The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-01

by reins they must answer. lpreach no fatal
ism. A swarthy engineer at one or the
depots in Dakota said: when will you get
on the locomotive and take a ride with us?'
''Well," ! said, NOW II that suits you.' SO
j got on one side the locomotive, and n
Methodist minister. who was also invited,
got ON the other side, and between us were
the engineer and the stoker. The train
started. The engineer had his hand on the
ngitated pulse Of the great engine. The
stokcr shoyelcd in the coal and shut the door
with n loud clang. A vast plain slipped I'M
der us and the hills swept by, and chat great
monster on which we rode trembled and
bounded and snorted and ragged as IL hurled
us on. l said 10 the Methodist minister
on the other side Of the locomotive: "My
brother, why should Prcsbyterians aud
Methodists quarrel about the DEGREES
and free agency You see that track. that
firm track. that iron track; that Is the de-
cree. You see this engineers arm? That Is
free agency. How beautifully they work to-
geiher. They are going TO take ms through.
We could not do without the track, and we
could not do withoutth engineer" So re-
ioice.day by day. Work for us all 10 do, aud
we may turn the crank Of the Christian ma.
chinery this way or that, for We are free
agents, but there Is the track laid 50 long
ago that no one remembers IT, laid by the
hand Of Almighty God In sockets that no
terrestrial or satanic pressure can over Affect.
And along that track the car Of the worlds
redemption will roll and roll 10 the Grand
central depot Of the millennium. / have no
anxiety about the track. / am only afraid
that for our Incidence God will discharge US
and get some other stokcr and some other
engineer. Tho train Is going through with
Us or without US. So, my brethren, watch
oil the events that arc going by. II things
seem 10 turn out right give wings 70 your
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throw out the anchor Of faith and hold fast
There l. a house IN London where Peter
the Great OF Russia lived awhile when he
was moving through the land incognito and
en- workman's dress, hat he might learn the
wants OF the people. A stranger was visit
ing nj that house recently, and saw In n dark
attic an old box, aud lac said 10 the wncr Of
the house, whats In that boxg' The
owner said, u don't know; that box was
there when ! got the GUS and Il was there
when my father golit We haven't had any
curiosity 10 look az u; / guess there's moth
ing IN IT," well said the stranger. "lll
give YOU two pounds for H." well, done"
The two pounds are paid, and recently the
contents Of that box were sold 10 the Gar Of
Russia for $4,000. In Il the lathing mach
ing OF Peter the Great, his private letters
and documents Of value beyond all monetary
consideration. And here are tho events
that seem very Insignificant and unimpor.
tanL, but they incasc treasures OF divine
providence and cternitics OF meaning which
after a while God will demonstrate before
the ages as being Of s~tupcndous value. A
near as ! can tell from what l see, thcr
must be n God somewhere about
When ntans play quoiis they pitch moun
tains: but who own these gigantic force,
you have been reading about the last two
months9 Whose hand Is on the throttle
valve Of the volcanoes Whose loot sud.
denly planted on the f~ootstool makes the
continents quivcr2 Cod God He lookcth
upon the mountains and they trcmblc,
lie toucheth the hills and they smoke. Cod
God | must be ut peace with him.
Through the Lord Jesus Christ this God u
mine aud he l. yours. ! put the earthquake
that shook Palestine nt the cruciilxlon against
all the down rockings Of the centuries. Thi'
God on our side, we may challenge oil the
centuries Of time and all the cycles ol
otcrnity.'
Those OF ~ who are In mid.liie may well
thank tod that We have seen 10 many won
druus things; but there are people herr
today that will see the Twentieth century
Things obscure 20 US will be plain 10 yot
vet. The Twentieth century will be NJ fal
ahead IL the Nineteenth NJ the Nineteenth
d ahead Of the Eighteenth, and o. You carl.
caturc the habits aud customs and ignoranc,
OF the past. Others will cnricaturo this age
some Of you may live 20 zee the Skinner
ing veil between the material and the spirit
ual world lifted. Magnetism, a word will
which We cover up our Ignorance, will yo
be an explored realm. Electricity, the ierl
coursor Of the sky, that benjamin FRANKLIN
laas0cd and Morse aud BELL and Edison have
tried TO control. will become complotcll
manageable, and lOcomotiOn will be swift
oncd. and n world Of practical knowlcdgI
thrown In upon the race. Whether we dc
part In this century, or whether We see w
open gates OF q more wonderful century, W
will zee these things. II does not max
much difference where We stand, but tl
higher the standpoint the larger and olcarc
The prospect We. will sco them from
Heaven n we do not sec them from earth
i was nt Fire Island. Long Island, and
went up IN the cupola from which they tele
graph 10 New York the approach Of vessel
hours before they come into port There !
nn opening IN the wall. and thoopciator put
his telescope through that opening and look
out and sees vessels far out at sea. While
was talking with him he went up and locke
out. lie said: 1--WE are expecting the Ar
coma tonight" ! said SIS II possible 20
know all those vessclsi Do you know ther
ns you know n mans facc2' lie said. "lci
never make a mistake; before ! sec th
hulks, | often know them by the mastsi
know them all. | have watched them =
long" Oh. what q grand thing II IA 10 hay
ships iclcgmphcd and horaldcd long bcfor
they have come 20 port, that friends ma
come down 60 tho wharf aud welcome thcI
long absent loved oncsy So today "
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