The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
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Just think of the infinite wardrobe where
sixteen hundred million of people get their
clothes God spreads the table first OF all
for his children. or course that would be a
very selfish man who would not allow other
people to come and sit at his table some
times; but, first Of all, the right is given to
Christian people, and therefore IL is ex-
treme folly for them ever to fret about food
or raiment. Who fed the whales sporting
of Cape Hstteras this morningi Out of
whose hand did the oormorant pick Its
foodl Whose loom wove the butter
fly's wingi Who hears the hawks
cry? II God sakes care of the walrus
and Siberian dog, and wasp, will he not
take care Of youl VIII q father have more
regard for reptiles than for his sons and
| daughtersi II God clothes the grizzly bear
aud the panther. and the hyens, will he not
clothe his own childrenl Come, then, this
morning, and get the key of the infinite
store house. Come and get the key Of the
! infinite wardrobe Here they sre-all the
keys San are yours"
So all the vicissitudes Of this life, so far
as they have any religious profit, are in the
! right Of the Christian. II you should stand
among the Allegheny mountains, espe-
cially near what is called the Horse
shoe" you would find a train OF
cars almost doubling on itself
and sitting in the back car you see loco
motive coming as you look out Of the Win
dow, 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 PittsburR or Philadelphia, but it is
on the track, and it will reach the depot for
which it started, and all the passengers will
be discharged at the right place. Now,
thore 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 il we are Christians we are on the
right track, and we are going to come out
at the right place. Do not get worried,
then, about the sharp curve. sailing
vessel starts from New York for Glasgow.
Does it 20 in a straight linel o, no. It
changes its track every little while. Now,
YOU say, This vessel, instead Of going to
Glasgow, must be going to Havre, or it is
going to Hamburg, or it is going to Mar
seilles." No. no. 1t Is going to Glasgow.
And 10 this voyage of life we often have TO
change our tack. One storm blows US this
way, and another storm blows us that way;
but he who holds the winds in his fist will
bring US into a haven of everlasting rest
just at the right time. Do not worry, then,
II you have to change tack.
One of the best things that ever hap
pened to Paul was being thrown off his
horsa One OF the best things that ever
happened TO Joseph was being thrown into
helped John Milton to see the battle Of the
angels. One of the best things that ever
happened to IKnatius was being thrown to
the wild beasts in the coliseum, and while
$4,000 people were jeering at his religion he
walked up to the flercest OF all the lions
and looked him in the eye, as much as to
say, "Here L am, ready to be devoured
for Chriss's sake" All things work
together for your good. II you
walk the desert, the mama will fall and the
sea will part. IL the fevsrish torch OF sick
ness 10 kindled over your pillow, by its light
you can read the promises. II the waves Of
trouble dash high above your girdle, across
the blast and across the surge you oan hear
the promise, when thou passest through
the waters, will be with thes" You
never owned glove, or a shoe, or a hat, or
coat more certainly than you own all the
frots and nnnoyanoes and exasperations of
this life, and they are bound to work for
your present and your eternal good. They
are the saws the hammers, the files by
which you are 20 be hswn and out aud
smoothed for your eternal well-bsing.
Here Is vessel that goes along the coast;
1t hugs the coast. The captain of that vessel
seems chiefly anxious to keep the paint on
his ship from being marred. or the sails from
being torn. When that vessel comes to port
nobody looks on it with any interest. But
here is a vessel that went across the sea
with vast product and comes in with vast
importation-sails patched, masts spliced,
pumps all working to keep out the water;
1t has come through the hurricane which
has sunk twenty steamers. The bronzed
men are cheering among the rigging. Now
the men-of-war anchored in the harbor
boom forth their welcome through the port
holes. So there are some Christians who are
having an easy time. 1t seems
TO them smooth sailing all the
Whap cot int b.
will be no excitement, there will be very
few people who will ever find out they are
there: but those Christians who have gone
through hundred midnight hurricanes
storm to the right Of them, storm to the left
OF them, storm all the way-when they
come up the harbor Of heaven, all the re-
deemed will turn out to greet them, and bid
them hail and welcome.
/ so further. and tell you that the
Christian owns not only this world but he
owns the next world. No chasms to be
leaped, no desert to be crossed There is
the wall; there is the gate of heaven.
He owns all on this side. Now, | am
going TO show you that ne owns all on
the other side. Death 10 not a rutfian
that comes down TO burn us out of house
and home, destroying the house Of the tab.
ernacle SO that we should be homeless for
ever. o, no! He is only black messen-
ger who comes to tell us it is time to move;
to tell us to get out Of this
hut, and go up into the palace. The Chris
tian owns all heaven. ".All are yours" Its
palaces of beauty. its towers of strength, its
castles OF love. He will not walk in the
etegpal city as a foreigner in a strange city,
bufas a farmer walks over his own prem
Uses. "All are yours All the mansions
yours. Angels your companions Trees
of life your shade. Hills of glory
your lookout. Thrones of heaven the
place where you will shout the triumph.
Jesus is yours, God is yours. You look up
into the face of God, aud say, my father"
You look up into the face OF Jesus and say,
my brother" Walk out on the battle-
ments of heaven and look off upon the CITY
of the sun. No tears No sarrow. No
death. No smoke of toiling warehouse
curling on the air. No voice OF blasphemy
thrilling through that bright, clear Sabbath
morning. No din of strife Earring the air
Then take out your deed, and remember
that from throne TO throne, and from wall
to wall, and from horizon TO horizon, "An
are yours"
Then get up into the temple Of the sun,
worshpers in white. each with a PALM
branch, and from high gallery of that tenn
pie look down upon the thousands Of thou
sands, and the ten thousand, and the hun
dred and forty and four Thousand, and the
great multitude that no man can num-
Der, and louder than the rush Of the wheels,
louder than the tramp of the redeemed, hear
q voice saying: "All are Yoursn See the