Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-23


your hands and said; 81 can't see any sense
In this Providence; / can't see why God
gave me that child, If he is so soon going to
take it away Oh, my desolate home. Oh,
my broken hearth You could not under.
stand it. But it was not a Selah of over
throw 1t gave you greater appreciation
of the blessings that have gone it will give
you greater appreciation of the blessings
that will come.
When the Huguenots were being very
much prosecuted In France, a father and
mother were obliged to fly from the ccun-
try, leaving their child in the possession OF
comparative stranger. They did not
know whether they would ever return, or,
returning, if they would be able to recog-
nize their child, for by that time she might
be grown. The mother was almost fren-
zied at the thought Of leaving the child,
and then, even If coming back again, not
being able to know her Before they left,
the father drew his sword and he marked
the wrist of that child with deep cut 1t
must have been great exigency to make
q 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, examining
the wrists of the young people, when lol
after awhile the father found maiden
with scar upon her wrist. She knew him
not, but he knew her And oh, the Joy Of
the reunionl So 1t is 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; know them by the scar of their trouble,
know them by the stroke Of their desola-
ton.
THE USES OF ADVERSELY.
Oh, it is good that the Lord sometimes
halts us. David says: st is good that
have been afflicted Before was afflicted
went astray, but now have | kept thy
word" Indeed we must all soon stop
Scientists have improved human longev
ity, but none of them have proposed to
make terrene life perpetual. But the Cos
pei makes death only Selah between two
Observation-Disclosures dying triumph on
one side Of the grave and celestial escort
on the other side of the grave. Going out
of this life, to the unprepared, is great
horror.
"Give me more laudanum," said dying
may not think Of eternity and what is to
come" And dying Hobbies said, ~ leave
my body to the grave and my soul to the
great perhaps" 1t was the discord of an
infdel's life breaking down into the jargon
of despair; but the Gospel makes the death
of the Christian Selah between redemp-
ton and enthronement. almost well :"
said dying Richard Baxter; 'almost we'll"
"Play those notes over again-those notes
which have been SO great delight and
solace to me-" said the dying Christian
Mozart. None but Christ, none but
Christ" exclaimed dying Lambert.
Richard Cameron, the Scotch covenant
err, went into the battle three times pray
ing: Lord, spare the green and take the
ripe This is the day have longed for.
This is the day ! shall get my crown.
Come, let us fight it to the last. For
ward" So you see there is only short
pause, Selah of intermission, between
dying consultations on the one side and
overlapping raptures on the other.
My flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And In my Saviour's image rise.
The bELAH OF EMPHASIS.
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 1t, 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.
Ali my friends, you and | 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 considera
ton.
The first need for some of us is to change
our emphasis Look at Wretchedness on
n throne. Napoleon, while yet emperor Of
France, sat down detected, his hands over
his face. A lad came in with a tray Of
food and said, Eat, it will do you good"
The emperor looked up and said, you are
from the country" The lad replied, Eyes"
"Your father has cottage and few acres
of groundp" YES" "There is happi-
ness" said the detected emperor Ali
Napoleon never put the emphasis In the
right place until he was expiring at St.
Helena.
On the other hand, look at Satisfaction
amid the worst earthly disadvantage. IL
never saw until was blind" said a Chris
tian man. 81 never knew what content
ment was while | had my eyesight as
know what content is now that have lost
my eyesight. AFFIRM though few would
credit it, that would not exchange my
present position and circumstances for my
before | lost my eyesight."
That man put the emphasis In the right
place We want to put less stress upon
this world ari more stress upon our God
as our everlasting portion.
David had found out the nothingness Of
this world and the all sufticiency of God.
Notice how he interjects the Selahs.
"Trust In the Lord Mt all times; ye people,
pour oat your heart before him. God Is q
refuge for us. Selah." blessed be the Lord
who daily loads us with benefits, even the
God of our salvation. 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
What sinners value resign;
Lord! tits enough that thou art mine.
shall behold thy blissful face,
And stand complete In Righteousness.
This world is all an empty show,
But the bright world to which | 20
Hath Joys substantial and sincere;
When shall wake and find me there?
oglorious hour best abodel
shall be near and like my God,
And sin and sense no more control
The endless pleasures of my soul.
But when speak of the Selah of en-
phasis must notice it is startling, E
dramatic emphasis It has In it the harkI
the msUl OF the drama. mat wakeDlng
and arousing emphasis we who preach or
instruct need TO use more frequently. The
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