Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30

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find some crumb Of old consolation, when
from horizon to horizon the ground is white
with the new fallen mama Of Gods help not
five minutes old
But after fourteen thousand ak hundred
consecutive days Of falling Misunderstanding
excepted the mamma ceased. Some Of them
were glad of it You know they had COM
planned TO their leader, and wondered that
they had to eat mamma instead OF onions.
Now the fare IS changed. Those people in
that army under forty years Ut age had never
~ten a corn field, and now, when thew hear
the leaves rustlIng and So. the tassels waving
and the billOw, II green flowing over tha
plain as the wind touched them, it must AVE
been a new and lively sensation. Corn"
cried the old man, as he opened an ear.
Corn" cried the children, as they counted
the shining grains. Corn shouted the
vanguard Of the host as they burst open the
granarles OF the affrishtei population. the
granaries that had been left in the possesson
OF the victorious 1sraelites. Then the fire
was kindled, and the ears Of corn were thrust
into it, and, fresh and crisp and tender, were
devoured Of the hungry ~victors; and bread
was prepared, and many things that can be
made out OF -four RECALLED the appetites that
had been snarpened by the long march.
And the mamma ceased on the morrow
after they had eaten OF the old corn Of the
land
Blessed be God, we stand in Just such a
field to-day, the lu ruriant grain coming
above the girdle, the air full Of the doors Of
the ripe old corn of the gospel Canaan.
"Oh" you say, 'the fare is too plain" Then
remember you will soon get tired Of a fan
ciful diet. While l was in Paris | liked for a
while the rare and exquisite cookery. but [
soon wished / was home again, and had the
PLAIN food Of my native land. So it is a fact
that we soon weary Of the sirups and the
custards and the whipped foam Of the fanci-
full religionists, and We cry: Give US plain
bread made out of the old corn Of the gospel
Canaan This is the only food that can
quell the souls hunger.
There are mel here who hardly know what
is the matter with them They have tried
to get together a fortune and larger account
At the bank and to get investments Welding
larger percentages. They are trying to sat-
isfy their soul with a diet of mortgages and
stocks. There ar others here who have been
trying to get famous, and have succeeded to
a greater or less extent: and they have been
trying to satisfy their soul with the choppe1
feed of magazines and ne wspapers. All these
men are no more happy now than before they
made the first thousand dollars. no more
happy now than when for the first time they
"a" their names favoraby mentioned. They
cannot analyze or define their feelings; but
VIII tell them what is the matter-they are
hungry for the old corn of the Gospel. That
YOU must have, or be pinched and wan AMI
wasted and h~ollow-eyed and shriveled %
with an eternity Of famine.
The intidel scientists Of this dav are ofrar.
ing US a dltferent kind of soul food; but thew
are, OF all men, the most miserable. have
known many OF them. but | never knew one
OF them who came within a thousand miles
oil beng happy. The great John Stewart
Mill provided for himself a new kind of nor
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knowledges that his philosophy never gave
HIM any comfort in DAYS of berea vement and
III a roundabout way he admits that his life
was a failure. So it is with all infidel scien-
tisfs. They are trying to live on telescopes
and cruclbles aud protoplasms. AMI thew
chargeu with cant, not REALIZING that thera
is no such intolorable cant in all the world &C
TINS perpetual talk we are hearing about
positive philosophy and 1.-The absolute ,.
aho 'the great to be, and the everlasting
no, and the higher unity" and .'the
latent potentialities,9 and the cathedral of
the universities | have been transIatin9
what these men have been writing. and !
nave been transiatlng what they have been
DONG, and !, will tell YOU what if All means
1t means that they want to XIII God, Ana
my only wonder IS that God has not killed
thell. 1haVe III other days tasted of their con
lections, and l come back and tell You to-day
that there Is no nutriInent or life or health in
"t N'hiS otb tttt Dledl ma lie out of the old
corn or the Gospel. What do | mean nv
tnaty | mean that Christ is the bread Of
NE. and taking Him, you live and live for
ever.
But, you say, corn is of but little practical
use unless 1t is threshed and ground and
baked. answer: his Gospel corn has gone
through that process. When on Calvary at
the hoofs of human scorn came down ON tno
heart OF Christ, aud all the fails of satanic
Jury beat thin long AMI fast, was not the
corn threshold? When the mills of Gods in
uighatlon against sin caught Christ between
me upper and neither rollers was not the
corn ground? hen Jesus descended int
hell, and the flames of the lost world wranna
him all about. was not the corn bakeds Oh.
YES. Christ is ready; His pardon all ready:
Ills peace all ready: everything ready IN
thirst. Are you ready for Him.
on say: That is such a simple G,,sne, y
Know 1t Is. Iou say you thought religion
was a strange mixture of elaborate com
pounds. No; it is SO plain that any APIECE
darian may understand it. In its simplicity
is ITS power. If You could this morning re-.
allze that Christ died to save from sin AMI
death and hell not only your minister. and
Your nelghbor, and your father. and yo,r
could. but you. it would make this hour like
the Judgment day for. agitations, and. no
ioasei aoie 10 Keep your seat, you would
leap up crying: For me! for mel" Go1
grant that You, my brother, may see this
oospel with your own eyes. and hear it witt
Your own ears, and feel with your own heart
lhat You are a lost soul, but that Christ
comes Tor your extrication. Can YOU not
take that truth and digest it, and make il a
part OF your immortal life' 1t is only bread.
lou have noticed that invalids cannot
take all kinds of food. The food that viii
DO for one will not do for another. There
are klnds Ct food which will produce, in
cases OF lnyalitiism. very speedy death
hnt YOU nave noticed that all persons, how
ever weak they may be, can take bread
oh, soul sick with sin, invalid in your
fransgressions, l think this Gospel will
agree VITA You think il you cannot take
anything else You can take this. Lost
i"und. SunkeD raised Condemned =
pardonedl Cass o~ut-iuvitel in, That is
the old corn Of the Gospel.
lou have often Seen a wheel with smokes
or duferent color>, and when the wheel was
rapidly turned all the eolors blended into .
rainbow of exquisite beauty. l wish
couh To-Day, take the peace, and the life.
ami the JOY and glory OF Christ. and turn
thein before your soul with such speed and