Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

anxiety was TO lind their lost child They
looked up and down the land, examining the
wrists OF the young people, when LOT 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 reunion
So It 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 desolation.
Oh, 1t Is good that the Lord sometimes
halts us. David says at is good that have
been afflicted. Before | was afflicted | went
astray, but now have kept Thy word" In
deed, we must all soon stop. Scientists have
lmproved human longevity, but none Of them
have PROPOSED TO make terrene life perpetual
But the Gospel makes death a Selah between
two beatitudes-between 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 .'Gprepared is a great
horror.
Give me more lauianum," said dying
mlrabeau; give me more laudanum that
may not think OF eternity and what is to
come" And dying Hobbies said, al leave
my body TO the grave and my soul to the
great perhaps" 1t was the discori OF an in
lidels life breaking down into the jargon of
despair; but the Gospel makes the death Of
the Christian a Selah between redemption
and enthronement. Almost well, said dy-
ing Richard Baxter, almost we'll" play
thoss notes over again-thoss notes which
have been so great delight an solacs to
me- said the dying Christian Mozart "None
Uut Christ, none but Christ" exclaimed dy-
ng Lambert.
Richard Cameron, the Scotch covenanter,
went into the battle thres times praying :
Lord, spare the green and take the rip.
This Is the day | have longad for. This is
the day | shall get my crown. Come. let US
light it to the last. Forward SO you see
there is only short pause a Selah OF inter-
mission, between dying consultations on tho
one side and overstopping raptures on the
other.
My nesh shall eumber In the ground
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And In my Slyo ur's image rise.
next speak OF the Selah of emphasis.
Ewald the German orlentalist ami thaolo.
gian, says that this word means 70 ascend:
and wherever you flnd it, he says, you must
look after the moiulaton OF the voice aul
you mustput more force into your utterancs.
IL is Selah OF emphasis. An my friends,
you and | nee1 10 correct our emphasis. We
put too much emphasis on the world and not
enough on God aud the next world. People
think these things around us are 80 import.
ant, the things or the next arc not worthy
OF our consideration.
The first need for some of us is to change
our emphasis. Look at wretchedness Oh 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 cool" The
emperor looked up AMI said, You are from
the country The lad replied, YES"
Your father has cottage and few acres
of groundF' 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
never saw until Twas blind" said Chris
tian man. II 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 circun-
stances Eetore | lost my eyesight." That
man put the emphasis in the right place.
We want to put less stress upon this world
and more stress upon our Go1 as our ever
lasting portion.
David had found out the nothingness OF
this world and tho all.sufficency of God.
Notice how he inter acts the Selahs. Trust
your heart before Him. Gol is a refuge for
u.s. Selah" BLESSED bs the Lord who
iaily loads us with benefits, even the Col of
our salvation. Selah" "rhe Lori shall
count, when He writsth uo the people. that
this man was born there. Selah. y Let ths
world have its honOrs, anil its riches, and its
pomp. Let me have ths Lord for my light,
my peace, my fortress, my pardon, my hop
my heaven.
What sinners value resign;
l.ordl lis enough that Thou art mine.
/ shall behold Thy bIissful lace,
And stand com Jlete 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 hnd ms there'
o glorious hourl o blest a-ode!
] shall be neat and Ike my God.
Aud SIN and sense no more co1trG
The endless pleasures OF my soul.
But when speak Of the Selah of emphasis
[ must notice 1t is startling, dramatic
emphasis 1t has in it tue Hark, the Hist
Of the drama. That wakeninZ and arousing
emphasis we who preach or instruct need
to use more frequently. The seepiest
audiences in the world are religious
audiences.
You Sabbath school teachers ought to
have more of the dramatic element in your
instructions. BY graphic Scripture scene. by
auecdote, by descriptive gesture, by i'm
personation urge your classes to right action.
We want in all our schools and colleges nu
PRAYER meetings, and in all our attempts at
reform. and in all our churches to have less
Of the style didactic and more of tue style
dramatic.
Fifty essays about the sorrows Of tho poor
could not affect me as little drama of acci-
dent and suffering saw one slippery morn
inc in the streets OF Philadelphia. just
ahead of me was lad, wretched in apparel,
his limb amputated at the knee; from the
pallor of the boys cheek the amputation not
long before. He had q package OF broken
food under his arm-food he had beggel,
supposed, at the doors. As he passed on
over the slippery pavement cautiously and
carefully, l steadie1 him until his crutch
slippei and he fell. helped him up as well
rs [ could, gathered uo the fragments OF the
package as well as | could, put them under
one arm and the crutcl under the other
arm: but when | saw the blood run down
his pale cheek | was completely overcome
| Fifty ESSAYS about the suffering of the poor
could not touch one like that little drama ol
accident and suffering.
Oh we want In oil our different depart
mepts of usefulness-and l address hun ireds
of people who are trying to do good-w'
want more OF the dramatic element AMI less
of the di1actic. The tendency in this way
Is to drone religion, to moan religion, tc
croak religion, to sspulchrizs religion, when
we ought to present it in animated and spec
tacular manner.
Sabbath morning by Sabbath morning
address many theological students who ar,
preparing for the ministry. They come il
here from the different institutions. | sa
TO them this morning: IL you will &
home and look over the history of tn
church you will find that thos
men have brought most souls t
Christ who have been dramatic-Rowlan
Hill, dramatic; Thomas Chalmers, dramatic
Thomas Guthrie, dramatic; John Knox
dramatic; Robert McCheyne, dramatic
Christmas Evans, dramatic; George Whitt
Geld, dramatic: Robert Hall, dramatic
Robert South, dramatic; Fenelon, dramatic
John Mason, dramatic: Or. Mott, dramatic