The Penn's Grove record., 1892-05-27


will know them that are Ms. euagy Item ~,
the scar OF their trouble, know them by the
stroke of their desolltiOn.
On, 1t is good that the Lord sometimes
halts us. David says, at IL good that | have
been afflicted. Before | wa. afflicted / went
astray, but now have | kept TAy word" In
deed, we must all soon stop. Scientists have
i'm roved human LONG, yity, hut none of them
have proposed to make terrene life perpntual.
But the Gospel makes death a Selah bet yepn
We beatitudes- ween dying triumldl
on the one side of the grave and CELESTIAL rs.
cort on the other side OF the grave. Going
out of this life to the unprepared is a great
horror.
'Give me more l%aulanum," sail diving
Mirabeau: give me more laulauum that /
may not think of eternity and what is to
come" And dying Hobbies said. 81 cave
my body to the grave and my soul to the
great perhaps" 1t was the discord OF an in-
hdePs life breaking down into the jargou -
despair; but the Gospel makes the death Of
the Christian a Selah between redemption
and enthronement. Almost we'll" said dy-
ing Richard Baxter, ''almost we'll" play
those notes over ~again-those notes which
been SO great a delight an solace to
me" said the dying Christian Mozart. "None
but Christ, non but Christ" exclaimed dy-
ing Lambert.
Richard Cameron, the Scotch %cOvenanter,
went into the battle three times praying ;
Lord, spare the green and take the rip.
This is the day | have longed for. This is
the day l shall get my crown, Come, let us
fight it to the last. FOrwardr' so you see
there is only a short pause, a Selah OF inter
mission, between dying consultations on the
one side and oyerstopping raptures on the
other.
Ny flesh shall slumber In the ground
I'LL the last trumpet's Joyful sound;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And In my S%aviour's image risa
Inext speak of the Selah Of emphasis.
Ewald, the German orientalist AMI theolo-
gian, says that this word means to ascend;
and wherever you find it, he says, you must
look after the incubation of the vOice ani
you must put more force into your utterancs.
IL lisa Selah of emphasis. AMI my friends,
you and | need to correct our emphasis. We
put too much emphasis on the world and not
enough on God and the next world. People
think these things around us are 50 import
ant, the things of tue next are not worthy
OF our consideration.
The first need for some of US is to change
our emphasis. Look at wretche1neS5 on a
throne. Napoleon, while yet emperor of
France, sat down detected, his hands over
his face. A lad came in with a tray of loo
and said, 'Eat. it will do you COOL" The
emperor looked up AMI said, You are from
the countryg' The lad replied. YES"
"Your father has a cottage and a few acres
of groundY' "Yes." There is happiness"
said the detected emperor. All! Napoleon
never put the emphasis in the right place
until he was expiring at st. Helena.
On the other hand, look at Satisfaction
amid the worst earthly disadvantage. II
never saw until l was blind" said a Chris.
tian man. II never knew what content,
ment was while l had my eyeslght as | know
what content is now that 1 have lost my
eyesight. 1 affirm, though few would credit
it, that I would not exchange my present
position and circumstances for my circum-
stances before | lost my eyesight." That
man put the emphasis in the right place.
We went to put less stress upon this world
and more stress upon u God as our ever
lasting portion.
David had found out the nothingness oil
this world and the all suficiency of God
Notice how he intsrjects the Selahs, Trust
in the Lord at all times; we people, pour out
your heart before Him. Col is a refuge toi
us. Selah." blessed be the Lord whC
daily loads US with benefits, even the Col O
our salvation. Selah." The Lord shal
count, when He writeth up the people, that
this man was born there. Selah." Let thu
world nave its honors, and its riches, and 1t:
pomp. Let me have the Lord for my light
my peace, my fortress, my pardon, my hope
my heaven.
What sinners value l resign:
Lordl It's enough that Thou art mine.
shall behold Thy blissfui lace,
And stand com hlete In righteousness.
This world is all an empty show,
But the bright world to when 20
Hath Joys substantial and sincere
urka aRaIl 4 ,ral-a auAR sod ma ThIFAE
O glorious hour! o blest atode'
shall be near and ike my COD,
And sin and sense no more COnlrp!
The endless pleasures OF my sOuL
But when I speak of the Seiah of emphasi
[ must notice it is a startling, a dramltl
emphasis. 1t has in it the Hark, the HIS
Of the drama. That Weakening and arousln
emphasis we who preach or instruct nee
to use more frequently. The sleepies
audiences in the world are religion
You Sabbath school teachers ought t
have more of the dramatic element IN you
instructions. By graphic Scripture scene, b.
auecdota, by descriptive gesture, by IN
personation urge your classes TO rlgnt actIoh
We want in all our schools and colleges an
prayer meetings, and in all our attempts a
reform. and in all u churches to have lie.
Of the style didactlc and more OF Tue styi
dramatic.
Fifty essays about the sorrows of the poo
rould not affect me as q little drama OF acc
dent and suffering l saw one slippery mort
ing in the streets OF Philadelphia. Ju;
ahead of me was a lad, wretchei in appare
his limb smputated at the knee; IRON I'd
pallor of the boys cheek the amputatlon nc
long before. He had a package of broke
food under his arm-food he had begset,
-zanl ~ tho dnAra As he nasal d
over the slippery pavement cautiously an
carefully. l steadiei him until ms crutc
slippei and he fell. | helpei him W As we
as L could, gathered up the fragments OF III
package as well as | could, put them unt'
one arm and the crutcl un Ter the otnC
arm; but when | saw the blood run dow
his pale cheek [ was completely overcom
Fifty essays about the suffering OF the poS
could not touch one ike that niue urd'n''
accident aud suffering.
Oh. we want in all our different de0ar
ments OF usefulness-and | address hun Ire,
of people who are trying 70 do Gooi-V
want more of the dramatic eleneat an le'
of the didactic. The tendency IN thlS wa
is 10 drons religion, to m1a.l religion,
croak religion, to sepulchrizs relIs on, wac
we ought to present it in animated anu spe
tacular manner.
Sabbath morning by Sabbath morning
| address HAnN tuGDloSlEhA
preparing for the ministry. Tney come
here from the different institutions. s
to them this morning: If you WIZ
home and look over the history oil I
church you will find that tho
men have brought most souls
Christ who have been dranate-Rowla
Hill, dramatic; Thomas Chalmers dramat
Thomas Guthrie, dramatic; John kno
dramatic; Robert McCheyne, dramat
Christmas Evans, dramatic; George Nhl
field. dramatic: Robert Han, dfainat
Robert South, dramatic; Fcnelon, dranlit
,Hshn Mason. dramatic: Dr.. Mott, dramaU
When you get into the ministry, II you
tempt to culture that element AMI Try
WELD it for God you will meet with misa
rebuff and caricature, AMI eecleSlastl'
counsel will take your case IN charge, a
they will try to put you down, but tue Il
who starts you will help You through a
great will be the eternal rewards ior the
siduous and the plucGy.
What we want, ministers n iaylh9n'
to get our sermons, and our exhprtat'o'
, and our prayers out of the Old ru'. 1 Sc
s4sat deal of discussion in the reIlSous
pers about why people do not come
!, church. They do not come because they 9
i not interested. The old ~hackneyed religlo
phrases that come moving do wn throu
! the centuries will never arrest the mass
What we want to-day. you in your spht
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