The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27

enough to shutter the nerves and turn
 which have the biggest fight in this
 world, the prosperitL.s or the adver-
 ,ities the conspicuities or the obscuri- I ties Just as soon as you have enough | CTS the envies and jealousies are let loose from their kennel. The Rreatest crime that you can commit in. the esti-
 they do. Five hundred persons start for | a certain goal of success. One reaches l it, and the other four hundred and
 ninety-nine are mad. It would take vol | umes to hold the story of the wrongs. outrages and defamations that have come upon you as the result of your
 brings into life swamp full of annoying | insects. On the other hand. the unfor- tunate classes have their struggles for
 maintenance, To achieve livelihood by one who had nothing to start with and after awhile for a family as we'll and carry this on until children are reared
 and educated and fairly started in the
 world and to do this amid all the rival crops and the fickleness of tarin legisla- ton. with an occasional labor strike and and here and there sa f, financial panic
 there are hundreds and thousands of
 such heroes and heroines who live un- What We Most Need.
 What we all need. whether up or down
 in life or half way between. is. the in- | finite solace of the Christian religion.
 And so we employ the word 'come." It | will take all eternity to ind out the
 strengthened by the promises of God
 and the people who have been fed by the | ravens when other resources gave out
 this battle armed only with needle or | saw or ,sx or yardstick or pen or type
 or shovel or shoe-last. have gainsd c
 victory that made the heavens resound. | Of SnA sad for every eMgency no one need be left
 I like the faith displayed years ago in
 home where every particle of food had
 given out and 8 kindly soul entered with
 tea and other table supplies and found
 The benevolent lady said, How W is it that you have the kettle ready for the
 tea when you had no tea in the heussg"
 And the daughter in the nome said:
 on the fire and when I said, What is
 the use of doing so when we have noth-
 ing in the house? she said: My child.
 already provided for me through all
 pain and helplessness. and He will not
 leave me to starve at last. He will
 e have Sesn Waiting s no1 s Ssy fes
 something to come, but until we saw
 you we knew not how 1t was to come"
 Such things the world may call coinci-
 dences. but I call them Almighty deliv-
 erances. and, though you do not hear
 of them, they are occurring every hour
 of every day and in all parts of Christ
 endom.
 But the word ''come" applied to those
 who need solace win amount to nothing
 unless 1t be uttered by some one whQ
 sprea Is the responsibility of giving this
 gospel call among a great many. Those
 who have lost property and been con-
 soled by religion in that trial are the
 those w fai cd tn
 business. Those who have lost their
 health and been consoled by religion
 are the ones to invite those who are in
 poor health. Those who nave had be-
 reavements are the ones to sympathize
 with those who have lost father or
 mother or companion or child or friend.
 and in good health and buoyant in this
 journey of life who would have been
 broken down or dead long ago but for
 hoy so snd ehssng ssT hsp of
 well is not dry. The buckets are not . empty. The supply Is not exhausted
 There is just as much mercy and con- dolence anc soothing power in God as before the first grave was dug, or the tirst tear started, or the first heart ! broken, or the first accident happened r us who have felt the consolatory power . ot religion have right to speak out ot I our own expert. Eces and say Gomez e The Star of Faith.
 I What ditn:al work of condolence the e worlG makes when it attempts to con- dole. The plaster they spread does not stick. The broken bones under their
 bandsge dc not knit. farmer was lost ) in snoWstCrm on prairie of the far . west. Night coming on and after h, was almost frantic from not knowing which. way to go. his sleigh struck the r1t t, or ef another sleigh. and he said. 'l t Will follow this rut, and it will take me out safely" He hastened on until ht ? heard the bells of the preceding horses r but. coming up, be found that that mar 7 was also lost, and. as is the tendency in the forest or on the moors, they were ' both moving in a circle. and the runner { Of the one lost sleigh was following the runner of the other lost sleigh round and round. At last 1t occurred to them to look at the north star, which was , peering through the night, and by the
 direction a; n, Of that star they got hom. } this "orld in time of perpleXity are in a fearful round, for 1t is one bewildered soul following another bewildered soul ! and only those who have in such time got their eye on the morning star of our
 Christian faith can find their way out or , be strong enough to lead others with an
 all persuasive invitation.
 But says some one, you Christian s peorle keep telling us to come. yeh you do not tell us how to come" That 2 charge shall not be true on this occa. e Come praying! After all that God has D been doing for six thousand years, some. f tunes through prophets and at last = | through the culminaton of all the traG. Q edies or GOlgotha. can any one thinl = that God will not welcome your coming r VIII father at vast outlay conslruc mansion for his son and lay out park e white with statues and green wish fo . liage and all asparkle with fountain a and then not allow his son to live in tn Q house or walk in the parks? Has Go f built this house of gospel mercy an d will He then refuse entrance to Hi v, children? Will government at grea 70 expense build life saving stations al " along the coast and boats that can hove l., unhurt like a petre oyer the wildes II surge and then, when the lifeboat Ina d reached the wreck of ship in the Offing # not allow the drowning to seize the If
 line or take the boat for the shore il n safety? Shall God provide at the cos ', of his only Son s assassination escap > for d sinking world and then turn f deaf ear to the cry that comes up Iron = the breakers?
 Q Snap the Shackles.
 7. "Rut" you say. ''thore are so man, q things l have to believe, and so man, 5. things in the shape of d creed that i have to adopt that I am kept back.
 No no You reed believe but two thing = --namcly that Jesus Christ came int
 the world to save sinners and that yo
 are one of them. But" you saX e
 dc believe both of those things" D
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