The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1889-12-21
ONE YEAR AND THE


Lion ot the tribe Of Judah will rouse
Himself and come forth 70 shake might
nv thc nations What's spiders wch
20 the aroused ion2 GIVE truth and err
ror a fair grapple and truth will come
oil victor.
But there are great many good peo-
pie who get aGrighted in other respects;
thcy arc aGrirhted IN our day about re
yivals They say.
"0hl this is a strong religious gale;
We arc afraid the Church of God is going
to be upset. and there arc going to be y
great many people brought into tho
church that arc going 70 be of no uso to
it;n and thoy arc alfrighted whenever
they see a revival taking hold Of tho
churches As though ship captain,
with five thousand bsshcls Of wheat for
a cargo should say some day, coming
upon deck;
"'rhrow overheard all the cargo;" and
tho sailors should say;
"Why, captain, what do you mean2
Throw over all the cargo2'
"Oh, says the captain, 1--WE have
peck Of chaiT that has got into this five
thousand bu6hols Of wheat, and tho only
way TO get rid Of the chaH is TO throw
all the wheat overheard.
Now. that is great deal wiser than
the talk Of q great many Christians who
want to throw overheard all the thou-
sands and tens OF thousands OF souls
who are the subjects Of revivals Throw
all overheard because they arc brought
into the Kingdom Of God through great
reyivals because there Is a peck df
chalI quart Of chail, a pint Of chalfl
| say let them stay until the last day;
4 the Lord win divide the ehaH from the
wheat
Again, my subject impressed me with
the fact that Jesus was God and man
in the same being. Here lie is in tho
| back part Of the boat. Oh, how tired llo
looks, what sad dreams lie must hayel
/ Look at His countcnanee. lie must bo
thinking Of the cross to come. Look at
| Him, lie is a man bono Of our bone,
1 icsh Of our flesh Tired, ilo falls asleep;
! He is n man hut then | find Christ at
the PROV OF the boat; hear Him say:
peace, be still;' and | see tho storm
lnoeling at His feet, and the tempests
folding their wings in His prescncei lie
Is God.
/
sympathy, 90 and lineol down at tao
back part Of the boat and say:
"Oh, Christi Weary one Of Gernesa-
ret, sympnthizc with all my sorrows,
man Of Nazareth, man Of the cross"
man, man. But II want 10 con
quor my spiritual foes, II | want TO get
tho victory over sin death and hell, l
come TO the front Of the boat, and |
kncel down, and I say "Oh, Lord Jesus
Christ Thou who dost hush the tempest,
hush all my grief, hush all temptation,
hush all my sin' A man, mani God,
God,
learn once moro from this subject
that Christ can hush n tempest. IL did
seem as il every thing must go TO
ruin. The disciples had given up tho
idea Of managing the ship; the crow
were entirely demoralized; yet Christ
rises, and He puts His foot on the storm,
and it crouches at His feet. o, yesl
Christ can hush the tempest. You have
, had trouble. Perhaps 1t was the little
child taken away from you--the swqet-
est child Of tho household, the one who
asked the most curious questions and
stood around you with the
greatest fondncss, and the spade
cut down through your bleeding
heart. Perhaps IL was an only son, and
your heart has ever since been like .
!, desolated castle, the owls Of the night
hooting among the fallen arches OF tho
crumbling stairways Perhaps IL was
an aged mother You always went TO
her with your troubles. She was in
your home TO welcome your children
into life, and when they died she was
|, there TO pity you; that old hand will do
= you no more kindness; that white lock
. OF hair you put away in the casket or in
I, the lockct didn't look as IL usually did
!, when she brushed 1t away from her
: wrnlsled brow in the home circle or in
!, the country chruch.
Or your property gone, you said; 81
have SO much bank stock, ! have SO
= many Government securities, have 80
= many houses, have so many farms--all
} gone. all gone" Why, sir, all the
storms that ever trampled with theiI
thunders, all the shipwrecks, have moi
: been worse than this TO you. Yet you
have not been completely overthrown
u Why, Christ says: ~ have that little
i ono in my keeping. ! can care for hin
! as well as you can, better than you can
- o bereaved motherl" flushing the TEN
pest. When your property went away
God said: "rhere are treasures II
y Heaven, in banks that never break.
Jesus hushing the tempest. There
:. is one storm into which we will have
~ 10 run. The moment when we le
u 20 Of this world and try 10 tak'
i hold OF tho next, we will want all th'
y grace possible. Yonder see a Christian
I soul rocking on tho suFges Of death; all
= the power Of darkness seem let ou
= against that soul-the swirling wave
:" the thunder Of the sky, the shrek o
Y the wind, all seem 10 unite together
= but that soul IS not troubled; there is nj
" signing, there is no tears; plenty o
Z tears in the room at the departure, bu
"a he weeps no tears-calm, satisfied anC
u peaceful; all IS well. BY the fash o
= = the storm you see the harbor just ahead
- and you are making that harbor. Al
- shall be well, Jesus being our guide.
y into the harbor Of Heaven now we glide;
o. We're home At last, home at last.
Softly we drift on the bright, silv'ry tide,
[a We're home at last.
= Glory 10 God all our dangers are DER,
We stand secure on the giorifled shore;
- Glory 70 God we viii shout cvermore.
le We're home at last.
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