The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-17


selves into the seetlling whirlpool OF
sin, But these young men were like
the prodigal also in that they camf
| back to their fathers home after they
! had spent their all. The golden cords
of parental prayer are now Juggling al
your heart. Vilcst OF sinners you may
have been; most heartless or Maynard
boys may have been your history, but
today God IL calling; your dead moth
er, your redeemed mother, Is calling;
your broken hearted father is calling:
4 Come, come, come home. oh, sinner,
come homer VIII you hear the cry
! Way off in that far country Of sin
''thou art not far from the kingdom Of
God" Thou art not far from Christ.
| but near, on account Of your early
Christian home training.
Don't Live For Yourself Alone.
Almost saved. Yes. You are. know
1t by the unhappy looks that are CHS
eled In the wrinkles of your face.
When you started out in life you
thought the height Of n mans happi-
ness could be estimated by the length
of his bank account. You thought the
worldwide area of his joy could be al
ways circumscribed only by the hem.
ispheric spread of his fame. But now
by bitter experience you know that
wealth and fame only bring added
cares. You know that If a man lives
al 7 hn
the higher joys Of the soul. if he does
not live for Christ. seeking also the
welfare of his brother man, he can flnd
no happiness Oh earth at ALL
l can imagine scene in your life
which brought Its emptiness WILDLY
before YOU Such scenes, varying in
their details, come to many Il man. bid
ding him pause and consider what is
the true purpose of life Let me see.
Where did this scene happen2 In CHI
cago. You are wealthy merchant
You have come out on n visit to Los
Angeles 1t was in Chicago, as near
as can make out, on a Saturday night,
the second week of January The fire
was burning brightly on Your office
hearth. The table by your side was
filed with papers. The employees
working ten. hours day, sometimes
think the employer entering his office
at or 10 o'clock in the morning has a
very easy time, But long after the
busy beehive of the modern dry goods
emporium has stopped its huih and
the tiIrds1ittle cashgirls have crowded
the streets, Imagining, shouting, Perhaps
smiling Mt the passersby. IN juvenile
delight ut being set free from toll and
the bookkeepcrs have balanced the ac
counts, and the iron shutters have been
pulled down, and the clerks have clos
ed their counters, AMI the cashiers have
locked their safes. and the delivery
wagons have ceased their rumbling
and the wornout horses have been fed |
and blanketed in their stalls, and the |
streetlamps have become as multitude |
nous as the visible stars Of the heavens, |
HE tired merchant works on. The |
wood in the fire place crackled and |
laughed The flames lcaped higher ana |
higher and sputtered more loudly rs
.hc reports of the different departments
recorded the business triumph Of a
whole year. Stock had been taken, for
lie holiday goods were all sold. Every
lromissory note had been met. There
was plenty of money in the bank to
lear away the remaining debit sides of
he ledger.
What Shall 1t Profit Man.
Was not that the history, o rich Chi
ago merchant. of the first results of
our mathematical calculations on the
night of the second week in
asst January? But what about the see
mi calculation you made that impor-
ant night? As you sat there in your
bout the past You began 10 wonder
+ all this endless struggle for a world
Y success really paid. AS you dreamed
'ou thought of the many nights when.
Unable TO sleep, you had tossed about
our hot pillow ana thought how the
BUSINESS world was trying to drive you
o the financial wall. even as some man
With the death marks upon his check in
lis old age may be lceced of his all.
'ou thought how your very best mo-
ives had always been impugned. And
hen, strange to say, instead of gloating
yer your past financial success as the
re nckered lower and lower an I'M
cen power made you write upon a
road sheet of white paper this prob
I'm. what shall il profit n man If he
hall gain the whole world and lose his
WIN soulf" And as you studied that
roblem you were compelled TO write
ftcr il word Of seven letters. You
-rote that one word in letters of fire.
Nothing" "Nuthlnc." Am /
wrong o financial magnatc. in stat
~ today chou art not far from the {
ingdom of GodT'
My hearers may think have over
rawn the picture I'm asserting that :
-orldly Success from mere selfish ,
iandpoint never pays. and that only
ic Christ life is the happy life. Well, !
zen. to illustrate whether mere earth ,
! success Is q satisfying success or !
10 reverse let me read to you a
llogy delivered lately in reference 10 I
vat Warwick, Of American statesman I
rip. that president maker. Marcus \. :