Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-26

eomnolence 1t is nOJ tDe HuHiooi Va
times Won 60 through the Bible, but the
number of times the Bible goes 1hrouSn
YOU. Pause; reflect. Selah! ;,
So also on the scroll OF your ne anu
mind. We 30 rushing on, IN the song Oh
our own prosperity. from noSe ol JOY W
note of 10Y, and it Is a loHg-urawh-ouS
lerato. and we become lndlflerenG uha
unappreciative, whom suddenly we come
upon a blank in the music. Ihere IS
nothtnp between chose bars. A pause.
God will fill it up with slcNoed' or u
commercial disaster, or n grave. But,
hank God. il is not Il breaking down; 1t
is only n pause. 1t helps us to appre-
cjatc the blessings that are gone; it gives
MS higher appreciation or the blessings
that are to come.
The Selah of Haballkul1 and David is Il
dividing line between two anthems.
David begins his book with the words,
.Blessed is the man., and after seventy
four Sclahs, he closes his book with the
words. "Praisc We the Lord SO there
are merces behind us. 1t is good Tor us
that God halts us in our fortunes. ana
halts us with physical distress. and haltS
MS at the graves of our dead. More than
once YOU and have been halted by such
n Selah. You wrung your hands ana
said: II can't see any sense III thls
Providence: / can't see why God gave me
that child if He is so soon going to take
it away. Oh, my desolate home. On,
nv broken heart!" You could not UNI
derstand it, But it was not a Seah Oh
overthrow. 1t gave you greater ap-
probation of the blessings that have
gone; it will give you greater apprecla-
ton of the blessings that will come.
When the Hugucnots were being very
much prosecuted in France, father anu
mother were obliged to fly from the coun-
try, leaving their child in the possession
of comparative stranger They ana
not know whether they would ever re-
turn, or, returning, if they would be able
to recognize their child, for by that time
she might be grown. The mother was
almost frcnZied at the thought OF leaving
the child, and then, even II coming back
again, not being able to know her. be-
fore they left the father drew his sword
and he marked the wrist OF that child
with deep cut. 1t must have been u
great eXigency to make u father do that.
Years Of absence passed on, and after
awhile the parents returned ana their
first anxiety was to find their lost child.
They looked up and down the land, eX-
aiming the wrists of the young people,
when 10. after awhile the father found u
maiden with Il scar upon her wrist She
knew him net but he knew her. And
oh, the JOY of the reunion! SO tits now
'NVhom the Lord lovcth He chasteneth.
He cutteth, He marketh, and when He
comes to claim His own the Lord will
know them that are His knew them by
the scar of their trouble, know them by
the stroke of their dissolution.
next speak of the Sclah of emphasis
Ewald, the German oricntaliSt and theo-
Logan, says that this word means to as
cend; 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 q Selah OF
emphasis. All! my friends, you and l
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 consideration.
The first need for somo of us is to
change our emphasis. Look at Wretch
edncss on throne Napoleon while
yet Emperor of France, sat down de-
jected, his hands over his face. A lad
came in with n tray OF food and said,
'Ear, it will do you good" Tho EN-
pcror looked up and said, "You are
from the country?' The lad replied,
eyes" "Your father has cottage and
few acres Of ground?' Eyes. "Thcro
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 Satisfac-
ton amid the worst earthly disadvantages
81 never saw until was blind, said a
Christian man. II never knew what
contentment was while | had my eve
sight as ] know what content is now
that | have lost my eyesight. l affirm,
though few would credit it, that 1 would
not exchange my present position and
circumstances for my circumstances be-
fore | lost my cycSight. That man put
the emphasis in the right place. We
want to put less stress upon this world
and moro stress upon our God as our
everlasting portion.
David had found out the nothingness
of this world and the all sut1iciency of
God. Notice how he interjects the
Selahs. ''Trust in the Lord at all times;
we people pour out your heart before
Him. God is a refuge for us. Selah."
blessed be the Loru who daily loat.s us
with benefits, even the God of our sal
walton. Selah," ''Thc Lord shall count
when He writeth up the people that this
man was born there. Selah." Let the
world have its honors and it's riches and
its pomp. Let me have the Lord for my
light. my peace, my fortress, my pardon,
my hope, my Heaven,
But when | speak of the Selah of en-
phasis | must notice 1t is q startling, a
dramatic emphasis. 1t has in it the
bark! the hist! of the drama. That
weakening and arousing emphasis we
who preach or instruct need to use more
frequently. The sIecpiest audiences in
the world are religious audiences.
You Sabbath school teachers ought to
have more of the dramatic clement in
your Instructions BY graphic Scripture
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