The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-06-18

ON me-" shall / write TO your mother
and tell her that the lost one is found
and the dead is alive again. He an
swered. II wish you would, IL it would
not be too much trouble" Do you
suppose that woman who made that
quilt and filed IL with Scripture pas
sages had any trouble about who Mel
chisedec was or how the doctrine of
Gods sovereignty can be harmonized
with mans free agency, or who wrote
the Pentateuch, or the Inconsistencies
of the Nicene creedl No, no; go to
work for God and suffering humanity.
and all your doubts and fears and mys-
teries and unbeliefs put together viii
not be heavy enough TO stir the chem
lists scales, which is accustomed TO
weighing one-fiftieth part of a grain of
chamomile flowers
Why stop a moment to understand the
mysteries when there are so many GER
titudes. Why spend our time explor-
ing the dark garrets and coal holes of a
great palace which has above ground
one hundred rooms flooded with SUM-
shine? It takes all my time to absorb
what has been revealed. SO that have
no time to upturn and root out and
drag forth what has not been revealed.
The most of the effort to solve mys-
teries and explore the inexplicable and
harmonic things is an attempt to help
the Lord out of theological difficulties.
Good enough intention, my brother, no
doubt; but the Lord is not anxious to
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throne without your assistance. Don't
be afraid that the Bible will fall apart
from inconsistencies. 1t hung together
many centuries before you were born,
and your funeral sermon will be
preached from a text taken from its
undisturbed authenticity.
CHRIST COMES WHEN WE MAKE READY.
Do you know that think that if all
ministers in all denominations would
stop this nonsense of ecclesiastical strife
and take hold the word of God, the
only question with each of US being
how many, souls we can bring to Christ,
and in how short time, the Lord
would soon appear for pc salvation OF
all nations2 When the young queen
of England visited Scotland many
years ago great preparations were made
for her reception. The vessel in which
she sailed was far out at sea, but every
hill in Scotland was illumined with
bonfires and torches. The night was
set on fire with artificial illumination.
The queen, standing on ships deck.
knew from that that Scotland was full
of heartiest welcome, and the thunder
of the great guns at Glasgow and Edin
burgh castle woke up all the echoes
Boom! they sounded out over the sea-
Boom! they sounded up among the
hills Do you know that think thai
our King would land if we were only
ready to receive him? Why not call t.
him from all our churches, from all oul
hospitals, from all our homes? Why
not all at once light all the torches O
Gospel Invitations Why not ring al
the bells of welcomed Why not igh
light up the long night of the world
sin and suffering with bonfires of vic
tory2 Why not unlimber all the Cos
pei batteries, and let them boom across
the earth, and boom into the parting
heavens? The King is ready to lant
if we are ready to receive him
Why cannot we who are now Living
See his descent2 Must it all be post
poned to after agesa Has not our poo
world groaned long enough in morta
agonies2 Have there not been martyr
| ennnah and have not the lakes of tear
and the rivers OF blood been deer
enough2 Why cannot the final glor.
roll in now? Why cannot this dyins
century feel the incoming tides of the
oceans of heavenly mercys Must ou
eyes close in death and our ears take
on the deafness of the tomb, and thest
hearts beat their last throb before ths
day comes in2 o Christ! Why tar
riest thou2 Wilt thou not, before we
go the way of all the earth, let us SCI
thy scared feet under some noonda,
cloud coming this way2 Before we di
let US behold thy hands that wer'
spiked spread out in benediction for /;
lost race. And why not let us will
our mortal ears hear that voice which
spoke peace as thou didst go up speal
pardon and emancipation and love an,
holiness and joy to all nations as tho,
CONTEST down2
But the skies do not part. 1 hear NJ
rumbling of chariot wheels COMM
down over the sapphire. There is n
swoop of wings. I see no fash of an
gelic appearances. All is still. I hea
nothing but the tramp of my own hear
as I pause between these utterances
The King does not land because tn
world is not ready and the church
not ready. TO clear the way for th
Lords coming let US devote all our en-
orgies of body. mind and SOUL A Rus
sian general, riding over the battlefield
his horse treading amid the dying All
dead, wounded soldier asked him fo
water, but the officer did not under
stand his language, and knew not wha
l
soldier cried out, ''Christosl" and tina
word meant sympathy and help, an
the Russian officer dismounted and pu
to the lips of the sufferer a coolin
draught
Be that the charmed word wit
which we go forth to do our whole duty
In many languages it has only littl
difference of termination. Christosl
stands for sympathy. 1t stands fe
help. 1t stands for pardon 1t stand
for hope. It stands for HEAVIER
Christos! In that name we were ba,
TIED. In that name we took our fir.
sacrament. That will be the bait
shout that viii win the whole world fl
God. Christosl Put it on our bar
ners when we marchl Put it on on
lips when we diel Put it in the funers
psalm at our obsequiesl Put it on til
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