Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-01-23

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may walk in them" No father would
say any thing like that. He would say:
/ 'The first privileges in all the grounds,
and all of my house, shall be for my
own children" And yet men try to
make us believe that Gods children are
on the limits. and the chief refresh
ments and enjoyments of life are for
outsiders. and not for His own children.
1t is stark atheism. There is no limo
cent beverage too rich for Gods child %
drink; there is no robe too costly for him
to wear; there is no hilarity too great
for him to indulge in, and no house too
splendid for him to live in. He has a
right to the joys of earth; he shall have
right to the joys of Heaven. Though
tribulation and trial. and hardship may
come unto him, let him rejoice. Ere
joice in the Lord, ye righteous, and
again / say, rejoice"
remark again that Christ comes to
us in the hour OF our extremity. He
knew the wine was giving out before
there was any embarrassment or morti-
fication. Why did He not perform the
all gone, and no help could come from
any source, and then come in and per-
form the miracle? This is Christ's way;
and when he did come in, at the hour of
extremity, he made first rate wine, so
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 knelt with his family and
prayed to God. While they were kneel-
ing in prayer there was tap on the win
dow pane. They opened the window,
and there was raven that the family
had fed and trained, and it had in its
bill ring all set with precious stones,
which was found out TO be a ring belong
ing to the royal family. 1t was taken
up to the kings residence, and for the
honesty of the man in bringing it back
he had house given to him, and gar
den and farm. Who was 1t that sent
the raven tapping on the window? The
same God that sent the raven to feed Eli
jah 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 merciful. He
has cast me Off" but in that, the dark
est hour Of your history, light broke
caf d.
wanderer, come home | have seen all
thy sorrows. In this, the hour Of thy
extremity, | offer thee pardon and ever
lasting life"
Trouble came. You we're almost torn
to pieces by that trouble. You braeed
yourself up against it. You said: II
will be stoic and viii not care" but
before you had got through making the
resolution, it broke down under you.
You felt that all your resources were
gone, and then Jesus came. In the
fourth watch of the night, the Bible
says, Jesus came walking on the sea-"
Why did He not come in the first watchS
or in tho second watch? or in the third
watch? | do not know. He came in the
fourth, and gave deliverance TO his dis
ciples. Jesus in the last extremity!
wonder if It will be so in our very
last extremity We shall fall suddenly
sick, and doctors will come, but in vain.
We will try the anodynes and the slim
ulants and the bathings, but all in vain.
Something will say: "You must GO"
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 / am afraid Of
that water; | can not wade through to
the other side, he will say: Take hold
of my arm:" and we will take hold of
his arm, and then he will put his foot in
the surf Of the wave, taking us on down
deeper, deeper, deeper, and our soul will
cry: Gan thy waves and pillows have
gone over me.n They cover the feet,
come to the knee, pass the girdle and
come to tho head, and our soul cries out:
Lord Jesus Christ, 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
extremity.
That wedding scene is gone now. The
ring has been lost, the tank
ards have been broken, the house is
down; but Jesus invites us to a grander
You know the Bible says
that the church IS the Lambs wife, and
the Lord will after a while come to
fetch her home. There will be gleam-
ing of torches in the sky, and the
trumpets Of God will ravish the air with
their music; and Jesus will stretch out
his hand, and the church, ROBBED in
white, will put aside her veil, and look
up into the face of her Lord the King,
and the bridegroom will say to the
bride: Thou hast been faithful through |
all these years. The mansion is ready |
Come homel Thou art fair, my
lover and then lie shall put upon
her brow the crown of dominion, and |
the table will be spread, and it will |
reach across the skies, and the mighty |
ones of Heaven will come in, garlanded |
with beauty and striking their cymbals;
and the BRIDEGROOM and bride will stand |