,,fifty ,,great ,,cartoons ,,by ,,frank ,,beard ,illustration ,,reproduced ,,by ,a ,,new ,,process ,,from ,,the ,,artist',s ,,original ,,drawings ,,and ,,engraved ,,by ,,the ,,spectrotype ,,company1 ,,chicago4 ,,published ,,by ,,the ,,ram',s ,,horn ,,press #aec ,la,s,a,l,l,e ,,street 4 ,,chicago ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 ,illustration ,charles ,wesley once said1 8,there is no reason why the devil should have all of the best tunes10 and it is equally hard to conceive why he should have all of the best pictures4 ,there is probably no phase of art which ,satan has tried harder to control than that of painting4 ,he has sought to corrupt literature1 music and oratory1 but even if he meets defeat in each of these quarters1 he will be fully resigned1 if it remains in his power1 to make the pictorial artist his ready slave2 for well the arch spirit of evil knows that it is pictures that catch the eye1 fasten the attention1 quicken the imagination and enthrall the soul4 ,for years and years the pen of the caricaturist was in the exclusive service of the secular and humorous press4 ,there it often did good work as the champion of social and political reform4 ,nast1 ,gillam and ,beard1 in their several fields of pictorial journalism1 have laid the nation and the world under deeper obligations than it will soon be able to repay4 ,one of that famous trio1 however1 not being content with his success in merely amusing men1 or at best in directing their thoughts to the foibles of politics1 and society1 sought to enlarge his usefulness by consecrating his pen and his genius to the betterment of the religious conditions of the race and hoped thereby to bring men to a better understanding of themselves and their ,maker4 ,it was ,frank ,beard1 who1 first among the great artists1 used the pen of caricature as a champion of ,christian living and ,christian reform4 ,he could have found no better opportunity to exercise his talent and distribute its effects broadcast than in the pages of ,the ,ram's ,horn1 that wonderful weekly paper which far and near is now known as 8the miracle of modern journalism40 ,for nearly three years ,mr4 ,beard has given ,the ,ram's ,horn a full page cartoon each week and it is ,fifty of the ,best of these ,pictures which now appear in the pages of this volume4 ,the highest hopes of ,mr4 ,beard and of ,the ,ram's ,horn will be accomplished if1 by the publication of these pictures1 stronger emphasis is laid upon the fact that ,christ is the foundation of the church1 and good citizenship is the foundation of the state1 and that the only great foe to the former is ,unbelief1 and as for the latter no good citizenship is possible so long as it remains in an unholy league with the licensed saloon4 ,by ,faith the walls of ,jericho fell down flat4 ,hebrews xi3#cj4 ,at a long blast with the ram's horn the walls of the city shall fall4 ,josh4 vi3#e4 ,fifty loud blasts from ,the ,ram's ,horn will be found in this book of ,cartoons4 ,at their reverberating peal may the walls of ,mammon1 ,rum and ,unbelief fall shattered in the dust4 ,,the ,,ram',s ,,horn1 ,chicago1 ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 ,,wanted6 ,a ,,david4 ,the church can scarcely be said to be somnolent4 ,it is awake and active4 ,but its activities are too frequently spent in affairs that do not relate to its mission which is to fight the hosts of sin in a wicked world4 ,the giants of iniquity stalk forth boldly4 ,they find the church not in battle but in the tents1 feasting and drinking1 planning for dime socials and not for war against sin4 ,oh that some modern ,david would soon step forth and teach us that it is not shields nor armor nor tall steeples nor worldly expedients that are to win the day4 ,it is faith in ,god4 ,that is what gave aim and speed to the stone that slew ,goliath1 and it is what will give efficacy now to work and prayer4 ,put on the whole armor of ,god1 that ye may be able to stand4 ,ephesians #f3aa4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,wanted6 ,a ,,david4 ,illustration ,,impregnable6 ,it was fortunate that the ,savior did not build his church upon a perishable foundation4 ,when in answer to his inquiry ,peter said1 ,thou art the ,christ the ,son of the living ,god1 ,jesus had a corner stone for an edifice whose summit would reach the stars and whose base would be as broad as creation4 ,the church is founded upon a fact and that fact is the historic ,christ4 ,no lever of human assumption bolstered by conceit has ever moved that corner stone the breadth of a hair4 ,the church of ,jesus is founded upon the impeccable1 the faithful1 the everlasting ,christ who is the same yesterday1 today and forever4 ,touch not the walls of ,truth which surround ,zion4 ,they are impregnable4 ,for other foundation can no man lay than that is laid1 which is ,jesus ,christ4 ,i ,cor4 #c3aa4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,impregnable6 ,illustration ,,back ,,to ,,christ4 ,hard and exacting is the toil of the preacher4 ,especially so in these years when a cultured and enlightened pew demands the religious discourse presented in the best form and embellished with the adornments which modern art and literature supply4 ,a preacher who yields to the extreme demands of modern thought1 however1 will soon find himself abandoning the true and best source of sermon material and will begin to forage in the desert fields of literature to find sustenance for an impoverished mind4 ,many such a preacher1 tired and heartless1 would find instant relief if he would but burn the human aids to the manufacture of artificial sermons and turn to the rich mines of truth which still lie unexplored in the sacred word4 ,back to ,christ is the call of a starving world which is now shepherdless and unfed4 ,for there is none other name under heaven given among men1 whereby we must be saved4 ,acts #d3aa4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,back ,,to ,,christ4 ,illustration ,,at ,,the ,,church ,,fair4 ,the preachers are not alone guilty of levying tribute from the world in carrying on the work of the gospel4 ,there are church organizations which might be numbered by the thousands1 the wealth of whose membership would in each congregation exceed a million dollars1 but they seem unable to buy a church organ or a pulpit bible without getting up a bazaar or a ,church ,fair4 ,the same ,jesus who drove the money changers from the house of prayer1 sits in sad judgment upon the church which turns its sacred chamber into a market place or into a scene of rank levity and low grade amusement4 ,wherefore1 as ,i live1 saith the ,lord ,god2 ,surely because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things1 and with all thine abominations1 therefore will ,i also diminish thee4 ,ezekiel #e3aa4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,at ,,the ,,church ,,fair4 ,gentleman in ,black3,i am not exactly a church member myself1 but ,i am always glad to support this kind of enterprise most liberally4 ,illustration ,a ,,gift ,,for ,,the ,,altar4 ,there were but few gifts recorded in the bible which were large enough to attract the attention of ,christ4 ,they were not large but they all implied sacrifice1 they represented the utmost that the giver could bestow4 ,when the widow bashfully pushed her little mite into the collection box she little dreamed that her offering weighed more than all the gold and precious treasure that lay stacked in the safety deposit vaults of ,jerusalem4 ,if ,god has a cordial contempt for anybody in the world1 we suspect it is for the man who1 having made a fortune1 gives ostentatiously a part which is insignificant in proportion to the amount which he retains to minister to his own comfort and ease4 ,will a man rob ,god8 ,yet ye have robbed me4 ,but ye say1 ,wherein have we robbed thee8 ,in tithes and offerings4 ,malachi #c3h4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,a ,,gift ,,for ,,the ,,altar4 ,illustration 8,,what ,,lack ,i ,,yet80 ,one cannot square accounts with ,god on any other basis than complete surrender1 whether of the will or of wealth4 8,what lack ,i yet80 asked the rich young man who prided himself extravagantly on his moral life4 ,go1 said ,jesus1 sell your estate and give the proceeds to the needy4 ,we have no evidence that this young ,jew got his money in any but an honest method1 and if his way to salvation lay along the path of complete surrender what shall those do who derive their riches by corrupting law makers and by defeating justice1 and by cornering products and raising the price of food8 ,i have no pleasure in you1 saith the ,lord of hosts1 neither will ,i accept an offering at your hands4 ,mal4 #a3aj4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 8,,what ,,lack ,i ,,yet80 ,illustration ,,thou ,,art ,,the ,,man6 ,law and justice hold an accessory to a crime liable to punishment as strictly as they hold the principal4 ,indeed oftentimes it is the wily accessory who is the more guilty1 because from his cowardly place of retreat he directs the plot which may result in physical peril to the one who carries it through4 ,is not likewise the man who rents his property to evil uses equally if not more guilty than the one who boldly assumes the responsibility of carrying on an indecent traffic therein4 ,there would be a thinning of the ranks of respectability if public sentiment should face every ,dives who is a silent partner in the tenements of sin and say1 ,thou art the man whom we hold guilty and responsible for this murder and this poverty and this vice4 ,when thou sawest a thief1 then thou consentedst with him1 and hast been partakers with adulterers4 ,psalm #ej3ah4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,thou ,,art ,,the ,,man6 ,illustration ,a ,,vain ,,task4 ,scarcely a schoolboy has reached fifteen and has not heard of that ancient victim of ,fate who toiled daily year in and year out in the effort to get a huge stone above the top of a mountain4 ,each morning he found it again at the foot1 and so his task continued monotonous1 endless1 futile1 vain4 ,just so with the modern ,champions of ,unbelief4 ,they toil and sweat and push at ,infidelity's inert boulder1 they fancy they make progress1 and sometimes they do1 but in their pathway there stands the granite block of ,truth bearing aloft in defiant beauty the cross of sacrifice4 ,against this1 ,egotism and ,unbelief can make no headway4 ,it is a ,vain ,task4 ,these also resist the truth3 ,men of corrupt minds1 reprobate concerning the faith4 ,but they shall proceed no further2 for their folly shall be manifest unto all men4 ,,ii ,tim4 #c3i-aj4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,a ,,vain ,,task4 ,illustration ,,adrift4 ,genuine life loves motion1 energy1 enterprise1 destination4 ,it cannot stand still nor lie dormant2 it cannot go in a circle even1 it must have a goal and a destiny4 ,for this reason ,agnosticism can never be the philosophy for this human race1 because it is a ship without steam or sail and it will use neither oars nor rudder4 ,it is content to lie upon the spacious ocean of ,eternity1 tossed by doubt1 fascinated by ,fate pursuing1 indifferent as regards companionship or success4 ,a cheerless1 lonely drifting vessel on a sea that has no shores and no haven4 ,and they shall look unto the earth2 and behold trouble and darkness1 dimness of anguish2 and they shall be driven to darkness4 ,isaiah #h3bb4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,adrift ,illustration ,,is ,,this 8,,woman',s ,,sphere80 ,the home is the holy of holies where angels love to dwell4 ,its sacred precincts are more inviolate than the inner sanctuary of ,israel's temple4 ,god has made it the ark of his covenant between himself and his children from generation to generation4 ,it is the oracle and fount for instruction in religion and morals and patriotism4 ,it is the altar where holy fires of ambition and inspiration and enthusiasm are kindled4 ,and yet there are those1 and sometimes there are women1 who see no opportunity for deep pleasure or high duty at the home fireside1 but must find it in outside engagements1 in pursuit of baubles of worldly place or social distinction4 ,this is not woman's sphere4 ,her hand belongs not on the throttle of this world's busy life1 but on the cradle1 where character begins to take form4 ,there she belongs and there she may sit to mold the future of two worlds4 ,only of such will it be said3 ,her children arise up1 and call her blessed2 her husband also1 he praiseth her4 ,proverbs #ca3bh4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,is ,,this 8,,woman',s ,,sphere08 ,illustration ,,the ,,poorest ,,man ,,in ,,the ,,world4 ,robinson ,crusoe1 shipwrecked on a lonely island1 furnishes a picture of woe and desolation which it would be difficult to exaggerate1 and yet1 through his invention and enterprise1 frugality and foresight1 he transformed inhospitable shores into a garden of plenty4 ,he conquered nature1 by reason of his kindly acts even the wild animals learned to love him and the ferocious savages gave him their trust4 ,in strong contrast to him is the man who heaps opulence upon greed and by his selfishness separates himself from the companionship of men4 ,faith1 ,hope and ,love1 once his attendants1 he has allowed to perish4 ,eternity surrounds him4 ,opportunity is wrecked1 and no ship will ever again come near his lonely island4 ,the poorest man in the world is the man who has the means to purchase everything but has lost his capacity for enjoying anything4 ,because thou sayest1 ,i am rich1 and increased with goods1 and have need of nothing2 and knowest not that thou art wretched1 and miserable1 and poor1 and blind1 and naked4 ,rev4 #c3ag4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,poorest ,,man ,,in ,,the ,,world4 ,illustration ,,the ,,richest ,,man ,,in ,,the ,,world4 ,it takes more than money to make a man wealthy4 ,godliness with contentment is great gain1 says the bible1 and therein is the secret of a rich and happy life4 ,contentment is a prerequisite of happiness and no man can come into contentment until every aspiration of his nature is satisfied4 ,the deepest aspiration that lodges in the human soul is the longing for that contentment and rest which salvation bestows4 ,no one is really rich1 therefore1 until salvation is found1 and if it be discovered1 after heroic sacrifice and struggle1 after plunging through temptation and peril1 the joy of triumph will be that much the greater and when temptation has been conquered by faith and works1 then ,salvation makes one truly the ,richest ,man in the ,world4 ,there is that maketh himself rich1 yet hath nothing3 there is that maketh himself poor1 yet hath great riches4 ,proverbs #ac3g4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,richest ,,man ,,in ,,the ,,world4 ,illustration ,,evicted6 ,there are two tenants who seek to occupy every human heart and make it their place of residence4 ,one of them is the ,spirit of ,good1 the other is the ,spirit of ,evil4 ,jesus ,christ is the personification of one2 ,satan is the personification of the other4 ,it is within the power of every one to say whether his spiritual castle shall be the abode of righteousness and truth or whether it shall be the foul dwelling of sin and falsehood4 ,if1 perchance1 the latter1 by accident or unwatchfulness or even by our deliberate choice1 has obtained control of our affections we may through the help of ,god cast out the unworthy tenant together with all his chattels of pride1 envy1 intemperance and their kindred brood1 and turn over the ,house of ,man-,soul to that other spirit whose mark thenceforth will adorn the door plate as a pledge that the dwelling will be forever impregnable against the assaults of sin4 ,and ,jesus said unto him1 this day is salvation come to this house4 ,luke #af3f4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,evicted6 ,illustration ,,the ,,enemies ,,of ,,the ,,republic4 ,columbia has need of ships of war but she has need also of watchfulness within1 lest1 in looking for enemy abroad1 she forget that in her very borders there are dark-browed assassins lying in ambush ready to slay her and take ,justice and ,liberty captive4 ,no evils threaten greater menace to the nation than those which are embodied in the rum traffic and in corporate bribery4 ,the serpent trail of each is seen in council chambers and senate halls4 ,they work in the dark and they work stealthily4 ,they are traitors and public foes4 ,they should be destroyed4 ,their feet run to evil1 and they make haste to shed innocent blood3 their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity2 wasting and destruction are in their path4 ,isaiah #h3bb4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,enemies ,,of ,,the ,,republic4 ,illustration ,,the ,,immigrant4 ,during four hundred and more years this continent has been the melting pot for the population of the ,eastern hemisphere4 ,for three-fourths of that time the yearly infusions of raw metal was so slight that it was not hard to compound them with the native stock and preserve the high character of ,american citizenship4 ,but when alien immigration pours its stream of half a million yearly1 as has frequently been done during the last decade1 and when that stream is polluted with the moral sewage of the old world1 including its poverty1 drunkenness1 infidelity and disease1 it is well to put up the bars and save ,america1 at least until she can purify the atmosphere of contagion which foreign invasion has already brought4 ,stand in the gate of the ,lord's house1 and proclaim there this word3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel1 ,amend your ways and your doings1 and ,i will cause you to dwell in this place4 ,jer4 #g3b-c4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,stranger ,,at ,,our ,,gate4 ,,emigrant4,can ,i come in8 ,,uncle ,,sam4,i 'spose you can2 there's no law to keep you out4 ,illustration ,,by ,,authority ,,of ,,the ,,people4 ,when that famous submarine reef known as ,hell ,gate was blown out of the waters of ,long ,island ,sound1 the world echoed with rejoicing to learn that what had been a menace and a barrier to vessels and to commerce was blasted into fragments never to return4 ,there is a greater ,hell ,gate which with its infinite submarine and subterranean tunnels honeycombs our social structure4 ,the saloon is the dreadful barrier to commerce and prosperity1 as well as a menace to health and peace4 ,in spite of the fact that its awful traffic bears the approving stamp of our government1 the time will come when this great thing1 whose foundations are laid in hell1 will be blown skyward by the power of public sentiment mightily aroused and intellectually directed4 ,woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink1 that putteth thy bottle to him1 and makest him drunken also4 ,hab4 #b3d4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,by ,,authority ,,of ,,the ,,people4 ,illustration ,,protect ,,that ,,boy4 ,the controllers of the liquor traffic understand their business4 ,they know that they are sending an army of drunkards each year to an untimely grave and to take the place of these fallen victims1 they must gain recruits from the hosts of youth4 ,but the ,rum haunts are too hideous to beguile one of tender years4 ,there must be less offensive sins offered to bridge that long leap from innocence to iniquity1 from the home hearth to the dram shop4 ,therefore1 the rum-seller goes in league with the vendor of cigarettes1 and base literature1 and evil pictures1 and questionable games and entertainments4 ,at last the youthful victims of these plotters find themselves on the threshold of ruin4 ,every avenue through crime and vice leads at last to the open saloon4 ,the days of his youth hast thou shortened3 thou hast covered him with shame4 ,psalms #hi3de4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,protect ,,that ,,boy4 ,illustration ,,don',t ,,shoot4 ,it would be easy to destroy the liquor traffic were it not for its power in politics4 ,this is so apparent to the men who manage it that they make it their first business to engage in politics and lay candidates for office under obligations by making generous contributions to the campaigns of each party4 ,therefore1 whenever a cry of robbery or murder goes up from the licensed saloon and the government grabs bayonet and ballot and runs to the rescue1 the political managers immediately step forth and intervene4 ,don't ,shoot1 they both cry2 ,let him rob and ruin4 ,he is a friend of mine and he has a license4 ,and he said unto them2 ,hinder me not1 seeing the ,lord hath prospered my way4 ,gen4 #bd3ef4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,don',t ,,shoot4 ,illustration ,,the ,,party ,,collar4 ,the influence of the saloon in politics is not entirely due to the political boss who makes the gin-mill his headquarters4 ,he would be powerless for harm were it not for the infinite multitude of so-called respectable voters who degrade their intelligence and dignity by working and voting shoulder to shoulder with social outlaws4 ,under a false notion of fealty these men subject their neck to the party collar and go to the polls yoked with ignorance and crime1 and at the heels of some low-browed political dictator they sacrifice their country's weal on the altar of partisan allegiance4 ,for the leaders of this people cause them to err2 and they that are led of them are destroyed4 ,isaiah #i3af4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,why ,,our ,,cities ,,are ,,badly ,,governed4 ,illustration ,a ,,night',s ,,work4 ,more than one man has been hanged for doing what he did not mean to do4 ,when anyone under the influence of liquor commits a crime it is no longer an extenuation or defense to say that he was not responsible4 ,this is so because it is a matter of human experience that if one sets a match to gunpowder it will explode and if one pours liquor down his throat he is filling his brain with the seeds of malice1 hate and murder4 ,many a man has scoffed at such a statement at twelve o'clock at night1 but has seen awful proof of its truth1 when1 awakening at nine in the morning he recovers from a fatal debauch and sees the work of his own drunken and murderous hand4 ,at the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder4 ,prov4 #bc3cb4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,a ,,night',s ,,work4 ,illustration ,,under ,,the ,,cloak ,,of ,,the ,,law4 ,concerning the work of the saloon there is but one verdict which can be rendered by intelligence and patriotism4 ,ten thousand times ten thousand times it has been brought before the bar of ,justice and there charged and proved with being responsible for the vast majority of poverty1 crime and disease which infest the race4 ,nevertheless1 so deeply is this blighting curse intrenched in our laws and government that our courts are compelled1 even if unwilling1 to protect a traffic which by common agreement is a universal bane4 ,knowing this1 the saloonist seeks refuge under the cloak of the law1 and there insolently defies us to assail him4 ,he that justifieth the wicked1 and he that condemneth the just1 even they both are abomination to the ,lord4 ,prov4 #ag3ad4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,under ,,the ,,cloak ,,of ,,the ,,law4 ,illustration ,,spike ,,that ,,gun6 8,spike that gun10 was an order bravely executed by a young ,english officer and his command1 at the battle of ,inkerman1 which gallant feat probably decided the fate of the day4 ,satan has planted his batteries for the destruction of the ,american home1 and from every saloon in the land the wicked bombardment goes on1 day and night1 year after year1 and every hour of every day some new house is sighted for destruction4 ,shall this cruel and desolating fire upon the ,american home forever continue8 ,god forbid6 8,spike that gun60 is the word of command that has gone forth to the great temperance host4 8,spike that gun60 is the shout that rings out all along the lines of the great home protection army as they rush to the final charge4 8,spike that gun60 shall be our battle cry until the last battery of hell has been silenced and every home in our land is safe from this desolating fire4 8,spike quickly that gun10 is the word of command1 ,it is battering down the homes of our land1 ,its work of destruction will lose us the day1 ,if no one the order to spike it obey4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,spike ,,that ,,gun4 ,illustration ,,pilgrim ,,watch ,,thy ,,crown4 ,life is a journey and as pilgrims we tread its pathway1 resting now and then for refreshment or ease4 ,it is during these periods of rest that ,satan employs every art to wrest from the traveler his dearest possession1 his crown of life1 which secures him an ample entrance to the heavenly city beyond4 ,folly1 which represents the sensuous pleasures of the world1 is employed to display her gaudy charms in order that the eye of the wayfarer may be turned aside and give ,satan the opportunity to snatch the coveted treasure4 ,at such moments let the ,christian keep his crown before his eye1 nor let him look back at the allurements and false pleasures which he has left behind4 ,for1 as a reward for this vigilance1 a crown of life is assured him1 one that is imperishable and brilliant and that fadeth not away4 ,behold1 ,i come quickly2 hold that fast which thou hast that no man take thy crown4 ,rev4 #c3aa4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,pilgrim ,,watch ,,thy ,,crown4 ,illustration ,,the ,,backslider4 ,at the brink of ,niagara where the mists rise above tons of water which fall two hundred feet below1 there is a rainbow seen almost constantly when the sun is shining1 and within the circle of color some have seen the form of a beautiful maiden4 ,one who was in a boat above the falls might see this entrancing vision and drop his oars and gaze rapturously1 until1 all unconscious1 his boat glides over the brink and to destruction4 ,the ,christian also is in danger of such a fate4 ,the world offers beauty and pleasure1 and in such fascinating forms that it takes resolute will to keep from dropping the oars and drifting with the current of temptation and letting the good boat1 which would save us1 glide over the precipice into sin and into death4 ,so will not we go back from thee2 quicken us1 and we will call upon thy name4 ,turn us again1 ,o ,lord ,god of hosts1 cause thy face to shine2 and we shall be saved4 ,psalms #hj3ah-ai4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,backslider4 ,illustration ,,dare ,,to ,,be ,a ,,daniel6 ,the resolute faith that enabled ,daniel to face the den of lions is at the command of any child of ,god today1 and nothing else will avail as an armor and defense when the ravenous beasts of passion1 appetite1 covetousness and revenge attack us in temptation's hour4 ,the source of strength in such emergencies is a childlike faith in ,god and the fount of that faith is ,his ,holy ,word4 ,in the security which faith inspires1 the den of torture and trial becomes luminous as the ,mount of ,transfiguration to those who resist evil and dare to stand true4 ,for in that ,he himself hath suffered being tempted1 ,he is able to succor them that are tempted4 ,heb4 #b3ah4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,dare ,,to ,,be ,a ,,daniel6 ,illustration ,,the ,,remaining ,,guest4 ,of all the pictures which memory paints on the heart none is so indelible as that of the hour of evening prayer when1 at mother's knee1 we paid our first vows to ,god and pledged our lives to purity and truth4 ,this picture has become the saving beam of light which has shot across the dark career of many who after a night's revelry1 and alone with conscience1 refuse to drink further of sin's deadly potion1 but look back upon that early scene of innocence1 and resolve to make it again a real experience4 ,although ,remorse is the remaining guest of a night of sin1 there is also the confident token of an angel of hope ever ready in the chamber of repentant despair4 ,rejoice1 ,o young man1 in thy youth2 and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth1 and walk in the ways of thine heart1 and in the sight of thine eyes2 but know thou1 that for all these things ,god will bring thee into judgment4 ,ecc4 #aa3i4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,remaining ,,guest4 ,illustration ,,as ,,conscience ,,paints ,,him4 ,there are days in everybody's life when he sits alone with ,conscience4 ,the world and its undeserved blame or praise is shut out of that silent chamber4 ,with his truthful guest the man of rags and the man of millions1 the woman of toil and the woman of ease1 must hold weekly if not daily and hourly communion4 ,at these times the picture of the real self is thrown upon the vivid background of years4 ,now the false-hearted or boastful or proud will see and hear admonitions that would not be brooked from preacher or friend4 ,true character divested of conventional habiliments of conduct through which the eyes of men can not peer1 will stand bleak1 ragged and forlorn4 8,paint me as ,i am10 cried ,cromwell1 in righteous rage when the artist began to paint out of his portrait a slight disfigurement of his face4 ,this he did though he knew that his portrait would go down through generations and thus perpetuate his ungainly visage4 ,who of us can say to conscience1 8,paint me as ,i am though the world sees and the future sees me1 let not my real self be hidden60 ,their conscience also bearing witness1 and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another4 ,romans #b3ae4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,as ,,conscience ,,paints ,,him4 ,illustration ,,covering ,,his ,,sins4 ,here is a picture of universal application1 though all do not indulge the same sin as the man here shownendeavoring to cover his greed by showing to the world the monument of a college professorship endowed by his gifts or money4 ,the world may be deceived in part1 but what of his own conscience8 ,he can not hide from himself his true nature and he forgets that ,god is ever at his side1 judging not the act but the motive1 never mistaken in ,his estimate1 rejoicing at the good1 sorrowing for the bad1 but all-seeing and ever-seeing4 ,for the eyes of the ,lord1 run to and fro throughout the whole earth1 to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him4 ,,ii ,chron4 #af3i4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,covering ,,his ,,sins4 ,illustration ,,the ,,self ,,made ,,man4 ,paul was not 8a self made man10 for he said1 8,i can do all things through ,christ that strengtheneth me40 ,that was his claim1 and it is in pleasing contrast with those individuals whose boast is that their successful careers are monuments of their own endeavor4 ,crowned with pride1 clothed with the tattered rags of self-righteous egotism1 with garments a patch work of shabby gentility1 such men divide their worship between their unworthy selves and the idol of ,mammon which they draw in their train4 ,the track over which they glide in such confident security is slippery and treacherous4 ,based simply upon reputation it is full of breaks and seams into which any moment the unsuspecting egotist may plunge4 ,pride goeth before destruction1 and an haughty spirit before a fall4 ,prov4 #af3ah4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,self ,,made ,,man4 8,the way of a fool is right in his own eyes1 but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise40,prov4 ,,xii3#ae ,illustration ,,the ,,strait ,,gate4 ,the invitations which ,god has extended for men to come into ,his kingdom are all broad and generous4 8,every one10 and 8whosoever10 these are the key words of ,his gracious command4 ,and yet the summons to a better life and to future bliss is not entirely unqualified or unconditional4 ,no man can with confidence approach the portals of heaven with a proud heart or with unclean lips or with hands stained with sin4 ,the gate of heaven is high1 but narrow4 ,it will not admit the evidence of any worldly possession and by no means of the fruits of self-love or base ambition or sensuality1 covetousness1 pride or deceit4 ,the strait gate is big enough for any sinner1 but it is too small to admit his sins4 ,and there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth1 neither whatsoever worketh abomination1 or maketh a lie3 but they which are written in the ,lamb's book of life4 ,rev4 #ba3bg4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,room ,,for ,,the ,,sinner1 ,,but ,,none ,,for ,,the ,,sins4 ,illustration ,,pay ,,day4 ,it is a solemn thought that life has no ending1 but that some day there will be a season of harvest and a time of accounting1 when each man must render a report of his stewardship and be rewarded or punished for the deeds done in the body4 ,in that dread hour of settlement there will be no respect of persons4 ,the rich and the poor1 the great and lowly1 must subject their moral natures to the same inflexible standard4 ,the winnowing fan of ,god's justice will spare not the proud nor powerful4 ,they will all go to their own place4 ,the chaff from the wheat1 the sheep from the goats will be forever separate4 ,he that is unjust1 let him be unjust still3 and he which is filthy1 let him be filthy still3 and he that is righteous1 let him be righteous still3 and he that is holy1 let him be holy still4 ,rev4 #bb3aa4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,pay ,,day4 ,illustration ,o ,,grave6 ,,where ,,is ,,thy ,,victory8 ,death has no terror for the child of ,god4 ,neither the damp sod nor the granite tomb can hold the free spirits of the children of faith4 ,we commit them to the earth and shed the parting tear and are too prone to fancy that the cold ground holds the object of our love2 but it is only the cast-off covering of the soul that we bury4 ,the real self1 the indestructible and everliving spirit1 has been caught up into heaven and long before the hearse and the cortege of weeping friends have left the tomb1 the glad song of the departed one has swelled that of the angelic host in the refrain1 8,death is swallowed up in victory40 ,and there shall be no more death1 neither sorrow1 nor crying1 neither shall there be any more pain3 for the former things have passed away4 ,rev4 #ba3d4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,o ,,grave6 ,,where ,,is ,,thy ,,victory8 ,illustration ,,holdfast4 ,parsimony often walks under the name of prudence1 and stinginess may try to palm itself off as thrift4 ,the man who puts aside the widowed and orphaned1 by the plea that he is laying in store for a rainy day1 takes extreme hazards with ,fate4 ,her hand even now draws aside the curtains which reveal his destiny4 ,the rainy day comes sooner than he thinks and his mortal remains are carried to the grave unattended by the sad procession of any whose distress he might have lifted4 ,holdfast is forever held in the tomb of his loneliness and misery4 ,he sadly misread life's great lesson1 that it is far better to give than to receive4 ,he never knew that he was his brother's keeper4 ,he lived for self and died as he lived4 ,although nominally religious such men as ,holdfast never learn that ,pure religion and undefiled before ,god and the ,father is this1 ,to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction4 ,james #a3bg4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,holdfast48,no6 ,i am laying by a little for a rainy day1 but nothing for ,charity40 ,illustration ,,rescued4 ,wherever the tide of human life flows very deeply and swiftly1 there shipwreck is most frequent and we place ,rescue ,missions at these points4 ,but do we ever think of there being rescue missions in the skies8 ,could we scan the far battlements of heaven we might1 perhaps1 see them lined with hosts of angels watching and waiting to descend to the rescue of some tender child whom it were better to snatch away to scenes of glory1 than leave it in an atmosphere that reeks with moral contagion4 ,it was such a scene as appears on the page opposite that ,isaiah saw when he wrote 8,he shall gather the lambs with his arm and shall carry them in his bosom40 ,he shall save the children of the needy1 and shall break in pieces the oppressor4 ,psalm #gb3d4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,rescued4 ,illustration 8,,suffer ,,little ,,children40 ,great hearts are the quickest to be touched by the appeals of childhood4 ,it is an evidence of ,christ's greatness1 that he delighted not in the patronage and intercourse of the influential and mighty1 but sought the friendship and love of children4 ,their credentials to ,his favor are not based upon race1 or station1 creed or complexion4 ,their frankness1 their innocence1 their simplicity1 place them in nomination and his great heart immediately responds to those traits4 8,suffer little children to come unto me1 for of such is the kingdom of heaven40 ,unless ye become as a little child 7in frankness and simplicity and innocence7 ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven4 ,whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name1 receiveth me2 and whosoever shall receive me1 receiveth not me1 but him that sent me4 ,mark #i3cg4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,good ,,shepherd4 ,illustration 8,,it ,,is ,i40 ,on the water the disciples did not recognize the ,master4 ,in the synagogue1 or the highway1 or at the table1 they would have known him instantly1 but in the unusual scene on a stormy ,galilee1 his presence brought alarm instead of solace4 ,christ may come to us when and where and how we least expect him4 ,it will not be strange if amidst the storm1 which modern science has engendered1 and in which the brave gospel ship is rocking1 ,christ himself should come to the frightened student of ,his word and say1 8,it is ,i1 be not afraid40 ,if this be true1 then1 science will shed its dazzling light upon his own sacred person and we shall see him more nearly as he is4 ,fear not3 ,i am the first and the last2 ,i am he that liveth1 and was dead2 and1 behold1 ,i am alive for evermore4 ,rev4 #a3ag1 #ah4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 8,,it ,,is ,i1 ,,be ,,not ,,afraid40 ,illustration ,,too ,,busy4 ,knock6 ,knock6 ,knock6 ,since childhood's youngest day there has been a loving guest waiting at the door of our heart's chamber4 ,long years we have heard that gentle1 patient1 persistent knock6 knock6 knock6 ,long ago it was louder1 distincter1 clearer1 because1 now we have passed from quiet1 restful childhood into the loud and stirring world4 ,nevertheless1 into business1 into politics1 into society1 even into sin1 that faithful ,friend has followed us and is bound1 still if possible1 to gain admittance to our lives4 ,but we are absorbed1 indifferent1 and1 in a word1 too busy4 ,we also have another guest who has our ear4 ,therefore1 keep out6 ,no admittance6 ,life closes6 ,eternity dawns1 and we begin to hear1 not the knock1 knock1 knock of our unwelcome guest1 but the clank1 clank1 clank of the chains of bondage which our new master is forging4 ,behold a stranger at the door1 ,he gently knocks1 has knocked before1 ,has waited long1 is waiting still1 ,you treat no other friend so ill4 ,behold1 ,i stand at the door and knock3 if any man hear my voice1 and open the door1 ,i will come in to him1 and will sup with him1 and he with me4 ,rev4 #c3bj4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 8,,behold ,i ,,stand ,,at ,,the ,,door ,,and ,,knock40 ,illustration ,,shadowed4 ,in the midst of life we are in death1 in the midst of joy we are in sorrow and in the midst of luxury we are in want4 ,there are more kinds of luxury than those which mere wealth can bring1 and there are kinds of want as manyluxury is a state of abundance1 whether of wealth1 or books1 or intellect1 or privileges beyond our personal need4 ,want is a state of poverty of clothes1 or food1 or of physical or mental necessities of whatever sort4 ,it is a fact that one half of the world possesses that which the other half needs4 ,the poor need the assistance of the rich in matters of physical comforts and counsel4 ,the rich need the meekness and patience which are the soonest found in the lowly cottage or the pauper's hut4 ,the world will reach its ideal state when every one1 as his brother's keeper1 will vie with each other in a wholesale interchange of fellowship and goods4 ,the barrier to this glad consummation is the selfish indifference with which one half of the world works and worships4 ,it is blind to the constant presence of want which has claims to be paid4 ,until these debts to duty are discharged worship will be a mockery and religion a hollow show4 ,the rich and poor meet together3 the ,lord is the maker of them all4 ,prov4 #bb3b4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,while ,luxury walks in splendor and pride3 ,her shadow1 ,grim ,want1 stalks close by her side4 ,illustration ,,shipwrecked3 ,,but ,,not ,,lost4 ,few lives there are upon whose page sooner or later there is not written the record of a tragedy4 ,it may come in the loss of a friend1 or a parent1 or a wife or husband1 or a child4 ,it may come in the wreck of a fortune or the stranding of a worldly ambition4 ,some day while pursuing a peaceful voyage the cry will go forth1 8,breakers ahead10 and in spite of our vigilance and our prayers the stout ship will founder and we will be cast upon untrodden shores of duty and experience4 ,it is in such emergencies as these that the ,christian has resources that the man of the world knows not of4 ,unlike ,crusoe he does not turn his desperate gaze toward the half-sunken ship if perchance he may regain some of its stores4 ,he recalls rather those sweet promises of ,god which await redemption in the hour of need4 8,i will never leave thee1 nor forsake thee40 ,he remembers that and forthwith in the midst of his extreme peril and helplessness he cries3 ,i will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help4 ,my help cometh from the ,lord1 which made heaven and earth4 ,psalms #aba3a-b4 ,then they cry unto the ,lord in their trouble1 and ,he bringeth them out of their distresses4 ,psalms #ajg3bh4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,shipwrecked,,but ,,not ,,lost4 8,i will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help40 ,illustration ,,the ,,lost ,,sheep4 ,no name by which the ,savior is known brings ,him into such close and tender relations with ,his people as that of ,shepherd4 8,i am the ,good ,shepherd and know my sheep and am known of mine40 ,as members of the fold of ,christ we are guaranteed ,his loving care and solicitous protection4 8,but other sheep ,i have which are not of this fold40 ,by that ,he means that ,his shepherding care extends over the entire world1 and no bruised or fallen lamb exposed to the rocks and hardships of the wilderness1 can ever get beyond the ,shepherd's patient search4 ,no winds can be too harsh1 no storms too angry1 no mountain steeps too treacherous to defeat his patient will to reclaim the lost4 ,though by ignorance we fall into error and violate his commands1 though by willfulness we transgress ,his law and traverse the road of disobedience1 though the lamp of our innocence be shattered and the light of our hope fades away in desolation and despair1 the ,shepherd comes to us and calls1 8,son1 daughter1 give me thine heart40 ,rejoice with me2 for ,i have found my sheep which was lost4 ,luke #ae3f4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,lost ,,sheep4 ,illustration ,,canceled ,,debts4 ,debt is one of the most disturbing and harassing factors in human experience4 ,it sows nettles in the pillow of poverty1 and even the merchant1 farmer and banker pursue a weary existence when they are compelled to live under the shadow of overhanging indebtedness4 ,how many hearts would be lightened today if by some magic stroke their books of debit and credit were balanced and for once they could feel and know that they owed no man anything4 ,the weight which financial indebtedness imposes is comparable only with the weight which the debts of sin heap upon us4 ,as we think of the sins of envy1 and of malice1 and of hatred1 falsehood1 deceit and cupidity1 which our conscience has been justly charging up against us since early years1 the load becomes all but intolerable4 ,at this moment the great ,debt ,payer steps upon the scene4 ,he presents a check in payment of the entire amount4 ,it is payable to our order4 ,he says1 8,endorse this and your account with sin is square40 ,as an evidence of our love and faith we write our names with confidence and boldness across the back of the check and step forth into life with new hope and new determination4 ,for by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified4 ,hebrews #aj3ad4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,canceled ,,debts4 ,illustration 8,,follow ,,me40 ,every soul has its calvary and that crucial hour in each life will witness the peaceful1 forgiving1 trustful spirit that was seen in ,jesus1 or it will witness the hateful1 furious appalling dissolution that came to the unrepentant companion of his cross4 8,follow me10 he cries from the scene of his crucifixion4 8,follow me through the carpenter shop of ,nazareth and the sick room of ,nain and the street riots of ,capernaum and the tears of ,gethsemane40 ,we should expect no share in the fruits of ,christ's death1 unless we participate in the work of his life4 ,the cross is a meaningless symbol until we approach it over the pathway of humility1 trust1 self-denial and obedience4 8,though ,christ a thousand times in ,bethlehem be born1 ,but not within thyself1 thy soul shall be forlorn4 ,the cross on ,golgotha thou lookest to in vain1 ,if not within thyself it be set up again40 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 8,,follow ,,me40 ,illustration ,,the ,,hope ,,of ,,the ,,race4 ,what life is at all fruitful in success and the joy that attends it unless that life has constantly in view a purpose and pursues it with fidelity and hope4 ,likewise how can our race achieve its best endeavor unless it lives under the constant purpose to achieve a certain goal4 ,human life must have an object of existence that is worthy of its high endowments4 ,the only objects which are worthy of our pursuit are ,purity1 ,peace and ,truth1 and the only embodiment which the world has ever known of these supreme things was ,jesus of ,nazareth4 ,therefore we look toward his second coming with confidence and longing4 ,as the embodiment of our highest aspirations he will be the fulfillment of all our desires4 ,at his approach the clouds of uncertainty1 ignorance1 superstition1 distrust1 doubt and despair will vanish4 ,for all nations shall come and worship before thee2 for thy judgments are made manifest4 ,rev4 #ae3d4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,hope ,,of ,,the ,,race4 ,joy to the world1 the ,lord is come1 let earth receive her ,king4 ,let every heart prepare him room1 and ,heaven and ,nature sing4 ,illustration ,,the ,,rock ,,of ,,ages4 ,some great man of old once declared that words were the only things that live forever4 ,if this is true of the words of men1 how much more so is it of the ,word of ,god1 the affirmation1 the promise1 the pledge1 of the great ,i am4 ,its foundations of adamant are anchored in eternal truth1 against its base the angry assaults of bigotry and unbelief will be driven in vain4 ,its walls will stand four square when the ancient landmarks of dogma1 formalism and ecclesiasticism lapse into ruin and decay4 ,though the earth and starry worlds wax old like a garment1 the ,word of ,god which represents his faithfulness and the ,cross of ,christ which represents his ,love1 will stand impregnable amid the wreck of worlds4 ,the grass withereth1 the flower fadeth2 but the ,word of our ,god shall stand forever4 ,isaiah #dj3h4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,rock ,,of ,,ages4 8,,the ,,word ,,of ,,the ,,lord ,,endureth ,,forever40 ,illustration ,,ammunition ,,gone4 ,there is a giant cliff on the bank of the ,hudson river opposite the military post of ,west ,point4 ,this rugged promontory has been the target for rifle practice for almost one hundred years4 ,tons of lead have been poured against its stubborn side and there is no apparent rift or seam in the granite walls4 ,in a similar way the ,word of ,god and the ,truth of ,god have been the target for hostile attack for hundreds and thousands of years4 ,agnosticism1 scholasticism and unbelief have trained their destructive batteries upon the most cherished promises of ,god and upon the earnest belief of his people1 but thus far without effect4 ,the signs are that now their munitions of war are exhausted1 their ammunition is gone4 ,in dismay they see the conquering hosts of ,jehovah ,marching on to war1 ,with the ,cross of ,jesus1 going on before4 ,no weapon that is forged against thee shall prosper2 and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn4 ,isaiah #ed3ag4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,ammunition ,,gone6 ,illustration 8,i ,,can',t ,,see ,,it40 ,all of human experience is not contained in seeing1 hearing1 tasting1 smelling and feeling4 ,the five senses are not the boundaries of human knowledge4 ,humanity is endowed with higher faculties than these4 ,if one chooses to live on a plane higher than that of the brute he may experience emotions and aspirations that are higher than those of the animal kingdom4 ,he may also rise still higher and think the thoughts of ,god4 ,to do so1 however1 one must approach ,god in the proper attitude and in a manner consistent with ,his being4 ,god is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth4 ,they that approach the throne of mercy in any other manner1 whether in vaunting conceit or by impertinent inquisition1 will find the heavens a brazen canopy that will send back the echo of their prayers4 ,the starry skies reveal no beauty to those who cover their telescopic lens with a flannel rag1 and ,god's revelation contains no word of promise to those who cloak it with their own conceit4 ,o foolish people1 and without understanding2 which have eyes1 and see not2 which have ears1 and hear not4 ,jeremiah #e3ba4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahif1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 8,i ,,can',t ,,see ,,it60 ,illustration ,,infidelity',s ,,attack4 ,so universal has the authority and influence of ,jesus ,christ become that it is no longer possible to dispute his sway by resort to argument4 ,in the court of final appeal men are forced to confess that he is the most matchless character1 the most loving and forgiving and patient man of history4 ,the majority of us are compelled to admit that such rare traits would be impossible in a life that was less than divine4 ,but there are men who see no loveliness in him and if they can not attack by argument they must attack him by abuse4 ,they resort to ridicule1 blasphemy and falsehood1 and though the spectacle thus presented is one that shocks the finer sense in almost every human heart1 nevertheless there are those who will pay a liberal admission to see this performance enacted4 ,i also will laugh at your calamity2 ,i will mock when your fear cometh4 ,proverbs #a3bf4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,infidelity',s ,,attack4 ,,and ,,yet ,,there ,,are ,,some ,,who ,,still ,,applaud4 ,illustration ,,seedtime ,,and ,,harvest4 ,one is apt to forget that the way of eternal life is the way of nature2 that the system of rewards and punishments which ,god has provided for holiness and for sin is in strict accord with the laws of nature4 ,we are all aware of the fact that we cannot sin against nature with impunity4 ,if we do violence to any of her laws we must make prompt and strict payment for the offense4 ,the proof of this is seen everywhere2 in the bent form1 the hair prematurely gray1 the halting figure and the wrecks of manhood and womanhood that cross our path daily4 ,whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap4 ,if he sows the seeds of dissipation1 he will surely reap a harvest of disease1 want1 sorrow and misery4 ,if he sows the wind he will reap the whirlwind4 ,there is a way that seemeth right unto a man2 but the end thereof are the ways of death4 ,proverbs #af3be4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,seedtime ,,and ,,harvest4 ,illustration ,,his ,,real ,,self4 ,every man has two natures4 ,under the influence of one he descends to the carnal and base1 under the influence of the other he ascends to the spiritual and noble4 ,it is within the power of any man to pursue the former or the latter4 ,to assist him in achieving the latter he is offered a model or a pattern by which he may work4 ,with this pattern in his eye1 any one1 however misshapen in mind or heart1 may work out for himself a moral image1 grand1 perfect and enduring4 ,in the person of ,christ1 ,god has shown us what a man ought to be1 and he will never be satisfied until we approach that ideal4 ,till we all come in the unity of the faith1 and of the knowledge of the ,son of ,god1 unto a perfect man1 unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of ,christ4 ,ephesians #d3ac4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,his ,,real ,,self4 ,illustration ,,the ,,light ,,of ,,the ,,world4 ,it is claimed by many observers that a two-horse wagon has never gone where the ,bible did not go first4 ,it is certainly a significant fact that international commerce has everywhere followed in the wake of the gospel4 ,the intrepid missionary invaded the wilds of ,china1 ,india1 ,madagascar and the islands of the southern sea long before the trading ships of the merchants dared to enter their ports4 ,everywhere the foul and ravenous beasts of tyranny1 ignorance and superstition have retired at the introduction of the glorious light of the cross4 ,christianity has blazed the pathway and civilization has followed4 ,now the rainbow arch of the gospel spans the continents and seas1 from ,greenland's icy mountains to ,india's coral strands1 and we seem to hear the glad shout of ten million ransomed souls who sing with the ancient ,psalmist1 8,the entrance of thy word giveth ,light40 ,the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light2 they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death1 upon them hath the light shined4 ,isaiah #d3b4 ,illustration3 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,fred',k ,l4 ,,chapman ,,co4 ,,the ,,light ,,of ,,the ,,world4 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,text in italics is enclosed by underscores 7italics74 ,punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected4 ,archaic and variable spelling has been preserved4