The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-03-08

there can be no danger. Health II
theirs. A good home is theirs.
Plenty of food is theirs. Prospect OF
long life is theirs. But Christ con-
tinues to call, calls with more en-
phasis and urges haste and says not
a second ought to be lost. oh, do
tell us what is the matter. All, now
1 see; there are hawks of temptation
in the air, there are vultures wheel
ing for their prey, there are beaks OF
death ready to plunge, there are
| claws of allurement ready to clutch.
Now l see the peril. Now l under
stand the urgency. Now l see tne
only safety. Would that Christ
might this day take III sons ana
| daughters into his shelter "as a hen
gathereth her chickens under her
wing"
The fact is that the most of them
will never mind the shelter unless
while they are chickens. 1t is a sim
pie matter of memorable statistics
that most of those who do not come
to Christ in youth never come at all.
What chance is there for the young
without divine protection? mere
are the grogshops, there are tne
gambling hells, there are the inhdeh-
ties and immoralities of s~piritualism'
there are the bad books, there are
the impurities, there are the DUST
ness rascalities, and so numerous are
these assailants that it is a wonder
that honesty and virtue are not iosS
arts. The birds of prey, diurnal ana
nocturnal, of the natural world are
ever on the alert. They are the as
sassins of the sky; they have varle-
ties of taste. The eagle prefers the
flesh of the living animal; the vulture
prefers the carcass; the falcon Kills
with n stroke, while other styles
of beak give p~rolongation of torture.
But we all need the protecting
wing. If you had known when you
entered upon manhood or
hood what was ahead of you, would
YOU have dared t undertake life?
How much you have been through!
With most life has been a disappoint-
ment. They tell me so. They v
not attained that which they expect
~
ed to attain. They have not had the
physical and mental vigor they eX-
pected or they nave nieV WIN -
when they ana nov ah'ieiPa'e
are not AT ~ OF oo Vi w
50 years of age where you thought
you would De. 40 no' hno -
one except myseii TO "hoih hie nos
been a happy surprise. l never ex-
pected anything, anu So "nen "
thing came IN the shaPe VI nu
favor or comIortaole Posi.ioh vi WV"
ening heid OF WORK /, was 70 u
prise was uoio III 'ne ,1
seminary by some Vi my
dents that L never wouiu seS "n'
body 10 near me preach un,eSS ,
changed my style' So 'na' "nen
found that some people oiu COME "
hear me 1t was a hapPy surPllse
But most people according 10 'nci'
W statement nave iouiu ~ " uN'
appointment. lnueeu' VIC al '
shelter from its tempes's'
The wings OF my text sueges
warmth, ana that Is VIVA. nioh' ioin
want. Inc TACT is that inns Is q con
world whether you take /, ii'eraiiy u
figuratlvely' we nave a Dig nrePiao
called the sum- IL mas d very ho
fire, n II toker keep tne coais wei
stirred up out mueh Oh ,he Year,
cannot get near enough TO tnis hre
place to get warmed Inc worlo seA
tremities are cold all the Time foI
get not that 1t is colder at the sou'l
pole than at the north pole n ina
the arctic is not SO destructive as TN
antarctic. once in awhlie the arcti
will let explorers come back' out IN
antarctic hardly ever. Nhen AT TN
south pole a ship sails IN, the door OF &c
is almost sure to be smut against IL
return. so life to many mllllons G
people at the south ana many mllilon
of people at the north Is a prolonge
SILVER. But when say mat TINS Is
cold world l chiefly mean hgurativei.
If you want to know WAITS the meal
ing of the ordinary term OF recelvln
the cold shoulder get out OF none
and try to borrow. The conversatlo
/, may have been almost tropical Tor lu'
uriance of thought and speech. but SUI