The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-08-06

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tin Martyr I, took tbs popes bun
and the cardinals cars-a. ani the ~srsd,
anatisaxaa 90 develop Martin Luther
II took all the ho.ttl,tlas against tia
Scotch coeenanterv and the tury Il
Lord Cla~wrhoa-s "a devclop Jama.
Ren~Ask and Anircw Meivtlk ard
Hugh AcknIl, tho g,orsoas martyr al
Scotch history. Il took the sscrrny s=a,
and tbs Deoember blast, and the ds.-o
Late New England coass, and the WA
vhoop OF savases to show forth the
pro~oss of the Pilgrim Fathar<-
whsa araid the atorIias u.sy .Ans
And tho stars heard. Aad the so~.
Apd the sounding aislna Of thle dirn Sxzs-d
Rang Go the anthems Of tho FREE
THK LIFTING Up OF THR NATION
fttook all our past national distrx<.ns,
and ii takes all our pre~ent national
sorrows, To lift up our natioG ON that
high career where it viii march aIoaa
after the foreign deapotisms that have
mocked. and the tyrannics that have
jeered shall be swept down under the
omnipotent wrath of God, who hatee
oppression, and who by the strength OF
his own red right arm will mike all
men free. And 20 il Is individually.
and In the family, and In the church,
and In the world, that through dark
ness and storm and trouble men, WON.
en-, churches, nations, are developed
Again, see In my text the beauty oi
unfaloerine friendship, lsuppose there
were plenty of friends for Naomi willis
she was In prosperity; but Of ali he,
acquaintances. how many were willing
to trudge off with her toward Judea,
when she had to make that lonely tour
neyi One-the heroine of my text
One-absolutely one. I suppose when
Naomi's husband was living, and they
had plenty of money, and all thing
went well, they had great many coll
ers; bat I Suppose that after her hus-
band died, and her property went, and
she got old and poor, she was not trou.
bled very much with callers. All the
birds that sang In the bower while the
sun shone have gone to their Eests,
now the night has fallen.
Oh, these beautiful sunhowers that
spread out their color In the morning
bourl but they are always asleep when
the sun is going downl job had plenty
| Of friends when he was the richest man
In UE; but when his property went and
the trials came, then there were none
50 much that pestered as Eliphaz the
Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite and
Zophar tie Naamathite.
Life often seems to be mere game
where the successful player pulls dowr
IA L. @-.saar man into his own Leg Tn'
suspicious arise about "a mans charac
ter and he becomes like a bank In g
panic, and oil the imputations rush OF
him and break down In a day tha,
character which In due time would
have had strength to defend itself
There are reputations that have been
half century in building which &c
down under some moral exposure, as q
vast temple is consumed by the touch
of q sulphurous match. A hog can up
root q century plant
In this world, 80 full of haartlessncs;
and hypocrisy, how thrilling II Is TO find
some friend as faithful IN days of ad
versity as In days of prosperity David
had such friend In Hushai the Jew,
had such friend In Moriecai, whc
never forgot their cause; Paul had suci
friend in Oneslphorus. who visited
him In jail; Christ had such In tht
Marys, who adhered to him on tbC
cross; Naomi had such a one In Ruth
who cried ont, "Entrest me not Il
leave thee, or to return from following
after thee; for whittier thou goeet,
will go; end where thou iodgest, I vii
lodge; thy people shall be my people
and thy God my God where thou dice
will die, and there will he buried
the Lord do so to me, and more also
If aught but death part thee and me.
OUT OF pARKNRSs INTO LIGHT
Again, learn from this subject tina
paths which open In hardship md dark
hess often come out In places of 10y
When Ruth started from Moab tovar'
Jerusalem, to go along with her moth
er-in-law, l suppose the people said
"Oh, what foolish creature to go ava
from her fathers house, to go off Wit
a poor old woman toward the land O
Judea! They won't live TO get ncroe
the desert. they will be drowned 4
the sea, or the jockals of the wildernes
| Ill ti..,.. N 1,r
morning when Ruth started of wit
Naomi, but behold her in my text i
, the harvest field of Boex, 10 be Alliance
to one of the lords o. tho land, and b.
come one of the grandnothers Of Jesu
Christ, tho Lord of Glory. And 50
often Is that path which starts yer
darkly euds very brightly.
When yon started out for beavcn, o.,
, how dark was the hour Of conviction
how Sinai tiundered and devils to-
, mented, and the darkness thickened
, All the sins OF your life pounoed upo
you, and 1t was the darkest hour yo
ever saw when you first found out you
sins. After awhile you went into IL
harvest field of Gods mercy; yoa b
gan to CLEAN in the fields Of diviI
promise, and you had more sheav'
: than you could carry, us the voice
8 God addressed you, saying. Blessed
/ the man whose transsressions are fc
3 given and whose sins are covered -
g very dark starting In conviction, a We,
9 bright ending in the pardon, and Il
y hope, and the triumph Of the Gospel
]! 90, very often La our worldly busine
t or In our spiritual career, we start G
: On a very dark path. We must g
+ The flesh may shrink back, but there
voice within, or voice from abov
e saying, You must CO." and we have
It drink the gall. and we have to car
the cross, and we have to traverse q
4 desert, and we are pounded and fails
r Of Misrepresentation and abuse, and '
u have to urge our way through t
q Thousand obstacles that have to