The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-11-12

not tell me she is dead She is plead
ing with you n0N to surrender y"ut
heart to the Masters touch.
But there is another impressive fac.
about Gods reserves. As the Divine
Commander has detailed certain saint
ed spirits of the past and present !"
aid US ia the battle Of life. so GOG
would detail us to be spiritual rea!
guards for some Of our dear ones
What our Christian motherS atlt.
fathers and sisters and brothers hay.
been to us we shall be to our childFcD
and our friends. There are spiritual
lives depending upon us as our spirit
ual welfare has depended upon tie
faithfulness of others in the past. And
oh. my friends. what an awful eterna;
calamity is going to befall some %
those who are near and dear to Us il
we do not do our duty to them as THEN
spiritual rear guard.
The Last Thought.
You must bear well in mind tha
those souls will stand before the judg
ment seat of Christ and will think ot
us and what we have done or shoul3
have done for them. The most over
whelming moment of my miniSteria
career was when this fact was driver
home to me in away | shall never for
get 1t was Sabbath evening. July 81
1907. We were tossing about upon The
Pacific ocean. We had just save
some 11o lives from watery grave
At the request of the passengers
was holding Il service in the cabin
Just as | arose to speak ii lady came
and took my hand. She looked ear
nestly into my face as she said: ''Dr
Talmage. was on board the steaI!e-
Columbia when she sank this morn
ing. | thought you We're thouslH.'
miles away. Last Sunday morning
was in your church aud heard W
preach. And | want to tell yon tia
when the ship gave lurch and wel,
down to her Watery grave. and | VIZ
pitched into the sea- the last thOuG'i
that l had when | expected to NEE
my God was of you and your sermon
| never asked her what that th0ug.
was. | was afraid to know. | SAID
"Can it be that the words which
speak. perhaps at random. may so in
fuence some man, some woman. for o;
against God that with them they sha
march up to meet their Divine King
at the Judgment seat of Christi" Thus
God has sent you, 0 man and woman,
to be spiritual rear guard for youi
fellow men.
Are you doing for others as yo1,r
Christian parents and friends in the
past have done for you? Thus Isaiah,
700 years before Christ was born in
the Bethlehem stable, is enunciating in
the words Of my text the same GOSPEL
truth as Paul, the greatest of the apps,
ties. taught in the sixth chapter of Ga
latians. after Christ assembled from
Mount Olivet. The scenes are almost
Identical They both represent a struG-
gle. God. the great commander in
chief, is detailing us to certain duties.
Thus Paul, as he sees a great load
upon our back. says, Every man shall
bear his own burden" That means
Goa expects us to stand in the dliflrilt
places on the line of battle Then Paul
says in the same chapter. Bear ye one
anOther's burdens and so fulfill the law
Of Christ" That means every Chris
tan soldier shall be rear guard to
every other Christian soldier Then
over those two commandments the
psalmist writes these words. Cast thr
burden upon the Lord and he shall
sustain thee" So God Will help Us
bear the burdens of life while we Try
to bear our own burdens and the bur
dens OF our dear ones. For We Sila!
not go out with haste nor go by flight
for the Lord will go before you. and
the God of Israel will be your rere
ward"
copyright, 1907. by Louis klopsch.1