The daily Republican., 1902-12-08
DELUSIONS THAT
BESET HUMANITY.
Continued from First Page.


is effervescent power is everlast-
ing. Influence failed to keep Peter
and John out of prison; but power
opened the fast locked doors and
led them out, free men. Influence
| gets position; power keeps it. In
tluence means an inhuX-'to flow
in;' power means dynamite to
blow up;'I we speak of the influence
of intidelity; but OF the power of
Christianity. Ingersoll was kept
by the influence of agnosticism
through his own shallow reasoning
unto death; the child of God il kept
by the power of God through faith
unto salvation. Influence is bub.
BILE; power is bomb. Influence is
but the fragrance; power is the rose
itself, and no man pins fragrance
on his outer coat. Influenceis what
you need to gain friends; power is
what You need to keep them. In
tluence may bring you before the
kings of earth; only power will en-
able you to stand before the King of
kings in Heaven.
Influence will gain earth's
plaudits; only power will win
Heavens praise Influence can
never open the pearly gates, but
power causes them to swing auto
matically, and wreathes it's own
brow with the well done laurel of
Him who sits upon the throne Influ-
ence without Power is short bed,
"The narrow coverlet OF that
short bed | have called unsatisfy-
ing excuses. A man recognizes the
uncomforta bleness of his position,
and reaches down for the covers.
He is cold and it is December and
he is in short bed. He is a six
foot man in three foot resting
place You ask him why he is in
such uncomfortable quarters and in
such cold conditions, and he at first
lies about it by saying that he was
never more comfortable in his life.
He is like man who goes out to
stay all night and in the morning
his kind hostess, who forget to put
an extra spread on the bed, asks
him how he slept, and he says,
'Never better in my te,'-and he
never lied worse. This bod like any
other bed has an inner and an out
er cover. Next to him and close
enough to touch his heart is tho
covering labeled 1 don't know
Ask him why he doesn't get into
another and warmer bed this is his
invarlable answer. Next to that if
he must say something he angrily
cries, 1 won't know He covers
himself with this and all the while
wonders why he is cold. Or it may
be l have been describing different |
men and another man will have
himself SO wrapped around with
this coverlet, i am just as good as
others that with difficulty you
force him to disclose whether he is |
4 man or q log.
"There is three.fold outer cover
ing al! of which or part of which
every man tina lies on short bed,
has above him. These winding
sheets, which may serve for burial
sheets, are. i II make amends, III |
take my chances, Iii come at some
future time. These, like trade
marks ot owners are to be found up
OH the coverlct OF the man whose bed
is shorter than that man can
stretch himself upon it, ana The
covering narrower than that man
can cover himself with IT,
The only sufficient protection an d
foundation is Jesus Christ. He who
rests upon dny other basis than this
IS on a bed OF sand-quick-sand at
that. No other foundation can any
man lay than that Is laid, which is
Jesus Christ. The only sufficient
covering is an holy robe. Rest up
on Christ, aud put on Christ and
YOU will find your foundation sate,
your covering easy and warm. He
covers us with His feathers aud un.
der His wings we NAV trust.