The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-26

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cured hundreds and thousands and
millions. VIII you take it, mo.
you say. Il have no confidence in it.
Take ii. then. to oblige me. I tell you
of a Physician who has cured more
blind eyes. and bound up more broken
hearts. and healed more ghastly
wounds than all the doctors since the
time Of Aesculapius- Be obliging and
just make the experiment If you are
not acquainted with the ordinary
modes Of prayer. say in substance.
20 Lord jesus. this IS strange
thing for me to DO I know nothing
about the formulas Of religion. These
Christian people have been talking SO
long about what thou canst do for me
/ am ready to do whatever thou COM
mandest me. If there be any power In
religion. as these people say. let me
have the advantage Of it" VIII you
not try that experiment?
Gospel OF Peace aud Hope.
Oh, men, skeptical and struck
through with unrest. I beg you come
on that great Sahara desert Of doubt
into the bright and luxuriant land Of
gospel hope and peace. You do not
want your children to come up in that
skepticism If You do not believe in
anything else you believe In lore-a
fathers love, a mothers love, a wife's
love. a childs love Then let me tell
you that God loves you more than all
these together The great heart OF
Christ aches 70 have you come in, and
be looks into your eyes this moment,
saying. "Other sheep I have which are
not CT this fold"
want to tell you that God loves
TO take hold Of a very bad case. When
the church casts you on. and when
the clubroom casts you of, and when
society casts you on and when busi-
ness associates cast you of, and when
father casts you off. and when mother
casts you on. and when everybody
casts you on your first cry for help will
bend the eternal God clear down to the
ditch Of your suffering and shame. The
Good Templars cannot save you. al
though they are grand institution. The
Sons Of Temperance cannot save you,
although they are mighty for good.
Signing the temperance pledge cannot
save you, although l believe in it.
Nothing but the grace Of the eternal
God can save you, and that will II you
viii throw yourself on 1t.
The Modern Catacombs.
They talk about the catacombs or
Naples and the catacombs Of Rome and
the oataoombs Of Egypt. the great buri-
al places under the city where Is the
dust Of many generations passed on,bul
tell you New York has its catacombs
and Washington its catacombs. and all
our cities their catacombs. They
are underground liquor dives, full Of
dead mems bones and all uncleanness
There is no need Of going into the art
gallery TO see in skillful sculpture that
wonderful representation Of a man and
his sons wound round with serpents
There are families represented here to-
day that are wrapped in the martyr.
dom Of fang and scale and venom. a
living LAGOON Of ghastliness and hor'
ror
But turn to outsiders with an ex
pectation that thrills through me
body and soul. "Other sheep I have
which are not Of this fold" You ar,
not gospel hardened. You have moi
heard many sermons during the lasi
few years. You feel the Holy Ghosi
this moment In your heart. You do moi
weep, but the tear is not far on. Yol
sigh, and you have noticed that therl
is always a sigh IN the wind before
the rain falls. There are those her,
who would give anything If they coul,
End relief In tears. They say: "Oh
my wasted lisel Oh. the bitter past
Oh. the graves over which I have STUN
bledl Whittier shall / iiy2 Alas. fol
the futurel Everything is so dark, s,
very dark. God help me- Cod pitt
me." Thank the Lord for that last ut
terance. You have begun to pray. ans
when a man begins % petition Coo
steps in and beats back the hounds
OF temptation to otheir kennel and rouns
about the poor wounded soul puts thl
covert Of his pardoning mercy. Hark
I hear something fail. What was that
II Is the bars Of the fence around tn
sheeD-fold. The Shepherd lets dow
the bars. and the hunted sheep Of tn
mountain bound in, some OF them thei
fleece torn with brambies. some o
them their feet lamed with the dogs
but bounding In. Thank God
-Other sheep I have. which are not o
this fold"
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