Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-10-27

lift this as a telescope, aud build this as q
fortress. and propose without any perturba-
ton t. launch upon an Misunderstanding triun-
plant In the fact that nv Father drives. es-
He drives very near / know that many OF
the clouds that you see III summer are far
OFT, the bass o. some OF them five mli-s
above the earth. high on the highest peaks
OF the Andes travellers have seen ciou Is far
higher than where they We're standing.
Gay Lussac. after be had risen in a
balloon tWenty-I4r rae thou sairt Tert. still
saw clouds above him.
But there are clouds that touch the earth.
ami discharge the r ram, and. though the
clouds out OF which God 5 chariot is made
may sometimes be far away. often Ia Y ara
close By, and they touch our shoulders. and
they touch our homss, and they touch IL all
over. have real OF two rtie> that tie
Lord took in Two different chariots
II clouds, and of another that He
~ill take. One dav. III a chariot If
clouds that We're 4 nIingllnr OF fog and
s.nphe ana lir-. cot irote Down TO til top
0: a terrible cra- ti,t~rl n~uatrel feet nigh,
now called Jebes IIsi. tii-il called Nc mt
mai, ami He st6ppet out % lis chariot
among tae split sh-iyl1gs OF rock. The
lnonnta l S shook as "ta al ague, ami there
We're ten Volleys Of thunIer. each q the ten
emphasizing a Tremendous - nou shalt, or
"lnou Shalt not Then the Lord t,umeel
HIS chariot of c-oH and arOv4 up
th- hi, OF heaven. Thy were
dark and portentod, cl"u IS that md" that
cDarloL at the g.vIng OF t1e -aw. But one
day II, took another RI IL. aud ta:s t M Town
To IoQn Tabor, the cIoul>oat OF waIc1 flls
/ e ar.Oz was III II. "er" UIl-ui -c4oui-. ruse1te
60 tus. iiumiilel clouds, ana must ra.ned
from all Of them, AMI the music Wa a ming
ing of carol aut cnant aai triunplal
march: TINS Is Ny GEO ei son. IN whom l
am well pleased. TRANSPORTATION chariot,
ION, say 1unirti, u You, wish | could
have Sc n those charIot--tne Tia k one that
ttIIntlyHt tin nr.t Z - l.f,aA- h4tsaA 49, iA yrf III fttv
OF the Iaw.a ana the white one that brought
I Him down to Tabor Never mind, YOU VIII
see SOMETHING gran.ler than that, ana it VIII
~ a migtller mln5iiug OF tn >o'lhre and
b.. such that the charIpts III which
I~ralan, ami Do ,ietlan, AMI Ienobia.
aud Caesar. and Alexander, and
ali the conJuerors OF all the ages rote viii
te unworthy of mention; and what ,tirs me
the most Is that when he comes III that
chariot of cloul anl gp-, back, lie Will ask
YOU and me to ride with HIM both ways.
How do | know that tue judgment
chariot will be made out OF c!oulsf
Revelation l., Z: "Beho d He cometh with
clouds. Oh, He viii nottheu ride through the
heavens alone as He does NOW. He is gong
to bring along with Him es:ort Of ten full
regiments. Inspiration says: "Beho1d the
Lord cometl with ten thousand of his saints. >
But these figures simply mean that there
Will be a great throng. And as We shall
IfOIDdDtS through III dtOIiHiIltlU Vi NnEiSL
lie in heaven before that, l hope
that we can come down i'll that IS
rOrt Of chariots. Christ in the ctntre
chariot, but charlots before Him to clear the
way, and charlots behind Him, AMI chariots
on either side of Him. Perhaps the proph
cts and patriarchs eof the old dl>pensatlon
May ride ahead each one chariotei-Abraham
and Moses and Ezekiel and David and joshua,
who fOretold his first coming. On either side
of the central chariot apostles and martyrs
who IN the same or approximate centuries
suffered for Hin-Paul, Stephen, AMI IGna-
thus, and Polycarp, and Justin M,rtyr. aud
multitudes who went up in chariot of fire
now coming in chariot of cloud, while II the
rear of the central chariot shall be the Elu.ti-
tudeS of latter days and OF our own time who
have trle to serve the Lord, ourselves hopt
among them. ''Rehold the Lord coneth with
ten thousand of His saints Yes, although
all unworthy OF such COMPROMISING we
want to come with Him on that day to seq
the last of this old world which was oar resi-
dence. Coming through the skies myriads of
chariots rolling on and rolling down. BY
that time how changed this world will be.
Its deserts all flowers, its rocks all messed
and llchened, its poor houses all palaces
its sorrows all joys, its SINS all virtues
AMI in the same pasture field lion and calf
and on the same perch hawk and dove. Now
the chariotS of cloudSstrike the earth, filling
all the valleys, and covering all the mount
ain s.des, AMI halting in all the cerneterie:
AMI graVeyardS and over the waters deet
where the dead sleep in coral sart ophagus
A LOUD blast of the resurrection
trumpet is given and the bodies of the dead
rls4 and join the spirits from which they have
long been separated. Then Christ, our King
rising III the center chariot OF Cloud, with his
scared hands waves the signal, and the
chariots wheel and come INTO line for gloriou;
ascent. Drive on, Drive up thariots Of
cloud ahead of the King. chariots Of
cloud on either side Of the King
chariots of cloud following the KIN. Up
ward and apa>t starry hosts, and through
universities. aud across intinitules. higher
hi cher, higher, unto the gates. the shining
gates. Lift up your heads, We Everlasting
Gates. for Him who makath til. clOu Is His
chariot, and who through coulescendinr an
upl fling grace invites us to mount and rid
with Him,