Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-11-19

the grace OF GOi we defeat them again,
but staying all the time IN the old encimp-
ment we have the same old battles to fignt
over. Why not whip out our temptations,
and then forward march. making one raid
through the enemy's country, stopping
uuri We oreas rauks after the last VIC
tory,
DO. my brethraE, let Us have SON. novelty |
Of combat at any rate by changing. by 60
ing on, by making advancement, trading
off our stale prayers about sins we ought %
have quit long ago. going on toward a high
or state IT Christian chsra"-a~. a13 rCltl"3 |
out sins that we have never thought OF yet.
The fact is, il the church OF God.
if we, as individuals. made rapid advance
ment in the Christian life, these ~stereotyped
prayersye nave Deen MAXIM iOr Ten or nfteen
years vo"ld be as inappropriate to Us as the
shoes, a-i the hats, AMI the coats we wore
ten or fifteen years ago. "a, for a higher
flight in the Christian life-na storA all
the crane in their mi yration taac ain Us the
lesSO-t
Dear Lord. and sha,i we ever i've,
A.th.s poor dying rate
Our love so faint, SO cold to Thee,
And Thine to as go great:
Again, | remark that the birds OF The all
are wiser than we, because they kuo" "nen
to start. II you should go out now ana
shout. ".Stop storks and cranes, don't be III
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stop. last night We heard the roaring III
the woods bidding Us away. AMI the shrill
flute of thu north winl has souioed the
retreat. We must go. We must =.
SO they gather themselves INTO companies,
and turning no. aside from storm or noun
tain top or shock OF musketry, over land and
sea. straight as an arrow to the mark they
20 And if you come out this morning with
a sack of corn an / throw it in the fields ana
try to get them to- stop. they are 50 iar up
they would hardly see it. Iney are on thelr
way south. You could not stop them.
Oh. that We We're as wise about ne DssL
tim. to start for God and heaven. We say:
Wait aatil it is a little later in the season
of mercy. Wait until some of these green
leaves OF hope are all dried up and nave
besn scattered. Wait until next year.
After awhile we start, and it is too
late, and We perish in the way when
Gods wrath is kindled but a little. There
are, you know, exceptional cases where
birds have started too late. and in the
morning you have found them dead on the
snow. And there are those who have per-
lshed halt way between the world and
Christ. They waited until the last sick
ness, when the mind was gone, or they were
on the express train going at forty miles an
hour, and they came to the bridge and the
draw was up" and they went down. How
long to repent and pray? Two seconis!
Two seconds To do the work Of a lifetime
and to prepare for the vast eternity i'll two
seconds!
was reading of an entertainment given
in a kings court. and there were mu sic ans
there with elaborate pieces OF music.
After awhile Mozart came AMI began to
play, and he had a blank piece of paper be-
fore him, and the king fami:iarly looked
over his shoulder and said: What are you
playing? l see no music before you"
And Mozart put his hand OH his brow, as
much as to say, II am improvising.' 1t
was very we'll for him, but oh, my friends.
we cannot extemporizs heaven! If We do
not get prepared in this world, We will
never take part in the orchestral harnonies
of the saved. On, that we were as wise as
the crane and the stork. flying away. living
away from the tempest
Some Of you have felt the pinching frost
Of sin. You feel it to-day. You are not
happy. l look into your faces, aud know
you are not happy. There are voices within
your soul that will not be silenced, telling
you that you are sinners. and that without
"a pardon Of God you are undone forever.
What are you going to do, my frien Is, with
the accumulated trans2rassions OF this lite
time? Will you stand still AMI let the ava
lanche tumble over you? %, that you
would go away into the warm heart of Gods
mercy! The southern grove. redolent with
magnolia and cactus, never waits for
northern hocks as Goa has waited for yor.
sayin@ II have loved thee with an ever
lasting love. Come unto Me. all ye who
are weary and heavr laden, AMI will Civ
you rest.
Another frost is bidding You await i:
the frost of sorrow. Where do you live no ":
"Oh," you say, Il have novel" Why dill
you move? You say, II don't want a
large a house now as formerly Why
do you not want as large a house, Eou
say, MY family is not SO large
Where have they gone? 80 eternity
~, -1.~ 10000 h-@t- I,~,i %L>k l--N
sickness. and through the almost super
natural effort to savelife. and throuyh those
prayers that seemed unavailing, and through
that kiss which received no response because
the lips were lifeless, and l hear the bells
toiling and hear the hearts breaking-whlle
| speak / hear them break. A heart! An
other heart. Alone, alone, alone.
This world, which in your g%irlhooo am
boYhood was sunshine, is cold now, and oh,
weary dove, you -hy around this world a
though you would like to stay, when the
wind, and the frost. and the blackenln.
clouds would bid you away into the heart
OF an all comforting Goii Oh. | have no
ticed again and again what a botch thI
world makes of it when it tries to comfort
soul in trouble Il says. Don't cry How
can we help cryiuR wnen the hearts treas
ures are scattered, and father is gone, ant
mother is gone, AMI companions are gone
and the child is gone, AMI everything seem
gone?
1t IS no comfort TO tell q man not to cry
The world comes up and says, "Oh. 1t i
only the body Of your loved one that yo,
have put in the grouni" But there is n
comfort in that. That DO ~ is precious
Shalt we Hrs>I rut Our hands in tnat han
again, and shall We never see that Swee
face again. Away with Your heartles
ness. oh. world. But cone, Jesus, and tel
us that when the tears fall they~fall int
Gods bottle; that the dear bodies of Oh
loved ones shall rise radiant in the resurrec
ton. and all toe breaklngs tom here sha
be lifted up there, and 'thav shall nuuge
ne more. neither thirst NJ NOR, nelthe
shall the sun light on them, nor any hea'
for the Lamb which Is in the midst OF II
throne shall lead them to living fountain
OF water. anu Col shall wire all tears fro,
their eyes.
You may have motto Il taat waen Il
chatdnch, or the stor1, or the crane star
on its migration IL calls al! tno>e .: Is kin
20 come too. The tree tops ale iati 81 CHR
and whistle an i carol ami the I0u- rOl. ca
The bird does not start OFF alone. i gathe.
ali OF Its kind. On. ena- You ullgAr o. as ".
in this migration 10 Geavtn, an that y