The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-04-24

| esSary by growing families. And house
hunting is part of the experience At
this season of the year the tramp of
many feet are heard as they hurry
| hither and thither in search o. home,
| and, verify, they find what they seek
| after. 1t is a long and weary hunt
which the homeseeker pursues, gener-
| ally. He knows the number of rooms
| needed and the price he can afford to
pay, and he seeks until he gets what
| he wants. He will not take five rooms
when he wants seven rooms. He will
not pay $40 per month when he can
only afford to pay $25 or $50. He knows
| a new home must be found and he is
faithful in his search until it is found
Man is very faithful and thoughtful
in care of the physical man. Strange.
is it not, that he is so careless Of his
souls needs? The soul which is shell
tered temporarily in house of clay
will need a permanent abiding place
some day. Why not exercise the same
wisdom in providing for the souls
| needs is is displayed in looking after
the needs of the body? Why not be as
diligent in house hunting for the soul
as in hunting for the earthly dwelling
in which to shelter and rest the body?
Abraham looked for the Heavenly city.
but 1 do not read anywhere that he
ever suffered for lack of physical
| things. In fact, he had a very COM
Portable time of it, even though he did
| not roll in the fat and ease and pleas
ure of the Jordan valley. He liked to
get on the mountain tops and look off
toward the city with foundations
which God had built. And, while he
sought first the things above, all the
other things were added to him. Lot,
On the other hand, pretty nearly for
| got all about his Heavenly home and
looked down with worldly eyes on Jor-
dams fair valley. He found a dwelling
| place there, but he had such a miser-
able time of it, Notwithstanding all
the luxury and pleasures, that GODS
Word declares he was "veXed with the
filthy converse ton of the wicked, for
that righteous man dwelling among
them, in seeing and hearing, veXed
his righteous soul from day to day
with their unlawful deeds"
r HE saddest scene before Heaven
and earth is the deathbed which
sees no light of hope beyond the
grave. But the soul whose mansion
is awaiting it in the city which God
has built can say with Paul: For to
me to live is Christ, and to die is
| gain For we know that, if our
earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved. we have a building Of God,
an house not made with hands, eter-
nal in the heavens" That beautiful
deathbed scene in a little town in
New Jersey, which was chronicled
few days ago by the newspapers,
could never have come to giorify the
sadness of that bereft home if the
one whose soul was leaving the earth
| ly house of flesh had not secured
through faith in Jesus Christ new
| home in Heaven. The dear mother
had lain for five days in death stu
por. The husband and children
watched by the bedside, hoping for
some last word or look. At last the
eyelids twitched and then opened,
glad smile lit up the face, and her
voice, clear but faint, said: TOO
| long has my spirit been held in this
| temple of clay. Friends, loved ones, in
the great beyond there are peace and
| happiness; / am of it and I see you all,
| know you all and tell you that we
shall meet over there. Father and
mother are with me now. Good-by!"
All, tell me, in the light of Gods
| Word and such a scene as this, does
| it not pay to secure home in Heaven
by accepting Jesus Christ as Saviour?
Do you suppose there is enough
wealth and honor and power in this
| world to tempt those Borrowing
loved ones to part with the memory
of the dear mothers last words
which told of Heavenly mansions and
peace and happiness eternal? They
| knew then if they never realized ii
before that home in Heaven was
worth more than all the world could
| offer, for what shall it profit a man,
if he gain the whole world and lose
his own soul?'
THE New Home Secured.-There is
very great satisfaction and COM
fort in the knowledge that the new
home is secured. The weary house
hunter can smile triumpkantly and
forget the tired feet and aching head
when he knows that his quest has
ended successfully. The weary, tired,
buffeted soul of man can never know
what rest and peace and satisfaction
are until it has gone house hunting
with Jesus Christ and knows that
his name is written in the register of
Heaven which entities him to a man
sion there when the earthly house OF
! flesh will no longer hold the undying
soul. The world does not know and
cannot know what real satisfaction
and joy are, because only God and the
hope Of Heaven can satisfy the long
ings and yearnings of the soul. Even
the infidel Ingersoll, who professed