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

away" David when he would I'M
prcss us with the dospondoncy into
which he had sunk, compares it to Il
Quagmirc of those regions through
which he had doubtless sometimes
tried to walk, but sunk in up to his
neck, and ho cried; Il sink in deer
miro where there is no standing. y
Would Habakkuk set forth the capl-
city which God gives the good man
to walk safely amid the widest perils,
he points to the wild animal called
the hind walking over slippery rocks,
and lcaping from wild crag to wild
crag, by the peculiar make of it's
hoofs, able calmly to sustain itselfin
the most dangerous places: The Lord
God is my strength, and He will my
feet lilio hind's feet
Job makes all natural objccts pay
tribute TO the royalty of his book
AZ you go through some chapters in
Job you feel us II it were Il bright
spring morning, and, as you see tho
gllttcring drops from the grass under
your feet, you say with that patriarch,
"Who hath bcgottcn the drops Of
dew? And now as you read on, you
seem in the silent midnight to be
hold the waving OF II great light upon
your path, and you look up to find it
the aurora borealis, which Job de-
scribcd so long ago rs "tho bright
light in the clouds and tho splcndor
that comcth out OF the north" AS
you read on, there is darkness hurl-
ing i'll the heavens, and tho showers
break loose till the birds fly for hid
ing-place and .hC mountain torrents
i'll rcd fury foam over the rocky shclv-
ing: and with the same poet, cXclaim,
"Who can number the clouds in wis
dom, OF who san stay the bottles of
heaven?' AS you read on, you feel
yourself coming in frosty climes, and,
in fancy, wading through the SNOW,
you say with that same inspired VIII
ter, "Hast thou entcrtcd into the
treasures of the snow?' And whilo
the sharp slect drives into your face,
and the hail stings your cheek, you
quote him again; "Hast thou seen
tho treasures of the hail!" In the
Psalnists $ writings l hear the voice
OF the sea: deep callcth unto deep;
and the roar of forests: The Lord
shakrth TIE wilderness of Kadcsh;"
and the loud peal of the black TEN
pest: "Tho God of glory thunder
eth; and the rustic of tho long silk
on the we'll filled husks: Tho val
lcys are covered with corn;' and the
cry of the wild beasts: 1.-The young
lions roar after their prey" the hum
of palm trees and cedars: The right
eous shall flourish like the palm-tree,
he shall grow like a cedar in Leba-
nom" the sough of wings and the
SWIRL OF fins: "Dolninion over the
fowl Of the air and tho fish Of the
sea-"
Tho truth of the gospel might have
been presented i'll technical terms,
and by means of dry deiiniti0 rs,
but lmdrr these worlds would not
have listcncucd or felt.
We walk forth III tho spring time,
Hii,i everything broathes OF the Rcsur-
rccti0n. Bright blossoms and spring
ing grass speak to us of the coming
up uf those whOr we have loved,
when III the white robes Of their JOY
and coronation they shall appear.
And when III the autumn OF the year
Nature breaches thousands of fuucr-
III sermons from the text, eve all do
fade as q leaf, and Scatters her ole
GicS III our path, we cannot help but
think Of sickness and the tomb Even
winter, "bcing dead, yet spoakrth.' y
The world will not be argued into
the right. 1t will be tchdcrly illus
trntcd inlo tho right Hell them
what religion is like. When the
mother tried to tell her dying child
what heaven was, she compared it to
light "But that hurts my eyes"
said The dying girl. Then the moth
CT compared heaven to music. But
any sound hurts me; / am SO weak,
said the dying child. Then sho was
told that heaven was like II mother s
arms. "Oh take me thcrc!" she said.
Of it is like a mothers arms take me
thcrc. The appropriate similo had
been found ut last.
Another contribution which the
natural world is making to tho king
dom OF Christ is the defense and aid
which the elements are compelled
to give to the Christian personally.
| There is no law in nature but is
sworn lOj tlltNllllSIlitll tcltllSt. Ill
job TINS thought is presented us q
bargain made between the inanimate
creation and tho righteous man
"Tnou shalt be in league with the
stones Of the iield' What q grand
thought that the lightnings, and the
tcmpc8ts, and tho hail, and the frosts
which nrc the enemies Of unright-
oOuSncSs, are all marShallcd as the
Christiau'B body-guatd. They fight
for him. They strike with an arm OF
fire, or clutch with their fingers OF ice
Everlasting peace is declared between
the tierccst clements Of nature and
the good mSn. They may in thcii
fury seem TO be indiscrim,natc, smit
ing down hcrightcouN with the wick
ed, yet they cannot damage The Chris
ti"n's soul, although thcymay shrivc
tho body. The wintry blast that
howls abOIt your dwelling, you may
call your brother, and the south wine
coming up oG y June day by way Of {
flower garden. you call your sister
Though SO mighty III circumference
and diameter, the sun anL the moor
have n special charge cconccrNing you
"Thc sun shall not Smite the by day
nor the moon by night Elements
and forces hidden i'll the Garth arc