The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

o ~ a., waterfall world. Until the very IN
els of the horses shall jingle the praises ~
ne + i Iearn further, from this mira Gle
ybrist has no impatience with e
,therwise He would not have aE
invitation to that wedding. -.
yould not have done that
he hilarity There may have De.
hat room who were happy, but tns,~S-
not one Of them that did 50 much for the y
AZ tbe wedding party as Christ Himself de
was the chief Of the banqueters. men tile
zinc ave ont. He supplied it; and so, take
#. He will not deny US tho JOYS that are posi-
lively festal. r., -. Nero
1,oht to laugh than any other people, and TO /
an their hands as loudly. There IS not .
silsle ioy denied them that IS given 70 any
otter 1eonle. Christianity does not emp the
wiIgs Of the soul Religion does not trosS
tbs flowers. What IS Christianity
7 take it to be simply pIocia
-s;asion from the throne Oh you
en,ancination for all the enslaved; and
if man accepts the terms OF thal proel1a at a.
ton. and becomes free, has he not rlghl 70
be merryy Suppose a father has an elegant
mansion and large grounds. To whom VIII
he give the first privilege of these groundss
Will he say; ssAdy children, you must noe
walk through these paths, or SIT down unuel
these trees, or pluck this fruit lheSe are
for outsiders They may walk III
them.n No father would say anything like
that He would say: 1.-THE first privileges m
all the grounds, and all Of my house, snali oe
for nv own Children And yet men try 70
make us believe that Gods children are on
the limits and the chief refreshments ana
enioyments Of life are for outsiders, ana H. hot
/ for His own children. ItisstarlI atheism liner
/ is no innocent beverage too rich Tor Nod
I 60 l,-s,,I is m robe fnr
Inn Iilt ~ ~ yea :. 1T there & y costly for
'i'''i nv :; - a. 10 hilarity too great
for Ia u indulge in, and no house too
1 splendid for him to live in. He has a right
to the joys of earth; he shall have a right to
/ the Joys of heaven. Though tribulation,
and trial, and hardship may come unto him,
let him rejoice. rejoice in the Lord, We
righteous, and again l say, rejoice"
I l remark again that Christ comes to us in
the hour Of our extremity. He knew the
wine wasgiying out before there was any en-
barrassment or modification. Why did He
not perform the miracle sooner? Why wait
until it was all gone, and no help could come
( from any source, and then come in and per
form the miracle? This is ChriSts way: and
when He did come in, at the hour of extreIu-
/ ity, He made first rate wine 50 that they
cried out: Thou hast kept the good wine
until now Jesus in the hour of extremity :
! He seems to prefer that hour
In Christian home in Poland great poverty
had come, and on the week day the man was
obliged to move out of the house with his
whole family. That night he Bnelt with his
family and prayed to God. While they were
knceling in prayer there was tap on the
window pane. They opened the window, and
there was q raven that the family had
FED and trained, and il had in its bill a ring
all set with precious stones, which was
found out to be a ring belonging to the
royal family 1t was taken up TO the
Kings residence, and for the hon
esty Of the man in bringing it back he had
house given to him, and garden and a farm.
Who was it that sent the raven tapping on
the Window The same God that sent the
raven to feed Elijah by the brook Cherith.
Christ in the hour of extremity
You mOurned over your sins. You could
not find the way out. You sat down and
said: God will not be merciTul. He has
cast me off," but in that the darkest hour
of your history, light broke from the throne,
and Jesus said: 50 wanderer, come home.
l have seen all thy sorrows. In this, the
hour of thy extremity, 1 offer thee pardon
and everlasting lifew
Trouble came You were almost torn TO
pieces by that trouble. You braced your
/ self up against it. You said: Il will be a
stole, and will not care" but before you had
got through making the resolution it broke
t lDNu ullutI YOU gu ielL AlAtli al bhA 1 =
/ sources were gone and then Jesus came.
/ In the fourth watch of the night the
Bible saEs Jesus came walking on the sea-
WhS "a he not come in the first watch or
/ n the second watch or in the third watch ?
do not know. He came in the fonrth, and
gave deliverance to His disciples. Jesus in
the last extremityi
wonder if it will be so in our very last
extremity. We shall fall suddenly sicLk:y-'sissi
doctors viii come, but in vain. We will try
the anodynes and the stimulants and the
gay: You must 60" No one to hold US
back, but the hands of eternity stretched out
to pull US on. What then? Jesus will come
to US, and as we say: Lord Jesus, l am
afraid of that water; !, cannot wade through
to the other side" He viii say: Take
hold of Ny armS' and we will take
hold of His arm, and then He will put His foot
in the surf of the wave, taking US down
deeper, deeper, deeper, and our soul will cry:
'All Thy waves and pillows have gone over
me-" They cover the feet, come to the
/ knee. pass the girdIe and come to the head,
and our soul cries out: Lord Jesus can
not hold Thine arm any longer" Then Jesus
will turn around, throw both His arms about
us and set US on the beach, far beyond the
tossing Of the pillows. Jesus in the last ex
tremity.
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wedding ring has been lost, the tankardi
have been broken, the house Is down; but
Jesus invites US to grander wedding. YoU
/ know the Bible says that the church is tht
4 Lambs wife, and the Lord Will after awhile
come to fetch her home. There viii HI
cleaning of torches in the sky, aud tbs
| trumpets of God will ravish the air with
their music. and Jesus will stretch out Hi.
hand and the church rnhad in whita
4 win put aside her veil, and look
up into the face of her Lord the King
and the bridegroom will say TO the bride
''Theu hast been faithful through all thess
| 6earsl The mansion is ready Come home
Thou art fair, Ny love !" and then He
shall put upon her brow the crown of domin
ion and the table will be spread and it vii
reach across the skies, and the mighty
ones of heaven will come in, garlanded
with beauty and striking their Gym
balls; and the bridegroom and bride
will stand at the head of the table, and
the banqueters, looking up, viii wonder and
groom? But the scar on His brow is covered
| with the coronet, and the stab in His side Is
covered with rober' and that is the bride
The WEAKNESS of her earthly woe lost in the
flush of this wedding triumph
There will be wine enough at that we'd
/ ding; not coming up from the poisoned watts
I of EARTH but the vineyards of God viii press
I their ripest clusters, and the cups and the
tankards will blush to the brim with the
4 heavenly vintage, and then all the BAN
/ queters will drink standing. Esther
having come up from the bacchana-
Ian revelry of Ahasuerus, where
/ thousand Lords Toasted, will be there. And
the Queen of ShebG, from the banquet CT
Solomon will be there And the mother of
! jesus, from the wedding IN Cana, wiI7-1ns
there. And they all win agrees that the
earthly teasting was poor compared with
that. Then, lifting their chalices in that holy
light, they shall cry to the Lord Of the feast:
Thou hast kept the good wine until now