Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-01


, hu.e limited liehtnirg express 'raip, s.
swift; il tbs chariot ct our God; yes
sTifEer taa1 tue storm, sRif.er than ~,
light YET child ten years ell has beei
known ~ reach up, sld with the oGnd c
prayer take the courier OF thst cleri0L b.
sne Bit aaA slow it Gp, stop il, or turn :
stopped l.. Elijah stopped 1t. Il, z7kia
stopped II. psntsl stopped it Josaus
s.opI ed It. Esther stopped it. Rutl
rgoppad IL. Hsnnsh st 'pped It. M2ry
stopped il My father stopped il. M
mother stepped IT, My sister stepped it
We have in cu7 Sabbath sclool5 children
VINO sgail AID again and again havs
stopped il.
Notice thst these old-tima chariots
winch my texs uses for eymbo'
mad what we would call q mgr
dashboard g. the f:oat, bat were open be
hind. Aud shs kilg would stand at the
dashboard sod drive with mis- own hsnds
And l an glad that He, wh1:e ccesio;
the clouds are, drives HinseIi BE Goes
not LEI nsiursi law drive, Tor pltursl "a r
Is dsa; II does NOT let fate drive. foi
f,2e is merciles5. Bus ouc Fiber Kina
drives himself, and BE puts 9is loving
hand o. the rstas CT
THE FLYING C)URSERa,
aud H. has loving e&r open 10 the cry
OF eli VINO wan. TO catch His attention
o., am sc glad that my Father drives,
aad never drives 100 fast, snd nsvar
dawes 200 SLOW, aud never drives eff the
prsc pIce, sld tgls a. controls by DIT
tha- never breaks, the wildess and m2s.
raging Giro instances. l heard Ct snip
! n Wit 4 wit n,
large rumbsr CT passengers from Bat,
I 10 GU Lsk5 L e,' very early in TIE sea
oJn ana while Jnzre WIS much ice. Waea
they were weil OF. the cso.aln eaw 10 bis
horror tdss tae ice was cl2sifg in OF.
MIN trom al sIcas, ana he
ss0 No way out from destEu;-
tion a5d dean. He called in.o tn cabin
the passengers G1d sll the ccaY thst
c1uld DC fpAgtt f50m IaGtr pegs and told
slefu thst thG Hhp must be los. uaIays
! God inisrp1' ed, sad alGa0ueh he wss not
Clr!stl1u m.Q a. eSit: "L;s Us pray"
| sud taeY Oil knel. asking 900 to Gene
| for their d. iTefsrce Tney went bxck ~
shoutet: "a / riglt c lp'n; us blowing
nor b. nGr'He3E nov" Wl!le tna pIGJer
Wl3 sollg OF il tbs cabin the ~iad
a .
| Tie lS!o asked: SSH l Gu "a II yra
SIT, Csp'L?' "Nj!" reep ,nded The Cap
tsin; "d0n's touch her. Some one else is
mapsg nj: tee ship" o., men sld W.
men, shut IL Ga ill sides by icy srou 1ies
sDd Gisf0ruceg, IN earnest prayer put all
Youc sfSiga IpI'1e hsrGa Of G,d. Ycu ", i
come Out al r!gl.. Some one elsa i3 lnI.-
sglug %; ui!p l d!a at ueseiy Esd.
a
s1c the Duas IS VI I'll: sure Of his TIL
I'm ol, su!d-n,y NJ ~.nt TUNED and the
Yu.!en ws,eis compelled him 10 stop Ire
| &c, sGd the Ci'y WAS saved. God TIM
n!got Grove s!ong the coaot OF he NsHser.
lands in = 5lqCk cl4riOt CT storm cIGud5
L. cid u1E merely happen 80 thss Lgyhs.
rose from tde piSC5 where ne WAS slt,tp g
Just in tine toE y from being
CaU.HED BY r STONE ":
thAt the ins.Gn1 aiier fell on 5he very spot.
lad ne rot escaped where would have
ben the RsfQrmsriol? Itd!d not merely
happen SO thtt C0Iumou5 Wss saved f:on
drowning oy 81 Ger this: wss floating en-
the waters. Otherwise, who would have
INV .iled Amsrica?
Il did not merely happen SC that when
George Washington IVES IL Brooklyn a
Z
wlere this cnutch stands, and over all this
end Of Long Islano. sad that uader that
fog he end his armies escaped from the
clutches Of GanerRi5 Howe ard Clinton.
IL q CHARIOT of mis-: an1 c!oud me God Of
American independence rod along here
Oa thai pillo " CT coIs0lstlol l put down
my head 10 sleep at aiGht. Ga that sold
foundation build waen see this nation
Iva. ligi ns Al
not because they csre two cents about
whether /: Is high tsflf, or low tssif, or
10 tarif CT sill, boz only whether the
the sslariet fl;es. Yea, when European
Laliots are holdiIg their breath, woadsr-
ing whether krssis or Germany vii!
launch S WAT that Will in:arnadire q con-
tnen ISL 6Ack on the faith tbs: my
Father drives. va, l cast this as 81
anchor, End p:sa5 this as column OF
scope, and bu!d this as L
fortress, snd Propose without any
perturbation % lauccn upon az unknown
iu:u.e Grlum 3hsn5 IN the fact Iha. my
Fsther Qr:vas. Yes, Re drives very recr
know lhst many Ct the clouds .hst You
see IA summer are far of, tia bases of
High on the highesJ peaks Of the Andrs
travellers have seen clouds fsr higher
than where they were standing. Guy
Lassac, after he had
RISEN IN ABALLOON
%, 600 fee, stil saW clouds sooys him.
but there sre clouds that touch the
earth and discharge their rain, and,
though the clouds ou: OF which Code
Chariot is made may sometimes be Ear
e DAY, often they are Close by, and they
touo1 our Shoulders, and they touch our
homes. and they touch us Gil ovec. have
Rad Il two rides .asf the Lord took In
two different chsrio.s Of clouds, and CT
another that He Will take Ole day, in q
chst1ot OF clouds that Hers.k mingline Of
fog ana smoke and fse, God
Grove down to the top Of s terrible
crag 1900 fee! high, now called
JsOel- Muss, then cal!.d Mount SInii, anu
He stepped ous Of HIS chariot among the
split shelving1 Of rock. The noun
tain shook IS with an ogue, and there
were ten w lleys OF thunder, exch ofishe
ten emphssiz ng tremendous "T1dlh
shalt" or "EnUu saAls not" Then the
Lord resumed His cnariot OF cloud ana
dsoya up the hills OF heaven. They we're
dars aad porten,oQs clouds; that made