Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-07-28


the time will come when the writ OF eject
ment will be served and the church will
possess everything. All parks, all fish
ponds, all colors, ali haryests-all. "all are
yours"
Secondly, remark that the right to full
temporal support Is in the Christians
name. 1t is great affair to feed the
world. Just think OF the fact that this
morning sixteen hundred millions Of our
race breakfasted at Gods table The COM
missary department Of hundred thousand
men in an army will engage scores of peo-
pie; but just think of commissary de-
partment Of world Think of the gath
ering mp from the rice swamps. and the
tea fields, and the orchards, and the fish
eriesl No one but God could tell how
many bushels it would take to feed five
continents.
Then to clothe all these people-how
many furs must be captured, and how
much fax broken, and how much cotton
picked. Just think of the infinite ward
robe where sixteen hundred millions of
people get their elothesl God spreads the
table first Of all for his children. OF course
that would be very selfish man who
would not allow other people to come and
sit at his table sometimes, but first of all
the right is given to Christian people, and
therefore it is extreme folly for them ever
to fret about food or raiment.
Who fed the whales sporting off Cape
Hatteras this morning2 Out of whose
hand did the cormorant pick its food?
Whose loom wove the butterfly's wing?
Who hears the hawks cryp If God takes
care of walrus, and Siberian dog, and a
wasp, will he not take care of you? Will
a father have more regard for reptiles than
for his sons and daughters9 If God clothes
the grizzly bear, and the panther, and the
hyena, will he not clothe his own children3
Come, then, this morning and get the key
of the infinite storehouse. Come and get
the key of the infinite wardrobe Here
they are-all the keys. "All are yours"
THE PILOT OF LIES VOYAGE.
So all the vicissitudes of this life, so far
as they have any religious profit, are in
the right Of the Christian. If you should
stand among the Allegheny mountains,
especially near what is called the Horse.
SHOE" you would find train of cars al.
most doubling on itself, and sitting in the
back car you see locomotive coming as
you look out of the window, and you think
it is another train when it is only the front
of the train in which you are riding, and
sometimes you can hardly tell whether the
train is going toward Pittsburg or toward
Philadelphia, but it is on the track and il
will reach the depot for which it started
and all the passengers will be discharged
at the right place. Now there are great
many sharp curves in life.
Sometimes we seem to be going this
way and sometimes we seem to be going
that way, but if we are Christians we ART
on the right track and we are going tr
come out at the right place. Do not gel
worried, then, about the sharp curve. A
sailing vessel starts from New York fol
Glasgow. Does it go in a straight line!
Oh, no. 1t changes its tack every little
while. Now you say, This vessel instead
of going to Glasgow must be going tC
Havre, or it is going to Hamburg, or it il
going to Marseilles." No, no. 1t is going
to Glasgow. And in this voyage of life VIZ
often have to change our tack. One storm
blows us this way and another storm
blows us that way, but he who holds thu
winds in his fist will bring us into haveI
of everlasting rest just at the right time
Do not worry, then, if you have to change
tack.
TEMPORAL LOSS AND ETERNAL GAIN.
One of the best things that ever hap
pened to Paul was being thrown off hi!
horse. One of the best things that evel
happened to Joseph was being thrown int
the pit. The losing of his physical eye
sight helped John Milton to see the battle
of the angels. One of the best things thai
ever happened to Ignatius was beine
thrown to the wild beasts in the Coliseum
and while eighty thousand people wert
jeering at his religion he walked up to tn,
fiercest of all the lions and looked him ii
the eye, as much as to say, Here 1 am
ready to be devoured for Christ's sake.
All things work together for your good
Ii you walk the desert the mama will fal
and the sea will part.
If the feverish torch of sickness is kin
died over your pillow, by its light you car
read the promises. If the waves of trouble
dash high above your girdle, across tht
blast and across the surge you can heal
the promise, "When thou passest through
the waters, will be with thee" Yor
never owned glove, or shoe, or hat
or q coat more certainly than you own al
the frets and annoyances and exaspera
tions Of this life, and they are bound tt
work out your present and your eterna
good. They are the saws, the hammers
the files by which you are to be hewn ant
cut and smoothed for your eternal wei
being.
Here is vessel that goes along tn,
coast; it hugs the coast. The captain O.
that vessel seems chiefly anxious to keeI
the paint on his ship from being marreC
or the sails from being torn. When thai
vessel comes to port nobody looks on il
with any interest But here is vesse
that went across the sea with vast prod
uct and comes in with vast Importation
sails patched, masts spliced, pumps al
working to keep out the water; it ha:
come through the hurricane which ha.
sunk twenty steamers. The bronzed mel
are cheering among the rigging. Now the
men-of-war anchored in the harbor boon
forth their welcome through the portfolios
So there are some Christians who are hav
ing an easy time. 1t seems to them smooth
sailing all the way. When they get into
heaven there will be no excitement. There
will be very few people who will ever fine
out they are there. Sut those Christians
who have gone throu.Sl a hundred mid
night hurricanes-storm to the right ot
them, storm to the left of them, storm al
the way-when they come up the harbol
of heaven all the redeemed will turn out
to greet them and bid them hail and wei
come.
THE PROMISE OF BOTH WORLDS.
go further and tell you that the Chris
tian owns not only this world, but he owns
the next world. No chasm to be leaped
no desert to be crossed. There is the wall
there Is the gate Of heaven. He owns al
on this side. Now am going to show you
that he owns all on the other side. Death
is not rufian that comes down to burr
US out Of house and home, destroying the
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