The Caucasian., 1903-01-22
George was at first overwhelmed by

piest time of all my lf" can truly
say that tonight ain glad God took
my money. / know. Kate. that | was
only thinking of my gold and not about
the good which could do with 1t.
Kate. we will give ourselves TO God
tonight We will give to him our chill
dref and our whole future lives. and
VIC will promise God that never again
shall we work six days AMI twenty two
hours each week for the world nlid
only give to God two hours of Il church
service en- Sunday" That Is the his
tory Of your friend George. That Is
the reason you now hear Of George as
an elder IN the church. rs Il leader in
the prayer meeting. as Il director in the
Young Mems Christian association. as
q church visitor who never refuses to
call ON the poor. 1t was ii dark night
when that financial storm overlook
George on Lake Galilee, but that storm
drove George to Christ.
My friends. you think Georges fig
urative history cannot be duplicated in
life tell you that 1t can. | declare
to you todny hat there are thousands
and tens of thousands of American
merchants who would never have beeii
able to see clearly the spiritual face
of Jesus except through a financial
tempest The best merchant ever
knew was consecrated to Christ
through Galilenn tempest. Mr. A. +.
Brooks was not only the chief member
of the old Second Presbyterian church
of Pittsbnrg when was there. but he
was also the most influential Christian
layiuan in the city. He told me just
before his death that the cause of his
eunsecratiou To Christ came to him
when dishonest partner made him
lose millions Of dollars. Had 1t not
been for the action OF that dishonest
partner ut that time Mr.. Brooks would
have become before closing his career
not only one Of the wealthiest men in
Pittsbufg but also one of the wealth
merchants. In those hours OF trials AMI
financial embarrassment want you to
make your troubles the stepping stones
TO complete cOnsecration to the cross.
| want you here and now to feel thut
Christ constrained you TO enter the
leaky boat of financial shipwreek so
that you might truly see his face, as
the disciples saw the living Christ III
the fourth watch of the night on Lake
Galilee.
I'm the Dark Hours.
tfhs> dark, tetnpestuous nights when
the shadow of the death angels wing
hovered over the home have often been
In Gods sight the bright, shining days
for the broken hearted household cir.
Gle. It was awfuliy hard for you to
hear the doctor say there was no hope.
You felt that ether people might die.
but somehow the truth WIS never fully
brought home TO you until then that
your mother or wife or child could ever
he taken. Since that moment not only
this life, but the next. has for you aii
entirely different Significance.
i Why did ycu place upon her coffin
plate the words "At rest r Did you
mean TINT her sieep was to be IN end
Less sleep. which shall never have an
awakening? You used to revel III the
theories Of Darwin's evolution. You
used to claim that the physical man
was only higher form of q developed
animal. Man wss born like dog: he
must die Ike dos. Did you still cling
10 these theories when you placed upon
her CONN lid the words AT rest r Oh.
no. You Immediately vent back to the
sweet faith Of your father and mother.
Y0u seted In your own life just 80
Ethan Allen. the New England iniidsi.
acted In reference to his dying daugh-
Ter. She called the. great Revolution
asy soldier Into her bedroom and said:
"papa. nm going to die. Mamma says
there are Christ and d hereafter-K !
trust him. You say there is no here
after. am dying. papa. and ! must
make my last decision now. Whom
shall / believer Shall | accept mann
mas Christ or your infidelityY The
great soldiers frame shock with emo
tion. Then. though he had just finished
his famous infidel book called Reason.
the Only Oracle Of Man." he turned
and said. My darling, you had better
die In your mothers faith. and not in
my unbe1ief." And so when the death
angels wings began to fiutter over the
bed Of one OF your loved ones with one
blow 1t not only struck your heart but
is also knocked your infdelity clean out
of your life. You immediately said. as
you looked into the pale face sleeping
In the easket:: Il know she lives.
know she Is living In some other world
for me. . And as you look up to see
where that other world is do you not
feel that you were being struck by
Galilean tempest, as were the disciples
of old? Do you not feel TINT through
the dark sliadow Of the death angels
wing you have been able 10 see the
spiritual face OF Jesus Christ rs never
before? 1t was trouble that did it
treubla alone which made
you use the hillack of grave for 4
knaeling stool at the altar of mercy
aflI f1HpInfa and lave