Sharp County record., 1888-10-11

r---4-z nlllL tL-AA NA-@-f
s7f h .au1sn5s, and PhaLangea OF the
z-.,.r4 ell r1ads just ready TO XIII To
~ 10 build up, 20 pull down. to weave,
- vrf-s. TO pLowr to pound, TO wheel to
- IN 1--WE friendly Sanitation Ths
- f-z fin rers are 50 many telegraph
- E-r -za50u o. their se1sIuVeness u
.----E The bridges, the tunnels,
- ,-=--as ot the whole earth ara
- ,7l,-o-fss Of the hand Ths
IT are not dumb, but often
- - a. distinctly as the lips. With
-. IDS We invite, We repe- We invoke,
- z--,.at. We wiring them II grief or
- +h4r1 in 10y, or spread them abroad
= E,,--s,5-rri11. The uaIfOrmatIOu Of the
rfsnt'z hand in the 5eXL gI9rLl7s tn7.
7-TL,-J Fashioned OF God more eZ-
,7r-f.fraTV aud wondrou7-Y than any ll-
- mechanism that was ever co1JrlVed
T n. .7,ra v0rr use it for God aud the II-t-
- H. world out Of IEs moral Predica-
- EmDI0v it in the sublime work Of
- md shaking. You can see ths
- i inst made for that -Four fingers
-. -. r+rr- TO touch your neIghboc'5
- - 77- side aud your thumb set so
a. ., cfs1ch it on the other side BY al
- L,,--s. ard Joints, and muscles, and
.--.-+T.,.zs snd Iigaueuts the voice 0t
- -. 3,f-.s with the voice OF God IN
commanding y0E to shake Ss. nanIs, me
custom ts as Ola as the 0-D-7' anyhow
J.h7 said TO Jsh0nads5s ..-.,
eTs thine heart tight 8s my l7airl Is Win
thine hearth Il ts be- give NE inns
haud.0 -,r-.,
when hands ioiu in Christian 'aL1fa-
ton a GOSPEL electricity thrills sGTN - lla
-,rr- Fr9r7 heart to heart and from lne
.1o-rd.r ot one TO the shoulder Of ne
--1zr Snake hands all around. VIM
-h. rfmId and for their e1courageusnt
sb,ra hands. With the troubled and IN
r7.hsarrad sympathy. shake hands
JVf-l the Young man just entering ousl-
7ass and discouraged at the small sales
and large expenses, shake hands. With
- ,r.fTf who $ new from God and started
On an uueuding journey for which be
-ssds 10 gather = great supply OF
strength. and who cGu hardly reach
I'D TO YOU u0w, because you are 50 much.
-aTra- shake hands Across cradles.
and dying beds and graves shake
hands. With your enemies who have
done all 60 tesams and hurt you but
whom Won can aE0rd TO forgive, shake
hands At the door 0G churches Wlers
rao7rs come IN. aud &C tAe door OF
churches where people % ou1- SHAKE
hands. Let pulpit shake hands with pew,
and sabbath day shake hands with week
F,v. and earth shake hands With Heaven.
m the strange. the nj ZhtY, the Unde1ned,
the mysterious the eternal power o- an
honest hautshakiug- The dl1ereuce De-
-waen these times and the mIIIs1uLaI
times Is that now some shake hands, out
-r-- all will shake hands, throne and
s50ts-5oL aCr0ss seas and Eatl7u Win
nation. God aud man, church militant
and church triumphant
With that Divine triumph Of anatomy
in your possession, where do you Walk
In whs5 path 0t righteousness OF what
Da5h 1s sin have you set 1t DOWN. Wlere
have YOU LETT the mark OF your footsteps?
Amid the DegriEcatiJus IN the rocks have
been found the mark Of the feet OF birds -
and bsasts Of thousands oc years ago.
can trace out all Of the foot
Cza-gur lifetime, and those YOU
oas years ago are as plain as those
al Is last soft weather. all Of them
re I Iis0r the Judgment day. On the
foot, How divi1sIy h0u0rsd not o1.y II
its c0ustruc5i0 Z. but in the fact that God
represents Himself IN the Bible ai 1aT-
ing feet The cIguis, on the dust
~ y-u,- --r-rrHGsss Vas In
seet:0 The earth Is ny
And represeu ting cyclones,
aGa.llasu--u.. i0us. and whirIwinds and
hurricanes Is winged creatures, He de-
scrtbes Himself as putting His foot on
these monsters Of the air and walking
from pi1.0C To piuI1E, saying; He walk
eth upon the wings Oi the vind.r Thou
hast put au things under His feet" cries
the DsaJlisL Oh, the foot. Give NE tia
autobiography Of your foot from the tius
You stepped out ot the cradle uatiI to-day
and Will tell your ezacG character now,
and what are your prospects for the world
TO come. That there might be no doIbt
about the fact that both these pieces
Of Divine mechanism. hand and foot,
belong 10 Christ's service, both hands of
Christ and both feet Of Christ were
spiked on the cross. Right through
the arch Of both His feet TO the box
low Of His foot went the iron o. torture.
AlL LEylL lAe l4LlL fa his LL-L I'd llt IA-A
Of it, and there Is not G. muscle or nerve
or bone among the tweutv-ssvsl bones
OF the hand and wrist, or among the
tweuty-six bones OF the foot. but il be-
longs 70 Him now and forever. Charles
Raade, the great write, lost the TOin; o!
his t1retlger by feeding ] bear Look
0 ut that your whole hand gets not into the
nav Of the oil Cerbsrus Of perjitiJl.
SIR Thomas Tr1wbrtIgs, at the bLt5Is Ot
LuksrmGu. lost lLs foot, aud when the sol.
diers would carry him away he said: 40,
do not move IlEIL the battle l. Won"
So If our foot be laust or lost let it Be IN
the service Of God sur home or our cuu1'
try. ~ eG
That Il the uCT Jsagtlf1L foot that goes
abou- rSlhs Of reatest usefulness, and
that tle most bautifuI hand that does
the most to helEoth7rs. was reading
OF three women VtOwere IN rivalry about
the appearance 4 the hand. And the
one redeemed herhand with berries, and
said thu beauJitui ti1ge made hers the
most beautiful Ind another put her
hand in the ain brook. and said %
he waters drippelbfF that her hand wGs
he most beautifuIl And another pIUcled
lowers of the ban, and under the bloom
aOrra 11af that he A and vvas rha most It-