The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-25

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you have any great Joy you must ten
Simon. Simon In SO near You, 90 dear
to You. such large part Of your life.
II you read good book. you lend &c
to him; IL you see q good play, you
tell him about It; II you get new
light on any subject, you talk Il over
with him. Joseph finds happiness
and honor In Egypt. but the moment
he has an opportunity he ssvs: -Ye
shall haste and go up and ell my
father OF sll my glory in Egy So
the woman Of Samaria had to 70
straight iato the village and tell the
people all the things Christ had told
her. = s
The next thought shall be one or
boundless encouragement. One thine
that Anirew did outweighed a thou
sand tines all the other good accom-
pltshed by his whole life-his hand
caught simon. and brought about IN
change of name at which all ths.:ffs
gels IN heaven are still rejp "HH'
.Jesus looked upon him andt
Thou art Simon. the listene\
wandeer. the useless. Thou SD
called Cephas, Peter, the rocA
upon this rock I will build My ch
and tie gates OF hell shall not pin
against It, Jesus read the chA
ter OF Peter by divine wisdom, rsor
ceiving all his strength and his int
hrmiH. To Peter there must hava
been, In the simple words. somethind
like lightning and the thunderbolt,l
for he recognized one who had put y
the dnger on the weak spot Of his
nature. and had pointed him to the
mettod Of securing the one quality he
neeeed-hrmness like the rock. gran
lite consistency. -
o. the Twelve. Peter stands foreI
most. However different bodies of
Christians may be opposed in their
ideas Of Peters dignity, nothing less
can be said Of him than that on the
foundation Of his faith and courage
the fabric OF Christendom rests, while
every believer on earth to-day is in a
sense his child. But the great fact
Is that Christ did not directly draw
Peter. but that Andrew found him
and brought him to Jesus. What a
Joy had Andrew all his life, and what
a joy has he to-day, and what a Joy
will he have to all eternity! Christ
could have secured Peter in a thou
sand other ways, but Andrew was
allowed the honor. in part. no doubt,
to encourage all the weak and the
poorly qualified to labor with an
abundant hope.
Often Andrew Is a woman. You
remember Monica's prayers and tears
at last drew her mighty son, whom
the church Of all later ages reveres
as st. Augustin, to the Christ she had
herself already found. And there
was another woman, keeping q coun-
try tavern in England, believing that
her son possessed the power to be
useful for Christ, and cramping her
self to send him to a classical school
and then to Pembroke College, OK
ford, and ut last giving the world the
renowned evangelist, George White
field.
Andrew had only to touch one who
sat next him at the family board.
Your hand may have to strstch very
Tar to ind the man who Is waiting
Tor you. At great missionary meet
ing I met those whom love for Christ
had sent to the heart OF Africa, to the
great cities Of China, ito India's coral
strand" Sometimes the arm gathers
strength as 1t stretches and makes
wider and wider sweeps. There was
DR.. Grenfell. the medical student In
London. who became convinced that
his religious life had been humbug.
AS he reached out he found some
ragged, lawless boys in the slums.
Them he brought to the Master. Tie
arm reached farther and embraced
the deep sea fishermen around The
English coast. Then the arm
stretched all the way across the A.
lantic and took in the seamen amt
their families in Newfoundland ant
Labrador.
Let me add two general counsels
In leading others to Christ. begin
with those dearest to you. When
Jesus commanded His disciples to go
to all nations. He added, beginning
at Jerusalem" Return to thine own
hath done unto thee"
There IN one argument you can al.
ways use with immense power. Say
to the careless, to the men and the
women who reject the Gospel without
really knowing anything about II, say
to them, Give Christ q fair trial.
To Andrew and John following Him.
Jesus said, What seek ye!" And
when they replied, Rabbi. where
dwellest ThOu?" He answered, .Come
and see" In that same spirit of con-
hdence, He meets an inquiring world
to-day.
He welcomes all who will come.
The honest inquirer who would know
His claims and on what rests the saiI
walton He bestows, is cordially in
vited. The Nazarene does not now
travel along dusty roads, He treads
the sapphire pavements. yet still IN
He tender and sympathetic toward
the darkened and tnquiring spires an
wnen He walked on the beach at
Galilee. His cry still is, IF any man
thirst. let him come unto Ne.
The Gospel has nothing to conceal:
1t courts investigation; 1t asks for the
most rigid scrutiny. Come and see. .
So the believer to-day says, zone
thing I know, that whereas I was
blind. now I see:" one thing I know.