The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-03-31


finished thai Group Of worlds, makes
III other grou -grUuy after group. To
tie Plciadcs he adds Oriun. Ii seems
that God bikes light so well that he
keeps makin1 1t Only one being IN the
universe X. Us the stats Mcs of solar,
lunar, stellar, metcoric creations, and
that is the Creator himself. And they
have all been lovingly chrstcncd, each
one name as distinct rs the names of
your children. "Ilc tcllcth The number
Of the stars; he calleth them all by their
uomes." The seven Pleads had names
given to them, and they are Alcyonc,
Merope. Celrno, Electra, Stcrope, Tay-
getc and Maia.
But think of the billions and trillions
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 symboliZa-
tion-Christ, the bright morning star;
eVangeliZatiOn, the daybreak; the re-
demption Of nations, Sun of Righteous
ness rising with healing in his wings.
| o men and women, with so many Sor-
rows and sins and perplexities, if you
want light Of comfort, light of pardon,
light of goodness, in earnest prayer
through Christ, "Seek him that maketh
the Seven Stars and Orion.
Again, Amos saw, us we must see,
that the God who made these two arch.
ipelagOeS 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 Shep.
herd, reported to him that there had
been no change in his lifetime. And
these two clusters hang over the ccleS-
tial arbOr now just as they were the
first night that they shone on the
EdeniC towers; the same as when the
Egyptians builtthc pyramids, from the
top of which to watch them; the same
as when the ChaldeanS calculated the
ecltpses; the same as when Elihu, ac-
cOrding to the book Of Job, went out 10
} study the aurora bOrealiS; the same I'M
, der Ptolemaic system and Copernical
system; the same from Calisthenes to
Pythagoras, and from Pythagoras to
llerSchel. Surely, changeleSS God
must have fashioned the PleiadeS and
Orion. On, what IN anOdync amid the
ups and downs Of life, and the lluX and
rellux Of the tides of prosperity, to know
that we have a changeless God, the
same yesterday, today and forever"
NerXcS 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 char,
, lot and drives tandem, and the horse
ahead is IIuzza and the horse behind Is
Anathema. Lord Gotham, in King
James time, was applauded, and had
thlrty.live thousand dollars year, but
was atterward eXccrated and lived on
scraps stolen from the royal Kitchen
Alexander the Great after death re
manned unhuried for thirty days, be.
cause no one would dc the hnuUr OF
Shoveling him under. The Duke of
wellington refused to have his iron
fence mendrd because 1T had been
: broken by an inturiatef popuIace in
} some hour of political excitement, and
he left 1t in RUNS that men might learn
what a tickle thing is human favor
"But the mercy of the Lord is from
e'er:aStlng to everlasting to them that
lear him, and his righteousness unto
the chlldren's children Of such as keep
his covenant, and to those who remem-
, Der his commandments to do them.
, rms moment Seek him that makeLl
the Seven Stars and Orion"
; Again, Amos saw, as we must see
; that the God who made these two bea
cons OF :he oriental night sky must ht
c God OF love and kindly warning. The
@ Ilelades rising in midSky said to Ill
! tfe herdSmen and shepherds and hus
G bandmen, Come out and enjoy tn,
f mild weather and cultivate your gar
q denS and fields" Orion, coming il
winter, warned them to prepare tol
y tempest. All navigation was regulated
Oy these two consultations. The one
:, Salu TO SmpmaSter and crew, "IIOiSt
sail for the sea and gather merchandis,
from other lands" But Orion was the
StO4m signal, and said, "Reef sail, make
thlpgS snug or put into harbor, for the
hurricanes are getting their wings out.
s AS the PleladtS We're the sweet evan
! gels OF the spring, Orion was the warn
3 Ing prophet OF the winter.
3 On, now | get the best view of God
= ever had. There are two kinds Of ser
mons never want to preach-the one
, that presents God SO kind, so indulgent
SO lenlent, so lmDecile that men may
90 what they will against him and frac
ture his every law and put the pry OF
: tnelr lmpertlnence and rebellion under
his throne, and while they are splitting
IN his face and Stabbing at his heart
he takes them up in his arms and kisses
their inturldted brow and cheek, say
: ing, "Ot such is the kingdom of heav.
en-. The other kind of sermon never
} want TO preach is the one that repre-
AN' wv. 40 OH llC uilu lOi lilIc anu
thundercloud, and with red hot pitch,
fork tossing the human race into parox.
ysms Of infinite agony. The sermon
that am now preaching believes in a
God OF loving. kindly warning, the God
or spring and winter, the God Of the
l'leladeS and Orion.
on must remember that the winter
IS Just as important as the spring. Let
: one winter pass without frost to Kill
vegetation and ice to bind the rivers
, and snow to enrich our fields and then
| you will have to enlarge your hospitals
ana your cemeteries. ~ green Christ,
mas makes IL tat graveyard" was the
old proverb. Storms to purify the air
thermometer at ten degrees above zero
TO tone up the system. December and
January just as important as May and
June. | tell you we need the storms Of
life as much as we do the sunshine.
There are more men ruined by prosper
lty than by adversely. If we had our
own way In life, before this we would
have been approximations of SellishneSs
and worldlinesS and disgusting sin, and