Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-08-14
why Same Are Kept Eack.

ins sou, NheFt IS your gratitude! W mere
IS your morning and evening prayer?
Where are your conseerated livesg !
say to you, as Daniel said to Belstazzaf,
The God in whose hand thy breath is.
and all thy way, inou hast not giorifi ID >
II You treated anybody as badly as you
have Treated God, you would have mad .
'tUO apologies; yea, your whole life woul
have been an apology. Three times a
day you have been seated at Gods table.
Spring. summer, autumn and winter he
aiis appropriately appareled you Your
health from him, your companion from
him, your children from him. your home
from him, all the bright surroundings IF
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 importuning
you:' If Won could sit down FIVE minutes
under the tree of Saviour's martyrdOm
and feel his life blood trickling on your
forehead and cheek and hands, methinks
You would get some appreciation of what
You owe to crucified Jesus.
Heart OF stone. relent. relent,
Touched by Jesus cross, subdued:
See his body, mangled, rent,
Covered with gore of blood.
Sinful soul. what hast thou done?
Crucifed the Eternal Son.
Jacob, with good dea! of tug and
push. took the stone from the wells
mouth so that the fiocks might be water
ed. And | would that this day my word,
blessed of God, might remove the hin
ORANGES to your getting up to the gospel
WELL Yea, take it for granted that the
work is DONE and now, like oriental shep-
herds, | proceed TO water the sheep.
Come, all We thirsty! You have an unde-
fined longing in your soul. You tried
money making; that did not satisfy you.
You tried office under government; that
did not satisfy you. You tried pictures
and sculptures but works of art did not
satisfy you. You are as much discon-
tented with this life as the celebra ted
French author who felt that he could not
any longer endure the misfortunes of the
world and who said;,"At 4 O'Clock this
afternoon | shall put an end to my own
existence. Meanwhile l 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
concluded his earthly life.
Christ's Eternal Fountains.
There are men who are perfectly dis
contented. Unhappy in the past, I'M
happy to-day, to be unhappy forever IN
less you come to this gospel well. This
satisfies the soul with a high, deep, all
absorbing and eternal satisfaction. 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 bar
gain. The wealth of Crcesus ana IF all
the Rothsehilds is only p6or, miserable
shilling compared with the eternal for
tunes 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 We're plac-
ed gold and silver and gems--indeed
enough were placed there to balance the
king Then, at the close of the weigh
ing, all those treasures were thrown
among the populace. But Christ to-day
steps ON one side the scales. and on the
other side are all the treasures of the
universe. and he says. "Ail 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,
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; Il 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 his dying moment said.
That's just the promise / Lave been
waiting for-'The blood of Jesus Christ
cleanseth from all sin" Oh, the
warmth the grandeur, the magnitieencs.
of the promisei
Come also to this gospel well, all We
troubled. | do not suppose you have es-
capped. Compare your view of this life at
il years OF age with what your view is
of it at 40 or 60 or 40. What a great
contrast of opinion Were you right
then or are you right now Two cups
placed in your hands, the one sweet
cup, the other n sour cup. A cup of joy
and cup of grief Which has been the
nearest to being Gull. aud out of which
have you the more frequently partaken?
What a different place the cemetery is
from what ii used TO be, Once it was 10
you a grand city improvement, and you
went out on TN pleasure excursion, and
You ran laughingly up the mound. and
YOU criticised in a light way the epitaph.
But since the day when YOU heard the
bell TOLL Mt the gate when You went in
with the procession if is sad place, and
there is food of rushing memories that
suffuse the eye and overmaster the heart.
oh. you have had trouble trouble, trou-
BILE. God only knows how much yon
have had. 1t Is a wonder You have been
able to live through IT, Ii is a wonder
your nervous system has not been shat
tered and your brain has not reeled.
Trouble. trouble.
The Cry for Comfort.
Ii | 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 recitation
Well. what do you want? Would you
like TO have your property back again?
mo- you say as Christian man; II
was becoming arrogant. and | think that
is why the Lord took it away. I don't
want to have my property back Well.
would you have your departed friends
back again? No. you say II couldn't
take the responsibility OF bringing them
from a fearless realm TO a realm Of tears