Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-10-25

the crew that could be spared from incl
rosts ana told them that the ship must D
lost unless God interposed, and although
,va. NOT a Christian man he said: LET u
,,rav ), and they all knelt, asking 6od
come far their deliverancc They Wen
hack to the deck, and the man at the vince
shonted; GAN right, cap'n, it's blowing
| nor, nv nor, west now" While the praye
,yas going on in the cabin the wind changed
and blew the ice oilt of the way The
mate asked; eShall | put on more san
cap'npt MOP responded the captain
"Don't touch her. Some one else
managing this ship" o. men ane
women. shut in on all sides oy ICY
tro lbles and misfortunes, in earnest prayer
I put all your affairs in the hands OF zoo
/ You will come out all right. Some one else
is managing the ship! 1t did no merely
happen so that when Leyden was Desiegedr
and the Duke of Alva felt sure OF ms ui
umph, suddenly the wind turned, ana the
7 swollen waters compelled him TO stop ,ne
/ siege, and the city was saved. 6oa that
/ night drove along the coast OF the Neither
lands in black chariot OF sform-cloud. IL
did not merely happen so that Luther rose
from the place where he was sitting Just 10
time TO keep from being crushed by stone
that the instant later fell on the very spot
Had he not escaped where would have been
the Reformation 1t did not merely happen
so that Columbus was saved from drowning
by an oar that was floating en- the waters.
Otherwise who would have unveiled
Americal 1t did not merely happen 50
that when George Washington was In
Brooklyn great fog settled down over all
the place where this church stands, and
II 80. oF faiund and that
under that fog he and his army escaped
from the clutches of Generals Howe and
Clinton. In a chariot OF mist and cloud the
God of American independence rode along
here. On that pillow Of consolation l put
down my head to sleep at night. On that
solid foundation build when see this ma
ton in political paroxysm every four years,
not because they care two cents about
whether it is high tariff or low tariff, or no
tariff at all, but only whether the Democrats
or the Republicans shall have the salaried
Offices Yea, when European nations are
holding their breath wondering whether
Russia or Germany viii launch war that
will incarnadne continent, fall back on
the faith that my Father drives. Yea, cast
this as an anchor and plant this as a column
OF strength and lift this as a telescope and
build this as a fortress, an propose without
any perturbation 20 launch up0nan unknown
future. triumphant in the fact that my
Father drives. Yes, he drives very near. !
know that many 81 the clouds that you see
in summer are far on, the bases Of some Of
them five 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 q balloon % 900 feet, still saw
clouds above him.
But there are clouds that touch the earth
and discharge their rain, AMI. though the
clouds out Of which Gods chariot is made
may sometimes be far away, often they are
close by, and they touch our shoulders, and |
they touch our homes aud they touch us
al over. have read OF two riders that !
he Lord took In two different chariots of /
clouds, aud OF another that lie will take. |
One day. IN chariot OF clouds that were a |
ningling OF fog aud smoke and fire, God /
irove down 10 the top Of terrible crag.
fifteen hundred feet high, now called Jebel-
IIusa. then called Mount Sinai, and He
stepped out Of His CHARIOT among the split
OF rock. The mountain shook
IS with an ague and there were ten vol
eys of thunder. each of the ten en-
,hasizing a tremendous "rh0u shalt,n or
Thou shalt mott Then the Lord resumed
lis chariot Of cloud and drove up the hills
4 heaven. They were dark aud portentous
LIQUIDS that male that chariot at the giving
4 the law. But one lay he took another
ide, aud this time down 70 Mount Tabor,
he clouds out OF which His chariot was
made brightclouds roseateeloaGs. illumined
LIQUIDS, and music rained fron all Of them,
nd the music was q miugiing Of carol,
nd chant ana triumpha march This is
ly beloved Son, b. wLom am well
leased" Trans igumhnn chariot!
90" say hualrcis of you, II wish l
ould have seea taose clari1ts-the black
ne that broaght lhe Lord TO Jebel- ,Lusa at
he giving 81 the law. and the white one
hat brought him down % Tabor Never
lind, you will SEE something grander than
hat, and It will hs % .lightier mingling Of
be somber and tA1 .a liant and the pomp
IL will be suc iat the chariots 10
'hich Trajau. and Hi3r etan. and Xenobia.
ma Caesar, and Alexander. and all the con :
uerors Of al tie ages rode, be unworthy .
mention and what stirs me the most is
nat when He comes 10 that chariot OF cloud
nd goes back He win ask you and me to
de with MIN both ways. Row do / know
nat the Judgment chariot VIII BE- made out
clouds. Revelation /. :: 'Behold He
1meth with clouds" O. He win not then
de through the heavens alone as He does
DIV. He is going to bring along with Him
sort Of ten fun regiments Inspiration
lys: "Behuld the Lord cometh with ten
lousand Of His saiuts.m But these figures
IMPLY mean that there will be a great
lrong. And as we shall probably through
lie atouement of Christ be in Heaven before
lat, hope that we can come down in that
'cort Of chariot Christ in the center char
L but chariots before Him to clear the way
ID chariots behind Him md chariots on
Their side OF Him. Perhaps the prophets
I'd patriarchs Of the old dispensation may
de ahead each one Abraham and :
oses and Ezekiel and David and Joshua.
no foretold His first coming. On either
de of the central chariot apostles and mar
rs who in the same or approximate cen
ries suffered for Him-Paul. Stephen, and
Mathis and Polycarp and Justin Martyr
I'd multitndes who went up in chariot of
re now coming in ella lot OF cloud. while
the rear Of the central chariot shall be the
Of later days aud of our own time
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