Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-06

u1luh O1 the water OF the River or
Life.
FoRETELLs PETERS DENIAL.
By Rev. II. F. Harris.
Text-Luke xii, 24.-37.
The fall" of Peter lay very heavily
| on the heart of Jesus. lie thought
about it, He prayed about IL, He spoke
about it long before 1T happened. If
| any one is inclined to think little of a
fall, let him study what one 'fall"
of one disciple was to Jesus. One sin
of a child Of God does more harm than
| thousands Of sins of the world.
Jesus traced this sitting time to it's
source, Behold, Satan hath desired to
have you, that he may sift you as
wheat" What a view this passage
gives us of the malice of Satan. He
had succeeded in obtaining one of the
apostles as his prey, and he longs to
destroy Peter, too. It seems that Sa-
tan is allowed to try the saints, but
these trials only serve to make them
brighter Christians afterward. No lit
tie child is SO dependent upon the
watchfulness Of its nurse as we are
upon that of Jesus. 1t was Christ who
delivered Peter. He knew all the de-
prayed for Peter, and now He warns
him.
Peter had many strong points, but
one weak one, and that one was at the
beginning Of this disastrous fall. You
know the strength Of a rope Is to be
measured, not according to it's strong
est but in its weakest point. When
the strain comes let it be broken there,
and 1t Is no matter how strong the rest
is. So it Is with the strength Of a
soul. Peters weak point was his i'm
pulsiveness. Impulse has its cold fits
and its hot fits, It's bravery and it's
cowardice. Peter thought himself an
| iron man; but there was a flaw in his
iron, though he knew it not until he
entered into a trial for which he was
not fitted then the iron broke!
But at length Peter obtained a mar
| tyr's courage, and now he wears a
martyrs crown. The time came when
| he fulfilled his own words: II will
lay down my life for Thy sake" and
he was stretched on a cross like his
beloved Master.
About seventeen hundred years ago
there were thirty youths in the Ro-
man army who declared for Christ.
And for doing 80 they were condemned
to stand on a frozen lake, naked, in
the depth of a northern winter, till
they froze to death. They said they
were quite ready to die for Jesus; but
one Of them gave way. He was told
| that if he denied Jesus he would have
| a hot bath a once and he denied his
Lord and got the hot bath, but this
only fastened his death. He lost by
his denial, after all. The others stood
firm confessing Jesus, and their faith
fitness so touched the heart Of one Of
the officers there that he took off his
badge of Office and said, 81, too, will
be a Christian and die with the rest"
He Joined the others on the ice, say
ing, "Now your number is again COM
plete." Thus the Thirty Martyrs"
died for Jesus and their lives were
not wasted, for their brave confession
of Christ strengthened their brethren.
Never be ashamed to stand up for
Jesus, and one day He will show that
He is not ashamed of you.
Short Meter Sermon
The love that lifts lightens Its own
| load.
It takes more than a vindication to
restore virtue.
The highest service is that which
raises others.
In many burden is hidden the bless
ing of strength.
A little help is worth a lot of talk
about happiness.
Poverty cannot be cured by making
charity a pastime.
New paths are the best penance for
old wanderings.
Weakness is the secret OF the main
tenance of mastery.
The only way to keep kindness is to
keep it in circulation.
He never says anything who never
has anything to unsay.
You cannot reach the Divine by
climbing up on your dignity.
You do not have to empty your head
to ill your heart.
| No man ever succeeded in preaching
truth by acting lie
The people who walk with their
heads in heaven always have their heels
on somebody's corns down here.