Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-30


n terrible cutlery of fright. and my
father turned TO me with face per-
feetly calm. and said; Dewitt what
are you crying about? 1 guess VT can
ride ms fast as the oxen can run" And,
my hca-ers, why should we be alright
ed and nose our equili brium in the swift
movement of worldly events. especially
when we are assured that il is not n
yoke OF unbrolsen steers that are draw
ing MS on, but that order and wise gov
ernment are in the yoke?
In your occupation. your mission,
your sphere. do the best you can.
and then trust to God: and IL
things are all mixed and disquietiug.
and your brain is hot and your
heart sick, get some one TO 60 out with
you into the starlight and point out TO
you the Plciades. or. better than that.
&c. into some observatory, and through
the telescope see further than Amos
with the naked eye could--namely. 200
stars in the Plciades. and that in what
is called the sword of Orion there is
a ne hula computed to bc = o00. 900 OOl. =
600 timcs larger than tho sun Oh. be
at peace with the God who made all
that and controls all that-thc wheel
OF the consultations turning in the
wheel Of galaNies for thousands of
years without the breaking of "A cog or
the slipping of band or the snap of
an axle. For your placidity and com
fort through the Lord Jesus Christ
charge You. seek Him that lualSeth
the Seven Stars and Orion"
Again. Amos saw. as we mn { see,
that the God who made the two
groups of the text was the God o light.
Amos saw that God was not satisfied
with making one star, or two or three
stars, but lac makes seven; and having
finished that group OF worlds. makes
another groTp-group after group To
the Plciades he add Orion. 1t seems
that God likes liglv so well that He
keeps ON making il. Only one being in
the universe knows the statistics of
solar. stellar. mctcoric creations, and
that is the CREATOR himself. And they
have all been christcncd. each one a
name as distinct rs the names of your
children. He tclloth the number the
stars; lie calleth them 10y all their
names The seven Plciadcs had names
given them, and they are Alcyone. Me-
rope, Cclmno, Electra, Sterope. Tay-
gctc and Maia.
But think OF the billion and trillions
OF daughters of starry light that God
calls by name rs they sweep hy Him
with leaning brow and lustrous robe.
So fond is God of light natural light.
moral light, spiritual light. Again and
again IS light harncsscd for symboliza-
tion-Christ the bright and morning
star; evangclization, the day break; the
redemption OF nations, sun OF Right.
cousncss rising with healing in His
wings oh, men and women, with so
many sorrows and sins and pcrplcxi.
ties, # you want light OF comfort. light
OF pardon. light Of goodness, in earnest
prayer through Christ seek Him that
naketh the Seven Stars and Orion"
Again Amos saw, rs we must see.
that the God who made these two arch
ipciagocs OF stars must be an unchang-
ing God. There had been no change in
the stellar appearance in this herds
mans lifetime, and his father a shop
herd, reported To him that there had
been no change in his lifetime. And
these two clusters hang over the celes-
tial arbor now just as they were the
first night that they shonc on the Eden
lc bowers, the same rs when the Egypt
ians built the Pyram' is from the top
OF which to watch tncm. the same as
when the Chaldcaus calculated the
eclipse, the same As when Elihu, nc
cordiug to the Book of job went out
TO study the aurora borcalis, the same
under Policeman system and Coperni-
can system, the same from Calisthencs
to Pythagoras. and from Pythagoras to
Hcrschel. Surely n changeless God
must have fashioned the Pleiadcs and
Orion! Oh, what an anodync amid the
ups and downs of life and the flux and
rciluS of the tides OF prosperity to know
that we have changclcss God. the
same yesterday, to-day and forever.
NcrSes garlanded and llnighted the
stcersman OF his boat in the morning.
and hanged him in the evening of the
same day. The world sits in its chariot
and drives tandem, and the horse ahead
is lluzza and the horse behind is Ana
thcma. Lord CoUham In King James
time, was applaudcd and had SIS. 600 a
ye3r. but was afterward cxecrated and
lived ON scraps stolen from the royal
Kitchen. Alexander the Great after
death remained unburied for thirty
days because no one would do the honor
OF Shovcliug him under The Duke OF
Wellington refused to have his iron
fence mcndcd because IL had boon
broken by an infuriatcd populace in
some hour Of political excitement. and
he left it ia ruins that men might learn
what tickle thing is human favor.
but the mercy OF the Lord is from
everlasting to everlasting 10 them that
fear Him, and His righteousness unto
the childrcn's children of such as keen
His couvcnant and to those who re.
mem Der His commandments TO do
them. ~ This moment seek Him that
~ idc the Seven Stars and Orion"
Again, Amos saw. as we must sec.
that the god who made the two bcacon-
Of the Oriental night sky must be a God
OF love and kindly warming The
I Plcindcs rising in mid sky said to All
the hcvdsmen and shepherds and hus.
bandmcn: Come out and enjoy the
mild weather. and cultivate your car.
dcns and fields" Orion. coming I'm win
ter warned them 90 prepare for tcm-
post
al navigation was regulated los these
I tvo consultations Tho one said tothc
sh.pmaster and crew: Hoist sail ta-
The sea. and gather merchandise .r.rI
other lands" Eut Orion was the storm