New-York tribune., 1874-12-28

will chow this. pestilence has boon sweeping over
the St
nifty lts not that We are afraid Of death but that the
The pestence sba,es rapidly day by day. and there Is
fear, accompanied by Joy. when the expectation OF
tho anxiety dispeled but 1t Is not as great as
formerly Or we have blessing which is 80 great, or
the delight In Joy Is keen, that our very JOY itself
the smallest occurrence to cast shadow and
without reason-tha IS reason that we can justify TO
our mnd-because so happy We do not feel safe
In revealed Joy This might have boen the feeling
which was in the heart of Mary Magdaene and those
who were with her. There was fear that they might
not again see the Lord on earth and yet there was
great JOY the hope Of hts rising from the grave the
very uncertainty Of which, 1t appeared to them, pro-
But there ia higher meaning Of the word fear, in
which 1t describes TO us not 40 much personal peril or
danger OF awe. wondering sense OF the supernat-
ural present with us. Many men many great men. have
shrank back If awestrckn felt this same fear But
great the awe wa and profound as It was there was
great Toy with It, 1t the same KIND or rear wnc
the disciples felt on the lake, when the storm burst
upon them, and the winds came bowling from the
then the disciples were afraid Not afraid Of storm
that Of not afraid of the Te nss
%a nsy ses face to the
rative tells US, after the storm was over, after
the blast was luled They feared because the super,
natural was before them And SO IN the passage when
as The sum- and his voice as the voice OF trumpet ney
struck with solemn awe, startling sense OF tnS
power Of the Son Of Cod We are accustomed 10 spess
Of the fear OF God having been OF ne
earlier disciples. 1t needed and 1t was intenoeu
that God, the sovereign OF Heaven ana ear
should sunken In the hearts OF his people that MS
people might remain lasting witness of HIM in the
was Intended 10 pervade hearts and minds and IL
was made to do 1t came with the obstruction III
Egypt, backenng and bighting the lana ana carrying
sorrow aud death into every household. IL came win
tue destruction the Red Sea, with its swlitrolng
waters rushing over The hosts Of Pharaoh IL came at
the Mount OF Sinai. when the power OF God rent the
Mount. 1t with the fall OF tho walls OF Jcricho al
the rebellion of the children OF Israel
Dr. StOrrs briefly reviewed the history or the he
brews showing that was an exceedingly cheerf ME-
tory and presented cheerful religion. He showed mat
n the mystery miracles Of God were removed we
would see in Him OF tie attributes when we now
behold; would not reverence and rear HIM at al.
And finally, he added we have Interpreted tne lIe 10
COME aud 1t Is shown that there the fear OF Coo VIII
continue. Some think there is chasrn between the lie
I'm this world and the life to come In this, tnat mere we
fear God there shall simply delight IN IL n anu
rejoice in Him. and be filled with tender auection ZOE
Him. But there Is no such cniuse. , Oul
awe will be more searching ani greater i,
in the world to come. for we viii sec s H,n thai
more clearly then than can sec Him now. Al tnat
science tries to tell will be to us vision; all tnat tne
Scriptures tell will he vision. There We VIII sec
Him to face, and awe o God more scar GnihK ~
and more wondering than feel now on earth VIII po
within US them solemn ave. but mighty gladDesSS
which pts the heart to take part IN the cetsdi
song will be our experience aDOve. The only c0nutlon
in which stand to Cod therefore 49, that VIC VIII
have not personal fear but only the conscouuess Oh
pow and In this shall come eternal delight Ley US ai
ask ourselves Havo this consciousness oi such
a relation God that when all lIis glory breaks upon
us 1t will only lift Us TO supreme and lmmorta 10! in