The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01


labyrithine road through the woods, so
that thoughtevery moment we would
be dashed to pieces. and made ter
rible outcry of fright, and my father
turned to me with face perfectly
calm and said: "De Witt what are
you crying about? Iguess we can ride
as fast as the oxen can run" And, my
hearers, why should we be affrighted
and lose our equilibrium in the swift
movement of the worldly events,
especially when we are assured that it
is not yoke of unbroken steers that
are drawing us on, but that order and
wise government are in the 20 Ike?
In your occupation, your mission,
your sphere, do the best you can, and
then trust to God; and il things are all
mixed and disquieting, and your brain
is hot and your heart sick, get some
one to go out with you into the star
light and point out to you the Pleiades,
or, better than that get into some OBJ
servatory, and through the telescope
see further than Amos with the naked
eye could-namely, 200 stars in the
Pleiades, and that in what is called the
sword of Orion there is a nebula COM
puted to be 200, 900, 0OO 900 times larg-
er than the sun. o, be at peace with
the God who made all that and con-
trolls all that-the wheel of the con-
stellations turning in the wheel of the
galaxies for thousands of years with
out the breaking of cog or the slip
ping of band or the snap of an axle.
For your placidity and comfort through
the Lord Jesus Christ 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 one 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.
1t seems that God likes light so well
that he keeps making it Only one
being in the universe knows the Stats
tics of solar, lunar, stellar, meteoric
creations, aud that is the Creator him
self And they have all been lovingly
christened, each one a name as dis
tinct as the names of your children.
HE telleth the number of the stars; he
calleth them all by their names"
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 and morning
star; evangelization. the day break; the
redemption of nations, Sun of Right
eousness rising with healing in His
wings. o, men and women, with so
many sorrows aud sins and perplexi-
ties, 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, as we must see,
that the God who made these two
of stars must be an I'M
changing God. There had been no
change in the stellar appearance in
this herdsman's life time, and his
father, a shepherd, reported to him
that there had been no change in his
life time And these two clusters hang
over the celestial arbor now just as
they were the first night that they
shone On the Edenic bowers Surely,
a changeless God must have fashioned
the Pleiades and Orion! o, what an
amid the ups and downs of
life, and the huX and refux of the
tides of prosperity, to know that we
have a changeless God, the same yes
terday, 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 aud the horse ahead
is Huzza and the horse behind is Anathe-
ma '.But the mercy of the Lord is
from everlasting to everlasting to them
that fear Him, and His Righteousness
unto the children's children of such as
keep His covenant and to those who
remember His commandments to do
them" This moment seek Him that
maketh the seven stars and Orion"
Again Amos saw, as we must see,
that God who made the two beacons of
the oriental night sky must be 4 God
Of love and kindly warning. The
Pleiades rising in mid sky said to all
the herdsmen and shepherds and hus-
bandmen: Come out and enjoy the
mild weather and cultivate your
gardens and fields" Orion, coming in
winter, warned them to prepare for
tempest All navigation was regulated
oy these two consultations: The one
said to shipmaster and crew: Hoist
sail for the sea and gather merchandise
rom other lands" But Orion was the
storm signal and said: Reef sail,
make things snug or put into harbor,
'or the hurricanes are getting wings
out" As the Pleiades were the sweet
svangels OF the spring, Orion was the
prophet of the winter.
o, now / get the best view of God
ever had! There are two kinds of SER
mons 1 never want to preach-the one
hat presents God so kind, indulgent,
20 lenient, so imbecile that men may do
what they will ageinst him, and tract
are his every Law, and put the pry of
heir impertinence and rebellion under
his throne, and, while they are splitting
n his face and stabbing at his heart
lie takes them up in his arms and kisses
heir Infatuated brow and cheek, saying:
of such is the kingdom, of Heaven"
The other kind of sermon l never want
% preach is the one that represents God
IS all fire and torture and thunder
clouds, and with red hot pitchfork toss
ne the human race into paroxysms of
infinite agony. The sermon that 1 am
low preaching believes in a God of
owing, kindly warning. the God of