The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07

"a oo"hi INTO ulSa1al depths, and. as docu-
ments are put in the corner stone of a temple.
SO in the very foundation of the earth He
tolded up and placed the records of heavenly
truth. h earth's corner stone. was laid,
like that Of other sacred ediices, Ia the name
OF the Father, and of the Son, and of the
HOLY Ghost. The author of revelation, stand.
ing among the great strata, looked upon
Moses and said; Let US record for future
ages the worlds history; you write it there
on papyrus; l will write it here on the bowl
ders."
Again, nature offers an invaluable contri-
button to Christianity by the. illustration she
makes OF divine truth. The inspired writers
seized upon the advantages offered by the
natural world. Trees and rivers and clouds
and rocks broke forth into holy and enthu-
siastic utterances. Would Christ set forta
the strength of faith, He pointsd@e the syca-
more, whose roots spread out&Nand strike
down, and clinch themselves amid great
depths of earth, and He said that faith was
strong enough totn0f pat up by the roots.
while showing maSskfs@grees during a pro.
longed walk ~throughN4B magnificent park,
pointed out a sycamore, and with a wave of
the land said: I'm your visit to the Holy
and did you see any sycamor more impress
sive than thatp / confessed that l had not.
Its branches We're not mora remarkable than
I EUOISt L y was W StCn q b1CO a. tLknL oSSto
pointed when He would Illustrate the power
of faith. Eye might say unto this sycamore
tree. BE thou plucked up by the root and be
thou cast into the sea- and it would obey
you.' One reason why Christ has fascinated
the world as no other teacher is because in
stead of using severe argument he was al
ways telling how something in the spiritual
world was like unto something in the natural
world. Oh, these wonderful likes Of our
r o,lI T ;la q nrojn of mustard SA1i Lake
a . treasure hid in a field. Like a merchant
seeking goodly pearls. Like unto a net that
was cast into the sea. Like unto a house.
holder
Would Christ teach the precision with
which He looks after you, He says He counts
the hairs of your head. Well, that is a long
and tedious count if the head have the aver
age endowment. 1t has been found that II
the hairs of the head be black there are about
100, 900, or if they be flaxen there are about
lac, 900. But God knows the exact number;
THE hairs Of your head are all numbered.
Would Christ impress Us with the divine
watchfulness and care, He speaks OF the spar
rows that were a nuisance in those tunes.
They were caught by the thousands in the
. net. They were thin and scrawny and had
comparatively no meat on their bones. They
seemed almost yaluelesS, whether living OF
dead. Now, argues Christ, ii my Father
takes care of them, will He not take care OF
you? Christ would have the Christian. de
spondsnt over his slowness of religious deval
opsment, go to his corn field for a lesson. Hs
watches first the green sloot pressing NJ
through the clods, gradually strengthenin
into a stalk, and last of all the husk swelling
out with the pressure of the corn: First tht
blade, then the ear, after that the full corr
in the carr
Would David set forth the freshne 5 anl
beauty of genuine Christian character, Re
sees an eagle starting from its nest just afts:
the melting season, its old feathers sae1
AID its wings and breast de2sed With ne"
down and plumas, its body as finely feata-
cred as that of her young ones just beSin
ning to try the speed OF taair wings. Thu
reiuyenated and %replunei is the CHRISTIAN
!! faith and hope, by every season or comtnaalo
with God. Thy youth is renewed IKE taS
eagle's.n Would Solomon represent th7 an
noyanca of a contentious wo11an's tongue,
he noints to a LEAKAGE ia TIA top oe his hol5:
Or tent, where. throughout thu s1orily day,
the water N through, failing upol tt;
~hoor-drip! drip! drip. All he says; =
continual dripping III 4 very rainy day ana
contentious woman arr aIiSa'
rnoss WAC make great profession OF ptaty
but have no fruit, He canpars them 70 bai
r.1 fig trees, walsh nave very large al
SNOWY leaves, and nothing bat Leaves. Ho2s
JOB Illustrate deceitfui friea iShipS, he spaa
OF brooks in those cliTies. taat wind a33at i
different directions, ana dry up when so
want to drink out OF them: "Idy bret1r5
have dealt dece.tfuliy as a br1oz, and As u
stream of brooks they pass away" DaV
when he would impress rs with tae desooa
, ency into which h had sank, compares it
> a auagmire of those regions. through Wal'
: he had doubtless sometimes tried TO walk, bi
sunk in up to his necx. and he cried: i ssI
5 in deep mife where there issno standin5
Would Habakkuk set forth thu caplclI
D which God gives the good man TO walk safe
t amid the widest periis, he points to the WI
Q animal called the hind walking over siipps!
= rocks. and leaping from wild crag to WI
r crag. by the peculiar make Of its hoofs a
t calmly to sustain itself in taa most dangt
G Gus places: The Lord Go is my strengt
and He will make my feet ike hintSfeet.
: job makes all natural OBJECTS pay tribl
= to the royalty of his book. As you
!, through some chapters Of JOB you feel as
e il were a bright spring morning, and, as =,
!. see the glittering drops from the grass unt
I your feet, you say witt tuat patriarc
9 HWho hath begotten the drops OF tins deF
e And now. as you read on you seem N
SILENT midnight to behold the waving Q
i. great light upon YOU path. and you ioo1 up
o find it the aurora b~oraalis, Wnicn JoDdescFlt
= SO long ago as s'the bright light in the clot
a and the splendor that coEaeta out OF
d north.n As YOU read on, there is darkn
q hurting in the heavens. and tle snow
). break loose till the birds fly for hiding pi:
q and the mountain torrents in rad fury 10
X over the rocky shelving, and with
same poet, you exciaim: can mum
the clouds in wisdom, or who can stay
Ias bottles of heaven As You read on, y
feel yourself coming in frosty chimes, a
,as in fancy, wading through the sn'
d. YOU saw with thai same inspired writ
le, Hast thou entered into the treasures OF
snow And while the sharp sleet drives
II; your face, and the hail stings your cheek,
na quote him again: Hast thou seer. the ere
III ures of the hailss" In the Psalnlsts WIFI
~ hear the voices of the sea: Deep call
ISL unto deep:' and the roar OF forests: !.
lds Lord shaketh the wilderness OF Kadesh;"
en- rhe loud peal of the black tempest:
ss' Col of glory thandereth;s ana tns rlssis
be- the long silk on the well filled husks: "
lcn valleys are covered with corn and the
ION Of wild beasts: '.Fhe young lions roar a
the their prev, the hum of palm trees ana
dars: THE righteous shall flourish hk
ato naIm tree; he shall grow like a cedar IN J
anon the sough Of wings and the sWlra
ion fins: Dominion over the fowl OF the air
are the fish of the sea. ),
The truths OF the Gospel might have b
It'll nreseated in technical terms. and by
Sc meaus OF dry definitions, but under these
on. world would not have listened or felt. J
ore could the safety OF trusting upon Christ
ry- been presented, were it not ths ngure
es- rock How could the giaddening enei
.sal the Gospel have been SET forth, mao
we'd Zacharias thought OF the GAVIN 81 tle ~
be ing. exclaiming. .Ihe day spring iIon
hi9h hath visited us to give light to
ten that sit III darkness. HOW SouIu y ?
ma Intense longing for Christ have been
ae -..+aa u ,uoll a. bv ti,a emblem of nat