Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25


erty and opportunities for good In the
world let me plead with you to improve
them, lead a life of purity and upright
ness before God and strive to learn to
love your feliUwmen even as the blessed
Jesus did. Even in his most terrible
suffering he remembered his fellow
sufferers en- the cross. Don's be MIS-
taken young people your sins will find
you out and how can you tell what the
consequences may be- 1t may be only
the loss Of your own soul. but believe
me when / say that could not conceive
OF greater misery than the thought that
my soul was forever lost No hope of
forgiveness. No hope of Eternal life.
Young Christians let me say just
word to you not because I am one to
give advice, and that unasked. but we
sometimes learn lesson from others.
Hold fast to your christian faith and
love, trusting God for all things. Lose
sight Of self and pray, pray continually
to Christ for strength to overcome.
You cannot hope to overcome III your
own strength but If you continually
open your heart aud soul to Him
through prayer what an inflowing of
the divine spirit there Will be. How
much this has meaut TO me during the
past few weeks! and let me plead with
you TO take advantage of your oppor
tunities while you may
1T is not by regretting what isirrep-
arabic that true work is to be done,
but by making the best of what we are.
1t IS not by complaining that we have
not the right opportunities, but by u.s.
ing the opportunities we have. What
we are land where we are is Gods provi-
dental arrangement, Gods doing,
thorgh it may be mans misdoing,
and the manly and wise way is to look
your disadvantages in the face, and see
what can be made OF them. Life, like
man, is series of mistakes and he is
not the best Christian or best General
who makes the fewest false steps. He
Is the best who wins the most victories
by the Ietrieval of mistakes. This is
my aim in life now. 1t my Saviour In
his divine wisdom allows me the bless.
ing of liberty again my life shall be de.
voted to his service in trying to reach
out helping hand to some poor lost
soul who can not be reached by the aver
age church worker. have had bitter
lesson and it has taught me the value
OF human soul aud If III any time to
come am able as an instrument in
Gods hands to help some soul to life
eternal, l shall be satisfied. I can
thank my Redeemer even now that He
saves me from myself anti though l am
left with broken heart and a disgraced
life still In the end have Eternal life.
II once read of picture entitled
| Lords of our Life and Death Sur:
rounded by rolling masses, of clouds,
some silver crested, some shot through
with red flame, was depictedsthe world
as globe half in life, half in. shade
! Poised above 1t was a greatangle upon
whose calm and noble face rested an
| expression of deep sorrow, yearning,
pity and regret. Tears seemed to glitter
Oh VIC uAooPiuS ioohCo VI sLulS, SWEEP
yet stern spirit, and in his strong right
hand he held drawn sword, the sword
OF destruction-pOlntiDg downward to
the globe at his feet. Beneath this
angle and the world he dominated was
darkness, utter darkness. But above him
the clOudswere torn asunder andthroueh
a transparent veil of light golden mist
8 face of surprising beauty was seen
"a face on which youth, health, hope
love and JOY all shone with lneffaceable
radiance. 1t was the ,personification of
{ Life-not life as we know it, brief and
and full of care-but Life Immortal
and Love Triumphant.
my friends we may be called upon to
suffer great many things in this world
on account of sin and may he called
| even to deaths door but through God 8
word we may see face of even more
beauty than the one in this picture
We Con hear a voice saying Come
unto me all ye that are weary and
heavy laden and will give you rest.
and if we follow hat,,voice and come
in humility seeking to know him We
can through faith and love gain the-vic
tory over death and gain the ward oil
life immortal and everlasting. Younf
people won't you follow Jesus IS the
plea OF one who has suffered and real
ICES that Won have ali tn GAIN and moth