The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-03-04


him miserable, let him rejoice. IRE.
joice in the Lord, ye righteous, and again
/ say, rejoice" o l-0 sfns 'i'
remark again that Christ comes to ut
in the hour of our extremity. He knew
the wine was giving out before there was
any embarrassment or modification
Why did He not perform the miracle
sooner Why wait until it was all gone
and no help could come from any source
and then come in aud perform the mir.
acle2 This is Christ's way, and when he
did come in, at the hour Of extremity
He made 6rst.rate wine, 80 they cried
out, "Thou hast kept the good wine until
now" Jesus in the hour of extremity
He seems to prefer that hour.
In Christian home in Poland great
poverty had come, and on the eek.day
the man was obliged to move out of the
house with his whole family That night
he kDelt with his family and prayed to
God. While they were kneeling in
prayer there was tap on the window
pane. They opened the window and
there was raven that the family had
fed and trained, and it had in its bill a
ring all set with precious stones, which
was found out to be ring belonging to
the royal family. 1t was taken up to the
Kings residence, and for the honesty of
the man in bringing it back he had q
house given him and garden and q
farm. Who was it that sent the raven
tapping on the Window The same God
that sent the raven to feed Elijah by the
Brook of Cherith. Christ in the hour Of
eternity
You mourned over your sins. You
could not find the wOy out. You sat
down and said, "God will not be merci.
full. He has cast me off," But in that
the darkest hour of your history, light
broke from The throne, and Jesus said,
"Oh, wanderer, come home. l have seen
all thy sorrows. In this, the hour of thy
extremity, | offer thee pardon and ever.
lasting lifeW
Trouble came. You were almost torn
to pieces by that trouble, You braced
yourself up against it. You said, II will
be stole, and will not care" but before
you got through making the resolution
it broke down under you. You felt that
all your resources were gone, and then
Jesus came. "In the fourth watch of
the night" the Bible says Jesus came
walking on the sea-" Why did He not
come in the first watchP Or the third
watch ? l do not know. He came in the
fourth, and gave deliverance to His dis.
ciples. Jesus in the last extremity
I wonder if it will be 30 in our very
last extremity We shall fall sick,
and doctors will come, but in vain. We
will try the anodynes, and the stimulants
and the bathings, but all in vain. Some
thing will say, "You must CO." No one
to hold us back, but the hands of eter.
nifty stretched out to pull US on. What
thenP Jesus will come to us, and as We
say, "Lord Jesus, l am afraid of that
water; / cannot wade through to the
other side" He will say, take hold of
my arm;" and we will take hold of His
ars, and then He will put his foot in
the surf of the wave, taking us on down,
deeper, deeper, deeper, and our soul will
cry, "All thy waves and pillows have
gone over me-" They cover the feet,
come to the knee, pass the girdle and
come to the head and our soul cries out,
Lord Jesus Christ, cannot hold thine
arm any longer" Then Jesus will turn
around, throw both His arms about US |
and set us on the beach far beyond the |
tossing pillows. Jesus ia the last ex-
tremity.
The wedding scene is almost gone |
now. The wedding ring has been lost,
the tankards have been broken, the |
house is down but Jesus invites us
10 a grand wedding. You know the
Bible says that the Church is the Lambs |
wife; and the Lord will after awhile
,ome to'bring her home. There will be
cleaning Of torches in the sky, and the
rumpets of God will ravish the air with
heir music; and Jesus will stretch out
His hand, and the Church, robed in
white, will put aside her veil and look
Up into the face of her Lord, the King,
nd the bridegroom will say to the
ride, Thou hast been faithful all these
ears The mansion is ready Come
lome Thou art fair my lovep And
hen He shall put upon her brow the
rown of dominion, and the table will
10 spread, and it will reach across the
kies, and the mighty ones of heaven
Till come in, garlanded with beauty and
triking their cymbals; and the bride-
room and bride will stand at the head
I the table, and banqueters, looking up,
7ill wonder and admire, and say, "That
} Jesus, the bridegroom, But the scar
n His brow is covered with a coronet,
nd the stab in his side is covered with
robe p Aud, THAT is the bride the
'esriness Of her earthly woe lost in the
ush of this wedding triumphp
There will be wine enough at that
edding, not coming up from the poi.
'ned vats Of earth, but the vineyard of
cd will press their ripest clusters, and
le cups and the tsnkards will blush to
le brim with heavenly vintage, and
len all the banqueters will drink
anding. Esther, having come up from
le Bacchanalian revelry of Ahasuerus,
here thousand lords feasted, will be
lere. And the Queen of Sheba, from
10 banquet of Solomon, will be there.
nd the mother of Jesus from the we'd.
ng in Cana will be there. And they
will agree that the earthly feasting
as poor compared with that. Then,
ting their chaliCes in the holy light,
ey shall cry to the Lord of the feast:
thou hast kept the good wine until !
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