The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-25

among the mountains. Now you go home,
and how tame your picture OF the morning
seems in CONTRAST Greater than that shall
be the contrast between this scriptural view
of God and that which We shall have when
standing face 10 face. This is picture of
the morning; that will be the morning it
self.
Again: Ny texts are true of the Saviour's
excellency. BY image and sweet rhythm
of expression. and startling antitheses,
Christ is set forth-his love, his compassion,
his work, his life, his death, his resurrection.
We are challenged to measure it, to COM
pute it, to weigh it. In the hour of our
broken enthrallment we mount up into
high experience of his love and shout until
the countenance glows, and the blood
bounds, and the whole nature is exhilarated,
81 have found himm And yet it is through
q glass, darkly. We see not half o.
that compassionate face. We feel not half
the warmth of that loving heart. We
wait for death t. let us rush into his out
spread arms Then we shall be face to face.
Not shadow then, but substance. Not hope
then, hut the fulfilling OF ali prehgurement.
That will be a ma gnificent unfolding. The
rushing ont in view of all hidden excellency;
the coming again of long absent Jesus to
meet us-not in rags and in perjury and
death, but amidst a light and pomp and
outbursting joy such as none but glorlfied
intelligence could experience. o! to gaze
full upon the brow that was lacerated,
upon the side that was pierced,
upon the feet that were nailed; to
stand close up in the presence of him who
prayed for US on the mountain, and thought
of us by the sea, and agonized for us in the
garden, and died for us in horrible cruel
fxion; to feel of him, to embrace him, to
take his hand. to kiss his feet, to run our
fingers along tho scars of ancient suffering,
TO say: "This is my Jesusl He gave him
self for me. l shall never leave his
presence. l shall forever behold his
glory. shall eternally hear his
voice. Lord Jesus, now l see thee! | be
hold where the blood started, where the
tears coursed, where the face was distorted.
have waited for this hour. | shall never
turn my back on thee. No more looking
through imperfect glasses. Nomore study
ing thee in the darkness. But as long as
this throne stands, and this everlasting
river flows and those Garlands bloom, and
these arches of victory remain to greet
home heavens conquerors, so long L shall
see thee, Jesus of my choice, Jesus of my
song, Jesus of my triumph-forever and
forever-face to face"
The idea of my texts is just as true when
applied to Gods providence. Who has not
come to some pass in life thoroughly inex-
plicable! You say: "What does this mean2
What is God going to do with me nowa He
tells me that all things work together for
good. This does not look like it," You
10 bLuuJ bUt us pcuodllOus dbu
after awhile guess about what God means.
HE means to teach me this. | think he
means to teach Inc that. Perhaps it is to
humble my pride. Perhaps it is to make
me reel more dependent. Perhaps to teach
me the uncertainty OF life" But, after
all, it is only guess-a looking through
the glass; darkly. The Bible assures us
that there shall be a satisfactory unfolding.
s'What do thou knowest not now, but
thou shalt know hereafter" You will know
why God took to himself that only child.
Next door there was a household of seven
children. Why not take one from that
group instead of your only one2 Why
single out the dwelling in which there was
only one heart beating responsive to yours!
Why did God give you child at all, if he
meant to take it away? Why fill the cup OF
your gladness trimming, If he meant to
dash it down? Why allow all the tendrils
of your heart to wind around that
object, and then, when every fiber of your
own life seemed to be interlocked with the
child's life, with strong hand to tear you
apart, until you fall bleeding and crushed,
your dwelling desolate, your hopes blasted,
your heart broken? Do you suppose t,lat
God will explain that? Yea. He win make
it palmer than any mathematical problem
AS plain as that two aud two make four.
In the light of the throne you will see that
it was right-all right. Just and true are
all thy ways, thou king of saintsn Here is
man who cannot get on in the
world. He always seems to buy at
the wrong time aud sell at the
worst disadvantage. He tries this enter
prise, and fails; that business, and is disap-
pointed. The man next door TO him has a
lucrative trade, but he lacks customers. A
new prospect opens. His income is in
creased. But that year his family are sick
and the profits are expended in trying to
cure the ailments. He gets discouraged
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Begins to expect disasters. Others wait for
something to turn up; he waits for it to
turn down. Others, with only half as much
education and character, get on twice as
well. He sometimes guesses as to what it
all means. He says: "Perhaps riches would
spoil me. Perhaps poverty is necessary to
keep me humble. Perhaps | might, if
things were otherwise, be tempted into dis
sipation." But there is no complete solu-
ton of the mystery. He sees through a
glass darkly, and must wait for higher
unfolding. Will there be an explanation?
Yes; God will take that man in the light of
the throne and say: Child immortal, hear
the explanation. You remember the fail
ing Of that great enterprise. This is the
explanation" And you will answer: SIT
is all right"
see, every day. profound mysteries of
Providence. There is no question we ask
oftener than Why! There are hundreds of
graves that need to be explained. Hospi-
tails for the blind and lame asylums for the
idlotic and insane, almshouses for the des-
titute, and world of pain and misfortune
that demand more than human solution.
All! God will clear it all up. In the light
that pours from the throne no dark mys-
terry can live Things now utterly inscruta-
BILE will be illumined as plainly as
though the answer were written on
the jasper wall or sounded in the tenn
pie anthem. Bartimeus will thank
God that he was blind and Lazarus that he
was covered with sores; and Joseph that he
was cast into the pit; and Daniel that he
denned with hons and Paul that he was
humpbacked; and David that he was driven
from Jerusalem; and the sewing woman
that she could get only few pence for
making garment; and that invalid that
for twenty years he could not lift his head
from the pillow; and that widow that she
had such hard work to earn bread
for her children. You know that in
song different voices carry different
parts. The sweet and overwhelming part
of the hallelujah of heaven will not be
carried by those who rode in high places,
and gave sumptuous entertainments; but
pauper children will sing it, beggars will
sing it, redeemed hod-carriers will sing it.
those who were Onca The OffScourinu Of