Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-01-02

all trials. and he VIII denver you. ~ s ~
jcct also impresses me with the lact ma
good people sometimes get very mueh irlgn'
rned.
In fhe tones of these disciples ms the.
rnsls.d into the back part of the boat. ilnt
they are frightened almost to death. Ihel
say. Master. carest thou notthat we perish:
I They had no reason to bc frightened, i0l
Christ was in the boat Oh, how many good
peouje are aGrghted by iniquity IN oui
day. and think the church of Jesus Christ !
going to be oyerthr0wn, and are lust ~ inucn
atirighted as were the disciples OF my text
Don't worry don't fret, a. though lniqulty
we're going 10 triumph over righteousness.
A lion goes into a cavern 10 sleep. lie lles
down with his shaggy name covering the
paws. Meanwhile the spiders spin u wei
across the mouth Of the cavern and say w
have captured him" tiossaner thread afief
eoss pier thread. until the whole front OF tne
cavern Is covered with the spiders wen. ana
the spiders say: .'1he lion is done: the Hon i
fast After Willie the lion has got through
sleeping: he arouscs himself. be shakes MS
mime, aud walks out into the sunllght' nc
does not even know the spiders web Is spun,
and with his voice he shakes the mountain.
30 men come spinning their sophistries ana
scepticism about jesus Christ: he seems ~
be sleeping. They say: I'VE have captured
the Lord: he will never come forth AGAIN
'
His religion will never make amy condnert
among men, But after while the Lion OF
the tribe of Judah viii rouse himself ana
come forth to shake nightly the nations.
What's q spiders web to the aroused lion .
Give truth aud error fair grapple, aud truth
will come of victor.
But there are great many good people
who get affighted in other respects; they
are afiriglIted In our day about reNiNals.
They saw oh this il strong religious gale
We are afraid the church OF God Is going 10
be upset. and there are going to be great
many people brought into the church that
are Going 10 be of no Use 10 it,; and they are
afirighted whenever they see revival taking
hold OF the churches. A. though ship cap
tain, with 5000 bushels OF wheat for cargo,
should say some day. ronling upon deck
"Throw overheard all the cargo" and the
sailors should say: "Why, captain, what do
ynu mean! Throw over all the cargOF'
..Oh," SAYS the captain. 1--WE have peck OF
chat that has got into this 5000 bushels Of
wheat. and the only way 10 get RIG OF the
chat Is 10 throw all the wheat overheard
Now. that j. great deal wiser than the taik
OF great many Christians who want TO
brow overheard all the thousands and tens
of thousands OF souls who are the subjects OF
reyivals. Throw all overheard because they
are brought into the kingdom OF God through
great reyivals. because there Is peck OF
chat, quart OF cliafl, pint OF chaifi i say
let them stay until the last day; the Lord
viii divide the chat from the wheat. DO
not be afraid OF grca. revival.
oh. that such gales from Heaven might
sweep through oil our churches, Oh. for
such days a. Richard Baxter saw in England
and Robert Nee hcyne saw IN Dundee. Oh,
for such DAYS as Jonathan Edwards saw IN
Northampton. ! have often heard my father
tell of the fact that in the early part q This
century revival broke out At someryillc. n.
IT, and some people We're very much agitated
about il. They said: ''Oh. YOU are going 10
bring TOO many people into the church at
oncc.r and they sent down To New Bruins
wick for Johu Livingston to stop the revival.
Well. there was no better soul in all the
world than john Livingston. lie went and
looked at the revival: they wanted him TO
stop IL. He stood In the pulpit on the Sab
bata and looked over the solemn auditory,
and he said .'This, brethren. is in reality
the work Of God; beware how you try to
stop it, And he was an obi man, leaning
heavily on his stafl-a very old man.
And he lifted that siaff and took hold Of
the small end OF the staff and began 10 let Il
fall slowly through between the finger and
the thumb, and he said: ''Oh thou impen-
itcnt, thou art falling now-falling from life,
falling away from peace and heaven, falling
ms certainly n that cane Is falling through
my hand-falllng certainly, though perhaps
falling slowly" And the cane kept on fall
ing through John Liyingston's hand. The
religious emotion IN the audience was over
powering. and men saw a type Of their
doom. as the cane kept falling and falling,
until the knob Of the cane struck Mr.. Living
ston's hand. aud he easped il stoutly and
said: III But the grace OF God can stop you rs
stopped that cane;'' and then there was
gladness all through the house at the fact Of
pardon aud peace and salvation. "Well,'
said the people after the service, ~ guess
You had better send Livingston home; be is
making the revival WORST" oh for gales
from heaven to sweep all the continents,
The danger OF the church OF God Is not in
revivals.
IL have sorrow and trouble, and want
go and kneel down at the back
part of the boat and say ''Oh, Christ. weary
one of Genaesarrt, sympathize with all my
sorrows, man OF Nazareth, man Of the cross
4 man. man. But IL want 10 conquer my
spiritual foes. II want to get the victory over
sin, death and hell. come t. the front of the
boat. and kneel down, and say: 20. Lord
Jesus Christ. thou who doth hush the tenn
pest, hush all my grief. hush all my tempta-
ton, hush all my sinm A man, man;
God. God.
oh. yes Christ can hush the tempest. You
have had trouble. Perhaps il was the little
child taken away from you-the sweetest
child OF the household, the one who asked The
most curious questions, and stood around you
with the greatest fondness. aud the spade
cut down through your bleeding heart. Per
haps il was an only son. and yonr heart has
ever since been like desolated castle, the
owls of the light hooting among the fallen
arches aud lhc crumbling stairwavs. Per-
haps it was AN aged mother. You always
went TO her with your troubles. She was in
your home to welcome your children into life.
aud when they died she was there to pity
you: that old hand will do you no more kind
ness; that white lock Of hair you put away in
the casket or in the locket didn't look rs il
usually did when she brushed Il away from
her wrinkled brow in the home circle or in
the country church.
Or your property gone, You said: Il have
so much bank stock, / have so many govern
ment securities, have so many houses. /
have SO many farms-al gone. all gone.-
W by. sir, all the storms that ever trampled
with their thunders, all the shipwrecks, have
not been worse than this 10 you. Yet you
have not been completely oyerthrown. Wbyy
Christ says: Il have that little one In my
keeping. l can care for him as well
as you can, better than you can, O bereaved
motherl" flushing the tempest. When your
property went away God said: "There are
In. ia. hat