The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-13
SEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE
BRAVE COLD
Continued From Page Six.l

(COntlnued From rage SIM
greater than all of the guilt of those
heather. One man may know more
Of the gospel than all the heather.
Heather Alone Ignorant.
Even very young sinners in this
land know more than the heather.
Let us call up and question some inn
penitent sinner of this town, it mat
ters but little who-let it be any Sab
bath school child. What do you
know about God?" The answer comes.
Il know there is one God and only
one" The heather believe that there
are hundreds of thousands. What do
you know about salvation?" Il know
that God SO loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son to die for
us, that whatsoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlast-
| ing life." Why, the heather never
heard that You know also that you
have never dying soul, and that we
live beyond the grave-the heather
have no correct ideas Of this. As your
light is SO much greater than theirs
SO will your punishment be.
1 Young man, are you going away
this day in your sins? Then what
angel can compute your guilt? You
4 have heard the gospel appeal over and
\ over again. You know what a sin it
is to reject Jesus Christ oh, sinner,
will you, in spite of all that can be
done for you. force yourself down to
hell-where if we would find you. we
must work our way down thousand
years through ranks Of lost spirits less
| guilty than you, down, down to the
very lowest hell. Oh, sinner, what
hell is that which can justly punish
| such guilt as thine?
II In one Of the battles Of the civil
war, Union officer lay wounded be
! fore the wall thrown up around a
southern city. The firing was SO fierce
that his comrades could not remove
him, and there he lay between the
two contending armies. The heat and
poison of his wounds created such
burning thirst that he kept crying out,
Water, water; won't somebody bring
me some water?" Finally a lieu
tenant of the confederate army, whose
name was Littlejohn (but it should
have been GreathearD turned to his
comrades and said, Boys, have half
mind to 60 down and take that fel-
low some water" Don't you do it,
they replied. you wouldn't live mo-
ment IL you put your head above that
wall" mo, I suppose not" he replied
mo, I presume it is not best" and
the firing went on. BY and by there
came another heartrending cry from
the wounded man, Water, water; fol
II Gods sake. won't somebody bring me
|! some water?"
Littlejohn's eyes filled with tears
and he said, Boys, / cannot stand
that; I am going to carry the poor
fellow some water If die in the at
tempt" Filling his canteen, he strap.
ped it to his side. tying his handker-
chief to his bayonet he raised it above
: the wall, hoping that the Union SOL
diers would regard it as flag Of
/ truce and stop firing for a moment
but they paid no attention to 1t. HI
, climbed over the wall when the bull
lets were flying like hail, and Wen
down to the wounded man, and hold
, ing the canteen to his mouth he gave
, him all the cold water he could drink
Il Then bracing him up with the knap.
sack under his shoulders, he put the
canteeni against his breast so that h'
could help himself as often as he liked
and climbed up over the fortificatiof
amid the shouts of both armies. for
when they saw what a noble thing ~
had DONE they cheered him miuntil the.
were hoarse. Truly it was a noble
deed, and done. as you will see, fol
an enemy, for one who went dow
there to kill him and as many NOR,
as he could. How forcibly it bring
. to mind another deed which the worlt
can never forget.
Centuries ago the Lord Jesus Chris
looked from heaven and saw men ~
ing sick and wounded by sin, then
not at the risk Of his life, but at tn
= cost of it, the Son of God came dow
! to quench and satisfy that longing 0
!. every unconverted soul. But how di
the world treat him? What woui
: you say if when that confederat
!. soldier put the water to the lips o
the Union officer, the later woul
have said, Away with it, l don't wan
it." But, man, I risked my life t
bring you this water" Il don't car
If you did. l do not want it." Yo
: would say that man who was so un
e grateful as that deserves to peris
: with thirst, and all the world Woul
n add "Amen" But isn't this precisel
!, what every unsaved man is saying
Jesus?
He says, "come unto Me all We tina
labor and are heavy laden and / wi
give you rest" and the sinner turn
J. away with utter Indifference, sayin
: by his actions if not by his words,
), do not care for it." Jesus has agai
!, and again pressed the cup of saliva
ton to your lips, yet you say, "Awa
with Him, away with Him, crucit
Him, cruelty Him!"