Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-12-04

It had come from the best instruments in
the world; they had heard songs float
, from morning porticos and melting in
ming groves; they had passed their whole
ss among pictures and sculpture and ar
lecture and Corinthian brass, which had
30 moulded and shaped until there was
chariot wheel in which it had not sped,
no tower in which it had not glittered,
! no gateway that it had not adorned.
! it was bold thing for Paul to stand
|re amid all that and say: Gall this is
hing. These sounds that come from the
hple of Neptune are not music compar-
with the harmonies of which I speak.
se waters rushing in the basin of Pyrene
hot pure. These statues of Bacchus and
cury are not exquisite. Your citadel of
p-Corinthus is not strong compared with
which | offer to the poorest slave that
down his burden at that brazen gate.
Corinth ians think this is splendid
you think you have heard all sweet
kds, and seen all beautiful sights; but
I you eye hath not seen nor ear heard,
ier hath entered into the heart of man,
things which God hath prepared for
that love Him. Indeed, both my
|. the one spoken by Paul and the one
bn by Paul, show us that we have very
feet eyesight, and that our day Of
is yet to come: For now we see
gh a glass darkly, but then face to
So Paul takes the responsibility of
g that the Bible is an indistinct mirror,
that its mission shell be finally sns.
ed. l think there may be one Bible
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in museum, we have lamp exhum-
m Herculaneum or Nineveh, and we
kt it with great interest and say: "How
light it must have given, compared
our modern lamps" SO I think that
Bible, which was lamp to our feet in
Eorld, may lie near the throne of God,
Ing our interest to all eternity by the
asst between its comparatively feeble
and the illumination of heaven. The
now, is the scaffolding to the rising
e, but when the building is done there
|s no use for the scaffoldipg. The idea
develop to-day is, that in this world
howledge is comparatively din aud
sfactory, but nevertheless is intro
y to grander and more complete Wis
This is eminently true in regard to
bw Of God. We hear so much about
bat We conclude that we understand
He is represented as having the ten
ss of a father, the f1rmness of a Judge,
mp of king and the love of moth.
We hear about him, talk about him,
about him. We lisp his name ip.in-
and it srembles on the tongue of the
octogenarlan. We think that we
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of mercy. Do we understand it?
BILE blossoms all over with that word
1t speaks again and again of the
mercies of God; of the sure merces;
great mercies; of the mercy that en-
forever; of the multitude of his mer-
And yet know that the views We
this great being are most indefinite,
led and incomplete. When al death
Ees shall fly open, and we shall look
upon Him, how new and surprising!
upon canvas picture of the morn
We study the cloud in the sky, the
bon the grass, and the husbandman
way to the field. Beautiful picture
morning! But we rise at daybreak
upon hill to see for ourselves that
was represented to US. While we
Q mountains are transfgured. The
led gates of heaven swing open and
let pass host of fiery splendors.
buds are all abloom, and hang PEN
om arbors of alabaster and amethyst
hters make pathway Of inlaid pearl
light to walk upon; and there is
g On the sea. The crags uncover
barred visage; and there is morning
the mountains. Now you go home |
w tame your picture of the morning |
In contrast! Greater than that shall |
contrast between the Scriptural view
and that which we shall have when
lg face to face. This is picture of
rning; that will be the morning it
N: My texts are true of the Saviour's
pcy.a.By image, aud sweet rhythm of
Eion, and startling antitbeses, Christ
brth-his love, his compassion, his
ais life, his death, his resurrection.