Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-12

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ponder0us wheel, a lever TO pry up pyramids,
drum whose beat gives strength to the
step of the heavenly soldiery, and sails 10
wait ships laden with priceless pearls from
the harbor Of earth TO the harbor OF heaven.
But you are not yet equipped. You must
have what seamen call the running rigging.
This comprises the ships braces, halliards,
clew lines and such like. Without these the
Yards could not be braced, the sails lifted,
nor the canvas in anywise managed. we
have prayer for the running rigging. Unless
you understand this taeklng you are not
spiritual seaman. BY putting on these ropes
you hoist the sails Of faith and turn them
every whittier. The prov OF courage will
not cut the wave, nor the sail Of faith spread
| and flap its wing, unless you have strong
prayer for ballard.
One more arrangement, and you will be
| ready for the sea. You must have compass
which Is the Bible. Look at 1t every day,
and always sail by II. as its needle points
toward the Star of Bethlehem. Through
fog. and darkness, and storm, 1t works
faithfully. Search the Scriptures. "Box the
compass +"
Let me give you two or three rules for the
voyage. Allow your appetites and passions
only an under deck Passage. DO not allow
them ever TO come up on the promenade
deck. Mortify your members which are
upon the earth. Never allow your lower
nature anything better than a steerage pas
sage. Let watchfulness walk the decks as
an armed sentinel, and shoot down with
great promptness anything like mutiny OF
riotous appetites.
BE sure 10 look out of the forecastle for
icebergs. These are cold Christians floating
about in the church. The frigid zone pro-
fessors viii sink you. Steer clear OF ice
bergs. Keep log book during all the voyage
An account OF how many furlongs you make
a day. The merchant keeps day book as
well as ledger. You ought to know every
night as well as every year how things are
going. When the express train stops at the
depot, you hear a hammer sounding on all
the wheels, thus testing the safety OF the
rail train. Bound as we are, with more
than express speed toward great eternity,
ought we not often TO try the work Of self
examination!
Be sure to keep your colors upl You know
the ships of England, Russia, France and
Spain by the eusigns they carry. Sometimes
1t is lion, sometimes an eagle, sometimes a
star, sometimes a crown. Let 1t ever be known |
who YOU are, and for what port you are |
bound. Let "Christian''be written on the very |
front, with figS-e OF cross, a crown and |
dove and from the masthead let float the |
streamers Of Immanuel Then the pirate |
vessels OF temptation viii pass you unframed
as they say There goes Christian bound |
for the port of heaven. We will not disturb |
her. for she has too many guns aboard" Run |
up your flag on this pulley: Il am not |
ashamed OF the Gospel Of Christ, for II is
the power of God and the wisdom Of God
unto salvation, When driven back, or
laboring under great stress Of weather-now
changing from starboard tack 10 larboard,
aud then from larboard to starboard-look
above the topgallants, and your heart shall
beat like war drum AS the streamcrs float
on the wind. The sign Of the cross viii
make you patient, and the crown will make
you glad.
Before you gain port you win smell the
land breezes Of heaven, and Christ, the pilot,
Will meet you as you come into
the Narrows Of Death, and fasten
to you, and say: "when thou passest
through the waters ] will be with thee;
and through the rivers, they shall not over
flow thee Are you ready for such a voy-
ageg Make up your minds. The gang planks
are lifting. The bell rings. All aboard for
heavenl This world Is not your rest. The
chafiinch is the silliest bird In all the earth
for trying to make its nest on the rocking
billow. Oh, how wish that as | embarked
for the Holy Land in the cast, all to whom
preach by tongue or type would embark for
heaven What you all most need is God, and
you need him now. Some Of you | leave In
trouble. Things are going very rough with
you. You have had a hard struggle with
poverty, or sickness, or persecution. or be-
reayement Light after light has gone out.
and Il is so dark that you can hardly see any
blessing left. MAY that Jesus who comfort
ID the widow Of Main and raised the deceas-
I'd to life, with his gentle hand OF sympathy
wipe away your tears AL is well.
When David was fleeing through the Wild !
,rness, pursued by his own son, he was be-
ng prepared to become the sweet singer of
Israeli The pit and the dungeons were the
lest schools at which Joseph ever graduated.
rhe hurricane that upset the tent and killed {
IObfQ flifraa ha s,fT Trg Ia
write the magnificent poem that has astound-
d the ages. There is no way 10 get the
Wheat out of the straw but to thresh it. j
There Is no way TO purify the gold but to
'urn II. Look at the people who have al !
ways had 1t their own way. They are proud,
llseontented, useless and unhappy. If you
want to find cheerful folks. 60 among those I
Who have been purified by the fire. After |
sossini had rendered civilian Tello the
i've hundredth time, a company of
musicians came under his window in
'aris and serenaded him. They put !
pon his brow golden crown of laurel i
caves. But. amidst all the applause and en- v
husasm, Rossini turned to friend and {
mid: II would give all this brilliant scene
or few days Of youth and love, Con-
rast the melancholy feeling of Rossini, who i
ad everything that this world could give
ia, to the joyful experience of Isaac Watts, {
those misfortunes were innumerable, when L
c SAYS:
he hill Of Zion yields
thousand sacred sweets
efore we reach the heavenly fields n
Orwalk the golden streets.
hen let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry; z
We're marching through Immanuers ground, q
To fairer worlds on high.
1t is prosperity that kills and trouble that
ives. While the lsraelites were on the 4
larch, amidst great privations and hardships,
ley behaved well. After awhile they
rayed for meat, and the sky darkened with a s
rye flock of quails, and these quails fell in g
reat multitudes all about them; and the
'raelites ate and ate, and stuffed themselves
ntil they died. Oh! my friends. it is not l
lrdship, or trial, or starvation that INJURIES
le soul, but abundant supply. 1t is not the n
llture Of trouble that eats up the Christians !.
fe; it is the quails it is the quailsl h
l cannot leave you until once more l con- a
IS my faith in the Saviour whom have
reached. he is my all in all. owe more i
the grace of God than most men. With d
rs ardent temperament, if | had gone over a
'ard would have gone to the very depths. a
GU know can do nothing by halves. n