Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-05-22

IL ~ drink becomes a
fire in the blood,
and the fever of covetousness is no
less consuming. Men seem sometimes
to be in delirium of rage against the
Gospel and the martyrs have been
stricken down by men who were in a
passion for no other reason save that
these preached Christ
Fever brings restlessness. Sin does
not satisfy and the wicked are like
the troubled sea, which cannot rest.
Like the rough sea, that cannot rest,
You live. devoid of peace;
A thousand stings within your breast
Deprive your soul of ease.
A young man of wealth once went
to DR.. Forbes Winslow, seeking relief
for a peculiar mental distress. This
distinguished physician could find no
malady which medicines could reach,
and at last obtained from the young
man a confession that his trouble
came from the fact that he was haunt
ed, in the midst of luxury, with this
question, Where shall l spend eter-
nity?'
Fever is attended by thirst Christ
appealed to a weary world when he
cried, eff any man thirst, let him
come unto me and drink" Only those
, who have tried the broken cisterns of
earth can sing with full appreciation
that line in the old hymn, Jesus hath
satisfied, Jesus is mine"
Soundness.
AS the first step towards the cure,
Jesus came into Peters house" We
sound the good news that he is not
far from any of US. Many testify to
the reality of divine power in their
lives, and Charles Sturgeon declared
that for many years he was never for
fifteen minutes. without the conscious
presence of Christ.
Then there came actual contact
with the sick woman: He touched
her hand" How wonderfully it illus
trates the fact that he bore our sick
nesses, taking hold of the seed of
Abraham He is not an absentee God
but a present Helper laying his hand
upon our corruption for it's cleansing.
The rabbis had saying that when
Messiah should come he would be
found among the lepers at the gate,
for he would come to bless and save.
Luke adds another line to the pic
ture, saying He stood over her and
rebuked the fever" His voice is still
mighty. We thin of the multitudes
who waited on the ministry of Charles
Sturgeon and found the word of God,
as he spoke it. quick and powerful.
And we should recall that all the fruit
fulness of Surgeons life came out OF
the fact that he once heard a plain
man cry out this invitation of God
Look unto me and be We saved :"
these simple words contained some of
h. til,
fever and, on another occasion,
brought Lazarus from the tomb.
THE fever left her" Multitudes
who have had a worse malady, even
the fever of sin. have been as prompt
ly and fully delivered.
Service followed the healing imme-
diately, for the woman AROSE and
ministered unto them" How wonder
full that to US is still given the privi-
lege of ministering to our Lord, All
life becomes sacred when it is a serv-
ice unto him Whatsoever We do, do
it heartily as unto the Lord, and not
unto men; knowing that of the Lord
we shall receive the reward of the
inheritance; for We serve the Lord
Christ
A Double Promise
Many pressed down to despair by
sin, have heard the word of Christ,
Come unto me. all We that labor and
are heavy laden, and / will give you
rest" ST. Augustine. for example was
once far from being a saint He had
plunged into the sins of a great city
and wasted his substance in riotous
living. But upon his fever-laden soul
the finger of Christ was laid. and in
stantly the fever left him. Shortly
after his conversion an evil woman
his mistress. passed him in the street
She cried after him. TT is 1. Angus
tine. But it is not T. he answered
He had been made whole and was a
new man in Christ Jesus.
But the invitation of Christ reaches
farther. Take my yoke upon you
and learn of me; for 1 am meek and
iowly in heart: and We shall find rest
unto your souls. For my yoke is easy
and my burden Is light"