Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-11-13

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planet. The ,ame perfection Of paving
here AZ In London. In nothing j. the ~.
perioriiy Of these ancient civilizations more
manifest than in the care they take o. road.
ways and sidewalks Granite blocks
about inches ,quare-is the materisl ne.
ed. Glasgow is more like London than
any other city we hsve seen; especially on
Saturday night, when the entire population
seems 10 be vomiied ito the streets, the
greater number siroIlers, but enough lef, TO
pay out and take in the pay for the weeks
work, which IL the objective point, for all
the saily.lighied city shops Il take. a
good deal Of glitter out Of the show, when
one thinks that everything isa bid for
these hardly earned pennies; and the hard
Is, Of all hard matters Of business is the
struggle TO win them.
heard another sermon yesterday from
dear old DR.. Bonar. II is not often have
this opportunity Of hearing others preach,
and am always glad to avail myself Of IL
The good Doctor wrestled with Job again,
taking for bic tex, the words in chap. XIII,
Though lie slay me, yet will trust in
Him" AZ iftbe loving LORD ever did
clay nybod,l What a monsifous suppo.
sitionl But the dear old man took il for
granted that job WIS right; accepted his re.
bellion and folly for pure gOspel and thus
discoursed:
Brethren, this verse has been comfort to
sainis in all ages. When overwhelmed
with misfortunes that they knew came by
Gods permission, the last resort was this,
Though He clay, l will trust
Luther once said, III saw Him with a
drawn sword in His hand would run into
His srms' A good minister in the south
Of England, sadly bourne down by troub.
les, lost his burden while reading the rec
erd Of the great reformer. A lady ofGerma-
ny, in high social position, said; The
Pale Horse only bears the saints from earth
to heaven i will irusi tho he clay me.
Other words from saints passed away might
be quoted to the same effect.
There are two lhings | wish to speak
about, suggested by these words Of my
text: /. Jobs invincible confidence 10 the
love Of God. ? The grounds Of Jobs con.
victiob.
First, jobs confidence in Code love.
The Old Testament saints had very email
bible. but they made good use Of il. II vas
really wonderful how much they learned
with 90 much less light than We have. II
Job with the dim revelation of his time
could say what is written in my text, how
much more we should utter ii!'
Here the speaker repeated the choicest
gospsl verses culled from various parts Of
the New Testament and then proceeded:
"Let ne take these and arrive at jobs
unmistsken faith in Gods love, Whatever
happens. As Samuel Rutherford wrote
These promises are N ny stepping stones
across the food and again, Take His hand
who knoweih all the fords. The current
shall not sweep you of second.-Ths
grounds Of Jobs confidence in God. let
He had faith in Gods revelation Of Him.
self. lie had laid his band on the head Of
the Slain Limb. This his constant habit
as witnessed by his oarefulness to offer sac'
rifce when his children gathered for Their
gathered for their birthday fessts, ~
He knew death and resurrection as taught
in the burn; offering. i know that my
Redeemer liveth, and / shsll see Him.
PLANT your feet On death and resurrection,
and you shall 90 over dry shod, taid Ruth
erford once. Let US all have jobs /. Ho-
ly obstinacy Of faith. Let nothing shake
your conviction Of Gods love. Notice this
in !. Blind Bartemius .. Syrophenician
woman. 3. Ruth. Naomi was only test
ing her daughters in.law, not really advis-
ing them to go back to Moab. Ruth stood
the test. 2 Let US have holy obstinsey
Of zeal. l. Like the Deciples before the
ssnhedrim; Acts ". 9. The Hebrew Chill.
dren before NebuchadntEzar. Lastly, the
holy obstinscy Of hope. Blessed the man
who il not offended in me- Hope ever
even 'sgsinst hope Dear sinner, whatev-
er difficulties may lie in your way, If you
only knew your peril you would escape fer
your life Eternal life is worth securing
at any cost. But II you will only come you
will find the way much easier than you ans
ticipaie. Jesus love will make the yoke
easy and the burden light Come dear,
blessed, honored servant"
He did as best he could, from his stand.
point. Only am sure his standpoint il
wrong. Not in vain shall II be that / heard
these two sermons MY heart is 6xed
As the LORD shall give ut,eranee will
tell all Scotland that God is lore and nothing
else. Only thus believing can the souls Of
men escape as bird out CT the snare o.
the fowler"
The dear LORD gave grand day, yes
terday though it was one ofdeepesi external
gloom. The dripping clouds drizzled and
poured alternately; the black, sloppy streets
the greasy, slippery pavements. coated with
filthy ooze; swarms Of children padding
about with red bsrefeet, only taking to the
cherries streets for company's sake and to
escape the Shiny wretchedness Of comfort
less cellars; shivering, gloomy day, that
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