The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-08

poloon III the cup, llrtS 1t 10 his lips,
but he does not drink the poison
Three times he loaded the pistol, put
the muzzle against his temple, but he
didn't pull the trigger. Seven times
ne walked to the banks of the Seine
ana looked into the ark rolling river,
/ put ne didn't plunge in He went
Wnere he heard the gospel of Jesus
Christ, well on his knees and cried
Tor forgiveness, and William Cowper
| writes:
Zoo moves in mysterious way,
His wonders to perform,
He plants His footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
| There Is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from lmmanueIs veins;
| And sinners plunged beneath that
Lose all their guilty stains.
l go down the streets of New York.
Years ago l met a man and accosted
! MIN. l said, Hey Palmer, tell me,
i what have you found by trusting in
the finished work of Jesus Christi
MY faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary
Savior Divine.
go to Wesley, walking along the
SHORES OF a lake while storm was
raging. The lightning flashed and the
thunder rolled. The birds were
driven in fright from the refuge in
the boughs of the trees. AS the light
ming flashed, there flew into the lapel
of his coat little bird, TO take refuge
/ there. He held it tenderly and took
1t nome. put it in a cage, kept it until
morning and then carried the cage out
IN the yard, opened the door, and the
little bird flew out and circIed round
and round and shot off with a song
i towards its mountain home
Wesley watched 1t until it became
nebulous in the skies, and then he sat
down and wrote:
Jesus, lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly.
What does it bring to you by trust
ing in the finished work of Jesus
Christ?
Oh, go to Bridgeport, Conn. and
go and rap at the door of the blind
home, and say to Fanny ]. Crosby,
who went to glory some years ago,
ninety-odd years old, sat in darkness,
my friends, for nearly a century,
say:
oh. Miss Crosby, tell me, that I
may tell the people, is it worth while
to trust in the finished work of Jesus
Christ? Tell me-"
Her old face lights up like halo of
glory; those sightless eyes flash, and
she cries out: Blessed Assurance.
Jesus Is Mine, Oh, What a Foretaste
OF Glory Divine"-"Pass Me Not, o
Gentle Savior''-"Jesus, Keep Me Near
the Cross"-'There Is a Precious
Fountain Safe in the Arms of
jesus Am Clinging Close To
Thee - Rescue the Perishing''-
Once | Was Blind. Now l Can See
"The Light of World Is Jesus"
What is it? 1t is to trust in the
finished work of Jesus Christ.
NapoIeon's Horse
Dashes Off
Years ago Napoleon was riding in
review before his troops, when the
horse upon which he sat suddenly be-
came unmanagable, and Selling the
DIT IN his teeth, dashed off down the
road, and the life of the great warrior
was IN danger, when private, at the
risk OF his own life, leaped from the
ranks, seized the runaway horse by
the bride and was dragged for nearly
a hundred yards by the rearing plung-
Ting horse. Finally he succeeded in
stopping the horse. He was severely
injured and bruised, and as he lay on
the ground Napoleon out of gratitude.
rose in his stirrups and said to the
man, Thank you, captain"
And the private looked up and said.
Captain of what, sir?"
| Napoleon saluted and said, Cap
tain Of my life guards, sir"
/ He crawled over where the life
guards were in consultation with the
officers. They ordered him back into
the ranks. He began to issue orders
to them. He said, Il am captain of
the life guards"
They ordered his arrest. Just then
Napoleon rode by, and he said. 81 am
captain of the guards because he
said So"
! And Napoleon arose and said, eyes,
captain of my life guards. Loose him,
sirs, loose HIM"
Christian Because
God Says So
So l am Christian because God
says SO, and that is the last word,
and that is the supreme authority.
What God says, no man can deny.
There are three things incompre-
hensible to me. That isn't exactly
what l mean-some fellows would go
out here and say there are only three
are million, but three are pre-
eminently incomprehensible to me.
things 1 couldn't understand. There
There are three that are incompre-
hensible to me above the multitudes
First, Is eternity. Away off yonder
you think it will end, but it leads on
and on. If take one million and sub
tract 100000 there is my answer; If
take billion and subtract a million,
there Is my answer. might take a
decilIion or septillion of years from
eternity, and | wouldn't so much as
disturb its original terms, until minds
trained to deal with intricate prob
lens go Keeling back in their utter
inability to comprehend eternity.
The other is space. When you 90
out tonight look up and you will see
the moon, 100000 miles from the earth,
and it is one of our nearest neighbors.
could walk to the moon In seventeen
years, walking 40 miles day, but the
moon is nearby neighbor. You saw
the sun today, how brilliantly it shone
to tease flowers and the vegetables to
grow. 1t is e2,5ooOoo miles away. If
should travel on an express train so
miles per hour, it would take me 215