The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-03-01
BY THE REV. c. c. BRUCE.

| TO no treatment and knowing no
cure. Such men and women are
to be pitied more than blamed. And
creation, he ii of God or man, is
surely an object of pity in so far
as it falls short of the design of the
( an atmosphere foul or fair. and our
very breathing will be a ministry
of excavation or strength In the
spirit of the age is sometimes dis
covered our spiritual enemy.
The promise OF the Lord tina.
He will deliver from the deadly pes
thence. Sins contagion, provides
abundant defense from the atmos-
phere of whatsoever injurious ma
ture it may be. In God is found
efficiency against evil affection. And
by what processes? BY giving the
sinner nature that loves the
things it once hated and hates the
tian lives in the world: but the world
must not live in the Christian.
A ship is good thing in the wa
ter; water is a bad thing in ship
Apples decay rapidly when one o.
them begins to rot: the wise man
throws out the rotten apples. Fire
men are now provided with helmets
in which they carry good air that
sustains life as they brave the dan
gerous gases of the burning building
Their life is not endangered until
the pure air is exhausted Men
lower a candle into a pit to ascer-
tain the kind of atmosphere there
in. Have a care to your girl or
boy, for spiritual flame once eX-
tingui5hed is not so easily lighted
Take long draughts of spiritual air
and you can move about in the at
mosphere choking with fatal fumes
as long as tie spiritual supply is
not exhausted. You have not read
the Bible, or prayed. or attended a
church service in years, you say,
and have lost all desire for such
things? Look to your candle, He shall
draw in breath in the fear of the Lord
matn like hat is breathing noun
tain air. No plague will come nigh
his dwelling place. He is immune
from the deadly pestilence. His
spiritual atmosphere is the breath
of the Holy Spirit
The Lord has not only deliverance
but service. Your life is an instru-
ment designed for the sweetest, pur-
est musiC-music to charm the
lives Of others for good. You have
been playing all these years and
sad is the melody and sorrow is the
tune Would you be willing to let
the Master play? One cold Christ
mas day poor blind man was
playing on violin and trying to
earn a crust in one Of the London
streets; but somehow, his tunes
lacked the power to bring him any
pence. There stood the blind man,
cold and hungry, alone in his mis-
cry. Two gentlemen were passing
and stopped opposite the player, con-
versing a few minutes. One of them
approached the man in his blindness,
and gently patted his back as he
said, Wont the people give you
any money!" NO" was the reply
they won't open their windows il
is too cold" Well lend me your
fiddle, and will see if they Will
open for me-" The speaker took
the violin and played a tune, the
like of which was never before heard
and likely never to be heard again
in the street The windows opened
as if by magic, and money was
thrown out OF them in plenty The
charmer, having accomplished his
purpose, gathered up the money, and
handed it to the blind player, saying:
There you can go home now;
you have got sufficient to keep you
one day at least" 1t was Paganini
Is not this what Christ has done
for the poor? No other Master can
play such sweet music on our lives
A RULE THAT WORKS BOTH
! WAYS.
(Sermon Story.)
To this country from the vicinity
of Canton, China, came native
of that country. He had studied
hard in the night schools of one
of the western cities and acquired
working knowledge of the English
language. On Sundays he was vel
come at the Bible school of the
church in his section of the city
One day he applied for the position
of cook in one of the wealthy homes
The lady of the house and most of
the family were members of a fash
ionable church and they felt it their
duty ever to look after the character
of the servants. So when John China
man appeared at the door he was
asked:
do you drink whiskey?"
mo" said he. Il Clistian man"
do you play cards?"
mo, l Clistian man"