Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-02


US It 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 have
been halted by such Selah. You wrung
your hands and said; u can't see any sense
In this Providence; ! can't see why God
gave me that child. n he Is 80 soon going u
take It away. Oh, my desolate home. Oh,
my broken heartr' You could not under.
stand II. But it was not Selah Of over
throw. II gave you greater appreciation
OF the blessings that have gone; It viii give
you greater appreciation OF the blessings
that will come.
When the Huguenots were being very
much prosecuted In France, father and
mother We're Obliged to fy from the conn
try, leaving their child In the possession OF
comparative stranger They did not
know whether they would ever return. or,
returning II they would be able to recog-
nize their cnild. for by that time she might
be grown. The mother was almost fren-
zied at the thought Of leaving the child,
and then, even II 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. It
must have been great exigency 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, examining
the wrists of the young people, when lol
after awhile the father found a maiden
with scar upon her wrist She knew him
not but he knew her And oh, the Joy Of
the reunion! So it is now. Whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth." He cutteth,
he marketh, and when be comes to claim
his own the Lord will know them that are
his; know them by the oscar of their trouble,
know them by the stroke OF their desola-
tion.
THE USES OF ADVERSELY.
Oh, it Is good that the Lord sometimes
halts us. David says: 1T 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 tn
make terrene life perpetual. But the Cos
pei makes death only Selah between two
eatitudes-between 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
Mirabeau; give me more laudanum, that
may not think OF eternity and what is to
come" And dying Hobbies said, II 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 iargon
of despair; but the Gospel makes the 2erch
Of the Christian Selah between redemp-
tion and enthronement. almost we'll !"
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
er. 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
wardW So you see there is only short
pause, Il Selah of intermission, between
dying consultations on the one side and
overtopping 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 sELAH OF EMPHASIS.
next speak of the Selah of emphasis.
Ewald, the German orientalist and theo,
logian, says that this word means to as.
cepd; and wherever you find it, he says
you must look after the modulation of the
voice, and you must put more force into
your utterance. 1t is Selah of emphasis.
Ahl 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-
tion.
The first need for some of us is to change
our emphasis. Look at Wretchedness on
a throne. Napoleon, while yet emperor Of
France. sat down detected, his hands over
his face. A lad came in with 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, Yes" /"
"Your father has n cottage and few acres
of ground?" Yes" "There is happi.
ness" 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 Satisfaction
amid the worst earthly disadvantage "a
never saw until was blind" said 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
circumstances before lost my eyesight.' u
That man put the emphasis in the right
place. We want to put less stress upor
this world and more stress upon our God
rs our everlasting portion.
David had found out the nothingness o
this world and the all sufficiency of God
Notice how he interiects the Selahs
'Trust in the Lord at all times; ye people
pour out your heart before him. God is 6
refuge for us. Selah." blessed be the Lord
who daily loads us with benefits, even the
God of our salvation. Selah." 1.-THE LORD
shall count when be writeth up the people
that this man was born there. Selah, y
Let the world have its honors and its
riches and it's pomp. Let me have tht
Lord for my light, my peace, my fortress
my pardon. my hope, my heaven.
What sinners value resign
LordI 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 go
Hath Joys substantial and sincere;
When shall wake and find me there2
oglorious hour! o blest 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-
fharis I nust potica IL is a STARTLING ,