The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-04
into the moonlight; amid the flying

of every blind man come to sunlight, OF
every coin in fsh's mouth, of every |
loaf that got to be five loaves, OF every |
wrathful sea pacifed, of every pulseless
arm stretched forth in gratulation; ask |
it of his mother. of Augustus, of Herod, !
of the Syrophoenician woman, OF the
dansel that woke upNfrOm the death
sleep, of Joseph, who had him buried, |
of the angel posted as sentinel at his
tomb. of the dumb earth that shook and
groaned and Numbered when he died.
THE BIBLE Is A STAFF.
A missionary in France offered a Bible
in an humble dwelling. The man took
it. tore out a dozen pages and with them
began to light his pipe. Some years after
the missionary happened i'll the same
house. The family had just lost their
son in the Crimean war, and his Bible
had been sent back home. The mission
ary took it up and saw that it was the
very same Bible that he had left in the
house and from which the leaves had
| been torn. The dying soldier had writ
! ten on one of the leaves of the Bible,
| Rejected and scoffed at, but finally be-
! Iieved in and saved" The Bible may be
used to light the pipe of witticism by
some, but for us it is staff IN life,
/ pillow in death and our JOY for eternity.
Walk all up and down this Bible do
main! Try every path. Plunge IN at
the prophecies and come out at the
epistles. Go with the patriarchs until
YOU meet the evangelists. Rummage
and ransack, as children who are not
satisfied when they come to a new house
until they know what is in every room
and into what every door opens. Open
every Jewel casket. Examine the sky
lights. Forever be asking questions.
Put to a higher use than was intended
the oriental proverb, Hold all the skirts
of thy mantle extended when heaven is
raining gold"
Passing from Bonn to Cobie-"z on
the Rhine, the scenery is comparatively
tame. But from CoblentZ to Mayence
it is enchanting. You sit on deck and
feel as if this last flash of beauty must
exhaust the scene; but III moment
there is a turn of the river, which COW
ers ND the former view with more lux
uriant vineyards, and more defiant cas-
Ties, and holder bluffs, vine wreathed,
and grapes so ripe that if the hills be
ton ched they would bleed their rich life
away into the bowls of Bingen and
Hockheimer Here and there there are
streams of water melting into the river,
like smaller joys swallowed in the
bosom of great gladness.
And when night begins to throw its
, black mantle over the shoulder of the
! hills, and you are approaching disem'
, barkation at Mayence, the lights along
the shore fairly bewitch the scene with
= their beauty, giving one thrill that he
! feels but once, yet that lasts him for
ever. So this river of Gods Word is not
+ a straight stream, but winding splen
, dor-at every turn new wonders to at
, tract, still ripper vintage pressing to the
1 ! brink and crowded with castles OF
:, Observation-Disclosures and JOhannisber
ger as nothing compared with the strone
. tower into which the righteous run ant
are saved-and our Decentralization a
o last in the evening amid the lights tina
Q CLEAN from the shore of heaven. Th'
q trouble is that the vast majority OF 81
:. BILE voyagers stop at Coblentz, where tn
# chief glOries begin.
- A BOUNDLESS SEA.
The sea of Gods Word is not like Gen
r nesaret, twelve miles by six, but bound
# less, and iR-any one direction you cal
sail on forever. Why then cOntine your
self to a short psalm or to few verse
II of an epistle? The largest fish are no
" near the shore. Hoist all sail to tn
n winds of heaven. Take hold of bot
- oars and pull away. like some OF tn
.o whalers that went out from New Bee
- ford or Portsmouth to be gone for tw
Is or three years. Yea, calculate on hf'
70 time VOYAGE. You do not want to Ian
,e until you land in heaven. sail away
O We mariners, for eternity! Launc
Il out into the deep!
a The text is appropriate to all Chris
If tians of shallow experience. Doubts an
o fears have in our day been almost electe
40 to the parliament of Christian grace
v Some consider it bad sign not to hav
m any doubts. Doubts and fears are NJ
N signs of health, but testers and carbul
20 cles. You have valuable house {
ar farm. 1t is suggested that the title
as not good. You employ counsel. Yo
b+ have the deeds examined. You scare
of the record for mortgages, judgmen
an and liens. You are not satisfied unit
he YOU have certificate, signed by tt
great seal of the state, assuring you tn;
Ill the title is good. Yet how many leaN
of their title to heaven an undecided ma
he ter! Why do you not go to the recor'
as and find out? Give yourself no rest, ds
a. or night, until you can read your tit
mo- clear TO mansions in the skies.
or Christian character is to come up
he higher standards. We have now
ar. hunt through our library to find OF
mr. Robert M'Cheyne, or one Edward Pa
No. son, or one Harlan Page. The time w
as come when we will find half dozen
le- them sitting in the same seat with L
he The grace of God can make great de
an better men than those have mentione
CIV Christians seem afraid they will g
90 heterodox by going too far. They Z
nd not believe in Christian pertectlo
in There is no danger of your being pc
cd feet for some time yet. 1 will Ike
ter watch and give you notice in time,
you get too near perfection for the safe
- of vOur theology. ..... ra..-.