Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-05-01

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draught of Gods pure atmosphere and Sc
geranium or heliotrope on the windo
sill; cleanse the air and you will help cleans
the soul. How dare this world so often in
: suit that feature of the human face which
God made the most prominent feature il
human physiogpomyP To prove how b
himself loves aromatics bring the fac
that there are millions of flowers on prairie
and in mountain Businesses the fragrance o
which no human being ever breathes, aud
he must have grown them there for his owl
regalement. And for the compliment the
the world paid Christ by giving him 9
sepulcher in Joseph's garden he will ye'
make the whole earth garden. \ es, he
expressed his delight with fragrance in the
first book of the Bible, when he said, 'The
Lord smelled sweet savor;' aud he filled
the air of the ancient tabernacle and tenn
pie with sweet incense; and there are small
bottles of perfume in heaven described in
Revelation as golden vials full of odors.
Ipreach an ambroslal gospel which will yet
[extirpate from the world all foulness and
lrancidlty and the last nosomeness a nd the
last mephitic gas Glad am that though
the world had chiefly spikes for the Saw.
Hours feet and thorns for the Ssviour's
brow, the magiput frankincense upon his
cradle and the Marys brought frankincense
for his grave.
Notice also that Christ's mausoleum was
opened by concussion. 1t was great earth
quake that put its twisted key into the in
volved and labyrinthine lock of that tomb.
Conclusion. That is the power that opens
all the tombs that are opened at ALL Tomb
of soul and tomb Of nations. Concussion
between England and the thirteen colonies,
and forth comes free government in Amer
ica Conclusion between France and Ger
many and forth comes republicanism for
France. Conclusion among the rocks on
| Mount Sinai, and on two of them was left
perfect law for all ages. Conclusion
among the rocks around Calvary and the
crucifixion was made the more overwbelm-
ing. Conclusion between the United StaJes
aud Mexico, and a vast area of country be-
comes ours. Conclusion between England
and France, and most of this continent west
of the Mississippi becomes the property of
the American Union. Conclusion between
iceberg and iceberg. between bowlder and
bo8lder, and a thousand conclusions put
this world into shape for mans residence.
Conclusion between David and his enemies,
and out came the psalms which otherwi
would have been written. Conclusion be-
| tween Gods will and mans will, and, ours
overthrown, we are new creatures in Christ
Jesus. Concusson of misfortune and trial
for many of the good, and out comes their
especial conservation. Do nos therefore bs
ightened when you see the great up
heavals. the great agitations, the great
earthquakes, whether among the rocks or
among the nations or in individual expert
ence. Out of them God will bring best re-
suits and most magnificent consequences.
Hear the crash all round the Lord sarcoph-
agus and see the glorious termination of
its dead inhabitant. Concussionl If ever
a general European war, which the world
has been expecting for the last twenty
years, should come, concussion so wide
| and concussion so tremendous ~o1ld not
leave a throne in Europe standing as it now
| IS, Inc nations OF the earth are tired of
| having their kings born to them, and they
| would after while elect their kings, and
| there would be an italian republic and a
German republic and a Russian republic
and an Austrian republic, and out of the
cracks and crevices and chasms Of that con-
cusson would come resurrection for all
Europe. Stagnation is dsathful; concus-
sion is Messianic.
Notice also what the angel did with the
stone after he bad rolled it away from the
mouth of the Saviour's mausoleum. The
book says he rolled away the stone from
| fhe door and sat upon it. All of US minis
teTs have preached sermon about the an
gels rolling away the stone. but we did not
remark upon the sublime fact that he sat
upon it. Why? Certainly not because he
was tired. The angels are a fatigueless
| race, and that one could have shouldered
every rock around that tomb and carried
| it away and not been besweated. He sat
upon it, think, to show you and to show
me that we may make every earthly ob
| stacle throne of triumph. The young men
who get their education easy seldom amount
| to much. Those who bad to struggle for
it came out atop. There Is no end of the
| story Of studying by pine knot lights, and
reading while the mules of the towpath
| were resting, and of going hungry and
patched and barefoot and submitting to all
kinds of prIvation to get scholastic advan-
tages But the day Of graduation came,
and they took the diplomas with hand
nervous from night study and pale from
lack of food and put their academic degrees
| in the pocket of threadbare coat. Then
starting for another career of hardship they
entered profession or a business where
they found plenty of disheartment and no
| help. Yet saying, 'I will succeed; God
| help me, for no one else will" thsy went
on and up until the world was compelled to
| acknowledge and admire them.
The fact was that the obstacle between
| their discouraging start and their complete
success was rock of fifty tons, but by reso-
luton, uerved and muscularized and re-
enforced by Almighty God, they threw
| their arms around the obstacle and with the
strength of supernatural wrestler rolled
back the stone and having become more
l hoU
and women are good and great and useful
| Just in proportion as they had to overcome
obstacles. You can count upon the fingers
of your one hand all the great singers,
great orators, great poets, great patricia
aud great Christians WIN never had strug
| gle. That augel that made throne OF the
bowlder ct Christ's tomb went back to
heaven, and I warrant that, having been
born in heaven and always had an easy
time, be now speaks of that wrestle with
the rock as the most Interesting chapter 10
all his angelic lifetime o men and women
with obstacles in the way, | tell you tnat
those obstacles are only thrones that you
| NAV after while sit on. Is the obstacle
IN your way sickness? Conquer it by ae-
complishing more for GOD during your in
validism than many accomplish who have
never known an ailment. Are you per.
secuted BY your nprightness ana cour-
age compel the world to acknow edge your
moral heroism, Is it poverty Conquer
liz by being happy in the cam-
panionsbip of your Lord ard Master, who
in all his life owned but sixty-two cents.
and that he got from fish's mouth and
Immediately paid il all out in taxes Go the
Roman assessor, and who would have
been buried in a potter's field had not
Joseph of Arimathea contributed place,
for he who had not where to lay bis head
during his life had borrowed pillow fol
the last slumber. There is no throne thai
you are sure to keep except that which you
make out of vauquished obstacles. An un.
grateful republic at the ballot box denied
Horace Greeley the highest place at the ma
tional capital. but cou n { keep him from
rising from the steps of New York print
ing Office on which he sat one chilly morn
iUg waiting for the boss printer to come
that be might get j'b, until he mounted
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