Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-14


life yourself instead OF letting Go,
manage them. Do you want to driw
and have God take a back seat? "Ol
leader" Well, then, you will be NOR
than conqueror. Your last sickness
will come, and the physicians in tn,
next room will be talking about wha
they will do for you. What difference
will it make what they do for you
You are going to be well, everlastingl,
well. And when the spirit has fee
the body, your friends will be talking
as to where they shall bury you
What difference does it make to yot
where they bury you? The angel Of
the resurrection can pick you out o.
the dust anywhere, and all the GENE
teries of the earth are in Gods care
Oh, you are going to be more thar
conqueror.
Finishing the Arbor.
My text brings us one step further
1t says, go forth into the mount and
fetch olive branches and pine branches
and myrtle branches and palm
branches and branches of thick trees
Now, you know very well-I make thi,
remark under the head of branches OF
thicktrees-that booth or arbor made
of slight branches would not stand
The first blast of the tempest woult
PROSTATE it. So then the booth OIL
arbor must have four stout poles to
hold up the arbor or booth, and hence
for the building of the arbor for this
world we must have stout branches OF
thick trees. And SO it is in the gos-
pei arbor Blessed be God that we have
a brawny Christianity, not one easily
upset The storms of life will come
upon us, and we want strong doctrine;
not only love, but Justice; not only
invitation. but warning. 1t is g
mighty gospel; it is an omnipoteni
gospel. These are the stout branches
of thick trees.
remember what Mr.. Finney said
in q schoolhouse. The village was sc
bad it was called Sodom, and it was
said to have only one good man in al
the village, and he was called Lot
and Mr.. Finney was preaching in the
school house, and he described the de.
struction of Sodom, how the city was
going to be destroyed unless they re
pented and that there would be raiI
from heaven of sorrow and destruc
ton unless they, too, repented- And
the people in the school house sat and
ed their fists in anger, but before ht
got through with his sermon they go
down on their knees and cried sfol
mercy while mercy could be found. oh
it is a mighty gospel; not only an in
vitation, but a warning, an omnipoten
truth, stout branches of thick trees.
Well, my friends, you see I hav'
omitted one or two points not be
cause 1 forgot to present them, bu
because I have not time to presen
them. 1 have shown you here is tn,
olive branch of peace, here is the pin,
branch of evergreen gospel consola
ton, here the palm tree branch of use
fulness and of victory, and here ar
the stout branches of thick trees. TIL.
gospel arbor is done. The air il
aromatic of heaven. The leaves rustl
with the gladness of God. Come int
| the arbor. Come into the booth
went out at different times with
| fowler TO the mountains to catcl
pigeons. and we made our booth, ant
We sat in that booth and watched TO
| the pigeons to come. And we foun,
focks in the sky, and after awhile the.
dropped into the net, and we were sue
cessful. So I come now to the doc
of this gospel booth. I look out.
see focks of souls flying hither an,
| flying thither. Oh, that they nigh
| come like clouds and as doves to tn
| window. Come into the booth Com
into the booth.