The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-01

know it WAS Il @i0riOss revelation from
Cod Have You trusted Christ and fol
lowed him Il, YOU promised - Ito when
4 young man Oh your first night i'll tle
great city. ii You have not. then tel
God today why you have not and ask
again for Z renewal Of his divine man,
ifeStatOn
But time passed on. You soon got
used to yotlr city life. The green cou1-
try WAYS wore, off. The hohnailed
shoes We're exchanged for the leather.
the fOa4h clothes Of the village store
for the Fashionable productions OF the
expensive tailor. Then came Your mar
riage. And that led on t" another Fey
elatiOn. perhaps tie best of ali YOU"
life Would You have me describe tn
scene? There is not much of Il seem
to de$crihe For some months y0U
have been walking around with Il care
worn. anxious expression. The ;r
preach Of 4 great danger to your Wifr's
life oppressed YOU. What if she should
die? You prayed as you went abou'
your work that God would spare he"
life Then suddenly a CLEAN of gi"ri-
Gus light shot through the hlac:.
clouds. After awhile the white capped
nurse came out of the room and said.
You can come now. But You mus,
step very gently. Yes, the doctor say:
she is going 10 get we'll. but she had :;
very narrow escape. Hush. You mus
lie very quiet. for relapse WoHIH
surely XIII her."
Another Revelation.
Then the nurse led YOU into a dark
cncd room. Then she Went over to y
little crib and began 10 unrolI II BIZ,
bundle, she kept unr"linG the bundle
and unTo.in" il until She finally cam
to q wee little bit of Il face. As tn
nurse left YOU bent over and look"
intrntIy 1T the child. Then It >tran;;"
divine personality seemed to hove
around that crib. \ loving voice seem
ell 10 say: Man | have appeared unt"
thee before. Eut never with such ear
nest supplicatom as now. knoWeSt
thou not That this little one i Il fsifi
from me tn thee: He is bone Of thy
bone. flesh of thy flesh. Thou art re
sponsible for his physical, mental alor
al spiritual aud eternal welfare. What
thou art h. shall hecome. he is thinH
to mold AMI to fashion as thou wilt.
Wilt ihou renew thy pledge and give
thsself and thy little one to me!' And,
standing by that new crib. you said.
20 Christ. | will. | WILL | will.' 1t
was Il glorious revelation from God.
1t was Il holy pledge made to God.
Have you kept that pledge? Can you
not feel Jesus is by your side asking
YOU if you have kept it? VIII You keep
il now:
| Think you have had one other reve-
!ation In your home you had Il saint
ly presence that WAS II benediction to
you and Your family. Your widowed
mother, whom YOU revcrcnced as al
most more than mortal. whose gentle
words. like the mcsSag" Of an angel.
claimed you in angry moments and con
soled You in trouble was called away.
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her casket that day of her funeral?
Were YOU canght up then into anotIe~
scene? When | arose to speak by her
caSket You did not see me. You did
not hear me. You looked too dis
traucht for that, for while | was
speaking YOU could imagine that she
had risen from her casket. Then she
seemed to scar to the celestial gates.
Then from the far off distance you saw
your father and your sister come ont
to greet her You witnessed the rap
ture of their welcome. Then yon
heard your mother say: Yes, Harry
and Sarah have the farm. They are
carrying on the work of the old
church. But" asked your fla Their
and sister. "how about Johnny"
oh" your mother answered. with a
heavenly smile. "he has not been liv-
ing as he ought, but lle is all right
now. Just before | LETT my last bed
Of sickness he said to me: Mother. tell
father ana Elizabeth that | will cease
to live my old life of SelfshnesS and
sin. Tell them to BE waiting for me
at the beautiful gate, for shall soon
be there Yes" your mother cried,
Johnny, our dear Johnny, is coming
too Friend, was it a dream? Was
it simply visionary promise? Was
it not rather a glorious revelation Of
your heavenly home coming? Friend
will You keep your promise to meet
Your dear ones at the TRUSTING place of
the beautiful gate?
But, after all. why speak longer
about these divine manifestations of
Gods glory in the past? Cannot he
give us Il glorious revelation of his love
and pardon now? Why, do you know.
as l have been speaking to you today
Jesus seems nearer TO me than lie has
ever felt before He seems nearer to
me than he has ever felt before He
seems so near that | can almost see
his hand touching you. He is so near
that | can hear him WhiSDprinp "Son