Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24


Belshazzar, ''The God in whose hand
thy breath is, and all thy way, thou
hast not glorified-" If you treated any
body as badly as you have treated God,
you would have made 500 apologies;
an apology. Three times day you
have been seated at Gods table.
Spring, summer, autumn and winter
he has appropriately appareled you.
Your health from him, your compan-
ion from him, your children from him,
your home from him, all the bright
surroundings of your life from him.
Oh, man, what dost thou with that
hard heart? Canst thou not feel one
throb of gratitude toward the God that
made you, and the Christ who came
to redeem you, and the Holy Ghost
who has all these years been i'm
portuning you? If you could sit down
five minutes under the tree of a Saw
ior's martyrdom and feel his lifeblood
trickling on your forehead and cheek
and hands, methinks you would get
some appreciation of what you owe to
a crucifled Jesus.
Heart of Stone relent, relent
Touched by Jesus cross subdued;
See his body, mangled, rent,
Covered with a gore of blood.
Sinful soul, what hast thou done?
Crucifed the Eternal Son,
Jacob, with good deal of tug and
push, took the stone from the wells
mouth SO that the f1ocks might be
watered. And 1 would that this day
my word, blessed of God, might re-
move the hindrances to your getting
up to the gospel well. Yea, 1 take it
for granted that the work is done, and
now, like oriental shepherds, 1 proceed
to water the sheep. Come, all ye
thirsty! You have an underlined long
ing in your soul. You tried money
making; that did not satisfy you. You
tried Office under government; that
did not satisfy you. You are as much
discontented with this life as the cele-
brated French author who felt that he
could not any longer endure the mis-
fortunes of the world and who said:
AT 4 O'Clock this afternoon I shall
put an end to my own existence.
Meanwhile 1 must toll on up to that
time for the sustenance of my family"
And he wrote on his book until the
clock struck 4, when he folded up his
manuscript and. by his own hand, con-
cluded his earthly life
Christ's Eternal Fountains.
There are men who are perfectly
discontented. Unhappy in the past,
unhappy today. to be unhappy forever
unless you come to this gospel well.
This satisfies the soul with a high,
deep. all absorbing and eternal salts
faction. 1t comes, and it offers the
most unfortunate man so much of this
world as is best for him and throws
all heaven into the bargain. The
wealth of Croesus and of all the Roths-
childs is only poor, miserable shilling
compared with the eternal fortunes
that Christ offers you today. In the
far east there was king who used
once year to get on the scales, while
on the other side the scales were
placed gold and silver and gems-in-
deed, enough were placed there to bal
ance the king. Then, at the close of
the weighing, all those treasures were
thrown among the populace. But
Christ today steps on one side the
scales, and on the other side are all
the treasures of the universe. and he
says, "All are yours; all height, all
depth, all length, all breadth, all
eternity-all are yours We do not
appreciate the promises of the gospel.
When an aged clergyman was dying
"a man very eminent in the church
"a young theological student stood by
his side, and the aged man looked up
and said to him, Cant you give me
some comfort in my dying hour?"
NO." said the young man: "I can't
talk to you on this subject. You know
all about it and have known it so
long" WELL" said the dying man,
Just recite to me some promises -
the young man thought a moment,
and he came to this promise: "The
blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from
all SIM and the old man clapped his
hands and in mis- dying moment said,
That's just the promise 1 have been
waiting for-@The blood of Jesus
Christ cleanseth from all sim" Oh,
the warmth, the grandeur, the mag
nifcence of the promise,
The Cry for Comfort.
If I could gather all the griefs of all
sorts from these crowded streets and
could put them in one scroll, neither
man nor angel could endure the recita-
tion- Well, what do you want? Would
you like to have your property back
again? NO. you say as Christian
man; Il was becoming arrogant, and /
think that is why the Lord took it
away. / don't want to have my prop
erty back Well, would you have
your departed friends back again ?
NO" you say; Il couldn't take the
responsibility of bringing them from a