Gilpin observer., 1911-10-19

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the Bible, as he found it to come
true, in his own life, he had written
proved. Oh, what a different book
1T would be to some of us If we
would only use it in the same way.
Have you been in trouble, and did
you find him present help? Have
you been in the dark and did you
find Jesus the Light of the world?
Has your heart ben broken with
sorrow and did ho comfort you? So
am saying to you Christians that
you ought all along life's journey, to
be proving these promises of Goi
true.
A few months ego, caught an old
man giving nickles 10 some children.
around the Sun more than seventy
times. He has now slipped across to
the other side of death. That day
when l caught him giving the nickles
to the children, he was surprised
when he saw ne looking on. He said
as If by explanation, Boys and girls
like nickles and | always t-y TO have
some for them. Friends, when a
man like that crosses from Earth to
Heaven, Heaven is made richer and
Earth is poorer. Butt wait, l saw
young fellow, Ch, man of thirty,
slip dime into the hand of child
on your street the other day, and
then say, Now don't tell daddy who
gave it ito you" and then slip away.
Oh! this world is not so bad as you
thought it was. These men have
learned the lesson that it is more
blessed to give than to receive. Go
friends out into this world and with
ycrr flowers, and your nicklos, and
your songs, the kind words you may
speak, and the joy you may bring to
others, prove the promises of God,
and twill be to you new world.
Another thirg that l want to bring
to you tonight is. a multitude Of men
are frittering away their days and
years of life without gath ering the
flowers that Gcd has planted along
the pathway of Earth.
little old woman got on the cars
at 4 country station fer her first
journey on TIE railroad. The other
passengers smiled as they watched
her settle herself and arrange her
belongings as If she expected tc
travel around the world. a young rel
ative who was with her callc her at
tention to a beautiful view OF lake
they were passing but she was SO
busy with tuokirs veil over her
bonnet that che hardly saw it. "F-et-
ty soon John, as soon as ! get
everything fixed all right. I'm going
to sit back and enjoy myself" she
said. II always have been doting on
ride on, the cars" Eut her satchel
and basket and box were not easily
arranged to her liking and the forty
mile ride was very brief. The name
of her destination was called out.
Already" she said. why I've hard
ly had mite of pleasure from the
journey yet If I'd thought we werc
going to stop so soon l wouldn't hav,
wasted all my tine fussin. of course.
some of the passengers laughed, AM
no doubt some of them and some of
you are taking tie whole of life's
journey in very much the same fash
ion as the silly little woman. You
go rushing through the world in such
something else that you have no
time to gather the flowers and er-
joy the blessings that g. kind heaven
ly Father has provided for your en-
! joym ant, and when you come to the
farther end cf life. somebody will be
saying, 'If Id thought We were go.
1 ing TO step so soon | wouldn't have
wasted all my time fussin." Now is
the tine to give the nick,es to the
children and the flowers to the sick.
Now is the time to see the beauties
OF Goi's wonderful world. And now
is the time to prove his promises OF
comfort and care and bassing true.
We will not pass this way again. and
what we miss we miss forever. What
We leave behind US we can never go
back TO gather up. And so | plead
with you tonight. First prove Gods
promise of Salvation true in your
own life and then start out to prove
all the promises of the book that
You can, while life lasts.
Miss Townsend. of Golden, is Wis.
/ ANIL.