Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

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which God promised was that in which
he said: with long life will satisfy
thee" and David, in my text, illus
trates the possibility of palingenesis
or rejuvenescence.
The OmniscIent King.
do not advise you to be Indifferent
to these great questions that pertain
to church and state and nations, but
not to fret about them. Realize that
it is not an anarchy that has charge
of affairs in this world, but divine
government. At the head of this uni
verse is King whose eye is omn1s-
cience and whose arm is omnipotenee,
and whose heart is infinite love. His
government is not going to be a fall-
ure. He cannot be defeated. Better
trust him in the management of his
world and of all worlds. All you and
1 have to do is to accomplish the work
that is put in our hands. This is all
we have to be responsible for. In
well-managed orchestra the players
upon stringed and wind instruments
do not watch each other. The cornet-
ist does not look to see how the violin
ist is drawing his bow over the strings,
nor does the flute Scrutin1ze the drum.
They all watch the baton of the leader.
And we are all carrying our part, how
ever insignificant it may be, in the
great harmony of this world and or
the universe which our Lord is leading,
and we all have to watch his command
and do our best and not bother our
selves about the success or failure or
other performers. If you want to re-
new your youth, better stop managing
the affairs of the universe.
Help for the Waits.
1t will take all time and all eternity
to fully appreciate the work of Van
Meter on this side of the sea and OF
Barnardo on the other side in putting
poor orphan children in good homes
in America and England. Through
that process waits of the streets have
passed up from poverty and wretched-
ness into bright homes and churches
and pulpits and legislative halls and
senates, and many have already been
crowned in a better world, the work
begun in asylums on earth completed
in the palaces of heaven
Whether by such adoption of chill
dren or>in some other way, call around
you the young. Become their asso-
ciates, their confidants, their encour-
agement. While you do them good
they will do you good. The old eagle
while companioning in the nest with
young eagles will feel new strength
coming into its wings, new light into
its eye, new ambition to cut circle
nearer the sun, and for the time Will
forget hurricanes that have ruffled its
plumes and the storms of many years
that have swept over its mountain
eyrie. The closing years of life ought
to be the best part of it, as an arrival
in port ought to be happier than en-
barkation. 1t is better to have the
cyclones behind you than before you.
Some one will say: David might re-
new his youth, but have been through
so much there is no such thing for me
as revivification." You are wrong.
You have not gone through as much
as David went through. He had all
the experiences of a shepherd boy, ar
NOR bearer, kings bodyguard, hunter
of wild beasts, warrior and monarch.
He was forty years on a rocking
throne. He was the oriental hero in
many a battle, made moral mistakes
enough to destroy him, Frustrated a
giant with one stroke, was the father
of Hebrew poetry and wrote poems
which all the subsequent centuries
have been chanting, dramatized de-
mentia to escape assassination, ran
against Ahithophel's betrayal and
Saul's jealousy and Absalom's insur-
rection, and made Jerusalem the re-
ligious capital of the world. If after
all that he could renew his youth you
ought to be able to do the same.
State of Eternal Youth.
My text suggests that heaven is an
eternal youth. A cycle of years will
not leave any mark upon the immortal
nature. Eternity will not work upon
the soul in heaven any change, unless
it be more radiance and more wisdom
and more rapture. A rolling on from
glory to glory! In anticipation Of that
some of the happiest people on earth
are aged Christians. The mighiest
testimonies have been given by the
veterans in the gospel army. While
some of the aged have allowed them
selves to become morose and cynica
and impatient with youth and pessi-
mistic about the world and have be.
come possessed with the spirit of scoli
and fault finding and are fearful o
being crowded out of their sphere
many of the aged have been glad tt
! step aside that others may have {
chance and are hopeful about thu
world, expecting its redemption in
stead of its demolition, and they arr
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