Telegram-herald., 1888-10-01
CLOUDS HIS CHARIOT


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denly the slnd turned Snd the swollen
szsags cognpslA Ael him 70 stop tEs sa~ge,
an1 TIE city ~Ss saved God that ulght
drove alozs tns ooasl q tDs Netherlands
"a a bass eGaslQt q storm cloud Is
d.d not merely hayp~n ~ that Luther
Iose iIala TIE place where he was sitting just
a. tine % keep from Icing crushed by stone
taag the instant aetsr fell ca the very spot
Had - not e<sc4tsd, here would have teen
tie aslornAticni Il dld nOt merely happen
81 tEzE Columbus " As saved from drowning
by g. car that as hoatias On the waters.
Others sc, Sho would have unveiled Amer
lcai IL did rot merely happen 50 that when
George Washington wa< IN Brooklyn q great
fog ssg..ed down over sll the place where this
church stands. snd over all thls end Of Long
Island. and ta4I under that fog lie aud has
army escaped from tho clutches OF Gems
Howe and Clinton Ia a chariot Of mist and
cloud tho God Of American Independence
rode along here. On thar pillow of ecnsols-
ton put down nIy head 70 sleep al night
On that solid foundation | build v hen l see
tlls nation IN political paroIysm every four
years. not lscause they care two cents about
whcther it IL high tariff or low tariff or no
tariff al all, bCt only whether tbs Dem
ocratI or Republicans shall have the salaried
o.ficers. Yea, when European nations are
holding their breath, wondering whether
Russia or Germany viii launch n war that
VIII incarnadine continent, / fail back
On the faith that my Father drives. Yea,
/ cast this as an anchor, and plant
thus IS "a column OF strength. and lift this
as a telescope, aud build this as
fortress, and propose without any
perturbation TO launch upon an unknown
future triumphant in the fact that my
Father drives Yes, be drives very near.
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In summer are far OFF. the bases Of some Of
them ive miles above the earth. High on
The highest peaks OF the Andes travellers have
seen clouds FAR higher than where they were
standing. Gay Lussac, after he had risen in
balloon twenty three thousand feet, still
saw clouds above him
But there are clouds that touch the earth
and discharge their rain, and, though tho
clouds out OF which Gods chariot is made
may sometimes be far away, often they are
c!oee by, and they touch our shoulders and
they touch our homes and they touch US all
over. have read OF two rides that the Lord
took in two different chariots of clouds, and
of another that he viii take. One day, in a
chariot Of clouds that were q minSlinx of
fog aud smoke and FIRE, God drove down to
the top OF q terrible crag fifteen hundred
feet high, now called Jebel- Musa, then called
Mount Sinai, and he stepped out Of his char
lot among the split shelvings Of rock. Tho
mountain shook as with an akus, and
there were ten volleys Of thunder, each Of the
ten eDphasizing a tremendous ''Thou shsltn
or Thou shalt not" Then the Lord re-
suued his chariot Of cloud and drove up the
hills OF heaven They were dark and por-
teutous clouds that made that chariot at the
another ride. aud this time down TO Mount
Tabor, tic clouds out of which his chariot
was made bright clouds, roseate clouds, illu-
mined clouds, and music rained from oil Of
them, and the music vos a mingling of carol
and chant and triumphal march: This is
my beloved son, ia whom / am well pleased !"
TRANSPORTATION chsriotl
"Oh, say hundreds Of you, II wish could
have seen those chariots-tke black one that
brought the Lord TO Jebel- Musa at the giving
"a the law, and the white one that brought
him down to Tabor" Never mind, you will
See something grSndcr than that, and it Will
Be a mightier mingiing Of the somocr and
.he radiant, and the pomp OF it win bs such
that the chsrists in which Trajan and
Diocletisn, ana Zcnobis. and Cssar, and
Alexander, and ali the conquerors Of all
the ages rode will be unworthy of mention;
end what stirs me the most is that
wren be comes in that chariot of cloud
and goes back, re viii ask you and me 70
ride with him both ways. How do know
hat tho Judgment chariot will be made out
Df cloudsl Revelation 4, Z: Behold be
eor1eth with clouds" Oh, hs wiz not then
ride through tie heavens alone as he does
now lie 4 going 70 bring along with him
an escort o. ten full regiments. Inspiration
SAYS: Behold the Lord coxneth with ten
thousand OF his saints" But these figures
simply mean that there will 10 great
throng. AID as We shall probably through
ths asonsment OK Christ be ia heaven
before that, hope that We can come
down in that escort OF chariot. Christ in the
center chariot, but chariots before him TO
clear TIE way. and chariots behind hin and
ehariots on either SIDE OF him. Perhaps the
prophets and ratrisrchs Of the old dispensa-
ton may ride ahead, each ono cbsriooed-
Abraham and Noses and Ezekiel and David
and Joshua, Eh0 foretold his frst coming
On either side OK tie central chariot apos-
ties ard martyrs who IA the same or ap-
proxinats centuries suffered for hirn-PsuI.
stephen and Igaatius and Polycsrp and Jus
tin Martyr aud multitudes who went up
in ciagios of IRE now coming in chariot
OF cloud. while in the rear OF the central
chariot shall be the maltst1des q later days
and Of our own time who have tired TO serve
tie Lord. ourselves. / hope, among them.
Behold the Lord conletb with ten thousand
OF his saints Yes. although al unworthy
Ct such c0Epanioussip. We wait 10 como
wsfn him OF that Gay 20 see the last q this
Old world wbich was once our residence
Coming throagh the skies. myriads Of
cnsriots roiling On sad roliing Gown. BY
f1as tins how changed thfs world wiB =.
Its deserts a. flowers. is rocks a. EosseSi
ssd iicseaed. is poorhouses al palaces. its
sorrows al Joys. It's s.Bs al virtues,
sad n ne sane pasture seld hon and elf.
and GA tae sane perch hswk ana dove Now
the chsriots q cloud STRIKE tie earth. fling
al the valleys ana covering al tbe mountain
sides aad nAlslRg IN sA tas ceE0eter1es srd
grevsysTtss ana over tAa waters deep where
tee 5ssd s-esp IN coral ssro0paagas A lossd
bass q IT, resurrection trssnPet is given.