The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-11-07
ments Of the great circle of the earth

But do not become impatient because
you cannot see the curve of events and
therefore conclude that Gods govern
ment is going to break down. History
tells that in the making of the pyra-
mids it took 1000 men two years to
drag one great stone from the quarry
and put it into the pyramids If men
short lived can afford to work so slow
~ that, cannot God in the building
of eternities afford to wait?
What though God should take 10000
years to draw a circle2 Shall we take.
our little watch, which we have to
wind up every night lest it run down.
and hold it up beside the clock of eter-
nal ages2 If according to the Bible.
a thousand years are in Gods sight as
one day, then, according to that calcu-
lation. the 5000 years of the worlds
existence has been only. to God as
from Monday to Saturday.
The circle of Good Deeds
One day man comes to you and
says Good morning" You look at
| him and say: why, you have the ad-
vantage of poe- / cannot place YOU
| He says. Don't you remember thirty
years ago giving a letter of introduce
! ton to a young mana letter of in
| PRODUCTION to William E. Dodge2'
yes, yes; 1 do He says. Il am the
a fortune. but I have retired from
business now and giving my time
to philanthropies and public interests
! Come up to my house and see me-
Or a man comes to you and says: 81
want to- Introduce myself to you
went into a prayer meeting some years
ago. sat back by the door. You
| arose to make an exhortation. That
| talk changed the course CT my life. and
| If 1 ever get to heaven under God
/ will owe my salvation to you In
| only ten. twenty thirty years the
| circle swept out and swept back again
| to your own grateful heart.
| But sometimes it is a wider circle
and does not return for a great while
| 1 saw a bill of expenses for burning
| Latimer and Ridley The bill of eN-
| penses has these items among others:
Shi1lfngs. Pence
| One load of fire fagots. 8 4
Carriage for four loads of
wood -.---
| Item, a post Il
Item, two chains. % 4
Item, two staples. 6
Item, four 1aborers- ----.-2
making in all 25s. Sd That was cheap
fire. considering all the, circumstances.
| but it kindled a light which shone~ all
| around the world and aroused the
martyr spirit, and out from that burn
ing of Latimer and Ridley rolled the
/ circle wider and wider, starting other
circles, -convo1uting, overrunning- cir
cumscribing, overarching, all heaven,
a circle.
The Echo OF Past NIIsdceds.
| You maltreat an aged parent. You
| begrudge him the room in your house.
You are impatient of his whimsicali-
ties and garru1ity. 1t makes you mad
to hear him tell the same story twice.
You give him food he cannot masti-
cate. You wish he was away. You
wonder if he is going to live forever.
He will be gone very soon His steps
are shorter and shorter He is going
to stop But God has account to
settle with you on that subject. After
awhile your eye will be dim, and your
gait will halt, and the sound of the
grinding will be low. and you will tell
the same story twice, and your child
rem will wonder if you will never be
taken away. They called you father
once; now they call you the .<old
man. If you live few years longer
they will call you the "old chap
What are those rough words with
which your children are accostine
you2 They are the echo of the very
words you used in the ear of your old
father forty years ago. What is that
| you are trying to chew, but find it I'M
masticable, and your jaws ache, and
you surrender the attempt2 Perhaps
it may be the gristle which you gave
to your father for his breakfast forty
years ago.
A gentleman passing along the
avenue saw son dragging his father
into the street by the hair of the head
The gentleman, outraged at this bru
| tai conduct. was about to punish the
| offender when the old man arose an6
| said: Don't hurt him. It's all right
Forty years. ago this morning
dragged out my father by the hair O.
his head 1t is circle. Other sins
may be adjourned to the next world
That circle is made quickly. very
| quickly Oh. what stupendou:
| thought that the good and the evil WI
start come back to u.s. Do you know
that the judgment day Will be only the
points at which the circles join, thu
good and the bad we have done com
ing back to us unless divine interven
ton understanding back to will
welcome of delight curse of con
demnation2
, Oh would like to see Paul. tn.
invalid missionary, at the momen
when his influence comes to full orb
his influence rolling out through An