Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-10-26


lowing the runner of the other lost sleigh
round and round. At last it occurred to
them to look at the north star, which was
peenng through the night, and by the di-
rection of that star they got home again
IAose who follow the advce OF this world
in time Of pe-plexity are in a fearful!
roTad, for it is one bewildered soul fol-
lowing another bewildered soul, and onl5
those who have in such time got their
eye on the morning star Of our Christian
faith can find their way ont or be strong
enough to lead others with an all per
suasive invitation.
But, says some one, you Christian
people keep telling US to come yet you
do not tell us how TO come That charge
shall not be true on this occasion. Come
believing! Come repentingl Come pray,
ing. After all that God has been doine
for six thousand years, sometimes through
patriarchs and sometimes through proph.
cts and at last through the culmina-
ton Of all the tragedies on GolgOtha, can
any one think that God will not welcome
your coming? WIN father at vast ont
lay construct a mansion for his son and
lay out parks white with statues ami
green with foliage and all a-sparkle with
fountains and then not allow his son to
live in the house or walk in the parks,
Has God built this house of gospel mer,
cy and will he then refuse entrance so
his children? VIII a goyernplent M
great expense build life saving stations
all along the coast and boats that can
hover unhurt like q petrol over the wild,
est surge and then, when the lifehoat has
reached the wreck Of ship in the ofrng,
not allow the drowning to seize the lie
line or take the boat for the shore III
safety? Shall God provide az the cost ui
his only Sons assassination escape for u
sinking world and then turn deaf ear to
the cry that comes up from the breakers
Two Things to Believe.
But" you say, there are SO many
things | have to believe and so many
things in the shape of creed that | have
to adopt that l am kept back" No, no,
\ on need believe but two things
that Jesus Christ came into the world IL
save sinners and that You are one OF
them. But" you say. II DO believe
both OF those things" Do you really
believe them with all your heart? "Yes.'
Why, then, You have passed from death
into life Why, then, you are Il son OF
Il daughter of the Lord Almighty. Why
then, you are an heir or an hciress of an
Inheritance that will declare dividends
from now until long after the stars are
dead. Hallcuiah, Prince Of God, why
do you not come aud take your coronetf
Princess of the Lord Almighty. why dc
you not mount your throne? Pass up in,
to the light. Your boat is snthOred. why
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feet down hard, and You will feel under
them the Rock of Ages. challenge tho
universe for one instance in which a man
in the right spirit appealed FOR the saliva.
ton of the gospel and did not get It,
Man alive, are you going to let all thu
years of your life so away with you with.
out your having this great peace, this
glorious hope, this bright expectancy
Are you going to let the pearl of great
price in the dust at your feet because
you are too INDECENT or too proud to stoop
down and pick it up? Will you wear tho
chain of evil habit when near by you Ia
the hammer that could with one stroke
snap the shnckle? Will You stay in the
prison OF sin when here is a gospel key
that could unlock your incarceration
No, no!
As the one word Come" has some
times brought many souls TO Christ,
will try the experiment Of piing up into
a mountain and then send down in an
avalanche of power many of these gospel
Comes" Come thou and all thy house
into the ark" Come unto me all We who
labor and are heavy laden, and ! viii
give you rest" Come, for all things
op 1ts' al
will do you good Come and see"
''i'he Spirit and the bride say Como.
and let him that heareth say Come and
let him that is athirst come" The stroke
Of one bell in a tower may be sweet, but
a score of bells well tuned and rightly
lifted and skillfully swung in one great
chime fill the heavens with music almost
celestial. And no one who has heard
the mighty chimes in the towers of
Amsterdam or Client or Copenhagen can
forget them. Now, it seems TO me- thar
in this Sabbath hour all heaven is chin.
ing, and the voices Of departed friends
and kindred ring Gown the sky, saying.
Come" The angels who never fell,
bending from sapphire thrones, are chant
ing Come" Yea, all the towers Of
heaven, tower Of martyrs, tower of
prophets, tower Of apostles. tower OF
eyangclists, tower Of the temple of the
Lord God and the Lamb are Ginning.
Come! Come Pardon for all and
peace for all and heaven for all who will
come.
When Russia was in one Of her great
wars, the suffering Of the soldiers had
been long and bitter. and they were wait
ing for the end Of the strife One day
messenger in great excitement ran among
the tents OF the army shouting, "Pcacei
Peace" The sentinel on guard asked.
"Who says peace?" And the sick man
turned on his hospital mattress and
asked, who says peaceT' and all up
and down the encampment OF the Rus
slams went the question, who says
peaceW Then the messenger responded,
"The Gar says peace" That was
enough. That means going home. That
meant the war was over No moro
wounds and no more long marches. SO
to-day, as one of the Lords messengers.
move through these great encampments