Cañon City record., 1905-04-13
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Inc uespdriHR cry oi ming DdNiu, Z,
"No man cared for my SOUL" was the
subject of Rev. Sundays discourse last
Friday night and about it was woven a
sermon of pathos and appeal, of SYM
pathy and reproach, of counsel and ad-
monition that enlisted an attention
upon the part of the great audience
which filled the Tabernacle. that was
at times almost painful in its earnest
ness.
Nature and life seem to be made up
of contrarieties Summer and winter,
mountains and valleys, deluge and
drouth, sickness and death walk hand
in hand through the same street. The
wedding march and the funeral dirge
are close together.
The contrast in the life of David
whose Kaleidoscope career was one
of the most marvellous of all the famous
characters in the Bible, was sketched
with the clearness of photography by
the speaker. He touched upon many of
the most dramatic incidents in the life
OF the shepherd king, who, like sinners
of the present day, reproached the
name of God but David differed from
many who are now living in defiance Of
the divine authority by coDfessing his
sins.
For his wickedness David WAS COM
PEELED to flee from his friends and associ-
ates and hide from his enemies, and it
was during this period of his life that
he uttered the language upon which
Rev. Sunday predicated his sermon of
Friday night looked on my
right hand, and behold, there was no
man that would know me refuge failed
me ; no man cared for my soul"
There are parents looking into my
face that have not spoken to their
children about Christ since these meet
ings began, perhaps, they have not
mentioned the subject to them in
years. God will never use you for his
purposes until you get down on you
knees and ask him for spiritual power.
Your life is what you want it to be. II
you want to do Gods will you must
throw of your hypocricy and conform
your life to his teachings.
In the time Of health and prosperity
we put God out of our lives. When
you are drawing your salary regularly
and eating three good meals day you
give no thought to your Creator, Dut
when the death dews begin to gather
on your brow and the undertaken
comes to measure you for coffin you
send for minister and ask Gods par
don for the miserable, sinful life you
have led.
Many people wonder how much Of
the Bible is literal, how much of it is
metaphor, how much of it is simile,
how much of it is figurative, how much
of of it is apocryphal, when the only
thing that concerns them is, "What
must do to be saved2"
When you have gone to your last
dance, when you have played your last
game of cards, when you have drank
your last glass of wine or champagne
and the shadows of life are beginning
to darken your brow and obscurs your
horizon, you will think of your sins
and wish that your career had been
different and that you had accepted
the overtures OF salvation before it was
too late.
Christians care for your soul, al
though many church members do not.
/ came from Chicago to Canon City to
help you, and, if had not been inter-
ested in your spiritual welfare, l would
not have made the journey. If any
man says that ! came here for political
or mercenary purposes he tells an un-
truth. God cares for your soul and
has provided way for its redemption.
Jesus left the songs of angels and came
to earth and died on the cross as an
atonement for your sins. Whose eyes
did he put out? On the contrary he
gave sight to the blind, brought COM
fort and JOY to the sick and opened the
door by which repentant sinners might
have access to the presence of God and
the innumerable host of angels which
sing to him the hozannas of their
praise.
a Thousand Dollars Worth of