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by the touch ot a slllphurous match. al no.
can uproot a century plant
In thisworld SC fun Of hefrtlessness and
hypocrisy bow thrilling il is to,ind some
friend as faithful Ii days OF Adversely as In
the ds1ys of prosperity! David had such IA
TRENT IN Hushaij the Jews had such a friend
IN Mordecai, who never forget their uause
Paul had such a friend in Onesiphorus, who
visited him IN jail; Christ had such in the
Mafys, who adhered TO Him ION the cross
Naomi had such u one in Ruth, who cried
ont. ''EntFeat me rot to leave thee, OF to
retrrn from tCllowing after thee; for wnith.
er thou goest, [ will gos and where thou
Ieigest, l will lodge; thy people shall be
my people, and thy God my God: where
thou diest will / die, and there will | be
buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also
If aught but death part thee and me-"
j Again, / leaIn from this subject that
paths which o. en- in hardship and darkness
often come cut in place, OF JOY. When Ruth
II rTtsd from Moab towlrd Jerusalem % 60
along with her motherirlaw l suppose the
people said: ''O2, what a foolish creature
to 20 away from her fathers house TO 60 o I
with a poor old woman toward the land Of
Judah! They won't live TO get across the
desert They will be drowned In the sea or
the iackals of the wilderness will destroy
them." 1t was a very Ca'k morning when
Ruth q rt d off with Naomi; hut behold her
IN my e. in the harN est-ield of Bolz to be
arhanced 10 one of the lords Of the laid and
become n Of the grandma he S o. Jesus
Christ, the lori Of glory. And so II often is
that a plth width starts very darAiy ends
NtrY brightly.
when YOU started cut for heaven, oh. how
dark was the boar of cOnviciio l-now Sinai
thun lerel and devils tormented and the
darlne s thickened! All the sins of your
life lounced upon You, and it was the dlrN-
est hour YOU ever saw when you first fcul d
! pfVt -. ,r cfna A FEa,. nu,hylo va, NvanF IN 10
the harvest Eeldof Gods mercy yoI began
to CLEAN In the fields OF divine promise, and
you had more sheayeJ than you could carry
"a the voice of God address led you, saying:
BLESSED is the man whose t ansgTe ssions a e
forgtvel and who e sins are coyered." A
very dark surfing in conviction, very bright
ending in the pardon and the hope and the
triumph Of the 20 pei. a
So, Wy often in our worldly business or il
Eour spiritual career, we start off Oh q very
dark path. We must go. The flesh may
shrink back, but there Is Il voice within, or a
| VOC fTom above, s Y M: "Iou must 20 I"
aud we have tosdrinK the gall, AM we have
to carry the cross, and we have 10 traverse
the desert, ana we are LoIndcd and failed
of misrepresentation and abuse, and we have
TO urge our way Though ten thousand o.
stacles that must be slain by orr own right
arm. We have 10 ford the river. we have to
climb the mountain, we have to storm the
castle; but, blessed .be God, the day Of rest
and reward will come. On the tiD-top of
the captured battlements we will shout the
victory If mot in this wo. Id, then in that
world where there is no gall to drink, 20
burdens TO carry, no battles To fight. How
do / know 1t! Know it,! / know it bee U.S.
God says so: E"They shall hunger no more,
neither thir { any more, neither shall the sun
light on them, nor any heat, for the Lamb
which is in the midst of tie throne shall lea /
1 49,. - l.wnAA. 49, 49, IN-A
shall wipe all tears from their eyes"
1t was very hard for Noah 10 endure the
soothing of the people in his dav, while he
was irving 10 butld his ark, and was every
morning guizz ID about his old beat that
would never be Of any pr lctlcal use but
! when the de;uge came anu the tops OF the
mountains Gisapp AlIel like tie backs ofsea.
monsters, ard the elements lashed up in
fury, clapped their hlnds over q drowned
world, ten Moan in the ark rejoiced in his
own safety and in tn safety OF his Family
and looked out on the wreck Of a ruined
earth.
Christ, bounded Of prosecutors, denied a
| pillow, wols3 maltrearea than ihe thieves
on either side OF the cross, human hate
smacking its lips in satisfaction after 1t lad
been draining His last drop OF biold, tae
sheeted dead bursting from the sepulchres
at His c%rdeifixion. Tel me, q Gethsemane
and Golgotha, were there ever dar Ter
times than those? Like the boo ming OF the
midnight sea against the rock. the surges Of
Carist's alguisl beat ag inst the gates OF
eternity, 10 be echoed back by an the
thrones OF heaven and all the dungeons of
hell. But the day Of reward comes for
Christ; all the p5mp and dominion of this
world are TO be hung on His throne; un-
crowned heads are to bow befcr4 Him, on
whose head are many crowns, and all the
celestial worship is To come up at His feet,
Il Vsawz 49, I.-.A.s.H@e 49, F~-m-A Tstw-2s..
rushing of the waters, like the laundering
of the seas, while alllheayen. rising on their
thrones, beat time with their sceptres;
"H~alletujah, for the Lord God ~omnipotent
reignetl! H~allelujah, the kingdoms OF TINS
world have become the kingdoms OF our
lord Jesus Chrlstg'
saFhat song Of love. now low and far,
Ere long shall swell from star TO star;
That light, the breaking day which tips
The gollen-spired apocalypse"
A. Again: Ilearn from my subject that
events which seem TO be most insignificant
NAV be momentouS Can YOU Imagine any.
thing more u~nimpoftant than the coming Of
apoor woman from Moab to JUdahg Can
you i'm agine anything more trivial than the
fact that this Ruth justshappened to a'ight
as they sag-just happened to alight
on that field OF Boar Yet all a res, all gen
e~ratlons, have an interest in the fact that
sue Was 10 DccuflC All uutC sbDT N the IOru
Jesus Christ and all nations and kingdoms
must look ut that ore little incident with a
thrill of unspeakable an / eternal sat. sfaeti IN.
So il Is in your history and In mine; events
that you thought Of no Importance at all have
been Of very great moment. That casual
conversation, that accidental m~eeting-you
did not think of 1t again for a long While !:
but how II changed all the phase Of your
life.
II seemed to be Of no importance that
EJubal invented rude Instruments Of music,
calling them harp and Organ; but they were
the Introduction Of ALI the worlds min
strelsy; and as you hear the vibration Of 4
stringed instrument, even after the fingers
have been taken away from ii, so nil music
now Of lutte and drum and cornet Is only the
long continued strains Of JuDal's harp and
Jubaps organ. IL seemed 70 be 4 matter Of
very little Importance that Iubal Cain learn-
ed the uses of copper and iron; but that
rude foundry Of ~ ient days has It's echo IN
ths la tie Of Birmingham machinery. anu
the roar and Dang OF factories on the Mere
mac.
III seemed b be a matter Of 20 Importance
that Luthur found d bible IN a monastery. but
Is be opended tlat billie, and tie brass.botnd
lids fell back, they Jared eYeryt ing, from
the ~santican 10 the furthest convent la Ger.
many, and the ~riistling DC the wofmed leaves
was the sound Of tho wfags Of the angel ar
the reformation. 1t seemed to be i matter
Of nc importance that q woman, whose name