Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-03-18


are going to the goodly cedar. Though
their wings are heavy with age God shall
renew their strength like the eagle. aud they
shall make their nest in the cedar. All
fowl of every wing.
again, the very bad, the outrageouSiy
sinful, may come. Men talk of the grace OF
God as though it were so many yards long
and 50 many yards deep. People point to
the dying thief as an encouragement to the
sinner. How much better it would be to
point TO our own case aud say. ''If GOD saved
us He can save anybody" There may be
those here who never had one earnest word
said to them about their souls. Consider
me as putting my hand on your shoulder
to you. You ask, ''How do you know
that He has been very hard on me-"
where did you come FROM Home"
'Then you have a home. Have you ever
thanked God for your home; Have you
God for your children? Who keeps them
safe? Were you ever sick?' Yes" ''W no
made you well? Have you been feed every
day? Who feeds you? Put your hand on
your pulse. Who makes it throbs Listen
to the respiration of your lungs. Who helps
you to breathe? Have you Bible In the
house, spreading before you the future life?
Who gave you that BIBLE"
Oh, it has been a story Of goodness and
mercy all the way through. You have been
one of Gods pet children. Who fondled you
and caressed you and low ed you? And when
you went astray and wan ted to come back,
did He ever refuse? know of father who,
after his son came back the fourth time.
said, mo; l forgave you three times, but
will never forgive you again. And the
son went off and died. But God takes back
His children the thousandth time as cheer
fully as the first. AS easily as with my
handkerchief l strike the dust off a book,
God will wipe out all your sins.
Again, all the dying will find their nest in
al TO dc. fTnU
birds nest, but death does not hesitate to
destroy one There was a beautiful nest IN
the next street. Lovingly the parents
brooded over it. There were two or three
little robins in the nest. The scarlet fever
thrust its hands into the nest, and the birds
are gone. Only those are safe who have
their nests in the gooily cedar. They have
over them 1.-THE feathers Of the Almighty
Oh, to have those soft, warm, eternal wings
stretched over us! Let the storms beat and
the branches of the cedar toss on the wind
no danger. When storm comes, you can
see the birds flying to the woods. Ere the
storm of death comes down, let us fly to the
goodly cedar.
Of what great varieties heaven will be
made up. There come men who once were
hard and cruel and desperate in wickedness,
yet now, soft and changed by grace, they
come into glory, "All fowl of every wing"
And here they come, the children who were
reared in loving home circles hocking through
These are white and came from northern
homes; these were black and assembled from
southern plantations these were copper
colored and went up from Indian reserva>
tions-"All fowl Of every wing" So God
gathers them up. 1t is astonishing how
easy it is for a good soul to enter heaven.
A prominent business man in Philadelphia
went home one afternoon, lay down on the
lounge and said: sit is time for me to CO."
He was very aged. His daughter said to
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is time for me to go. Have John put it in
two of the morning papers, that my friends
may know that am gone. Good-by;" and
as quick as that God had taken him.
1t is easy to go when the time comes.
There are no ropes thrown out to pull US
ashore; there are no ladders let down to pull
US up. Christ comes and takes US by the
hand and says, "You have had enough Of
this; come up higher" Do you hurt lily
when you pluck It? Is there any rudeness
when Jesus touches the cheek, and the red
rose Of health whitens into the lily of i'm
moral purity and gladness?
When autumn comes and the giant of the
woods smtes his anvil and the leafy sparks
fly on the autumna. gale, then there will be
thousands of birds gathering in the tree at
tie corner of the field, just before departing
to warmer climes and they will call and
sing until the branches drop with the
melody. There is better cline for us, and
by and by we shall migrate. We gather in
the branches Of the goodly cedar, in prep
aration for departure. You heard our
voices in the opening song; you will hear
them IN the closing song-volces good, voices
bad, voices happy, distressful-''All fowl of
every wing" By and by we shall be gone.
1t all this audience is saved, as l hope they
will be- see them entering into life. Some
have had it hard; some have had it easy.
Some were brilliant; some were dull. Some
were rocked by pious parentage; others have
had their infantile cheeks scalded with the
tears of woe. Some crawied, as it were, into
the kingdom on their hands and knees, and
some seemed to enter in chariots of flaming
fire. Those fell from ships mast; these
were crushed in a mining disaster. They
are Gods singing birds now. No gun of
huntsman shall shoot them down. They
gather on the trees of life and fold their
wings on the branches, and far away from
frosts and winds and night they sing I'M
til the hills are flooded with JOY, and the skies
drop music, and the arches OF pearl send back
the echoes-"All fowl of every wing"
Behold the saints beloved of God,
Washed their robes in Jesus blood.
Brighter than gels, 10! they shine,
Their gories splendid and sublime.
Through tribulation great they came;
They bore the cross and scOrnec the shame;
Now. in the heavenly temple blest;
With God they dwell; on Him they rest.
While everlasting angels roll
Eternal love shall feast theIc soul.
And scenes of bliss. forever new
Rise in succession to their view.
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