Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-11-15

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ballard.
Onemore arrangement aud You viii be
ready for Che sea. You must have compass
witch is the Bib,a Look ct It every day,
and always sail By it, as It's needle points TO-
ward the star OF Bethlehem Through ios
and darkness and storm it works faithfully.
Search tho Scriptures "Box tine con91ss.'
Let me give YOU two or three r1les for tao
voyage. Allow your appetites aud passions
ouly an under deck passage Do not allow
them ever 10 como mp on the promenade deck.
Mortify Nour members which are upon the
earth. Never allow your lower nature any
thing better than a steera3o passage. Let
watchfuness walk the decks as an Grmc1 sem
tinel, and shoot down with great promptness
anything like a mutiny Ofri0tous appctites.
BE sure TO look out OF The forccastio for
icebergs These are cold Christians floating
about in the church. The frigi1 zone pro-
fessors viii sink you. Steer clear OF icebergs.
Keep a iog-book during all the voyagc-an
account of how many furlongs you make a
day. The merchant keeps a day book as
well as a ledger You ought to know every
night as well as every year. how things are
going When the express train stops at the
depot you hear 4 hammer sounding on all
the wheels, thus testing the safety Of tho
rail train. Bound, as we are, with more
than express speed toward q great eternity,
ought we not often to try the work OF self
examination?
Be sure to keep your colors upl You know
the ships Of England, Russia, France and
Spain by the ensgns they carry. Sometimes
it is a lion, sometimes an eagle, sometimes q
star, sometimes a crown. Let it ever he
known who you are, and for what port y6ll
are bound. Let christian" be written on
the very 'front.' with figure of p cross, a
crown and dove; and from the masthead
let float the strcamers of Emmanuel Then
the pirate vessels of temptation will pass you
unframed as they say: "lhere goes a Chris
tian bound for the port Of heaven. We will
not disturb her, for she has too many guns
aboard" Run up your flag on this pulley:
II am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ,
for il is the power of God and the wisdom of
God unto salvation" When driven back or
laboring under great stress of weatbGr--now
changing from starboard tack to larboard,
and then from larbOard to starboard-look
above the topgaiaubS, and your heart shall
beat like a war drum as the streamers float
on the wind The sign Of the cross will make
you patient, and the crown will make you
clad.
Before you gain port you viii smell tho
land breezeS Of heaven; and Christ, tine Pilot,
will meet you as you come into the NarroWs
OF Death, and fasten to you, and say: "When
thou passest through the waters, ] will be
with thee; and through the rivers they shall
not overflow thee" Are you ready for such
voyage? Make up your minds. The gang
planLs are lifting. The bell rings. All
aboard for heaven! The world is not your
rest. The chaflinch is the silliest bird in all
the earth for trying to make its nest on the
rocking billow. Oh, how wish that as | en-
bark for the Holy Land in the East, all to
whom preach BY tongue or type would en-
bark for heaven. What you all most need is
God, and you need Him now. Some Of you
law in, +ro,, IHhinns
rough with you. You have had a hard
struggle with poverty, OF sickness or perse-
cution or bereavement Light after light has
gone out and it is 50 dark that you can
hardly see any blessing left. May that Jesus,
who comforted the widow Of Main, and raised
thedeceased to life, with His gentle hand Of
sympathy wipe away your tears. All is well.
When David was fleeing through the will
ierness, pursued by his son, he was being
prepared to become the sweet singer Of Is.
raeI The pit and the dungeon were the best
schools at which Joseph ever graduated.
The hurricane that upset the tent and killed
Jobs children prepared the man OF w to
write the magnificent poem that has as
founded the ages. There is no way to get
the wheat out of the straw but to thresh it.
There is no way to purify the gold but to
burn it, Look at the people who have always
had it their own way They are proud, dis
COlIentet, uSGltoS ttiltl ullluLlDs Il you NttHb
to find cheerful folks go among those
who have been purified by the fire. After
Rossni had rendered civilian Tell" the five
hundredth time, company of musicians
came under his window in Paris and sere-
naded him. They put upon his brow
golden crown of laurel leaves. But amidst
all the applause and enthusiasm Ro5sini
turned to O friend and said: II would give
| all this brilliant scene for few days of
youth and love-" Contrast the melancholy
feeling Of Rossini, who had everything that
this world could give him, to the joyful eX-
perience of Isaac Watts, whose misfortunes
were iunumerable, when he says:
The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
We're marching through Immanuel's ground
To fairer worlds on high.
II is prosperity that kills and trouble that
saves. While the Israelites were on the
march, amidst great priyations and hard
ships, they behaved well. After while, they
| prayed for meat, and the sky darlened with
a large flock of quails, and these quails fell in
great multitudes all about them; and the Is
raelites ate and ate and stuffed themselves
until they died, OH my friends it is not
hardship, or trial, or starvation that Injuries
the soul, but abundant supply. 1t is not the
vulture Of trouble that eats up the Christians
life; it is the quails it is the quails!
I cannot leave you until once more I con-
TESS my faith in the Saviour whom | have
preached. He is my all in ALL l owe more
to the grace of God than most men. With
this ardent temperament, if had gone over
board would have gone to the very depths.
SGu know can do nothing by halves.
n Z prooe how orroat n Jabtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
think all will be well. Do not be worried
about me. know that my Redeemer liveth,
and if any fatality should befall me-
think I should go straight. have been most
unworthy and would be sorry to think that
any one of my friends had been as unworthy
a Christian as myself. But God has helped
great many through, and 1 hope lie will
help me through. 1t is a long account Of
shortcomings, but if He is going to rub any
of it out, think He will rub il all out.
And now give us Qor go not alone your
benediction. When you send letters to a
friend in distant land, you say via such a
city, or via such a steamer. When you send
you good wishes to us, send them via the
throne of God. We shall not travel out of
the reach of your prayers.
There is q scene where spirits dwell,
Where friend holds Intercourse with FRIEND
Though sundered far, by faith we meet
Around one common mercy seat
And now, may the blessing Of God come
down upon your bodies and upon your souls,
your fathers and mothers, your companions,
your children, your brothers and sisters, and
your friendsl May you be blessed in your
business and in your pleasures, in your joys
and i'll your sorrows, in the house and by the
way And if, during our separation an
arrow from the unseen world should strike
any of us, may it only hasten on the raptures
that God has prepared for those who love
Him I utter not the word farewell; it il
too sad too formal a word for me to speak
or write But, considering that have your
hand tightly clasped in both of mine, ] utter
kind, an affectionate and a cheerful good
by