Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-06-11

anxiety was to find their lost child, They
looked up and down the land, examining the
wrists of the young people, when 10. after
awhilethe father found a maiden with q scar
upon her wrist. She knew him not. but he
knew her. And oh. the joysof the reunion.
So it is now. WHOM the Lord loveth He
chas:eneth." 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, kno them by the
stroke OF their desolation.
Oh, it is good that the Lord sometimes
hats u. David says, sit is good that | have
been afflicted. Before l was afflicted l went
astray, but now have 1 kept Thy word In
deed, we must all soon stop. Scientists have
imrroved human longevity, but none OF them
have PROPOSED 10 make terrene life perpetual.
But the Gospel makes death a Selah between
two beatitu ies-bet ween dying triumph
on the one side Of the grave and celestial es-
cort on the other side OF the grave. Going
out Of this life TO the unprepared is a great
horror.
Give me more ]auianum," said dying
Mirabeau: give NE more laulanum that
may not think o. eternity and what is to
come And dying Hobbies sail. Il leave
my body TO the grave and my soul to the
great perhaps It was the discord OF an in
tidc!'s life breaking down into the jargon of
despair: but the Gospel makes the death of
the Christian a Selah between redemption
and enthronernent. almost we'll" said dy-
ing Richard Baxter, almost well.' 'Play
those notes over again-thoss notes which
have been SC great a delight and solace to
me-, . said the dying Christian Mozart. "None
Uut Christ. none but Christ" exclaimed dy-
mig Lambert.
Richard Cameron, the Scotch covenanter,
wen: into tae battle three times praying:
Lord, spare the green and take the rip.
THIS IS the day | have longe1 for. This is
the day 1 shall get my crown. Come. let us
fight it to the last. Forward" SO you see
therei j, only a short pause, q Selah OF inter-
mission, between dying consultations on the
one SHE and ovarstoppinS raptureS on the
other.
My fesh shall slnmoar in the ground
iii! the last trumpet's joyful sound;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And IN my Sav!our's image rise.
next speak Of the Seiah Of emphasis.
Fwald, the ,rmau Orlentalist AMI theOlO-
giar, says that this word means to ascend;
and wherever YOU find it, he says, you must
look after the incubation of the voice and
YOU must PUT more force into your u%tteranco.
1t is Selah OF emphasis. All. my frieuds,
YOU and | nccl to correct our emphasis. We
put too much enlphaSl on the Worls and not
enough Oh Col an1s the next world. People
think these things around us are so import
ant, the things OF tho next are not worthy
OF our consideration.
The first Feed for some Of us is to change
our emphasis. Look at Indebtedness on a
throne. Napoleon, while yet emperor OF
France, sat down detected, his hands over
his face. A lad came in with a tray OF fool
and said, Eat. it will do you good" The
emperor lookei un AM said, You are from
the countryy' The lad replied, YES"
Your father has 4 cottage and a few acres
of ground:' Yes" 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 Satisfaction
amid the worst earthly disadvantage. II
tan man. Il 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
1t, that | would not exchange my present
position and circumstances for my circum-
stances before [ lost my eyesight." That
man put the emphasis III the right place.
We want to put less stress upon this world
and more stress upon our God as our ever
lasting portion.
David had found out the nothingness Of
this world and the all-suficiencY Of God.
Notice how he interjects the Selahs. Trust
III the Lord at all times: We people, pour out
your heart before Him. God is a refuge for
us. Selah." blessed be the Lord who
daily loads us with benefits, even the God OF
our salvation. Selah. Inc LORD snail
count. when He writeth uo 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,
nv peace, my fortress, my pardon, my hope,
my heaven.
What sinners value | resign;
Lord, tia enough that Thou art mine.
shall behold Thy Dilssfni race,
And stand con2icte IN ri yAteousne5s.
NH, ,r,-rd i, oil ~, o,,n,, sbouy
But the bright world to which | 90
Iath joys substantial aud sincere,
When shall | wake and tni me there!
GLORIOUS hour. o blcst a~ode.
shall be near and Ike my Coz.
Aud sin and sens no more con.rJl
The endless Pleasures OF my soul.
But when ! speak OF tn, Selah of emphasis
! must notice It Is a startling, a dramatic
emphasis. 1t has in it the Hark, the Hist
ot the drama. That Weakening and arousing
emphasis we who preach or instruct need
10 use more frequently. The sleeplest
audiences in the world are religious
audiences.
You Saboath-sciloo teachers ouglt to
have mere of the dramatic element IN your
instructions. By graphic scripture scene. by
aneciote. by descriptive gesture, by ln.
personation urIeyour classes to rignt acton.
We want in all our schools an | colleges an !
prayer meetings, aniln all or attempts at
I TtEtTIl, ana Ill XII oil 'tic AoS AVN
of the style didact;c AMI rlora OF the STYLE
dramatic.
Fifty essays abou. the sorrows of the poo
could no, affect me as Il little drama OF acct
cent and suffering | saw one slippery morn
in- IN the streets of Philadeiphla. Jus
ahea! OF me WIS a la. wratcnei III apparel
his limb ainput1tal at the knee; from tn
tailor OF the boys cIenk the anputation no
.ons before. He ha a package OF broke
food under his arAl-tool he had begge:,
supposed, at the doors. AS he passei %
ever the slippery pavement cautiously au
carefully, | s,eaiiel him until his crutc
slipped and he fell. | heipai him up as wel
a. | could, gathered up the fragments OF til
package as We! as | could. put them undo
.ne arm and the crutcl under the othe
arm: but when | saw the blood run dow
Is pale cheeS | was completely overcom
lhttv ESSAYS about the suffering OF the poS
count hot toucn ouS lac tlIl niue ,I .Init
accident and suffering.
On, we want IN all our different t!epar
I, -nlentS OF usetulness-and | adiress hundred
! o. people who are trying 10 do good-w
; want more OF the dramatic element II les
: al tho cliactic. The tendency in this wa,
: Is 10 droue religion, 70 moan, religion, t
!, croak religion, 70 >epulcbriza religion, wne,
we ought to present il in animated and sD4s