The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21

body about them! An, Whit . silly
man you would bel Az we'll might q
commander "A fort send word to
the enemy which gate Of the castle Is
least barred as for you to go and tell
what all your fraiities are and what
your temptations are. The world will
only caricature you. will only scoh at
you. What, then. must man dot
When the wave strikes him with ter
ridc dash, shall he have nothing to
hold on to? In this contest with .'the,
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 I sec 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 lin that voice ! hear
the command and the promise, .Cast
thy burden on the Lord, and he will
sustain thee" Why should you Garry
your burdens any longer? Oh, you
weary soul, Christ has been in this con-.
fiict. He says: Ny grace shall be-
sufficient for you You shall mot be-
tempted above that you are able to
bear" Therefore with all pour tempta-
tions, go, as these disciples did, and
dell Jesus.
Again, I commend the behavior Of
the disciples to- all those who are
abused and to the slandered' ana 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 Nserod?
There are persons i'm life who DO not
wish ycu very weIE. Your misforarnes
are honeycombs tsa them. Through
their teBth they hiss at you, misinter-
pref your motives ann would be sad
to see You upset.
Suffering Preservation.
No man gets through life withudt
having q pommeling. Some slandsr
comes after you. horneu and husked:
and hoofedl. to gore and trample youl.
And what are you to dbg tell you,
plainly that ain who serve Christ must,
suffer persecution. 1t iB 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 we'll. II you are at peace
with all the world and everybody likes
you and approves your work. III Is be-
cause you are an. idler In the Lords
vineyard and aree mt doing your duty.
AIT those who have served Christ how
ever eminent, alllhaEe been altreated
at, some stage ofttheir experience. You
know it was SO i'm the time of George
Whdtefeld. whenAhe stood and invited
men into the kingdom Of God; What
did the learned DIR. Johnson say Of
him. He pronounced him, an n1iser-
able mountebanks How was 1T when
Robert Hall stood and spoke asssearce-
ly amy uninspired4 man yersdid speak
of the glories of heaven? And as he
stood Sabbath after Sabbath preaching
on these themes hfsTface kindled with
the, glory. John Foster, a Christian
man,. said of this man: 9 robert Hail is
only acting, and thee smile on his face
is az reflection of his own vanity. p
John Wesley turnedi all England up-
side down with Christian REFORM and
yet, the pnnsters wefae after him. and
the, meanest jokes in7 England were
perpetrated about John Wesley. What;
is true OF the pulpftdstrue Of the pew;
it is true Of the strest: 1t Is true of
the. shop and the stone. All who. will
live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer
persecution. AndH Il set 1t down. assl
the very worst sign, ia all your! Chris
tiaD experience iffyDu are. any OFF you;
at. peace with all'the world. The, re-
,ligion of Christ iss war. It iss a, chal-,
lenge to .sthe world, the flesh and the
devil" and if you, will buckle on the
whole armor Off God you will, find d,
great host dispnting your path between.
this and heaven.
An Evar Rsssent. Frie,ad:
Often when we were in trouble. We.
sent for our friends, but they. were. far
away; they could not get to.us. We
wrote to thems, Come right away on
telegraphed,. Take the next train.
They came ali last, yet were. a, great
while in coming or perhaps were too
late. But Christ is always near-be-
fore you. bahind you. wiIa,in. you.. No
mother ever threw hen arms asonnd
her child with. such Warmth, and costa
sy Of affeetion as Christ has shown to-
ward you Close at handa-neaner than
the staff upon which you lean. nearer
than the cup you put to- your lip,
nearer than the handkerchief with
which. you wipe aMaY yoar tearsI
preach him an even present, all SYM
,pathiafng. compassionate Jesus. How
can ron stay away one moment from
him with your griefs2 Go now. Go
and tell Jesus.
It Is often taat our friends have NO
power to relieve US. They would very
much like t0sdo il, hut they cannot
disentangle CUT finances. they cannot
cure our sickness and raise our dead,
but glory be to God that to whom the
disciples went has all power in heaven.
an on earth. and at our call he will
balk our calamities and at Just the.
right time in the presence Of an APPS
planding earth and resounding heav-
en- will raise our dead. He is mighties:
than Herod. He is awifter than the
storm. He is grander than the sea.
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