. Echoes from the pulpit and platform : or, Living truths for head and heart ; illustrated by upwards of five hundred thrilling anecdotes and incidents, personal experiences, touching home scenes, and stories of tender pathos drawn from the bright and shady sides of life. t fatherand mother; and if he showed so nnich tenderness and com-passion, do you not think the Son of God will have compassionupon you, sinner, if you will take that crushed, bruised heartto Him? He will heal it. Have you got a drunken husband?Go tell Him. Have you a profligate son? Go take your storyto Him, and He will comfo
. Echoes from the pulpit and platform : or, Living truths for head and heart ; illustrated by upwards of five hundred thrilling anecdotes and incidents, personal experiences, touching home scenes, and stories of tender pathos drawn from the bright and shady sides of life. t fatherand mother; and if he showed so nnich tenderness and com-passion, do you not think the Son of God will have compassionupon you, sinner, if you will take that crushed, bruised heartto Him? He will heal it. Have you got a drunken husband?Go tell Him. Have you a profligate son? Go take your storyto Him, and He will comfort you, and heal your sorrow. Once when I was returning from Europe there was ayoung ofificer on the steamer to whom I felt greatly drawn,because I could see that he was dying. It didnt seem to himthat he was dying. Death is very deceitful. He was joyousand light-hearted. He would talk about his plans, and takeout his guns, and tell how he intended to go hunting when hearrived; but it seemed to me that he would never live to seeland. By and by he grew worse, was confined to his bed, andthe truth came to him that death was near. He asked a friendto write a telegram, which was to be sent to his mother as soonas the vessel arrived. It read: Mother, I am very sick.—. THE NEED OF SYMPATHY. 309 Charlie. But, said some one to him, why not ask her inthe telegram to come? Ah, he repHed, Mother willcome. He knew that when she read that telegram andlearned that he wanted help she would come. It was theknowledge of his need that would bring her. So Christ iswaiting to hear our need, and mans need bfings out the helpof God. The real trouble is that men dont think they needHim. Some time ago I began to read the Bible carefully to studyBible characters. I read through the four Gospels, and myheart was moved. When I look over an audience and thinkof the wretchedness and misery that you and I do not see, thatHe does see, I think I can understand what this passage means: When he saw the multiu
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