The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07
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Mr. iI,t.sr carest Thou not that we
- A,h,;.+ ~ nau no reason TO be frightened
- ~ - - :. 'sas N the boat suppose if we
, naa !. ere we would have been Just as
,ns.sn AuAas ,nted Perhaps more. In all agea
gooupeople get very much affrighted,
~ ss,syI y o,tel so m our day, and men say:
NY. " ~. loof at the bad lectures; look at the
various errors going over sne church OF
nod; we are going to founder; the church
Is Is, gong % perish; she is going down.
IN now many good people are alright
ca Dy lnquity in our day, and think
the church. Of Jesus Christ is going TO be
oVerthrowa, and arc just as much affrighted
as were tho disciples Of my text, Don't worry,
aeht tTst, as though iniquity were going to
triumph over rightec-SneSs. A lion goes
INTO cavern to sleep. He lies down with his
shaggy mene covering ii paws. Meanwhile
the spiders spin web across the mouth of the
cavern and say: I'VE have captured him.
Gossamer thread after gossanler thread, I'M
I'll the whole front of the cavern is covered
with the SPIDERS web, and the spiders say:
Tho lion IS done; the lion is fastn After a
while the lion has got through sleep
ing; he rouses himself, he shakes
his name, he walks out into the sunlight: he
does not even know the spiders web is spun,
and with his voice he shakes tbs mountain.
So men come spinning their sophistries and
skepticis-n about jesus Christ: He seems 10
he sleeping. They say: awe have captured
the Lord; He will never come forth again
upon the nation; Christ is captured forever.
His religion viii never mako az caaGl.las.+
among nSin." But after a while.the Lion Of
the tribe of Judah will rouse Himself and
come forth to shake nightly the nations
w hats spiders web to the aroused lion2
Give truth and error a fair grapple aud
truth viii come of victor.
But there are a great many good people
who get aifrighted in other respec.s; they
are affrigilted in our day about revivals
They say "Oh. this is a strong religious
gale; we are afraid the church Of God IS go
ing to beuPset and there are going to bea great
many people brought into tho church that
are going to be of no use 20 it" and they are
atfrighted Whenever they see revival TAX
ing hold Of the churches. As though ship
Captain, with Eve thousand bushels Of wheat
for a cargo, should say some day, coming
upon deck; Throw overheard all the car
gosp and the sailors should say:
Why, Captain, what do You
means Throw over all the cargo
''Oh. SAYS the Captain, I'VE have peck Of
chat that has got into this five thousand
bushels of wheat and the only way to get rid
Of the ehan Is to throw all the wheat over
board Now, that is a great deal wiser than
the talk Of a great many Christians who
want 70 throw overheard all the thousands
and tens of thousands of souls who are the
subjects OF revivals Throw all overheard
because they are brought into the kingdom
of God Through great revivals, because there
is apeck of chat. aquart of chaf u pint OF
chaffl say, let them stay until the last day the
Lord viii divide the chat from the wheat
Do not be afraid OF great revival Oh, that
such gales from heaven might sweep through
all our churchesi Oh for such DAYS rs Rich
ard Baxter saw in England, and Robert Ne
Cheyne sasy in Dundeel Oh. for such days
as Jonathan Edwards saw in Northampton
have often heard my father tell Of the fact
that in the early part of this century
a revival broke out at Somerville n
J.; and some people were very much
agitated about it. They said; ''Oh you
are going to bring toe many people into the
church at once; and they sent down to New
Brunswick to get John Livingston to stop the
revival Well, there was no better soul in
all the world than John Livingston. He
went and looked at the revival; they wanted
him 70 stopi it. he stood in the pulpit on the
Sabbath, and looked over the solemn audi
reality the work of God; beware how You
try 10 stop it. And he was an old man.
leaning heavily upon his staf-a very old
man. And be lifted that staff, and took
hold of the small emo IF the stat. and began
Il, LET It fall slowly thru Oh between the fin
- a,5 Tho thumb. and 70 ss;d. son fbo,,
inlpenitent thou art fang now-falling
from life. falling away rom peace and
! heaven. falling as certalnir as the cane is
I falling through my liand--alling certainly,
though perhaps falling. sowlyn And the
Z rana kent on falling thrugh John iv-
the audience was oyerawering, and
r,sn saw a type Of their doom. as the
cs,e kent falling and fallig, until the
mob OF the cane struck Mr. Livingston's
hand. and he clasped 1t Stout and said
But the grace of God can Sc you as 1
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ness all through the hogs7 at tb,fact of par
don and peace and salvation Well " said
thu people after the service, s'H!less you had
better send Livingston home; he's making
tho revival worse Oh, for om ]
haven to sweep all the eentinentsle
ger OF the church of God IS not in l., 7,
Again. my subject impressed me VS. 10 L
fact that Jesus was God and man in n of es
being Here BE IS IN the back part
boat Oh. how tired He looks; most fo
dreams Hs must havel Look at
nance; Hs must be thinking of ias paper
come FL Lag ss at Him M, he o. Is M that kin
asleep: He is a man. But then n onDosI
at the Prov of the boat; I hear
Peace, be stili:7 and I see the Ssause 1t
ing at His feet, and the teri
their wings in His presenesc 1s Is T.
II I-h;sve .ffow and troubldraaNe So'
Ii4AttlT. ~ anu kllEcI dtnu dA taa SOL
part Of tie boat and say: "0h, Christ
one Of Gennssaret, sympathize withLbeatll
sorrows, man of Nazareth, mailof Il RI
4 man man. But if / want tSlon Oh
my spiritual foes, i want to get tlton Tri
over sin. Heath and hell come to -1on -
OF the bcat. and lzneel down, a
'i0h. Lori Jesus Christ, Thou wb&
the Tempest, hush all my grief. hrr-the co
m al.a p'a'i G5i. lt Cod =" 9 a depr'
s9rn Sa S,.5 more ss, fTo% this fwhippil
It did sem as ii everything rnedy.
ruin. The disciples had given up l,ora mo
managing the ship; the crew We eiooS iH'
demoraiizcl; yet Christ rises, convince
ks foot On the storm, and it y WI
ieef. Oh yes Christ can hi5e.
You havis had trouble. Pc
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est eaiidof the household 4 IL =,
the most curious 9pestious,S noluei Ii
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Perhaps was an only SON. And why?
owls Of he night hogth arity, but as
arches and tie crumbhng of
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went TO her with your a,baneemeu
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ias Usually saaaf or dj = '1 %hei lty, because
away fn,T--6er @rnkled-swill be emit
home cirsfe or in the country = &
yonr property gone, you said: , and,
muellhank stock / have 50 man. rll,srn.
mem securities, / have 50 many A I
/ have 50 MANY farms-all gopo-all ZONE );
Why. sir, all the storms that ever tranpIed
I with their thunders. all the-stiipwrecks, have
mot been worse than tbs 10 you. Yet You
have not teen completely overthrow Whvs
Christ says: !" have that little one in Nv
{ keeping can care for him as well
Z as you can, better than you can.
{ o --bereayed mother p flushing the
TEMPEST. When your property went away.
Go. saiI: There aee treasures in heaven. in
bars that never break Jesus hushing the
TEMPEST lhers is one storm into which we
will all have 20 run. The moment when -
LET q Of this world and try to fake hold of
rhs 'ys-sgiil want all the ernce possible
l'ndea see Christian sOuf r9ri-;not -, ~,
surses o. death; all the powers n darS.
ness seem let ont against that so,l -
sFtriing wave the thunder of tbs strv
he shrek Of the wind. All 500, Z,
fnise together; but that soul is not tro-,,l5'
- no ssshing, there are no tears .nIenty,
i,1sIe n the room at the departure mn IL
o. ua-.s, tears-caipi, satisfied and reacef,rI
H ~ ~ .,-,lsgt lash of the storm Won see
AZ y 80 s,st ahead, and you are MAKING
~ ~ t ~, s.hor All shall be well Jesus be-