The Penn's Grove record., 1889-04-20

And here are the events that seem very
insignificant and unimpoTtant, but they
incase treasures of divine providence
and eternities of meaning which after
a while God will demonstrate before
the ages as being of %stupendous
value.
When Titans play quoits they pitch
mountains; but who owns these gigan-
tic forces you have been reading about
the last two mOnthsp Whose hand is
on the Unbelievable of the volcanoes?
Whose foot, suddenly planted on the
footstool, makes the continents culver?
Godl Godi He looketh upon the
mountains, and they tremble. He
toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
Godl Godl l must be at peace with
Him. Through the Lord Jesus Christ
this God is mine and He is yours. l
put the earthquake that shook Pales-
tine at the cr%uciixlon, against all the
down BOOKINGS OF the centuries. This
God on our side. We may challenge all
the centuries of time and all the cycles
Of eternity.
Those of us who are In mid life may
well thank God that we have seen 81
MAN AAitANpEy
but there are people here to-day who
may have to see the shimmering veil
between the material and the spiritual
world lifted. Magnetism, a word with
which to Ove up u ignorance, will
yet be an explored realm. Electricity,
the fiercy courser of the sky, that Ben
jamin Franklin lassoed, and Morse, Bell
and Edison have tried to control, will
become completely manageable. and
locomotion will be switched, and a
world of practical knowledge thrown
in upon the race. Whether we depart
In this century, or whether we see the
open gates of a more wonderful cen.
tury, we will see these things. 1t does
not make much difference where we
stand, but the higher the standpoint
the larger the prospect. We will see
them from heaven If we do not see
them from earth.
l was at Fire Island, Long Island,
and l went up in the cupola from
which they telegraph to New York the
approach of vessels hours before they
come into port. There is an opening
in the wall, and the operator puts his
telescope through that opening and
looks out and sees vessels far u at
sea. While / was talking with him,
he went up and looked out. He said:
1--WE are expecting the Artz0nd to-
night" l said: sis 1t possible you
know all these vesselsp Do you know
them as you know a mans facep"
He said: Eyes, | never make a mis-
take; before l see the bulls, l often
know them by the masts; | know them
all, ] have watched them so long,"
Oh. what a grand thing it Is to have
ships telegraphed and heralded long
before they come to port, that friends
may come down to the wharf and well
come their long-absent loved onesl So
to-day we take our stand In the watch.
tower, and we look off, and through
the glass of inspiration we look off
and see a whole ieet Of
SHIPS COMING IN.
That is the ship of Peace, flag with one
star of Bethlehem floating above the
top-gallants. That is the ship of the
Church, mark or salt ave high up OF
the smoke-stack, showing she has had
rough weather, but the Captain of sal
walton commands her Int all is well
with her. The ship OF Heaven, might.
lest craft ever launched, millions of
passengers waiting for millions more,
prophets and apostles and martyrs in
the cabin, conquerors at the foot
of the mast, while from the rigging
hands are waving this way as
If they knew us, and We wave
back again, for they are ours; they
went from our own households.
Oursl HALL Hail Put of the
black, and put on the white. Stop
tolling the funeral bell and ring the
wedding anthem. Shut up the hearse
and take the chariot. Now, the ship |
comes around the great headland. Soon
she will strike the wharf and we will
60 aboard her. Tears for ships going
out. Laughter for ships coming IN.
Now she touches the wharf. Throw
on the planks. Block not up that gang |
way with embracing long lost friends.
for you will have eternity of reunion.
Stand back and give way until other
millions come onl Farewell to Sihl
Farewell to STRUGGLED Farewell t.
sicknessl Farewell to death! All
aboard for Heavenl