The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-31
mphans ohurch until 1t becomes singing

In their migration they fly very high.
During the summer. when they are IN the
fields, they often come within the reach OF
the gun; hut when they start Ior the an
nual flight southwark they take their places
and 20 straight as an arrow 10 the marx.
The longest rife that was ever brought to
shoulder cannot reach them. Would 10 God
that We we're as wise as the stork and crane
in our flight heavenward! We fly so low
that we are within easy range OF the world,
the flesh. and the devil. We are brought
down by temptations that ought not to come
within a mile Of reaching US. o, for some
OF the faith Of George Muller OF England,
and Alfred Goodman, once Of the church
militant, now of the church triumphant
So poor is the type Of piety
in the church Of God now, that men actually
caricature the idea that there is any such
thing as higher life. Moles never did be-
lieve IN seagles. But, my brethren be-
cause We have not reached these heights
ourselves, shall we deride the fact that there
are any such hights2 4 man was once
talking to Brunei, the famous engineer,
about the length of the railroad from Lon
don to Bristol The engineer said: ut is
not very great We shall have, after awhile,
9 steamer running from England to New
York" They laughed him to sc I'm; but we
have gone so far nov that we have ceased
C. laugh at anything as impossible for
human achievement. Then, | ask. ts any
thing impossible for the Lord' l do not be-
lieve that God exhausted all his grace in
Paul. aud Latimer. and Edward Psyson.
believe there are higher poi IS OF Christian
a tainment to be reached IN the fu ure ages
of the Christian world.
You tell me that Paul went up 10 the tip
top Of the Alps of Christian attainment.
Then tell you that the stork and crane
have found above the Alps plenty Of room
for free aging. We go out and we conquer
our temptations by the grace OF God, aud
lie down, On the morrow those mpta-
tions rally themselves and attack US, and
by the grace Of God we defeat them again;
but, staying all the time in the old encamp-
ment, We have the same old battles to fight
over. Why not whip out our temptations,
snd then forward march. making one raid
through the enemys country, stopping not
until we break ranks after the last victory.
10, my brethren, let US have some novelty
: of combat, at any rate, by changing, by
going on, by making advancement, trading
of our stale prayers about sins we ought
90 have quit long ago, going on toward
higher state of Christian character, and
routing out sins that we have never thought
OF yet. The fact is, If the church Of God
as we, as individuals, made rapid advance
Snent in the Christian life, these stereotyped
prayers we have been making for ten or
Fifteen years would be as inappropriate to
us as the shoes, and the hats and the coats
we wore ten OF fifteen years ago. o for
higher fight in the Christian life, the stork
and the crane in their migration teaching
us the lesson
Dear Lord, and shall we ever live,
At this poor dying rate
Our love so faint, cold TO thee
And thine to us so great?
Again, remark that the birds Of the air
are wiser than we, because they know when
to start. If you should 20 out now and
shout: "Stop, storks and cranes, don't be in
a bury" they would say: mo, we cannot
stop; last night we heard the roaring in the
woods bidding us away, and the shrill flute
of the north wind has sounded the retreat
We must 90. We must CO." So they gather
themselves into companies, and, turning
not aside for storm or mountain top, or
shock of musketry, over land and sea,
straight as an arrow to the mark they go.
And If you me out this morning with a
sack of corn and throw it in the fields and
try TO get them tn stop, they are so far up
they would hardly see it. They are on
their way south. You could not stop them
O that we were as wise about the best time
to start for God and heayenl We say.
wait until 1t is a little later i'll the season
of mercy. Wait until some OF these green
leaves Of hope are all dried up and have
been scattered. Wait until next year."
After while we start and 1t is too late. and
kindled but little. There are you know,
exceptional cases whore birds have started
too late, and in the morning you have
found them dead on the snow. And there
are those who have persisted half way
between the world and Christ. They waited
until the last sickness, when the mind was
gone or they were on the express train going
at forty miles an hour, and they came TO the
bridge and the draw was up" and they
went down. How long to repent and pray?
Two seconds Two seconds! To do the
work OF lifetime and to prepare for the
vast eternity in two seconds! | was reads
ing OF al entertainment given in a kings
court, and there were musicians there with
elaborate pieces Of music After awhile
Mozart came and began TO pIav, and he had
blank piece of paper before him, and the
king famlliarly looked over his shoulder and
said: what are you plaviagl | see no
music before you" And Mozart mt his
hand on his brow, as much as 70 saw: az srn
Improvising," 1t was very well for him.
but ., my friends. we cannot extemporize
heaven. If we do not get prepared in this
world we will never take part in the orches-
trail harmonies of the saved. O that we
were as wise as the crane aud tbs stork fly
irg away, flying away from the tempest,
Some OF you have felt the pinching frost
OF sin. You feel it to-day. You are not
happy. look into your faces and know
ycn are not happy. There are voices within
your soul that will not be sileuced, telling
you tnat you are sinners. and that without
TIE pardon OF God you are undone forever.
What are you going to do my friends, with
the accumulated transgressons of this life
tlmef VIII you stand still and let the ava
lanche tumble over you? o, that you would
so away into the warm heart If Gods
mercy. The southern grove. redolent with
maRnoha and cactus, never waited for
northern tiocks as Goo has waited for you,
saying, II have loved thee with an ever
lasting love. Come unto me, all ye who are
weary and heavy laden. and will give you
rest"
Another frost is bidding you away-it is
the frost of sorrow. Where do you live
nowl 10" YOU say, II have moved WHY
did you movef You say, 81 don't want as
large house now as formerly" Why do
you not want as large a houses You say,
My family is not SO large" Where have
they gone tos "Eternityn Your mind
goes back through that last sickness and
through the almost supernatural effort to
save life, and through those prayers that
seemed unavailing, and through that kiss
which received no response because the
lips were lifeless, and | hear the bells
tolilng aud | hear the hearts breaking
while l speak, l hear them break. A
hearti Another heart Alone alone!
aiopei This world, which in your grlhood
aud boyhood was sunshine. is cold now
and Oh! weary dove, you fly around this