The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-08

ers which our text teacheS-that is
when we start cut OH our journey o.
life we Slnrll take all our dear one.
along. y man may have an unutter
able longing for the woods. His over
taxed brain and nerves may be cailinc
to him dag by day: Rest, rest. T
must have rest, lie may be in gre
glee as he packs away his campi!',
outfit and puts his trout flies careful.
away in his rocketbook and straps hi
gun cases. He may feel his bioo
courSing through his veins with rencT
ed strength as he leaves civiiizati"
behind and climbs the mountain III
trOdden save by the woodsman wit.
his axes. But when night begins (
fall and time for going to sleep in III
camping bag comes around or Whci
Sunday comes when he does not fiS!
or hunt or travel tue one thou@,
which is urpermost in his mind an
heart is this: Il wonder how the folk,
are getting along at home? | wonilei
IL the babies are we'll: | wonder j.
L
wish they We're all here" Friend. hay,
you ever been on a camping trip Whes
you have been weeks and weeks ava,
from home: Have YOU ever had thi
unutterable longing come over No
which SOME people call old fashions
inconsistencies: Then. if you 50 hi:
your dear ones when you are ava
from home for a few weeks, how {
you suppose you would feel if 20,
were never to meet them again:
The Dear Ones.
Mary and Joseph, why are You ="
anxious about Jesus? He is no;lln-
but Il boy. a small boy twelve year
of age Why do YOU want to go cIc;:,
back to Jerusalem to find him: by
says Mary IF we do not take jest,
along now something may happen
him. He will find out that we Eay.
left him. and then he may try to fo'
low us aud he killed by the robbers q
the wild beasts or perhaps sold in
slavery. oh, no: We must find our boy
We could never he happy a day unlc@
we knew that our dear boy was safe.
Friend, is not that the way we Shou!g
be in the journey of life? Could We
ever be happy on earth or in heaven
unless we knew that our dear one:
We're safe with us and safe with God
And yet, alas, how many of us do moi
seem to care whether our husbands
and wives and brothers and sisters an'l
children are safe in Christ! Dare We
can we longer continue our journey to
ward the city of the New Jerusalen1
unless we go back and persuade oul
loved ones to surrender their hearts t.
Jesus Christ and come along?
But many Of us are to be counted
among those who have just started up
on the wrong road of sin. We are not
far from the Jerusalem walls We are
at the first stopping place. We have
now plenty of time to look around ana
see If we are in evil company and take
an account of our deficiencies. Vii
you not go back to the p,lrities Of yo,'s
past life? Will you not rectify YOU
mistakes and evil tendencies? Will Won
not start your spiritual and tempOra'
journey anew? You have not gone over
the precipice of sin. You are only neay
ing the brink where you may look int.
the gaping depths of an eternal death
This hour is a critical time in your life
You are not only deciding your destin.
for time. but YOU are deciding Wha'
goal you will reach for eternity. Chris
today is pleading with you to con:f
back to the higher and nobler life
Your dear ones are also pleading wit
you. 1t is not too late You are ell
camping at the first hating place, no
far from the city of Jerusalem Blu
they, supposing him to have been il
the company, went days journey
and they sought him among their kins
folk and acquaintance"
Copyright 1907. by Louis Klopsch.l