.
Il Do not BE afraid Of q great revival
., Oh. that such gales from Heaven nigh
it sweep through all our churches. Oh
" for such DAYS as Richard Baxter saw II
le England nnd Robert NcCheyne saw il
" Dundee. Oh. for such days as iona
K THAI Edwards ssw In Northampton
ie IhAVe often heard ny father tell Of III.
;; fact that IN the early part Of the eeE
Ie fury there broke out 3 revival al Som
1t eTills, n. J. and SON. people Uer
l. Fery much AgiiAfed about IL The,
said: -Yoa are going 10 bring 10
= many people into the church 81 onee,
b; szdthey sent SBrunswfekt
re get John LvnESo1 10 stop the reviVa.
Wei. there vas 10 better soGl in a.
e the world than John uEngstOn- Il
- vent s,d looksi a. the revival The
wanted kin 70 stop IL he EtoOdin ii
pulp; On the Lors's Gay ard locke
over the solemn auditory. AID he said
q This. brethrea. Is In reality the Worl
y ofGod Beware ho~ yea soPit.- AZ
he Vas an old Eah leaning heavily o.
his EAa-a very Cd z1n. And /
Is lifted that stat As6 took hold o. II
e snail ed % that sias ard b-Esb TO L
r IL Ia SsHly ihroagh between The Al
4 ger and The thanh and be ksid: -Ol
L. thou inpenitszL tkou art tIliaR no'
t. -taIEzg from life, fAlHsE GSty trOE
p p@aee ard HsaEe1. falling as eertsirl
re a. hat care is falling tkrVugh 4
e kaa6-fGlliag esrTEiAly, though PEI
81 kts fEIHrg slowly Aus Tie ear
~ kep; c. falling through John ET1HG
- ug1's hzna he TehGozs erection i
II. Eu6isEee uAa empowering. Al
zsz slw a uP~ .; their doom a. Il
a sAs. KEEP, falilg sDafaIHug. until II
q: kre5 Of the ezze sr1ek M UTinl
.e seas kIr1. zsd be elssp~t Is Etouti
ae Al aid: Bat The grace Of God ca
sep ysE a. I stepped that sane Al
y. it.s here vas gisenest al thrOSs
- the Aoge al the fact % Perc0n a.
in p@tus s.6 salT1iioL -WslNEA6 Il
Is p-g54 st-er the RTv5es. ! gtpss 70
is kEs better sns uT1AgsoH hoEa =
e. q zIa-g TIA revival ESrS On, fG
L. g11sf trSE Hssver 10 s@etPaD tie col
L. uas=,s, Tb< esEger Of TIE cAuG {
q Co sssi IL rsviTAA