The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-05-25


gave me that child, If he is so soon going 10
take it away Oh, my desolate home. Oh,
my broken hearth You could not under
stand it. But it was not a SeIah of over
throw. 1t gave you greater appreciation
Of the blessings that have gone; it will give
you greater appreciation of the blessings
that will come.
When the Huguenots were being very
much prosecuted i'm France. a father and
mother were Obliged to fly from the coun-
try, leaving their child in the possession Of
a comparative stranger. They did not
know whether they would ever return, or,
returning, if they would be able to recog-
nize their child, for by that time she might
be grown The mother was almost fren-
zied at the thought of leaving the child,
and then. even if coming back again, not
being able TO know her. Before they left,
the father drew his sword and he marked
the wrist of that child with deep cut. IL
must have been great exigency to make
q father do that.
Years of absence passed on, and after
awhile the parents returned and their first
anxiety was to find their lost child. They
looked up and down the land, examining
the wrists of the young people, when lol
after awhile the father found a maiden
with scar upon her wrist. She knew him
not, but he knew her. And oh, the JOY of
the reunionl So it is now. Whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth." He cutteth,
he marketh, md 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 desola-
ton.
THE USES OF ADVERSELY.
Oh. it is good that the Lord sometimes
halts us David says: 1T is good that
have been afflicted. Before | was afflicted
! went astray, but now have / kept thy
word" Indeed, we must all soon stoD
Scientists have improved human longev-
ity, but none of them have proposed to
make terrene life perpetual But the Cos
pei makes death only Selah between two
beatitudes-between dying triumph on
one side of the grave and celestial escort
on the other side Of the grave. Going out
of this life, to the unprepared. is a great
horror.
Give me more laudanum," said dying
Mirabeau; give me more laudanum, that
/ may not think Of eternity and what is to
come" And dying Hobbies said, ~ leave
my body to the grave and my soul to the
great perhaps" IL was the discord of an
infidel's life breaking down into the jargon
of despair; but the Gospel makes the death
of the Christian Selah between redemp-
tion and enthronement. Almost WE'LL"
said dying Richard Baxter; almost we'll"
"Play those notes over again-those notes
which have been so great a delight and
solace to me-" said the dying Christian
Mozart. None but Christ, none but
Christ" exclaimed dying Lambert.
Richard Cameron, the Scotch covenant
err, went into the battle three times pray
ing: Lord, spare the green and take
ripe This is the day have longed IT.
This is the day | shall get my crown.
Come, let us fight it TO the last. For
ward" So you see there is only short
pause, n Seah Of intermission, between
dying consultations on the one side and
overlapping raptures on the other.
My flesh shall slulnber in the ground
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound:
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in my Ssviours image rise
THE sELAH OF EMPHASIS.
] next speak of the Selah of emphasis
Ewald. the German orientalist and theo
logan, says that this word means to as
cend: and wherever you find it, he says,
you must look after the modulatiou of the
voice, and you must put more force into
your utterance. 1t is a Selah of emphasis
Ali my friends, you and | 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 considera-
ton
The first need for some of us is to change
our emphasis. Look at Wretchedness on
throne Napoleon, while yet emperor Of
France, sat down detected, his hands over
his face. A lad came in with a tray Of
food and said, Eat. it will do you good"
The emperor looked up and said. You are
from the country" The lad replied, Yes"
''Your father has cottage and few acres
Of grounds" Yes" There is hapLi-
ness" said the detected emperor. Ali
Napoleon never put the emphasis in the
right place until he expiring at St.
Helena.
On the other hand, look at Satisfaction
amid the worst earthly disadvantage II
never saw until was blind, " said a Chris
tian man. 81 never knew what content
ment was while | had my eyesight as /
know what content il now that have lost
my eyesight ! affirm. though few would
credit it. that / would not exchange my
present position and circumstances for my
circumstances before ] 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 God
as our everlasting portion.
David had found out the nothingness of
this world and the all sufficiency of God
Notice how he interjects the Selahs.
Trust in the Lord at all times; ye people,
pour out your heart before him. God is a
refuge for us Selah." blessed be the Lord
who daily loads us with benefits, even the
God of our salvation. Selah." 1.-The Lord
shall count when he writeth up the people
that this man born there. Selah.'
Let the world have it's honors and it's
riches and it's pomp Let me have the
Lord for my light. my peace, my fortress,
my pardon. my hope, my heaven.
What sinners value resign:
Lord tits enough that thou art mine.
1 shall behold thy biissful face.
And stand complete il righteousness
This world is all an empty show,
But the bright world To which go
Hath joys substantial and sincere;
When shall wake and find me there7
Oglorious houri o bIest abodel
shall be near and like my God,
And sin and sense no more control
The endless pleasures Of NV snul-
DRAMATIC SCRIPTURE SCENES.
You Sabbath school teachers ought to
have more OF the dramatic element in
your instructions. BY graphic Scripture
scene, by anecdote, by descriptive gesture,
By impersonation, urge your classes to
right action. We want Ia all our schools
and colleges and r.ravar rnaaffpuc opd in