d there has not been rain for many
months, sometimes the prairie grass catches fire. Sometimes, when the
wind is strong, the flames maybe seen rolling along, twenty feet high,
destroying man and beast in their onward rush. When the frontiersmen see
what is coming, what do they do to escape? They know they cannot run as
fast as that fire can run. Not the fleetest horse can escape it. They
just take a match and light the grass around them. The flames sweep
onwards; they take their stand in the burnt district and are safe. They
hear the flames roar as they come along; they see death bearing down
upon them with resistless fury, but they do not fear. They do not even
tremble as the ocean of flame surges around them, for over the place
where they stand the fire has already past and there is no danger. There
is nothing for fire to burn. And there is one spot all earth that God
has swept over. Eighteen hundred years ago the storm burst on Calvary;
the Son of God took it into his own bosom, and now, if we take our stand
by the Cross, we are safe for time and eternity.

GOLD.

-- Christ never preached any funeral sermons.

-- His is a loving, tender hand, full of sympathy and compassion.

-- Take your stand on the Rock of Ages. Let death, let the judgment come:
the victory is Christ's and yours through Him.

-- The only man who ever suffered before Christ was that servant who had
his ear cut off. But most likely in a moment afterward he had it on,
and very likely it was a better ear than ever, because whatever the
Lord does He does it well No man ever lost his life with Him.

-- A great many people wonder why it was that Christ did not come at
once to Martha and Mary, whom He loved, whenever He heard of their
affliction. It was to try them, and it is the same with His dealings
toward us. If He seems not to come to us in our afflictions, it is
only to test us.

-- When the Spirit came to Moses, the plagues came upon Egypt, and he
had power to destroy men's lives; when the Spirit came upon Elijah,
fire came down from heaven; when the Spirit came upon Gideon, no man
could stand before him; and when it came upon Joshua, he moved around
the city of Jericho and the whole city fell into his, hands; but when
the Spirit came upon the Son of Man, He gave His life; He healed the
broken-hearted.

-- No matter how low down you are; no matter what your disposition has
been; you may be l