Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-05-18

CHASTITY with the slain bodies OF wild
beasts. Would to God that instead of
here and there straggler going ont to
hight these great monsters OF iniquity in
our country the millions OF membership
of our churches would band together aud
hew in twain these great crimes that
make the land frightful with their roar
and are fHttenng upon the bodies and
souls of immortal men: Who is ready
for such party as that? Who will be a
mighty hunter for the Lordg
| remark, again. if you want to be sue
cessfui in spiritual archery you need not
only bring down game. but bring it in.
think one of the most beautiful pictures
of Thorwaldsen is his Autumn" 1t rep
resents sportsman coming home and
standing under n grapevine. He has
staff over his shoulder. and on the other
end of that staff are hung a rabbit and Il
brace of birds. Every hunter brings home
the game. No one would think of bring
ing down roebuck or whipping up
stream for trout and letting them lie in
the woods. At eventide the camp is
adorned with the treasures OF the forest
-beak and fin and antler.
II you go out to hunt for immortal
the arrow Of the gospei, but bring them
into the church of God, the grand home
and eucampment we have pitched this
side the skies. Fetch them in: do not let
them lie out in the open field They need
our prayers and sympathies and help.
That is the meaning of the church of
God--help. q We hunters for the Lord,
not only bring down the game, but bring
ii in.
If Mithridates liked hunting 50 well
that for seven years he never went in
doors. what enthusiasm ought we to have
who are hunting for immortal souls, If
Domitian practiced archery unt;l he
could stand boy down in the Roman
amphtheater with hand out. the hpgers
spread apart, and then the king could
shoot an arrow between the fingers with
ont wounding them, to what drill and
what practice ought we To subject our
selves in order to become spiritual arch
ers and mighty hunters before the
Lord ? Bnt let me say you will never
work any better than you pray. The
old archcrs took the bow, put one end OF
ii down beside the foot. elevated the
other end. and ii was the rule that the
bow should he just the size Of the archer.
II it We're just his size, then he would
go into the battle with confidence Let
me say that your power TO project good
in the world will correspond exactly to
your own spiritual stature. In other
words, the first thing in preparation for
Christian work is personal conservation,
Oh, for closer walk with God,
a calm ana heavenly frame,
\ light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb,
am sure that there are some men whJ
at some time have been hit by the Cos
pei arrow. You felt the wound of that
conviction, aud you plunged into the
world deeper, just as the stag when the
hounds are after it, plunges into Schroon
lake, expecting in that way to escape
Jesus Christ is on your track to-day, q
impentinent man, Not in wrath, but in
mercy. O We chased and painting soulsl
Here is the stream Of Gods mercy and
salvation, where you may cool your
thirst! Stop that chase Of sin to-day. by
the red fountain that leaped from the
heart Of my Lord, bid you stop. Nrhere
| is mercy for you-mercy that pardons,
mercy that heals, everlasting mercy. The
| twelve gates OF Gods love stand wide
! open. Enter and be forever safe.