Grand Rapids herald., 1892-07-21

the nntess al tbs organs feople of TIE
world may borrow them. bur they only
borrow them; they have no right or title
to them. God gave them 10 Christian
people IN my text. when he said, -An
are yoars"
David no more certainly owned the
harp with which he thrummed the
praises of God than the church OF Christ
owns now all chants, all anthems, al
ivory keyboards. all organ dispasons,
and God viii gather up these sweet
sounds after awhile, and ne win nainsse
them in one great harmony, and the
Meudelssohns, and the Beethoyens. and
tie MoZuts of earth viii join their
voices aud their musical instruments,
and soft south wind and loud lunged
euroclyaon viii sweep she great organ
pip-s, aid you shall see Gods hand
striking the keys and Gods foot tramp
ing the pedals IN the great oratorio Of
the asesl
60 al artistic and literary advantages
are in the Christians right. do not
care on whose wall the picture hangs.
or on whose pedestal the sculpture
stands, il belongs to Christians. The
Bierstadts and the churches are al
working for Us. "All are yours" The
Luxembourgs, the Louvre. all the gal
leries of Naples and Rome and Venice
they are all 20 come into the posses
sion OF the church Of Jesus Christ. We
may not now have them on our walls,
but the.time viii come when the writ cf
ejectmeat will ba served and the church
VIII possess everything. All parks, all
fshponds, all colors, all harvests-all.
''all are yours"
FOOD AND CLOTHING.
Secondly, remark that the right to
full temporal support Is in the Chris
tian's name. IL is great affair to feed
the world Just think Of the fact that
this morning sixteen hundred millions
Of our race breakfasted at Gods table!
The commissary department Of hum
dred Thousand men in any army will en-
gage scores of people. but just think OF
a commissary department OF world!
Think Of the gathering up from the rice
swamps, and the tea fields, and the or
chards, and the fisheries! No one but
God could tell how many bushels it
would take To feed five continents.
Then. 20 sclothe all these people, how
many furs must be captured and how
much Hax broken and how much cotton
picked. Just think Of the infinite ward
robe where sixteen hundred millions Of
people get their clothesl God spreads
the table first Of all for his children. OF
course that would be a very selfish man
who would not allow other people to
come and sit at the table sometimes;
but first Of all, the right 10 given to
Christian people. and therefore it is ex-
treme folly for them ever to fret about
food or raiment.
Who fed the whales sporting of Cape
Hatteras this morning? Out of whose
hand did tho cormorant pick its food?
Whose loom wove the butterfy's wing?
Who hears tho hawks cry? If God takes
care Of . walrus. and q Siberian dog,
and . wasp. will be not take care Of you?
Win father have more regard for rep
tiles than for his sons aud daughters2
II God clothes the grizzly bear, and the
panther. and the hyena, will he not
cloths his own children? Come. then,
this morning, and get the key Of tho in
finite storshouse. Come and get the
key II the infinite wardrobe. Here they
are-all the keys. "Al are yours"
SO all the vicissitudes Of this life, SO
far a. they have any religious profit, are
in the right Of the Christian. II you
should stand among the Allegheny
mountains, especially near what is called
- g.
Of cars almost doubling on itself, and
Gtslng IN We back car you SEQ q looomo-
tive coming a. you look out Of the win
dow, and you think 1t Is another train
whsn II il only the front Of the train in
which you are riding, and sometimes
you can hardly tell whether the train il
going toward Pittsburg OF toward Phil
adelphia, but it h on the track, and it
win reach the depot for which it started,
and all the passengers will BE- discharged
ct the right placs. Now there are
great many sharp curves in life. Some
times We seem 10 Be going this way and
sometimes wo seem to be going that
way, but II we ara Christians we are on
the righs trsck and we are going TO como
out at Tie right place. Do not get wor-
sicd. then. about the sharp curve.
A ssiffng vesse1 starts from New York
for Glasgow. Docs IL 80 in . straight
liner Oh. no. Il changes its tack every
little while. Now you say, This ves-
sci. instead Of going TO Glasgow. must
be going to Havre, or il u going to Ham
burg, or il ia going to Marseilles." No,
no. II Is going to Glasgow. And in
this voyage Of life We often have to
change our tack. One storm blows rs
this way, and another storm blows us
that way; but be who holds the winds
in his fist will bring us into . haven of
everlasting rest just at the right time.
Do not worry. then, II you have to
change tack.
PAUL's LUCKY ACCIDENT.
One Of the best things that ever hap
pened 10 Paul was being thrown of his
horse. One of the best things that ever
happened TO Joeaph was being thrown
into the pit. The losing Of his physical
eyesight helped John Milton to see the
battle Of the angels. One of the best
things that ever happened to Ignatius
was being thrown 10 the wild beasts in
the Coliseum. and while eighty thou
sand people were jeeripg 1T his religion
hs walked mp to the hercest Of all the
lions and looked him m the ere. ss much
~ 10 ssy. ''Here I am. ready to be de-
voured for Christ's sake"
AL things work toaether for your
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