Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-08-01

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49, not know its truth
from his own ex-
perience. Here we have three figures
or speech, three classes of needs, and
three promises to meet these diverse
aspects of our need-The three RS in
Christ
Refuge.
"A man shall be as a hiding-place
from the wind, and, covert from the
tempest" The traveller in the East
knows the meaning of that, and even
in our western country one will find
storm-cellars and cyclone-caves, for
the day of visitation is uncertain, and
there is great need for a place of
safety.
We live an exposed and defenseless
life, subject to greater storms than
sweep our prairies. and more to be
feared than the cold, wild winds which
beat upon us from the North. We are
exposed to the storms of affection,
the terrors of a troubled conscience.
the oncoming of divine Judgment if
we have lived in sin. You may fiat
ter yourself, but you have not lived
long without learning how defenseless
you are. Has there not been a day
ing-place from the wind, and a COW
ert from the tempest? The storms
may sweep. but God is a refuge for
all who will fee to him. Where do
you go? Think of that caravan in
the desert as the fierce bowling storm
sweeps upon it; how it presses for
ward to the distant shelter. Think
of Christ as your hiding place. The
Lords our rock, in him we hide-a
shelter In the time of storm"
Refreshment.
AS streams of water in a dry
place" The desert is not only with
out shelter, Nit is without water; and
the path of the caravan is strewn
with the bones of those who died for
lack of water. What a lack of re-
freshment there is in the world, and
how many perish for lack of the wa
ter of life!
Men seek refreshment in so many
ways and so many false places, and
they find that the world really has
| nothing to meet their deepest need. 1t
| cannot satisfy the thirst for happi-
ness, for consolation. for reconcilia-
ton, for peace; every promise the
world holds out is not an oasis, but
| a mirage, and the promised assuaging
| of thirst only proves an aggravation
of the desire. We find out that this
world, without Christ, is not only
dangerous without a refuge, it is dry,
without hope of refreshment, we do
| dwell in a dry land where no water
| is. Why not recognize the fact, and
say My soul thirsteth for God, for
| the living God?"
| I heard the voice of Jesus say.
! Behold 1 freely give
| The living water-thirSty one,
Stoop down. and drink, and live.
| 1 came to Jesus and drank
| OF that Hfe-giving stream:
| My thirst was quench'd, my soul revived.
And now / live in Him.
AS the shadow of a great rock in
| a weary land We do not go far
in contact with the world until we
| find out not only is it dangerous and
| dry, but it is wearisome place. There
! is nothing so monotonous as life from
the worldling's standpoint All its
boosted pomp, power and agitation
can never give a moment of rest to
| the weary world; and many who have
tried to find rest in the world have
|
| en- out their lives against the bars OF
| the cage. How infinitely wearisome
| it all isl Study the faces of men
and women in sin; do they not seem
| to be void of all sense of rest or quiet
or peace? Note the nervous life
which so many people out of Christ
| are living The desert journey is Sc
| long, SO languid, so monotonous. Oh
| for the shadow of a great rocki
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Come unto me and rest;
| Lay down, thou weary one. lay down
Thy head upon my breast
| came to Jesus was
| Weary and worn. and sad.
| 1 found in Him resting place.
| And He has made me glad
Refuge, refreshment. rest A great
| hope for our great need. "A man shall
he" these things for U.S. Who can
| this man be? The solution of the
mystery is in the Lord Jesus Christ
| Thank God there is a man able to
shelter, and to give rest: the Man
| Christ Jesus, our brother. touched
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