The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-01

hno 60 church TO-DAY and hcar our
! s,nE.Hg;n "Ccme and lat ma intro
duce you to Christian man whom
you viii DO sure to admire" Como
with me into associations that arc
cheerful and good and inspiring;"
! i'Como with me into JOY such as you
never before experienced"
With that woSd which has done 30
much for others / approach you to-
| day. Are you right with God? NO."
you say, IL think not; | am sometimes
alarmed when think Of Him; l fear
will not be ready to meet Him in
the last day; my heart isnot right With
God" Come, then, and have it made
right. Through the Christ who died
to save you, comcl What Is the use
in waitingp The longer you wait the
| farther off you arc and tho deeper you
are down. Strike out for Ueayen You
remember that a few years ago a
| steamer called tho Princess Alice, with
4 crowd Of cxcursionists aboard, sank
| in the Thames, and there was an awful
| sacrifice Of life. 4 boa tlnan from tho
| shore put out for the rescue, and he
had q big boat, and lie got it SO full it
would not hold another person, and ms
! he laid hold Of the oars to pull for the
shore, leaving hundreds holpless and
| drowning, lie cried out: ooh, that |
had a bigger boat!" Thank God that
am not thus limited and that can
promise room for all in this Gospel
boat. Get in; get inl And yet there
is room. Room in the heart Of par
doning God. Room in Heaven.
|
I also apply tho word Of my text to
| those who would like practical com
fort. If any ever escape the struggle
of life, have not found them. They
| are not certainly among the prosper
| Gus classes. In most cases it was u
struggle all the way up till they
reached the prosperity, and since they
have reached these heights there have
been perpleXitios, anxictics and crises
which wera almost enough to shntter
tho nerves and turn the brain. It would
be hard to tell which have the biggest
fight in this world, the properties or
the adversitics, the conspicuities or
the obscurities. Just as soon as you
havo enough success to attract the at
tcntion of Others the cnvies and jcal-
ousies nro let loose from their kenpol.
The greatest crimo that you can oom-
init in the estimation Of others is to
get on better than they do. They think
your addition is their subtraction.
Five hundred persons start for a goal
of success; one reaches it, and the 9TH
er four hundred and ninety-nins arc
mad. 1t would take volumes to hold
the story Of their wrongs, outrages
and dcfamations that have come upon
you as q result OF your success. The
warm sun Of prosperity brings into
life swamp full of annoying insects.
On tho other hand tho unfortunate
Glasses have their struggles for main
tenance. To achieve livelihood by
ono who had nothing to start with, and
after awhile for family as we'll, and
carry this on until children are reared
and educated and fairly started in the
world, and to do this amid Ill tho rival
ries of business and the uncertainty
OF crops and the fokleness Of tariff
legislation, with an occasional labor
strike and here and there panic
thrown In, is mighty thing to do, and
there are hundreds and thousands of
such heroes and heroines who live un-
| sung and die unhonored.
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| down in life or half way between, is
the infinite solace OF the Christian reli-
| gion. And SO we employ the word
Comet" 1t will take all eternity to
find out tho number Of business men
| who have been strengthened by the
| promises Of God, and the people who
have been fed by the ravens when other
resources gave out, and the men and
women who, going into this baltic
armed only with the needle or saw or
nx or yardstick or pen or type or shovel
or shoe last, have gained victory that
made the heavens resouDd. With all
the resources Of God promised for
every eSgency, no one need be left in
the lurch.
But the word Come" applied to
those who need soaec will amount to
nothing unless it DO altered by some
one who has experienced that solace.
That spreads the rcspon sibility Of Civ
ing this Gospel call among great
many. Those who have lost property
and have been consolcd by religion in
| that trial are the ones t o invite those
| who have failed in business. Those
| who have lost their health and been
| consoled by religion arc tho ones TO
| invite those who are In poor health
| Those who have had bereavemonts and
been oonsoled in those beroavements
| are the ones to sympa thize with those
| who have lost father or mother or
| companion or child or friond. What
| multltudes Of us arc alive to-day and
in good health and buoyant in this
| journey of life who would have been
broken down or dead,long ago but for
the sustaining and cheering help Of our
holy religion! SO we say, "Comc!"
The we'll is not dry. The buckets are
not empty. The supply is not exhaust
ed. There is just as much mercy and
coincidence and soothing power Ia God
as before the first grave WAS dug, or
the frst tear started, or the nrs heart
! broken, or the first acoide nt h a ppened
or the first fortune vanished. Those
OF US who have felt the consolatory
power Of religion havo right to speak
oit Of our own experiences and say:
"Comel"
What dismal work of coincidence the
| world makes when 1t attempts to con-
dole! The plaster they spread docs
| not stick. The broken bones under
their bandage do not knit. A farmer
was lost in q snowstorm on prairie
Of he far west. Night was coming on,
and after he was almost frantic from
not knowing which way to go his