Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-31

EcFo that the Gl-CGFI-r AAAd the ethtJAss
and the sins Of the world are u DC swept
cut by heaven born halleluJahs-
some one asked Has dn. the celebrated
musician, Why he always composed such
cheerful music. Why bee said, Il
can't DO otherwise. When l think Of
God nv soul l. 80 full Of JOY that the
notes leap and dance from my pen
wish We might all exult melodiously be-
fore the Lord With God for our Fa-
ther. and Christ for our Saviour, and
heaven for our home, and angels tor fu-
ture companions, and eternity Tor life
time, We should strike all the notes OF
10y. Going through the wilderness of
this world let Us remember that We are
on the way 10 the summary CLINE Of
heaven, and from the migratory popula-
lions flying through the autumnal air
learn always 20 keep singing.
Children Of the heavenly king.
A &c journey, s~eetly sing.
Sing your Saviour's worthy praise
Glorious Ia his works and Ways
Ye are travelling home To God
In tho way your fathers trod;
They are happy now. and We
soon their happiness aA4ad sec
The church Of God never will be- a
triumphant church until it becomes a
singing church.
20 further and remark that the birds
of the air are wiser than we In the fact
that in their migration they fly very
high. During the summer, when they
are in the fields, they often come within
reach of the gun, but when they start
for the annual flight southwark they
take their places midheayen and go
straight as an arrow TO the mark. The
longest rife that was ever brought to
shoulder cannot reach them. Would 10
God that We were 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 temp
tations that ought not 10 come within a
mile Of reaching Us.
Oh, for some Of the faith of George
Muller, of England, and Alfred Cook
man, 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 a
higher life. Moles never did believe in
eagles. But, my brethren, because we
have not reached these heights ourselves,
shall we deride the fact that there are
any such heights:
a man was once talking to Brunei,
| the famous engineer, about the length
Il n A., - d. Il
| The engineer said: at is not very great.
| We shall have after awhile a steamer
| running from England 10 New York. &"
| They laughed him 20 scorn; but we have
| gone so far now that we have ceased to
| laugh at anything as impossible for hu-
| man achievement. Then, / ask, Is any
| thing impossible for the Lord: l do not
| believe that God exhausted all his grace
/ in Paul and Latimer and Edward Pay
son. believe there are higher points Of
| Christian attainment 10 be reached in
| the future ages of the Christian world.
KEEP ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF SIN.
| You tell me that Paul went up 10 the
| tiptop of the Alps of Christian attain
| ment. Then | tell You that the stork
| and crane have found above the Alps
| plenty Of room for free flying. We go
ont and we conquer our temptations by
| the grace of God and lie down. On the
/ morrow those temptations rally them
selves and attack Us, and by the grace of
| God we defeat them again, but staying
all the time in the old encampment we
have the same old battles TO fight over.
Why not whip out our temptations and
| then forward march, making one raid
| through the enemy's country, stopping
not until we break ranks after the last
| victory?
Do. nv brethren. let rs have some
novelty of combat at any rate, by chang
ing. by going on, by making advance
ment. trading off our stale prayers about
sins We ought 10 have quit long ago
going ON toward higher state of Chris
tian character and routing ont sins that
we have never thought Of yet. The fact
is. If the church of God. If we. a. indi
! viluals. made rapid advancement in the
Christian life. these stereotyped prayers
We have been making for ten or fifteen
| years would be - inappropriate to ~ n:
the shoes, and the hats, and the coats
we wore ten OF fifteen years ago. On
for a higher flight in the Christian life
the stork and the crane in their migra
ton teaching us the lessonl
Dear Lord. aud shall We ever live
Al this poor dying rate
Our hove faint. 40 cold TO thee.
And thlae 70 so zres2
Again. remark that the birds of ths
air are wiser than we, because they
know when 70 start. If you should Z,
out now and shout. stop. storks ans
cranes. don't be in a hurryr' they would
say. No we cannot stop Last night
We heard tine roaring in the woods bid
ding rs away. and the shrill flute 81 tbs
north wind has sounded the retreat
We must 20 We must go" - the,
gather themselves into companies. anS
turning not aside FOR storm or mountain
cop n shock ~ musketrv. over land ans
sea. straight ~ sn arrow to the mark
they ~.
And II you come ont this mOrnini
with seek = corn and throw 10 in tn
felis and try 90 get them to stop, thel
are 40 FAR up they would hardly 500 it
They are IN their way south. Tol
cooh not stop them. oh. that We wsr
- wise s0out the hest time - start r.
God sad heaveui We sag. " air unit