The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27


tor said they ought to have been dead
ten years Every day Of their exist
enee was a defiance Of the laws Of
anatomy and physiology. but they had
this supernatural vivacity Of the gos-
pei in their soul and that kept them
alive.
The Question OF self Dental.
know there is a great deal Of talk
about the self-denials OF the Christian.
have to tell you that where the Chris
tian has one self denial the man Of the
world has a thousand self denisls The
Christian is not commanded to sur
render anything that is worth keeping
But what does a man deny himself
who denies himself the religion Of
Christ? He denies himself pardon for
sin, he denies himself peace Of con-
science, he denies himself the JOY Of
the Holy Ghost he denies himself a
comfortable death pillow, he denies
himself the glories Of heaven. Do not
talk to me about the self denials Of
the Christian life. Where there is one
in the Christian life there are a thou
sand in the life Of the world Her
ways are ways Of pleasantness.
Again, I find great deal OF religious
sunshine in Christian and divine ex-
planation. To a great many people
life is an inexplicable tangle. Things
turn out differently from what was
supposed There is a useless woman
in perfect health. There is an indus
trious and consecrated woman a COM
plete invalid Explain that There IS
a bad man, with $50, 900 Of income
There is a good man with $500 Of in
come Why is that2 There is a foe Of
society who lives on. doing all the
damage he can. to IS years Of age. and
hore is a Christian father faithful in
every department Of life. at 35 years
Of age taken away by death, his fam
lily left helpless Explain that. Oh
there is no sentence that oftener drops
from your lips than this: i cannot
understand it, cannot understand
it,"
Well. now religion comes in Just at
that point with its illumination and It's
explanation. There is a business man
who has lost his entire fortune. The
week before he lost his fortune there
were 20 carriages that stopped at the
door Of his mansion. The week after
he lost his fortune all the carriages
you could count on one finger. The
week before financial trouble began
people all took off their hats to him as
he passed down the street. %he week
his financial prospects were under dis
cussion people just touched their hats
without anywise bending the rim. The
week that he was pronounced insol-
vent people just iolted their heads as
they passed, not tipping their hats at
all. and the week the sheriff sold him
out All his friends were looking in the
store windows as they went down past
him.
All Is for the Best
There are hundreds Of people who
are walking day by day in the sublime
satisfaction that all is for the best. al
things working together for good fol
their soul How a man can get alonl
through this life without the explana
ton is to me a mystery. What Is
that child gone forever? Are you new
er to get it back? Is your property
gone forever? Is your soul to be bruis
ed and to be tried forever? Have yo'
no explanation. no Christian explana
ton. and yet not a maniac? But wheI
you have the religion Of Jesus Chris
in your soul It explains everything 81
far as it is best for you to understand
/ You look on in life, and your soul j
+ full Of thanksgiving to God that yol
are so much better off than you nigh
be. A man passed down the stree
E without any shoes and said: Il hav
! no shoes. Isn't it a hardship that
have no shoes? other people hav
j shoes. No shoes, no shoesl" until h
( saw a man who had no feet Then h
! learned a lesson. You ought to than
God for what he does instead O
grumbling for what he does not. Go
+ arranges all the weather a. his worl
, the spiritual weather. the mora
/ weather, as we'll as the natural weath
/ er. What kind of weather viii it
! today?" said someone to a farmer Tn
: farmer replied. 1T will be such weath
er as I like" What do you mean b
! that?" asked the other Well" sal
+ the farmer. lit viii be such weathe
, as pleases the Lord, and what please
, the Lord pleasas me-
Oh, the sunshine. the sunshine 4
! Christian explanation Here is som
= one bending over the grave Of tn
: dead. What is going TO be the consd
lation2 The flowers you strew upo
the tomb2 Oh, no. The services rea
at the grave? Oh. no. The chief con
] ISOLATION on that grave is what fall
from the throne OF God. Sunshine
/ glorious sunshinel Resurrection sun