The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-14

! the God of the Bible. How strange IL 1
. that in all their magnificent sweep o
5 the telescope they have not seen thu
) morning star of Jesus and that in al
their experiments with light and hea
they have not seen the light and feb
the warmth of the Sun of Righteous
nessI We want more of the salt Of
Gods grace in our homes, in ouI
schools, in our colleges, in our socia
life, in our Christianity. And that
which has it will live; that which has
it not will die. proclaim the tenden.
cy of everything earthly to putrefac-
tion and death-the religion Of Christ
the only preservative.
My subject is one of great congratu-
lation to those who have within their
souls this gospel antiseptic. This salt
willpreserve them through the tempta-
tions and sorrows of life and through
the ages of eternity. do not mean to
say that you will have a smooth time
because you are Christian. On the
contrary, if you do your whole duty, 1
will promise you rough time. You
march through an enemy's country,
and they will try to double up both
tanks and to cut you off from your
source of supplies. The war you wage
will not be with toy arrows, but sword
plunged to the hilt and squirting on
your steed over heaps of the slain. But
think that God omnipotent will see
you through. think He will. But why
do l talk like an atheist when ought
to say know He will? "Kept by the
power of God through faith unto COM
plete salvation"
When Gov. Geary, of Pennsylvania,
died, years ago, lost good friend.
He impressed me nightly with the
horrors of war. In the eight hours
that we rode together in the cars he
recited to me the scenes through
which he had passed in the civil war.
He said that there came one battle
upon which everything seemed to
pivot. kilograms from Washington
said that the life of the nation de-
pended on that struggle. He said to
me: II went into that battle, sir,
with my son. His mother and l
thought everything of him. You
know how a father will feel toward
his son who is coming up manly and
brave and good. Well the battle
opened and concentered, and it was
awful. Horses and riders bent and |
twisted and piled up together. 1t was
awful, sir. We quit firing and took |
to the point of the bayonet. Well,
sir, didn't feel like myself that day.
had prayed to God for strength for
that particular battle, and went into
it feeling that | had in my right arm
the strength of ten giants" And as
the governor brought his arm down
On the back of the seat it fairly made
The car tremble. WELL" he said, "the
battle was desperate, but after awhile
we gained a little, and we marched
IN a little. l turned round to the
roops and shouted: Come on,
'oys! and 1 stepped across dead
soldier, and, 10, it was my son!
Jaw at the first glance he was dead,
md yet l did not dare to stop a min
lite. for the crisis had come in the
'attle. So 1 just got down on my
,nees, and l threw my arms around
lin, and gave him one good kiss
nd said, 'Good-by, DEAR and sprang
p and shouted Come on, boysr"
% it is in the Christian confetti is
fierce fight. Eternal ages seem de-
ending on the strife. Heaven is t
rating for the bulletins to announce \
he tremendous issue. Hail of shot,
ash of saber, fall of battle ak, groan- Z
lg on every side. We cannot stop
Dr. loss or bereavement or anything '
lse. With one ardent embrace and A
ne loving kiss we utter our fare Q
ellis and then cry: Come on, boys! i
here are other heights to be cap
lred; there are other foes to be con- l
uered; there are other crowns to be
on" n
Yet, as one of the Lords surgeons, Il
must bind up two or three wounds. =
lst lift them now, whatever they be.
have been told there is nothing like
lit to stop the bleeding of wound,
I'd so l take this salt of Christ's
ospel and put it on the lacerated
'ul. 1t smarts a little at first, but 4
e-the bleeding stops, and, 10, the II
ssh comes again as the flesh of a Ii
tile child. Salt is good" Comfort ",
lie another with these Words