The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-28

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feel yourself coming in frosty cliInes, and,
in fancy, wading through the snow. you
say, with that same inspired writer: Hast
thou entered into the treasures of the
snowsn And while the sharp sleet drives in
your face, and the hail stings your cheek,
you quote him again: Hast thou seen the
treasures of the hailF In the Psalm
lists writings / hear the voices of the sea:
deep calleth unto deep;" and the roar of
the forests: "The Lord shaketh the wilder
ness of Kadesh - and the loud peel of the
black tempest: tine God of glory thunder
eth :" and the rustic of the long silk on the
well filled husks: "The valleys are covered
with corn;n and the cry of wild beasts:
THE young lions roar after their prey !"
the hum # palm tress and cedars: THE
righteous shall flourish like a palm tree he
shall grow like cedar in Lebanon" the
sough of wings and the swirl of fms
Dominion over the fowl of the air and the
fish Of the sea-"
The truths of the gospel might have been
presented in technical terms, and by the
means of dry definitions, but under these
the world would not have listened or felt.
How could the safety of trusting upon
Christ have been presented were it not for
the rock! How could the gladdening effect
of the gospel have been set forth, had not
Zacharias thought of the dawn Of the
morning, exclaiming, THE day-spring from
on high hath visited US to give light to them
that sit in darkness" How could the souls
intense longing for Christ have been pre-
sented SO we'll as by the emblem of natural
hunger and natural thirst! As the lake
gathers into its bosom the shadow of hills
around and the CLEAN of stars above, so, in
these great deeps of divine truth, all
objects in nature are grandly reflected.
We walk forth in the spring-time, and
everything breathes of the resurrection.
Rrier blossom
to us of the coming up of those whom we
have loved, when in the white robes of
their Joy and coronation they shall appear.
And when Ia the autumn of the year ma
ture breaches thousands of funeral sermons
from the text, "We all do fade as a leaf"
and scatters her elegies in our path, we can
not help but think of sickness and the tomb.
Even winter, "being dead, yet speaketh.n
The world will not be argued into the right.
1t will be tenderly illustrated into the right.
Tell them what religion is like. When the
mother tried to tell her dying child what
heaven was, she compared it to light. "But
that hurts my eyes," said the dying girl.
Then the mother compared heaven to music.
"BuJ any sound hurts me; l am SO weak"
that heaven was like mothers arms. so,
take me therep she said. IF it is like
mothers arms, take me therew The appro-
pirate simile had been found at last.
Another contribution which the natural
world is making to the kingdom of Christ is
the defense and aid which the elements are
compelled to give to the christian person
ally. There is no law in nature but is
sworn for the christians defense. In Job
this thought is presented as bargain made
between the inanimate creation and the
righteous man: Thou shalt be in league
with the stones of the field" What grand
thought that the hghtnings, and the
tempests, and the hail, and the frosts, which
are the enemies of unrighteousness, are all
marshaled as the christians body
guard. They fight for him. They
clutch with their fingers of ice. Everlast-
ing peace is declared between the fiercest
elements of nature and the good man. They
may in their fury seem TO be indiscrimi-
nate, shifting down the righteous with the
wicked, yet they cannot damage the chris
tian's soul. although they may shrivel his
body. The wlntry blast that bowls about
your dwelling you may call your brother,
and the south wind coming up on June
day by way of a flower garden you may
call your sister. Though SO mighty in cir
conference and diameter, the sun and the
moon have q special charge concerning
you The sun shall not smite thee by day,
nor the moon by night
Elements and forces hidden in the earth
are now harnessel and at work in producing
/ for Won food and clothing Some grain
/ fed that you never saw presented you this
/ day with your morning meal. The great
earth and the heavens are the busy loom at
work for you; and shooting light, and
silvery stream. and sharp lightning are the
| only woven threads in the great loom, with
| Gods foot on the shuttle. The same spirit
that converted your soul has also converted
| the elements from enmity toward you into
| ,ArIf sfr \
| deepest cavern, regions of everlasting cold
as we'll as chimes of eternal summer. all have
mission of good, direct or indirect, fol
| your spirit.
Now infer from this that the study Of
natural objects will increase our religion:
knowledge. If David and Job and Johr
and Paul could not afford to let go withou
| or spring blossom, you cannot afford to lei
them go without study. Men and women
of God most emineat in all ages for faitl
aud zeal. INDUCED in such observations
! Payson aud Baxter and Doddridge ant
Hannah More. That man is not worth,
the name of christian who saunter
listlessly among these magniicen
disclosures of divine power around
beneath, and above us, stupid and unin
structed. They are not worthy to live in
desert for that has its fountains and pain
trees: nor in regions of everlasting ice fo
even there the stars kindle their lights, ant
auroras flash, and huge icebergs shiver il
the morning light. and Gods power sit
upon them as upon a great white throne
Yet there are christians in the church VIII
look upon all such tendencies of mind anC
heart as soft sentimentalities. and becaus
they believe this printed revelation of Got
are content to be infidels in regard to a
that has been written in this great book o
the universe, written in letters of stars, i
paragraphs of consultations, and illustrate
with sunset and thunder-cloud and sprin
morning
infer. also, the transcendent importanc
of Christ's religion. Nothing is so ia
down, and nothing is so high up. an
nothing SO far out, but God makes it pa
tax to the christian religion. If snow an
tempest and dragon are expected to prais
God, suppose you he expects no homag
! from your souls When God has written b
, truth upon everything around you, suppos
, you he did not mean you to open your eye
and read its
Finally, learn from this subject VIII,
an honorable position the christian occ
pies when nothing is so great and glorio,
in nature but it is made to edify, defer
and instruct him. Hold up your head
sons and daughters of the Lord Almight,
: that / may see how you bear your honor
Though now you may think yourself .unb
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