The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-23

stole, and will not care"; but before YOU
had got through making the resolution 1t
broke down under you. You felt that all
your resources were gone, and then Jesus
came. ia the fourth watch of the night u
the Bible says, "Jesus came walking on
the sea-" Why did he not come in the first
watchs or in the second watchl or in the
third watcnl / do not know. He came
IN the fourth, aud gave deliverance to his
disciples. Jesus in the last extremityl
wonder il it will be so in our very last
extremity. We SHALL fall suddenly sick,
and doctors will come, but in vain. We
VIII try the ano iynes, and the stimulauts,
and the bathings, but all in vain. Some
thing will say: "You must go.n No one
to hold us back, but the hands of eternity
stretched out to pull us on. What thea
Jesus Will come to us, and as we say. "Lord
Jesus, | am afraid of that water; / cannot
wade through to the other side,n he will say,
lake hold of my arm; and we will take
nold OF his arm, and then he will put his
foot in the surf of the wave, taking US on
down deeper, deeper, deeper. and our soul
VIII cry; "All thy waves and billows.have
gone over me-" They cover the feet, come
10 the Knee, pass the girdle and come to the
head, and our soul cries out: Lord Jesus
Christ, | cannot hold thine arm any longer. -
Then Jesus will turn around, throw both
MS arms about us, and set us on the beach,
Tar beyond the tossing Of the pillows. Jesus
In the last extremity.
Ihat wedding scene Is gone now. The
wedding ring has been lost, the tankards
have been broken, the hou' o is down; but
Jesus invites us TO grander wed ling
You know the Bible says that the church Is
the La ub's wife, aud the Lord will after
awhile come to fetch her no ne. There will
be cleaning Of torches in the sky, and the
tru npets of God will ravish the air with
their music; and Jesus will stretch out his
hand, and the church, robed in white, will
put aside her veil, and look up into the face
Of her Lord the king, and the bridegroom
II say to the bride; "Thou hast been faith
full through all these yearsl The mansion
is ready Come homel Thou art fair.
my love" and tlen he shall put upon -ner
brow the crown of dominion, and the table
will be spread, and ii will reach across the
skies, and the mighty ones OF heaven will
come in, garlanded with beauty aid strik-
ing their cymbals; and the bridegroom and
bride will sta I'd at the head of the table.
and the banqueters, looking up. will won
der and admire, and say: That Is Jesus
the bridegroom But the scar on his brow
is covered with tho coronet, and the stab
in lis side is covered with a robelp and
THAT is the bridei The weariness Of her
earthly woe lost in the flush OF this wedding
triumphW
There will be wine enough at that we'd
ding; not coming up from the poisoned vats
of earth, but the vineyards OF God will press
their pest clusters, and the cups and the
tarkards will blush to the brIm with the
heavenly vintage, and then all the
banqueters will drink standing. Esther
having come up from the bacchana-
lian revelry of Ahasuerus, where a
thousand lords feasted, will be there. And
the Queen of Sheba. from the banquet Of
solomon, will be there. And the mother
of Jesus, from the wedding in Cana, will DO
there. And they all will agreo that the
earthly feasting was poor compared with
t1at Then, lif ing their chalices Ia that
holy light, they shall cry to the Lord Of the
feast: ''Tnou hast kept the good wine until
now