The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-06-22

from its scabbard and all the re-l
sources OF infinity be exhausted rather
than that Gods child shall not be de-
livered when he cries to him for res
cue. Suppose your child was In trou-
BILE. How much would you endure TO
get him out? You would go through
any hardship. You would say: Il
don't care what it will cost. must
get him out of that trouble" DO you,
think God Is not so good a father as
you? Seeing you are in trouble and
having all power, will he not stretcn
out his arm and deliver you? He WILL,
He is mighty to save. He can level
the mountain and divide the sea ana
can extinguish thu fire and save the
soul. Not dim of eye, not weak OF arm,
not feeble of resources. but with all
eternity and the universe at his rect.
Go and tell Jesus. VIII you? fe
whose cheeks are wet with the night
dew of the grave; we who cannot look
up; We whose hearts are dried with
| the breath of sirocco; in the name OF
| the religion of Jesus Christ, which liits
every burden and wipes away every
| tear and delivers every captive ana
lightens every darkness, implore you
now, go and tell Jesus.
A little child went with her father,
sea captain, to sea, and when the hrst
| storm came the little child was very
much frightened and in the night
rushed out of the cabin and said,
where is father. where is father?"
| Then they told her, Father is on
deck, guiding the vessel and watching
the Storm" The little child imme-
diately returned to her berth and said.
cts all right, for fathers on deck!"
Oh, ye who are tossed and driven In
this world, up by the mountains and
down by the valleys, and at your Wits
end, I want you to know the Lord God
is guiding the ship. Your Father is on
deck. He will bring you through the
darkness into the harbor. Trust In the
Lord. Go and tell Jesus.
| On the Upward Path.
If you go to him for pardon and
sympathy. all is we'll. Everything
will brighten up, and JOY Will come 10
the heart and sorrow will depart; your
sins will be forgiven and your foot
will touch the upward path, and the
shining messengers that report above
| what is done here will tell it until the
great arches of God resound with the
glad tidings, il now; with contrition
and full trustfulness of soul, you Will
only go and tell Jesus.
| But | am oppressed as / think OF
those who may not take this counsel
and may remain unblessed. | cannot
help asking what will be the destiny
of these people? Xerxes looked on on
his army. There were 100000 men
perhaps the finest army ever marshall
ed. Xerxes rode along the lines, re-
viewed them, came back, stood on
some high point, looked off upon the
1000, 900 men and burst into tears. AT
that moment, when every one sup
posed he would be in the greatest exul-
tation, he broke down in grief. They
asked him why he wept. All" ne
said, 81 weep at the thought SO soon
all this host will be dead" So /
think of these vast populations OF i'm
mortal men and women and realize the
fact that soon the places which know
them now will know them no more,
and they will be gone-whither!
whittier? There is stirring idea
which the poet put in very peculiar
verse when he said
"'Tis not for man to trif1e; life is
brief,
And sin is here;
Our age is but the falling of leaf,
A dropping tear.
Not many lives, but only one have
we
One, only one;
How sacred should that one life ever
be
That narrow span!"
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