The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-08

loIG W lcG go WlUnOuU ODSecN0I1On
one passing cloud, or rift of snow, or
spring blossom, you cannot afford to
let them so without study. Men
of God most eminent in all ages
for faith and zeal, indulgcd in such
Internationally and Baxter
and Dodridgc and Hannah Moore
That man is not worthy the name of
Christian who sauntcrs IstleSsly
among these magnificent disclosures
OF divine power around, beneath and
above us, stupid and uninstructed
They arc not worthy to live in AIDES
ert, for that has It's fountains and
palm trees; nor in regions Of cverlast-
ing ice, for there the stars kindlc
their lights, and auroras fash, and
the huge iccborgs shivcr in the morn
ing light, and Gods power sits upon
them us upon great white throne.
Yet there are Christians in the
church who look upon all such ten
denotes Of mind and heart rs soft
SentimentaliticS, and because they
believe this printed Revelation of
God are content to be infidclS in re-
gard to all that was written in this
great Book of tho universe, written
Ill letters of stars, III paragraphs Of
consultations, and illustrated with
sunset and thumder-cloud and
spring morning.
infer, also, the tranSccndcnt i'm
portance of Christ's religion. Moth
ing IS so far down, and nothing is SO
high up, and nothing is so far out,
but God makes it pay tux to the
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pest and dragon aro expected to
praise God, suppose you lie ex
poets no homage from your soul?
When God has written his truth up
on cvcrythingAround you, suppose
you He did not mean you to open
your eyes and read it!
Finally, l learn from this subject
what an honorable position the Chris
tian occupies when nothing is SO
great and glorious in nature but it is
made to edify, defend and instruct
him. Hold up your heads, sons and
daughters of the Lord Almighty, that
L may see how you bear your honors
Though now you may think your
self unbcfriendcd, this springs soft
wind, and next summers harvest of
barley, and next autumn>s glowing
fruits, and next winters storms. all
seasons, all clements, zephyr and cur
OclydOn, roses breath and thunder
cloud, cleaning light and thick dark
ness, are sworn to defend YOU, and
cohorts Of angels would fly to deliver
you from the peril, and the great God
would unShcathC His sword and nrm
the universe in your cause rather than
that harm should touch you with one
Of it's ightcst fingers, AS the
mountains around about Jerusalem,
SO the Lord is around about His l,co-
pie from this time forth forever
more
Oh for more sympathy with the nat
ural world, and then we should al
ways have Bible open before us,
and we could take lesson from the
most tlcctinG circumstances Us when
Il storm came down upon England
Charles Wesley sat in n room watch
ing 1t though an open window, and
frightened by the lightning and tlun-
der little bird flew in and nestled
III the bosom of the sacred poet, and
as he gently strOkcd it and felt the
wild beating Of it's heart, he turned
to his desk and wrote that hymn
which will be sung while the world
lasts:
Jesus, Lover OF my soul,
Let mo to Thy bosom fly,
While the pillows near me roll
While the tempest still Is high:
Hide me me, y my Savior, hide,
Iill the storm of life be past,
Safe into the haven guide,
o receive my soul at last.
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