The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-06-06

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you. Pause; reflect Selah!
So also on the scroll of your life and
mind. We 20 rushing on, in the song oil
our own prosperity. from note of joy to
note Of joy. and it Is a long drawn-out
legato, aud we become Indifferent and
unappreciative, when suddenly we come
upon blank in the music. There is
nothing between those bars. A pause.
God will fill it up with slckbed. or a
commercial disaster, or a grave. But
thank God, it is not breaking down; it
is only pause. 1t helps US to appre-
ciate the blessings that are gone; it gives
US higher appreciation Of the blessings
that are to come.
The Selah Of Habakkuk and David is a
dividing line between two anthems
David begins his book with the words,
Blessed is the man." and after seventy
four Selahs. he closes his book with the
words, ''Praise We the Lord" SO there
are mercies behind US. 1t is good for US
that God halts US in our fortunes, and
halts US with physical distress. and halts
US at the graves of our dead. More than
once you and 1 have been halted by such
Selah. You wrung your hands and
said: II can't see any sense In this
Providence; can't see why God gave me
that child, il He Is so soon going to take
it away. Oh, my desolate home. Oh,
my broken heart!" You could not un-
derstand it. But it was not q Selah Of
overthrow. 1t gave you greater ap-
probation Of the blessings that have
gone; it will give you greater apprecia-
ton Of the blessings that will come.
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much prosecuted in France, a father and
try, leaving their child in the possession
of comparative stranger. They did
not know whether they would ever re-
to recognize their child, for by that time
almost frenzied at the thought of leaving
the child, and then, even if coming back
again, not being able to know her. Be-
fore they lefr, tie father drew his sword
and he marked the wrist of that child
with deep cut. 1t must have been q
great exigencv to make father do that.
Years of absence passed on, and after
awhile the parents returned and their
first anxiety was to find their lost child.
They looked up and down the land, ex-
aiming the wrists Of the young people,
when 10! after awhile the father found
maiden with a scar upon her wrist She
knew him not, but he knew her. And
oh, the joy of the reunion! So tits now.
"Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth."
He cutteth, He marketh, and when He
comes to claim His own the Lord will
know them that are His knew them by
the scar Of their trouble, know them by
the stroke of their DISSOLUTION.
next speak of the Selah Of emphasis.
Ewald, the German Orientalist and theO-
Logan, says that this word means to as
cend; and wherever you find it, he says,
you must look after the meditation of
the voice, and you must put more force
into your utterance. 1t is Selah of
emphasis. All! my friends, you and l
need to correct our emphasis. We put
too much emphasis on this world and
not enough on God and the next world.
People think these things around us are
so important, the things of the next are
not worthy Of our consideration.
The first need for some of us is to
change our emphasis. Look at Wretch
edness on throne. Napoleon while
yet Emperor of France, sat down de-
jected, his hands over his face. A lad
came in with a tray of food and said,
Eat, it will do you good" The EN-
peror looked up and said, ''You are
Eyes" "Your father has cottage and
a few acres of ground?" Eyes. "There
is happiness" said the detected Emperor.
All! Napoleon never put the emphasis in
the right place until he was expiring at
St Helena.
On the other hand, look at Satisfac-
ton amid the worst earthly disadvantage.
81 never saw until was blind, said q
Christian man. 81 never knew what
was while l had my eye
sight as l know what content is now
that l have lost my eyesight 1 affirm,
though few would credit it. that would
not exchange my present position and
for my circumstances be-
fore lost my eyesight That man put
the emphasis in the right place. We
want to put less stress upon this world
and more stress upon our God as our
everlasting portion.
David had found out the nothingness
of this world and the all sufficiency of
God. Notice how he interjects the
SclduS. AIUSt tut Lulu o. oil tluCSs
We people pour out your heart before
Him. God is a refuge for us. Selah."
"BlesSed be the Lord who daily loaLs us
with benefits, even the God of our SAL
walton. Selah.'' ''The Lord shall count
when He writeth up the people that this
man was born there. Selah." Let the
world have its honors and its riches and
its pomp. Let me have the Lord for my
light, my peace, my fortress, my pardon,
my hope. my Heaven.
But when l speak Of the Selah Of en-
phasis l must notice 1t is startling,
dramatic emphasis. 1t has in it the
bark! the hist! Of the drama. That
weakening and arousing emphasis We
who preach or instruct need to use more
frequently. The sleepiest audiences in
the world are religious audiences.
You Sabbath school teachers ought to
have more Of the dramatic element in
your instructions BY graphic Scripture
scene, by anecdote, by descriptive gest-
ure, by impersonation, urge your classes
to right action. We want in all our
schools and colleges and prayer meet
ings, and in all our attempts at reform,