The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-04-07
CHRIST THE THEME.
He Brings Happiness Into Every
Life That He Enters.
All Nature Sings His Praises, Says
Dr. TnImnge-Hymns Heard In
Infancy Have strong In
Guence In After Life.
Copyright. 1900. by Louis Klopsch.I

how Christ brings harmony and mel
ody into every life that He enters:
text, Psalms, 1ls:l4: "The Lord is my
strength and song"
The most fascinating theme for n
heart properly attuned is the Saviour.
There is something in the morning
light to suggest Him and something
in the evening shadow to speak His
praise The flower breathcs Him, the
stars shine Him, the cascades pro-
claim Him, all the voices of nature
chant Him. Whatever is grand, bright
and beautiful. if you only Iistsn to it,
will speak His praise, So when in
the summer time pluck flower
thing of Him who is 1.-THE Rose of
Sharon and the Lily of the Valley"
When ! see in the fields n lamb, say:
"Bchold the Lamb OF God that taketh
away the sin Of the world" When in
very hot weather | come under a pro-
joating cliff, say:
Rock of ages cleft for me,
Let mo hide myself in thee!
Over the old-fashioncd pulpits there
was sounding board The voice of
the minister rose to the sounding
board and then was struck back again
upon the ears of the people. And so
the 10000 voices of earth rising up
find the heavens Il sounding board
which strikes back to the ear OF all
nations the praises of Christ. The
heavens tell His glory and the earth
shows His handiwork The Bible
thrills with one great story of
redemption. Upon blasted and
faded paradise il poured a light of
glorious restoration. 1t looked upon
Abraham from the ram caught in
the thickct. 1t spoke in the bleating
of the herds driven down to Jcrusa-
lem for sacrifice. 1t put infinite pa
thos into the speech of uncouth fish
ermCn. .....
Instead of waiting until you get
sick and worn out before you sing
the praise of Christ, while your heart
is happicst and your step is lightest
and your fortunes smile and your
way blossoms and the ovcrarching
heavens drop upon you their bcnedic-
ton, speak the praises of Jesus.
The old Greek orators, when they
saw their audiences inattcntivc and
slumbcring, had one word with which
thcy would rouse them up to the
greatest enthusiasm. In the midst Of
their orations they would stop and
cry out: Marathon" and the pco-
pies enthusiasm would be unbound
ed. My hearers, though you may
have been borne down with sin, and
though trouble and trials and temp.
1ation may have come upon you, and
you feel to-day hardly like looking
up. mcthinks there is one grand royal
imperial word that ought to rouse
your soul to infinite rejoicing, and
that word is Jesus"
Taking the suggestion Of the text.
! shall speak to you Of Christ our
Song. remark, in the first place,
that Christ ought to be the cradle
song. What our mothers sang to us
when they put us to sleep is singing
yet We may have forgotten the
words; but they went into the fiber
Of our soul and will forever be part
Of it. 1t is not so much what you
formally teach your children as what
you sing to them. a hymn has wings
and can fly evcrywhither. One hun
drcd and fifty years after you are
dead and "Old Mortality" has worn
ont his chisel recruiting your name on
the tombstone. your great grandchil-
drcn will be singing the song which
last night you sang to your little ones
gathered about your knee. There is
place in Switzerland where. if you
distinctly utter your voice, there come
back ten or IS distinct echoes, and
every Christian song sung by n moth
or in the ear of her child shall have
10000 echoes coming back from all the
gates of Heaven. Oh, if mothers only
knew the power of this sacred spell,
how much oftener the little ones
would he gathered, and all our homes
would chime with the songs of Jesus!
We want some counteracting intlu-
rnce upon our children. The very mo-
ment our child steps into tho street
he steps into the path of temptation.
There are foul mouthed children who
would like to bcspoil your little ones.
1t will not do TO keep your boys and
girls in the house and make them
house plants. They must have fresh
air and recreation. God save your chill
dren from the scathing, blasting,
damning influence of the street!
know of no counteracting influence but
the power of Christian culture and cx-
ample. Hold before your little ones
the pure life Of Jesus. Let that name
be the word that shall exercise evil
from their hearts. Give to your in
struction all the fascination of music
morning, noon and night. Let IT be
Jesus, the cradle song This is impor-
tant, if your children grow up. but per-
haps they may not. Their pathway
may be short. Jesus may be wanting
that child. Then there will be a
soundIess step in the dwelling, and
the youthful pulse will begin to fut-
ter. and the little hands will be lifted
for help. You cannot help And a
great agony will pinch at your heart,
and the cradle will be empty. and the
rfursery will be empty. and the world
will be empty. No little feet standing
on the stairs. No toys scattered on