Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

#Nj suffer need"
" " q g. 81 l. Paul enriched
the world by his
life. All his preaching was enforced
by his testimony. 81 live, yet not
but Christ liveth in me" Spurgeon
comments on the wondrous power OF
George Muller's preaching: it was quite
simple, but the hearer felt that here
was a man dealing with realities of
which he knew. The bishop of Dur
ham tells of university preacher at
Cambridge who generally spoke to
empty benches, yet when the students
were sick or dying they would send
for this man; his life was fragrant.
What an opportunity in our honest
Hundreds of the notable scientists,
statesmen, physicians, business men
others have arisen from humble
homes whose godly atmosphere they
have carried into all their activities.
Many plain father or mother will
wear a crown of rejoicing in the day
of Christ for the extended influence
of their sanity living before theil
children
2. His prayers were another source
of Paul's riches for the world We
may say without straining language
that he prayed without ceasing,'
and we may follow him here Says
John R. Mott: 1T is possible for the
most obscure person in church with
heart right toward God, to exercise
as much power for the eyangelization
of the world as it is for those who
stand in the most prominent positions
Therefore no one is excusable if he
commits the great sin of emitting to
| pray" We can make missionaries
and native churches rich, aye, and our
own church and community, too, nc
matter how poor we may be. DR.. G.
Campbell Morgan tells of preacher
/ who would go from pew to pew in his
church on weekdays and pray fol
| those who sat there on Sunday; DR.
| Morgan ventures the opinion that this
| is perhaps the highest service that
even great preacher could do for his
| flock.
8. His writings are one of Paul's
| gifts to the world What a heritage
are his epistles! We know how "Pil
| grim's Progress" was written by 8
tinker in ia.l. If we object that this
tinker had unusual genius, it may be
replied that many ordinary persons
with love. for Christ in their souls
have done valiant service with the
pen. 1t was a letter from a friend
written with faltering heart, that le6
Henry Clay Trumbull to Christ; the
| world knows of bis splendid service as
preacher. explorer. exposition, Sunday
school worker and editor. We heard
of woman who watched the daily
record of deaths in the papers and
sent to every bereaved household let.
ter or booklet containing word for
the Master: Who does not covet her
reward and who could not do likewise
A. His preaching was another OF
Pauls blessings for men. He could
say to multitudes of converts, as he
said to the Thessalonians, What is
our hope, or Joy. or crown of rejoic'
ing? Are not even We in the presence
of our Lord Jesus Christ at his com
ing?" Preachers, it has been said
are often like camels which are laden
with spices and jewels, but they them
selves feed on thistles. But though
poor, how have they made many rich!
We knew of one who had not realized
all the ambitions of his early ministry
his churches had been obscure and his
salary small. and it grieved him that
his wife had dressed shabbily. Yet
here, he had led poor country lad tc
Christ; there, he had helped boy
get off to college; there, he had
loaned his books to hungry soul And
at his funeral his body was borne Of
bishops and lawyers and magnates
who came to shed sincere tears ovel
the man who had done them the great
est service ever performed for them
who had led them to Christ Fellow
laborers with God will come with re
ioicing, bringing their sheaves with
them
Spiritual treasure has been so show,
cred upon us that we enrich men when
we are unaware We listened recent
ly to the story of a young man who
after serving Satan well, had come b
Christ He was a sailor on an Eng
lish ship, which was lying in harbol
off the coast of Cornwall. One quiet
afternoon, as he was washing dishes
there was borne to him from the shore
the sound of Christian song. A casket
was being carried through the village
streets and the simple Cornish foil
who followed were singing that noble
hymn:
o God. our help in ages past.
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home
Little did they think of their audi
cnce in the kitchen of the ship yon
der, but the song followed this way
ward sailor lad over the high sea-
until he had found the true "Shelte
from the stormy blast"
A soul in which Christ lives scatter'
light and blessing everywhere-"a
poor, yet making many rich"
Mans Unity With God.
Mans unity with God has this con
summate f1ower-that the eternal fac
responds to our persistent hope an'
our abiding faith. 1t may be more an'
better than we ever yet have dreamed
it cannot possibly be less.-John W
Chadwick.
See God and Feel His Presence.
; Certainly AS the open eye drinks II
the Eight do the pure In heart see Ged
And he that lives truly feels pres
ence not t. be put BY Theodore Pal