Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24

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| oxen can run; And. my hearers, why
snould we De an4ighted and lose our equili-
Drum IN tne swift movement of worldly
events, especially when we are assured that
u IS not yoke o. unbroken steers that are
drawing US on-but that order and wise
government are u the yokel
IN your occulation, your mission, your
sphere, do the bet Won can. and then trust
70 Ood ana u things are all mixed and
elsquleung, and Jour brain is not and your
neart SICK, get SINE one to go out with you
INTO Inc starhgat and point out to you the
P4elades' or, Otter than that, get into
some observatory and through the tele-
scope see turner than Amos with tho
naked eye could-nisnely. 200 stars in the
Pleiades, and that i what is called the
sword of Orion there is a nebula conprted
to De 1900, 000, 900, 600 tones larger than
the sun. Oh, be at peace with God who
made all that and controls az Il.ae the
wheel of the constellation turning in the
wheel of galaxies for thousands of years
without the breaking of a cog, or the
slipping of a band or the snap Of an axle
For your placidity and comfort through the
Lord Jesus Christ I charge you, "Seek
Him that maketh the Seven Stars and
Orion.''
Again, Amos saw, as we must see, that
the God who made these two groups of the
text was the God of light Amos saw that
God was not satisfied with making ono
star, or two or three stars, but he makes
seven, and having finished that group of
worlds makes another group-group after
group. To the Pleiades he adds Orion. It
seems that God likes light so well that he
keeps making it. Only one being in the
universe knows the statistics of solar,
lunar, stellar, meteoric creations, and that
is the Creator himself. And they have all
been lovingly christened, each one name
as distinct as the names of your children
HE telleth the number of the stars, he
calieth them all by their names" The
seven Pleiades had names given to them,
and they are Alcyone, Merope, Celeno,
Electra, Sterope, Taygete and Maia.
But think Of the billions and triIlious Of
daughters Of starry light that God calls by
name as they sweep by him with beaming
brow and lustrous robe! So fond is God Of
light-natural light moral light spiritual
light Again and again is light harnessed
for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., the bright and
morning STAR evangelization, the daybreal;
the redemption of nations, sun Of right
eousness rising with healing in his wings
Oh, men and women, with so many sorrows
and sins and perplexitieS, if you want light
of comfort, light of pardon, light of good
ness. in earnest prayer through Christ,
seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars and
Orion"
Again, Amos saw, as we must see. that
of stars, must be an unchanging God. There
had been no change in the stellar appear
ance in this herdsman's lifetime, and his
father, a shepherd, 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 shone in the Edenic bow
ers; the same as when the Egytian's built
the pyramids, from the top of which to
watch them; the same as when the Chal-
deans calculated the eclipses; the same as
when Elihu, according to the book of Job,
went out to study the aurora borealis; the |
same under Ptolemaic system and Coperni- |
can system; the same from Celisthenes to |
Pythagoras, and from Pythagoras to Her !
schel. Surely, changeiess God must have !
fashioned the Pleiadss and Orion. Oh, |
what an auodyre, amid the ups and downs |
Of life and the fiux and refuX of the tides |
Of prosperity, to know that we have a |
changeless God, the same yesterday, to-
day and forever.
Xerxes garlanded and knighted the
steersman 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
luzza, and the horse behind is
lnathema. Lord Gotham, in King James
time, was applauded, and had thirty-fve
dollars year, but was afterward
he royal kitch en-. Alexander the Great af-
er death remained unburied for thirty
lays, because no one would do the honor of |
ihoveling him under. The Duke of Yelling
on refused to have his iron fence mended,
because it had been broken by an infuri-
tied populace In some hour of political ex-
,itement and he left it in ruins that men
night learn what a tickle thing is human
avor. "But the mercy of the Lord is from
TO everlasting TO them that fear
lin, and his righteousness unto the chill
ren's children of such as keep his COW
lant, and to those who remem Der his COM
naudments to do them" This moment
seek him that maketh the Seven
stars and Orion"
Again, Amos saw, as we must see, that
he God who made these two beacons of
he Oriental night sky must be a God of
ove and kindly warning. The Pleades
ising in mid-sky said to all the herdsmen |
nd shepherds and husbandmen: Come
ut and enjoy the mild weather, and culti-
ate your gardens and fields" Orion, com
lg in winter, warned them to prepare for
empest. All navigation was regulated by
lese two consultations. The one said to
llpmaster and crew: Hoist sail for the
ga, and gather merchandise from other
lnds." But Orion was the Storm-signal,
nd said: REEF sail, make things snug, or
ut into habor, for the hurricanes are get
~ LlclE WHY'S OAN- AS tic 1IGldQGS
ere the sweet evangels of the spring,
rion was the warning prophet OF the {
inter.
oh, now I get the best view of God I
yer hadl There are two kinds OF sermons
never want to preach-the one that pre-
,nts God so kind, so indugent, so leniens,
, imbecile that men may do what they will !
yainst him, and fracture his every law. |
I'd put the pry of their impertineuce and
bellion under his throne, and while they J
e splitting in his face and stabbing at his :
cart, he lakes them up in his arms and
sses their Infatuated brow and cheek, {
wing, ''Of such is the kingdom of I
,aven." The other kind of sermon l never !
ant TO preach is the one that represents |
Cd as all fire and torture and thunder e
oud, and with red-hot pitchfork tossing .
e human race into parOxysTns of infinite 4
.ony. The sermon that l am now preach I
g believes in a God of loving, kindly | o
lrning, the God of spring and winter, the s
ID of the Pleiades and Orion. Z
You must remember that the winter is O
st as important as the spring. Let one
inter pass without frost TO kill vegeta- O
IN and ice to bind the rivers and snow to q
rich our fields, and then you viii have to n
large your hospitals and your cemeteries. u
\ green Christmas makes a fat grave e
I'd, - was the old proverb. Storms to u
rify the air. Thermometer at 10 dogs. Z
Owe zero to tone up the system. Deem N
r and January just as important as May CT
d June. tell you we need the storms Of W
9 as much as we do the sunshine There 81