Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-01-12
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compared to that place, where God has forgot
ten to be gracious.
THE FINAL JUDGMENT.
There are some things connected with the
administration of the affairs of this world
which the human mind cannot grasp. We see
two classes of men in the world. The one
class neither fears God orregards man. The
other class has purposed in their hearts to serve
God and do good unto all men. In the distri-
button of the gifts of providence there is, no
doubt, a difference made by God in favor of
that class which serves him, but it is not easy
to see it. In fact, the favors not unfrequent-
ly seem to be bestowed upon those who will
not have the Lord to rule over them.
Poor, short-sigllted mortals expect all the
apparent differences which God makes in his
providence, to be in favor Of the righteous,
and because they are unable to see things as
they think they ought to be, they doubt. Gods
faithfulness is questioned, or they doubt
whether they themselves are what they profess
to be. However easy it may be to live by
faith and not by sense, it is kind of life that
few men are willing continuously to live.
''Show me sign," is the clamor which un-
sanctified lips make. 'Can the Lord give us
bread to eat in the wilderness ?'' has been re-
peated thousands of times since the days of
Moses. Asaph was troubled when he contem-
plated the dealings of Gods provdences His
carnal sense led him to conclude that the right
eous would he, all the days of their lives, free
from ill and be blessed with an abundance of
all that is good. This he did not see. On the
contrary, he saw the prosperity of the wicked
and the tears of the righteous The order of
things was the very opposite of what sense led
him to expect.
The contemplation of such state of things
by sight, nearly plunged him into the vortex
of restless Atheism. In his haste he said
eff the gifts of providence are thus distribu-
ted, verify have cleansed my heart in vain"
There is a key which unlocks the door that
excludes the light from our eyes. The Lord
will come, on the cOnSummation of the present
dispensation, to judge the world in righteous
ness Then, and not until then, will all
wrongs be righted.
The weak and those who have little conf
dence in themselves, may make haste to be
avenged of theirenemies but God is not weak,
and lie has all confidence in himself. Hence,
lie is in no hurry to pour out vengeance upon
sinners.
We are told that notwithstanding the many
blessings which the ungodly are permitted to
enjoy, still they are set upon slippery places.
The wicked may spring up as grass, and the
workers of iniquity may flourish but they
shall be destroyed forever.
When the Lord comes to give every man ac
cording to the deeds done in the body, their de-
structon shall be accomplished in moment,
and they shall be consumed by terrors. The
grandest exposition that ever shall be witness
ed on this earth, will be when Jesus Christ
comes to Judge the world in righteousness.
Everything will be in commotion. Angels
will gaze with wonder and astonishment at the
scene. The righteous will be openly acquitted
and the wicked openly condemned. The Sc
cret sins of the wicked will all be revealed and
shame and confusion will cover their faces.
The righteous will appear with their sins all
b'nttcd out and clad in the white robes of
Christ's Righteousness, will live in the enjoy
ment OF indescribable bliss forever and ever.
DOUBT AND FAITH.-Mr. Spurgeon tells of
himself, that one day he told his people that he
had just come out of some doubts. One of
the elders of his Church said to him, ''A1r.
Spurgeon why didn't you tell them that you
had been swearing, that you had an awful
time disappearing ~ 80, couldn't tell such
up and told them 90 "No, sir; never could
have told that on MYSELF "You might just
as well. would like to know if doubling is
not just as dishonorable to Godas blasphemy?'
Mr.. Spurgeon said he thought the elder was
right. Yet people seem to think it good deal
of virtue to doubt, and they praise it, and
tell about their doubts. And it is doubts,
doubts all the time. If God says thing, it is
enough. When the Lord bids us to come, we
want to walk right out and let the devil come
and cast his inSinuations and ask us, "HoW
do you know that is true ?" we want to say,
"Christ says it," that Is enough. Ii that
plank don't hold, what will?
There was man converted up in my native
town, anu was telling MIN we Willteu W SIal u
IN association there, and get all the young
Christians together, and we did not want any
man to join that association that did not be-
lieve in the Bible from back to back. This
young convert spoke out, calling me by name,
"Thats right, Dwight. If that hitching post
don't hold, none will" think the old farm
er had it. If the Lords word don't hold us,
what will ? If we can't feed on Gods word,
what can we feed on If we can't walk on
the promises of the Lord, what can we walk
on?
e5gr We ought always to deal justly, not only
with those who are just to us 3; but likewise to
those who endeavor to injure us and this, too,
for fna lnst h1 rondarinot them evil for evil. |