Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-01-24

1are 70 harDor <Ae fugitive But sc- has =
AXE hin soDaThere. Sne hears the c-~
y the mob ii tie streets: s.e hears ia
s1rIsk q the dying nobility: 81 she
'as1zs ws5n Jozsa unto tze room u the
.5UDle, into the house Of Col All then Sue
OUTS him doTn. she knows that Ar.laiial
and her wicked asssss5ls VIII nos b1lne- ti4s
-a-1Dle Z great deal. they are no. apt 10 70
vsry much 70 cnUrch and 50 sue sets down
IO1sh n the temple. There De u ii be heae-
IL the songs Of the yyora-s0e~s year after
rea-; there he viii breathe the odor o. tha
golden censers IN that sacred spot he viii
carry, secreted until the SIX years have
3aSsed, and he comes to entaronensnt.
Would God that We were as wise as Je-
h0sheba, and knew that the church Of God is
the best hiding place. Perhaps our parents
took Is there III early days; they snatcned Us
away from the world and hid US behind the
baptisEnal fonts and amid the Bibles and the
psalm books. o, gloWous inciosu-e! We
have been breathing TIE breath Of the golden
ca1sars all the time and we have seen the
lamb on the altar and we have handled the
phials which are the prayers of all saints.
and we have dwelt under the wings of the
cherubiIn. Glorious incIosure, When my
father and mother died, and the property
was s7~+led up, there was hardly anything
left; but they endowed us with a property
forth more than anv earthly possession be
cause they hid Us in the temple. And VIM
days Of temptation have come uDOn my soul
l nave gone there for shelter; and wheE
saultsd of sorrows, [ nave gone there for
comfort, and there | mean 70 live | want.
ike JOasa, to stay there until coronation. I
mean to be buried out Of the bouse of God
On men OF the world outside there, be
trayed, caricaturad and cheated OF the
world, why do you not com in through the
broad, wide open door Of Christian comInun-
iCn3 / wish ! could act the part OF Joho-
sneba to-day, and steal you away from
your perilS and hide You IN tie temple. How
few OF US appreciate the fact that the
church Of God IS q hiding place. There are
many people who put the chTuch n SO
low a mark that they DeCTudCte It everything,
even the few dollars they give toward it.
They make no sacrifices. Tnev dole q little
out Of their sInplU-aga. They pay their
Butchers bill, and they pay their doctors
blIl and they pay their landlord, and they
pay everybody but the Lord. and thew come
in at the last to paw the Lord IN His church
and frOWn as they say: There. Lord il Is:
if \ on will have it, take it-GOW take It, take
1t; send me receipt IN full, and don bother
me soon a~ainn
tell you there is not more than one man
out Oh thousand that appreciates what the
church is. there are the souls that put
aside one-tentn for Christian institutions
one-tenth Of their income2 Where ara those
who, having put aside that one-tenth, draw
UPON il cheerfulIy? Why, it is pull, and
drag, and hold on, and grab, and clutch; and
giving is an adlictlOn to most people when II
ought to be an exhilar2tion and a rapture.
Oh, that God would remodel our souls on
this subject and that we might appreciate
the house Of God as the great refuge. Ii
your children are to come up to lives OF VIZ
tue and happiness they viii come up under
the shadow Of the church. If the church
does not get them the world will.
All, when you pass aWay-and it Will not
be long before you do-when you pass away
it will be a satisfaction to see your children
in Christian society. You want to have them
sitting at the holy sacranents. You want
them nninghng IN Christian associations. You
would like to have them die in the sacred
precincts. When you are on your dying bed,
and your little ones come up to take your last
word, and you look into their bewildered
faces, you will want to leave them under the
church's benediction. I don't care how hard
you are, that is 50. 1 said to a man of
the world: Your son and daughter are
going to join our church next Sunday. Have
you any objections" ''Bless you," he
said, ''objections? I wish all my chill
dren belonged to the church. don't attend
to those matters myself know am
very wiclzed-but am very glad they are
going, and shall be there to see them. 1 am
very glad, sir; am very glad. want them
there" And so, though you may have been
wanderers from God, and though you may
have sometimes caricaturad the church OF
Jesus it is your great desire that your sons
and daughters should be standing all their
lives within this sacred inciOsure.
more IMAM JIaJ you yOurSeIL VIII want me
is fOreclOsad; when your daughter, just
blooming into WOmaDhOod, suddenly clasps
her hands III a slumber that knows no wax
ing: when gaunt trouble walks through the
Pa"ior, and the sitting room, and the dining
hall, and the nursery, you viii want some
shelter from the tempest. All, some. Of you
have been run upon by misfortune and trial;
why do you not come into the shelter. L said
to a widowed mother after she had buried her
only s0n-months after said to her: "aow
do you get along nowadays?'- "Oh,"
she replied: 81 get along tolerabiy well ex-
cept when the sun Shines" [ said: what
do you mean by that?" when she said: Il
can't bear to see the sun shine; my heart is SO
dark that all the brightness OF the natural
ened soul, Q, broken-hearted man, broken
hearted woman, Why do you not come into
the shelter? / swing the door wide open. L
swing it from wall to wall. Come IL! Come
in You want a place where your troubles
shall be Interpreted, where your burdens
shall be unstrapped, where your tears shall
be wiped away.
Church OF God, be a hiding place to all
these people Give them seat where they
can rest their weary souls. Flash some light
from your chandeliers upon their darkness.
with some soothing hymn hush their grIefS.
O. Church Of God, gate OF Heaven, let me go
through it, Ali other institutions are going
to fail; but the Church Of God-its founda-
ton is the = Rock OF Ages" its charter is for
everlasting years, its keys are held By the
universal proprietor, its dividend IS Heaven,
It's president is God!
Sure as Thy truth shall last
TO Zion shall e given
The brightest Glories ca nth can YIELD
And brighter bliss of heaven.
God grant that all this audience the
Youngest, the eldest, the worst. the best, may
ind their safe and glorious hiding place