The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-08
GODS WAITING FOR AN ANSWER

Clarence had left home to spend his
summer at camp. His mother, with
love and anxiety in her heart, sat
down and wrote him letter. After
receiving his mail the next morning,
he FASTENED away to play, carelessly
laying down his letters, and they be-
came lost. Little did he realize that
among those letters was a letter from
his mother, not knowing that his home
was silent because his loved ones were
waiting for an answer.
We may have friends who have
fallen by the wayside, who have been
condemned by the laws of justice and
are now serving time behind prison
bars. They befriended us in their
days of sunshine, and now that society
has turned its back, that the sunshine
of their lives has been eclipsed by the
clouds of sorrows, they are waiting for
an answer to let them know that some
body cares. There may be some whose
children are crippled, whose frames are
being devoured by disease. They stood
by you in their days of strength, and
now that they are confined, they have
sent you a letter and are waiting for
an answer.
Some mother is waiting for an ans
wer from her prodigal son who has not
yet found the courage to return home;
some children have forgotten their
parents; some have forgotten the
bridge over which they have crossed,
but somebody is waiting for an answer.
But greatest of all is the answer
from the letter that God has sent to
you. All Heaven is silent waiting for
an answer. He sent a letter to the
unbeliever, saying, Believe Jesus
Christ, Gods Son cleanseth from all
sin" He sent a letter to the sinner
saying, 81 gave My life for thee; Ny
precious blood l shed that thou ran
somed be and quickened from the dead.
| gave, l gave My life for thee-what
hast thou given for Me?" He wants
you to give up lying, stealing, gambl-
ing, living in adultery, wipe out all
jealousy, prejudice and hatred from
your heart, and He'll be your Father
and take you as His Son. He's waiting
for an answer, "I'm your child Lord
Jesus-I'm your child"
God sent a letter to the backslider
saying, "He that puts his hands to the
plough and looks back, the same is not
worthy of Me. For oftimes it is
better never to start than to start and
not finish-for the race is not to the
swift nor the battle to the strong but
to him, and to him alone that endureth
to the end" God is waiting for the
answer, "Im going through, yes-Tm
going through. I'll pay the price, I'll
take the way of the worlds despised
few, I've started out with Jesus, and
Pm going through"
God sent letter to the compromiser
of sin, Because thou wax neither hot
nor cold I'll spew thee out of NV
mouth" He bids you to stop compro-
missing with sin. God sent a letter to
the hypocrite, "Be We not like the
pharisees that make long prayers and
do their aims before man so as to re-
ceive the praise and glory of this
earth" God sent letter to the nation,
BE We not weighed in the balance of
God and found wanting"
God sent letter to those who spurn
orphans saying, "Suffer the little chill
dren to come unto me and forbid them
not, for such is the kingdom of
Heaven" He has promised to be a
mother to the motherless, a father ia
the fatherless, the true husband to the
widow, and to have a care for the
widower. God sent a letter to the
weary and Respondent saying, Come