The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-04-20

Go<rel in their soGA sra @
tAem slive. -
P,, 10 or u Christian people IN
FOR Christian conversation, snS
-, sill from eish, 20 ten oeioS
- nore rsouading giee, see noF'
-, s-rok.s OF Wit and ind Eor'
,hnn-ht -
-, !, .nv merely worldly party
~ uhsn Ay worldly parry Y
-. ,hat - which you are lnV''se
- under al the circumstance
- ,he rsse it Is the best for you =
b invited. and to which yea
an Circumstances % the
better that Won ~ and.
I-,rr~ The sAaw.s on the second
60 ,,u 90 10 the psrior 20 E'e Tor
- .-.1rtst;on 10 the host and TIE
hostess aud then move around
;,g the whole evening in tos DISCUS
-, ~ the weather and ia apology
Gov -resdirr on lorg trains and n
sH,r, 10 keep the corners Of the
month IN 70 TIE syn Of pleasure anu
-,ng around with an itiotie h%ae
sh,ut nothing until tbe COLLATION. :
served. and then. after Ia e'i-~
i served. going hack into ne PF
-. -sume the weather. and 'aen Al
( the close going a, a vey lac hoar %
h. bosr and hostess and as>atiL-
them tina, you hare had a most &c
Trbtful evening. and then paS-
aSNn OF the front steps The sam o
the door the only Satisfaction OF e
nov there Is q grea, deal Of taii
,h,nt the >slf-6eniaS If the ChrS
tan. I have TO tell yOu that ~heF
, N. Christian has one >eit-denl~i u
man 90 the world has ; thouSAa
, self-54niak. The Christian : nc
4 commanded To surrender anyth,n
!, that Is worth keeping But wa
! does = nan deny himself who Il
mics himself the religion OF tnrs'
He denies himself pardon Tor -
he denies himself peace OF c~oHseene
he denies himself the JOY o. ia- 10
Ghost. he denies himself = eon-oT
able death pillow. he denies hlmse
the glory of Heaven. Do uof .
n 20 me about the selt-denisi ~ q
"a Christian life. Where there - o
~ in The Christian ff. there Is a tho
= sand in the life Of the world. n
~ wsv. are wsys Of Pieasaniness
Al, Again. ] find a great deal OF
Tgious sunshine in Christian and
Yin, explanation. To a great ms
=, p~ople life is an inexpiiSabie tang
=. Tbines tnr. ont differently n
= wha, was supposed. There 10 q u
less woman in perfect health III
-. is an Industrious and eeussera'
4. woman a complete Invalid. ESPi
=, that. There is a bad nan with :
40 OF income. Ther- !. q good n
with ssea Of income. Why Is To
,Iv There il a foe OF society who h'es
doing all the damage he can. TO
al wears o, age, snd here is a Christ
~, father. faithful IN every departm
y. Of life. al * years - age taken a.
,. by death. his family left heipl
Explain that. Oh, there Is no
-. that ottener drops from y
lips than this: = cannot undersi
-, -. cannot understand it
Wen now religion eomeS IN yu-
that point with Us Illumination
its explanation, There is 5 basl'
mar Who hsS lost his entire fort
The week before he lost his fort
there we're ~ carriages that sioI
AT the door of his mansion.
week after he lost his fortuHs
mi. the carriages you could count on
finger. The we-k before sual
trouble began people all took
their hats 70 him as he passed &
-, the street. The week his fna.
r.. prospects were under discussion
and pie Just touched their hats wit
x,u anvwisr bending the rin. The
Nh that he was pronounced inso.
Sun. peopl. JUS, iolted their heads
' they passed, 20, tipping their
ot,a at all and the week the sheriff
,i,g hi,a eu, al his friends Nere lot
in the store windows IS they
OF. down pest him.
7 de- Vow. while the world goes
lefu- from \ man while he Is in tna
.7er distress. the religion % Christ q
to him and ssys; You are sicA
III, vour sickness i 70 Be moral
cation: YOU are bsreaved.
Is tc wanted in some wsy 10 take
lugh family to Heaven. and He must
auto somewhere. and 50 He took N
hn6 that was most beautiful and
rss . most ready 10 60. l do 10
is &c hat religion explains eVerythi
aniAS this life. bu; I do say il lays
looT certain principles which sre a
The cousolatory. You know bnsin~s
antei often Telegraph in cipher. The
chant in san Francisco tel-grAl
III al The merchant IN New York c
nerr information In cipher which no
uext nan in tha, line ot business {.
derstand- but the TzereAaR;
z you francisco has he key 20 the a.,
aud the merchant IN New Tor
iuEns the KEY 20 the cipher, AID o.