The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-12-04

OF inlaid pearl for the light to walk upon,
and there is morning on the sea. The
crags uncover their Scared visage. aud
there is morning among the mountains.
Now you 60 home, and how tame your
picture OF the morning seems in contrast!
Greater than that shall be the contrast be-
tween this scriptural view of God and that
which we shall have when standing face
TO face This is picture of the morning;
that will be the morning itself.
Again My texts are true of the Savior's
excellency. BY image and sweet rhythm
OF expression and startling antitheses
Christ is set forth-His love, His compass
sion, His work, His life, His death. His res
direction. We are challenged TO measure 1t,
to compute it, to weigh il. In the hour OF
our broken enthrallment we mount up
into high experience of His love, and shout
until the countenance CLOVIS, and the
blood bounds and the whole nature is ex-
hilarated II have found Him." And
yet it is through glass, darkly. We see
not half of that compassionate face. We
feel not half the warmth OF that loving
heart. We wait for death to let US rush
into his outspread arms. Then we shall
be face to face. Not shadow then, but
substance Not hope then, but the fulfill
ing of all prefgurement. That will be
in view OF all hidden excellency; the
coming again of long absent Jesus to
meet us-not in rags, and penury, and
death, but amidst light, and pomp, and
outbursting OF Joy such as none but
glorified intelligence could experience.
Oh, to gaze full upon the brow that was
lacerated, upon the side that was pierced,
upon the feet that were nailed; to stand
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 the horrible crucifxion ;;
to feel of Him, to embrace Him, to take His
hand, to kiss His feet, to run our fingers
along the scars OF ancient suffering, to
say: This is my Jesus He gave Him
self for me- shall never leave
His presence. l shall forever behold
His glory. / shall eternally hear
His voice. Lord Jesus, now | see thee l
behold where the blood started, where the
tears coursed, where the face was distorted.
/ have waited for this hour. | shall never
turn my back on the. No more looking
! through imperfect glasses. No mere
studying thee in the darkness. But as
| long as this throne stands, and this ever
lasting river flows, and these garlands
| bloom, and these arches of victory remain
to greet home heavens conquerors, so
| long / shall see thee, Jesus of my choice,
Jesus of my song, Jesus OF my triumph
| forever and foreyer-face TO lace.
The idea OF my texts is just rs true when
applied to Gods providence. Who has
not come TO some pass in lie thoroughly
| inexplicable2 You say: "What does this
mean? What is God going to do with me
now? He tells me that all things worh
! together for good. This does not look like
it," You continue to study the dispense
ton, and after awhile guess about what
| God means. HE means to teach me this.
| think He means to teach me that. Per-
haps it il tn humble my pride. Perhaps
| il is to make me more dependent. Per
| haps to teach me the uncertainty OF life. "
| But, after all, it is only guess-a looking
through the glass, darkly. The bible as
sures us there shall be satisfactory I'M
| folding. "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 house
! hold of seven children. Why not take one
| from that group instead of your only one
| 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 10 take il away? Why fill
the cup of your gladness trimming ii 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 chid's life, with strong hand to
tear you apart, until you fall bleeding and
crushed, your dwelling desolate, your
hopes blasted, your heart broken? Dc
you suppose that God will explain that
Yea. He will make it palmer than any
mathematical problem-as plain as that
two and two make four. In the light oil
the throne YOU will see that il was right
| all right. "Just and true are all thy ways
thou king of saints" Here is a man who
cannot get on in the world. He always
seems 10 buy at the wrong time and sell
| at the worst disadvantage He tries
this enterprise, and fails; that bust
ness, and is disappointed. The man
next door to him has a lucrative
| trade, but he lacks customers. A new
| prospect opens. His income is increased
But that year his family are sick and the
profits are expended in trying to cure then
| ailments He gets discouraged look. Be
comes faithless as to success. Begins t
| EXPECT disasters. Others wait for some
thing to turn up; he waits for it to turn
down. Others, with only half as much ed
ucation and character, get on twice as well
| He sometimes guesses as to what it all
means. He saws: Perhaps riches would
spoil me. Perhaps poverty is necessary tC
keep me humble. Perhaps l might, il
things were otherwise, be tempted into
dissipation" But there is no complete
solution 10 the mystery. He seee through
| glass darkly, and must wait for a higher
unfolding. Will there be an explanation.
Yes; God will take that man in the light o.
the throne and say: 'Child immortal, hear
the explanation. You remember the fail
ing of that great enterprise. This is the
explanation" And you viii answer: 81
is all right"
/ see, every day, profound mysteries o
providence. There is no question we ash
oftener than Why? There are hundreds
of graves that need TO be explained. Hos
pitfalls for the blind and lame, asylums fol
the idiotic and insane, alms-houses for the
destitute, and world of pain and mis-
fortune that demand more than human
solution. ALL God will clear it all up
In the light that pours from the throne NJ
dark mystery can live. Things now utterly
inscrutable will be illumined as plainly "a
though the answer were written on tht
Jasper wall or sounded in the temple an
them, Bartimeus will thank God that n,
was blind; and Lazarus that he was GOV
cred with sores, and Joseph that be wal
cast into the pit, and Daniel that h,
denned with lions, and Paul that he wa.
humpbacked and David that he wa
driven from Jerusalem, and the SEWN.
woman that she could get only few penc,
for making a garment. and that invalid