The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-17

Cheer up Christian father and mother
Cheer up! Where Joseph and Mary found
their boy you will find yours-in the templs.
You see, God could not afford to do other.
wise. One of the things He has positively
promised in the Bible is that He will answer
earnest and believing prayer. Failing to do
That he would wreck His own throne anu
the foundation of His palace would give
way, and the bank Of heaven would suspend
payment, and the dark word, Reputation, >
would be written across the sky, and the
eternal government would be disbanded and
Tod Himself would become an exile Keen
on with Your prayer, and you will yet find
your child In the temple either the temple
uere or the temple above
Out on ths western prairies was 4 happy
but isolated home. Father, mother and
child. BY the sale of cattle quite a larg,
sum OF money was one night in that cabin
and the father was away. A robber who mad
neard or the money one night looked in at
tue WINDOW, and tie wife and mother of
mat nome saw him and she was helpless.
her child by ner side, she knelt down AMI
prayed among other things for all proi2a.s
VINO Were wandering up and down the world
The robber heard her prayer and was over
"heiinad and entered the cabin and knelt
peside her and began 10 pray. He had come
| % rob that house, but the prayer of that
woman for prodigals reminded him of his
moiher and her prayers before he became a
ras'oJnIand IRON tn orr he began new
| hfe. Years after II ,-nan xyas in n a.
Righteousness ana God was Ine man who
many years before had looked into the cabin
on the prairie as robber The speaker and
the auditor Immediately recognized each
other. After so long a time a mothers
prayers answered.
But we must hurry on, for the muleteers
and baggage men have been ordered to pitch
our tents for tonight at Bethel 1t is already |
getting SO dark that we have to give up ali |
idea OF guiding the horses and leave them to |
their own sagacity. We ride down amid |
mud cabins and into ravines, where the |
horses leap from depth to depth, rocks below |
rocks. rocks under rocks. Whoa, Whoa
We dismount in this place. memoir. BILE for |
many things in Bible history, the two more
prominent theological seminary where of oil
they made ministers. and for Jacobs dream
The students of this Bethel Theological Semi
nary were called 'sons of the prophets
Here the young men were fitted for the
ministry, and those of us who ever had tn,
advantage OF such institutions will everlast-
ingly be grateful, and in the calendar OF
saints, which l read with especial affection.
are the doctors of divinity who blessed me
with their care.
1 thank God that from these theological
Summaries there is now coming forth mag.
ni1cent crop OF young minister's, who are
taking the pulpits in all parts Of the land ]
nail their coming, and tell these Young
brothers to shake of the somnolence Of con
turles and get out from under the dusty
shelves OF theological discussions which have
no practical bearing on this age which needs
to get rid of its sins and have its sorrows
comforted Many of our pulpits are dying
OF humdrum. People do not 60 to church
because they cannot endure the technicalities
and profound explanations of nothing, and
sermons about the eternal generation of
the son" and the difference between sub
iapsarianism and supra-lapsariansm, and
about who Melchisedec wasn't There ought
to be as much difference between the modes
of presenting truth now and in olden time
as between lightning express rail train and
q canal boat
Years ago went up to the door of a fac.
tory in New England. On the outside door
L saw the words, mo admittance." went ,
IN and came to another door over which were
the words, mo admittance" OF course ]
went in, and came to the third door inscribed
with the words, mo admittance" Having {
entered this found the people inside making [
pins, beautiful pins useful pins, and nothins !
but pins. So over the outside door Of many ..
Of the churches has been practically written
the words, 'No admittance." Some have ,
entered and have come to the inside door and
found the words, mo admttauce." But G
they have come inside and found "
Us sounding out our little niceties Of belief
pointing out our little differences of theologi- |
cal sentiment-making pins,
But most distinguished was Bethel for that !
famous dream which Jacob had. his head on :
= collection of stones. He had no trouble in Z
Inis rocky region in finding a rocky pillow. 9
mere Is hardly anything else but stone Yet q
tne people OF those lands have a way of draw. =,
ing their outer garment up over their head :
and face, and such pillow suppose Jacob I
had under his head. The plural was used in {
The Bible story, and you find it was not q a
pillow OF stone, but of stones, / suppose. SO :
mat II one proved to be Of uneven surface he
would turn over in the night and take an. q
other.stoue, for with such a hard bolster he :
would often change in the night. Well. that
night God built in Jacobs dream a long.
splendid ladder, the feet of it on either SHE Q
d the tired pilgrims pillow, and the top Of q
. mortised in the sky And bright immor /,
'als came out from the castles Of amber and
gold and put their shining feet on the SHINING q
lungs OF the ladder. and they kept cominS d
Town and going up, procession both WAYS
suppose they mad wings for the Bible
Almost always reports them As having h
wings but this was ladder on which thew :.
iseo hands and feet to encourage all those Il
n us who have no wings to climb, and en- 3
'ourasing us to believe that II we will ms. q
vhat We have God will provide a way. and II
we VIII employ the hand and foot He will ;.
urnish the ladder. Young man. do moi III
wait for wings. Those angels folded their; 3
o ., sno" you wings are not necessary. Let II
III the people who have hard pilows-bard 4
or sickness, or hard for poverty, or hard for >;
that hard pillow ia the -
andlng place for angels. They seldom q
escend to pillows of eiderdown. Thew b
eidom build dreams in the brain of the one es
rho sleeps easy. WV 4;
The greatest dream of all time WAS that n, y.
t. John. with his head on the rocks of Pat VI
nos and in that vision he heard the seyen .
rumpets sounded and saw all the pomp of to
eav'n In procession cherubic, seraphic ell