The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-01

uo hsht' lot CHllu Ten years Old mas
been known TO reach up, and with the
hand of prayer take the courser of that
chariot by the bit and slow il up, or stop
It, or turn il aside, or turn it back. The
boy Samuel stopped it. Daniel stopped
IT. Elijah stopped it llezekiah stopped
H. Elijah stopped il. Joshua stopped it.
Esther stopped it, Ruth stopped it. Han
nah stopped it. Mary stopped it.. My
father stopped it, My mother stopped it.
My sister stopped II. We have in our
Sabbath schools children who again and
again have stopped it.
Notice that these old-time chariots
which my text uses for symbol, had what
We would call high dashboard Mt the
front, but were open behind. And the
King would stand ut the dashboard and
drive with his own hands And | am
glad that he, whose chariot the clouds are,
drives himself. He does not let natural
law drive, for natural law In deaf. lie
does not let fate drive, foriato IN mcrciless.
But our Father King drives himself, and
he puts his loving hand ON the reius Of the
flying coursers, and he has q loving ear
open 10 the cry of all who want 10 catch
his attention. Oh, am 30 glad that my
Father drives, and never drives too fast
and never drives too slow, and never
drives of the precipicc, and that he con-
trolls by bit that never breaks, the Wild
est and most raging circumstances.
heard OF slip captain who put out with
his vessel with largo number oi passcn-
gems from Buffalo ON Lake Erie, very early
in the season and while there was much
Ice. When they were well out the captain
saw to his horror that the ice was closing
in on him from all sides. and he saw no
way out from destruction and death. He
called into the cabin the passengers and
all the crow that could be spared
from their posts and told them that the
ship must be lost unless God intorposed,
and although lac was not Christian man,
he said: Let me pray" and they all
knelt asking God 10 come Tor their deliv-
erancc. They went back to the deck, aud
the man at the wheel shouted "All right
cnp'n, it's blowing nor 10y nor' west now"
While the prayer was going on In the
cabin the wind changed and blew the Ice
out OF the way. The mate asked: shall
put ON more sail, cap'n2" "Nol" re-
spondcd the captain. "Don't touch her.
Some one else IL managing this ship Oh,
men aud women, shut In ON all sides by
icy troubles and misforluncs, In earnest
prayer put all your allIirs in the hands of
God. You will come out VII right. Some
one else is managing the ship! II did not
merely happen 80 that when Loydcn was
bcsicged, and the Duke Of Alvn felt SURF
Of his triumph, suddenly the wind turned,
and swollen waters compelled him Ia stop
the siege. and the city was saved. God
that night drove along the coast Of the
Netherlands in black chariot Of Storm
cloud. II lid not merely happen ~ that
Luther rose from the place where hc was
sitting just In time "a keep from being
crushed by stone that tho instant after
fell on the very spot. Had lac not escaped
where would have been the rciormatiun2
II did not merely happen M that Culum.
bus was saved from drowning by
an oar that WA floating on the
| waters. Otherwise, who would have un-
| yelled America. II did not merely hap
pen 40 that when George Washington wa,
| IN BROOKLYN great FOG settled over all the
place whore this church now stands, and
over all this end Of Long Island, and that
under that fog hc aud his army escaped
from tho clutches OF Cons. Howe and
Clinton. In chariot II mist aud cloud
the God Ol American independence rode
along here. On that pillow Of consolation
put down my head 10 sleep ut night.
ON that solid foundation | build when
see this nation IN political paroXysm every
four years, not because they care two cents
about whether II b high tniiilu or low tariff,
or no tariff nj all. hut only whether the
Democrats aro the Republicans shall have
the salnricd officers. Yea, when European
nations are holding their breath, wonder
ing whether Russia 90 Germany vii
launch y war that will incnrnalinc n cont
ncnt, fall back on the faith that my
Father drives. Yea, ! cast this ~ ai
achOr, aud plant this ~ column OI
strength, aud lilt this ~ "a tclc-
scope, and build this ~ q fort
rcgs, and propose, without any
perturbation, t0 launch upon an unknown
iulurc triumph in the fact that my Father
drives. Yes. lac drives very near. !
know that many oi the rlUuds that YOU see
IN summer are iar oil, the l,n-,r ui some oi
| them i've miles above thccuth. High on
| thu highest peaks 1T tho Andes travellers
! have seen clouds inr higher than where
| they were standing. Gay Lusslr, after Zee
| had risen Ice balloon 5000 feet, still sly
/ clouds above him. liut thprr are clouds
/ that touch the earth and discharge their
/ rain. aud. though the clouds out Ul which
! Gods chariot b. made may sometimes De-
| nr away. often they are close 10y, and they
| touch our shoulders, and they touch our
I homes. aud thuy touch uH all over. !
| have read NJ two rides that 'hc lnri took
| IN two different rhufiuis ol clouds, and II
another that ho will take. ono day, In q
| chariot 1T clouds that were mingling 81
| lug and smoke and Tire, Cod drove down
/ a. the top II terrible crag 800 feet high
now called Jcbol-Mua, then called Mount
| Sinai, aud hr stepped out Of his chariot
| among the split ahDlylng Of rock. The
mountain shook H with an aguc
| aud there were ten yUllCyH q
| thunder. each of the ten en-
phaHlIng 70 tremendous "Thou shalt,
| or Thou shalt mott Then thc Lord u
sumcl llis chariot 81 cloud and drove ~
the hills IT heaven. They were dark au.
| p1Hrutous clouds that made that chlrU
nj the giving ut tho law. liut ono day ".
took another ride, and this time to Noun
Tabor. The clouds ont oi which Ills cuar
riot was made we're bright clouds
rTrltr clouds. iIIumnCl clouds, an.
music mincd from all Of them
0i carol and chant and triumphal march
"Ihia rs My beloved Son, in whom ! an
| well pIpaHsd.n TRANSPORTATION chariot
ooh, ay hundreds ol you, II wish
could hay, seen thusc ChariOtH the hlICl
one that brought the Lord 10 Jcbcl.Mus
nl the giving ui the law, and the white ON
that brought Him down 10 Tabor. Ncvc
mind, YOU will see something grlndor THAI
that, aud Il will be- mighiicr mingiing a
the sUmbfr AMI radiant, aud the puinp q
IL will be- such that the chariub ln NhicI
1mian, aud Dioclcilnn, aud Ncnohia, an'
Cusir. and Alexander aud all thc con
qurfum ol all tho ages rode will bc un