New-York tribune., 1904-08-05

% 9th ine tb eS Whole audience appIaudin because
the man had brought much out Of sol SO tse dn Sos
Amsht Are you tE wag IaEv Ses bes y9u is g6s to be
made out of your life when you surrender to the
Lord Jesus Christ Oh may there De % over rilt IntS
and if there is anything IN your lives keeping yo9
Il out settle it, and You what it is the Lord
is going to come into your life, end new new SUNDAY @
pastor S09r Will % go back 70 his Church husband
viii go back to his home when d M fne etts 1e Tis Of
way from attic TO cellar of our inner being LORD
"''P '' HE is MY BROTHER"
Now. don't you see what went before the apostle
PauIs readiness? He had seen the Lord; he heard
said Lord. am ready. what is ne IeSuy S AJa
dies and gentlemen. do not be veXed with 5 me; e.
for p2 but dS San Just to brns
you what is in the book here and nothing Slse oGt
vice; and why? Well. he says, Il am a debtor" In
the before this fifteenth he says am Ieoeo6
oe ibe wise SO and to the unwise The Greek represent
culture Of the day. the barbarian pePrssSn5 rep resent
70 the upper ten and am , Ge6tqr beye tU s that to-
day? Did you think you owed anything TO tne man man
checks but just the dime or quarter that you gave
him? DID you think you got through VII WI MN MN
through with the BOY when % you g9Ss ose h5 PaT
cents for shining Your shoeS; t,i ne Uor are through
with that young person that is waiting on you IN
q dollar when you are through with Northfieid?
Is that all you owe? II you think that Is an you
owe. then you do not understand what Christian
service is. The apostle says Il am debtor to every
msG TRat Am is fh the N Christian G9 spirit that
spirit Of brotherhood. There was Dig man cams ne
up TO Il bright little girl in one OF our etreets IN
the old country. She was carrying big fat baby,
and the poor little woman doing her best and
he says '"Oh. what big fat baby You. are carry.
ing! What a heavy baby that is! he Is no. no!
When we come 10 see the Greek and the barbarian ta
ana the oomu ana ,b Ts ve as t6nse to whom We owe
something tell you what II Is all over the G DT0a@ az
Now he says. IT am ready for service" have
not time 10 remind you that service in Rorle at
that time was passport to me ainPhItneal Nero
Who deiighted to see the Christians torn limb from
limb. sometimes delicate women ana Eenue -Tha+ TI,si
was the era. that was the aget when tne aPostie posts
May there be many ready people in this audienceI
THE APOSTLE MEANT BUSINESS.
But he goes further than that Now. ought he
twenty-frst OF Acts that thirteenth verse. Il
am ready 10 be bound at Jerusalem" BY that ne
Well don't mind II bonds and Imprisonment await
me That Is ne was ESAdy IoF ols.ol-oII So1U hUS
place. Oh. preachers to-day travel in Pullman
eaS 6eautifai i1f 6o5s soGS What Chris
an up heTe ca, bt a P2gi yoa d9 IN s R4t a have a29
certain dwelling place; perils from his own coun-
and above az Things h2t pace 10 az ty ms nan nan
at night Well NJ Hadiey . says "a1h aisI. a man man
yees tbe great t A8oste Of the entes-thnk Of ito
God keep our thoughts from wandering. Young
lady. are you listening; Are YOU takins this thing
hearts Tonight God burn It into our hearts. for
I tell YOU the Apostle meant business, Saq ~. we
ought TO mean business. Now, said Le' am
ready 70 suffer discomfort ] am wiling 70 sufIer
to see ones loved ones leave us. sometimes for
distant country 1t Is difhcu!t hing know a
l am ready not only for that. but am ready to DO
hound" Well is there anybody here willing to so
toto Ia say "A
Because he knew that God was on the throne and
that God could oyerrule all that was happening
Do not forget that the sweetest lyrics OF i Dayld
thar that wonderful saint OF God, Samuel Ruther,
f olu, Scb wbGso e come do not forget that Samuel
Pntherford wrote those wonderful letters. so deeply
qa hat fFo That fnS very john Bunyan to whom
have been referring already was put IA 5aLI f tSp
dungeon and the light OF Heaven shone there so
rIiste1ed With the sheen Of the Jerusalem ana
he saw the river OF the wafer or Hi9 ialIlly
symbolized in the sluggish o0ze that rolled past the
has, Of the trials or the CnuIGn ot mrs,
Church Church, '
SUFFERING A CROWN OF GLORY.
You know when the wife OF welch of Ayr, when
he was arrested went 10 a A4s ~ 'ge ber ~ yo1r
husband submit to the bishops ana she caught
Gs 6F5 Iron EhS sag n 4 would rather catch his head
thaI whom De n you one roomed cottage Gods heroes
lil,Sd and we owe TO the men and women that have
gone before the splendid testimony that they IetI
behind them a TO what God coud 90 ~ sUPl'oiesI
ing and sustaining His Church. When cfuei
c'9verholse drowned Margaret McI4auchIan ana
Mary Wilson IN the flowing waters OF the ooiW,ay:
he crowned the older woman first IN the nope that
the Younger girl who was only eighteen woulH re
csDf, and when the salt was gurgnnS down
tbe throat of that faithful. humble Scotush wohl-
an they said her from the shore, hat 90 you
SEQ now -" ''Oh' said the girl In her teens see
1.trie+ euffering In OF His members botn
v,are crowned and both have left behind sp4enuld
taettrnon,, that suffering many time IS the crown
Of glory TO Gods children and a JOY 10 the hea''
ol pau s ssys Il am ready 10 be bound at Jerusalem
for the name Of the Lord Jesus" Ready for service
readI, FOR suffering Oh, that God may speak 10 us
Tonight and deal with us tonight; ana lha{ we
may deal with Him and say to Him, LORD oy
thy grace, I ready . 4. ~
NoW go back with me, just for a moment 10 II
saws writing to that young soldier or the cross
II am now ready to be offered up, and the time
of nv departure is at hand what dld ne mean
nv t6atp Well YOU know that he was soon To
bave ba a"f The martyrs crown, and he saws Il am
ready We shrink from death. We do not Ike
death. none of like death. l have seen two
oF nv own little boys pass away into the better
corrtrv You have your loved that have
nossed avay into the home high. The memories
10 me Of Northfeld very sacred II Is twenty
three wears since, as student, l came here TO
slt az the feet of Mr. Moody and TO enjoy friendly
irtercourse with beloved Major Whittle. They are
bn+b IN the glory Their lives have been bless
ing TO me. feel In such deep debt to these saints
of God that are now gathered home that that
debt / can never pay Friends. they We're ready,
thank C;od: work done; and Paul felt
himself SO completely in the hands OF His heavenly
Master that he could say, Il am ready. too
JUDGMENTS.