Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-26

saio to them ABOUT their souls. Consider
NE as putting my hand on your u Ter
and looking in your eye. God has been good
to you. You ask, How dor YOU Know
that He has been very hard IN me-
w here did YOU come fromF'% Home"
Then you have a home. Have you ever
chlldrenr YES Have You ever thanked
God for your children. Who keeps them
safe We're You ever sick" Yes" "Whc
made YOU we'll Have you been feed every
day: Who feeds you: Put your hani GA
your puisr- Who makes It tnrobs Listen
ami caressea you AMI loved you: And when
you went astray AMI wanted to come bacs,
did tie ever refuse: | know Of q father who,
after his son came back the fourth time.
said. No, forgave you three times, but |
VIII never forgive You again And the
son went of aud iiei. But God takes bacs.
Hi, children the thol,sa1th time as cheer
-uli. as the first A easily as WITH my
handkerchief / styia- tI- tl>- III a boos,
tod Will wiDe ont Al Yodr >il-.
AGAIN, ali the uyin2 VII uud their Est III
this goodly cedar. 1t Is cruel TO destr oy a
birds nest. but death dos not hesitate u
destroy one. There was a beautiful nest III
the ney' street Lovingly the parents
trooied over II. There we-e two OF three
little robins III the nest- lpe scarlet fever
thrust It's hands INTO the nat, AMI he birds
'~''+
tcc.- .GstS - &c s-0.., ~eua.. iLoy nave
over them "the feathers ~ the Affnighty.'
Oh. 10 have thos4 >o.t. warn, eternal wings
stretched over Us Let the storms baa. aui
the branches OF the veia. toss on the wind
no danger. When Il s-or II COMES, you can
see the birds flying 20 the woo!s. Gre the
storm 0. death comes down, let Us ty to the
goodiy cedar.
OF what great varieties heaven will be-
made up. There CONS men who once We're
hard and cruel and de,oerate III wlckcintss.
yet now, soft and chan5ei by grace, they
come into glory, "Ail fowl or every wing
AMI here they come, the children who were
rearad III loving home circ@es docA!ns through
tue gates Q. IFS. "A!l to"l Vi every WIZ"
These are White an! came from northern
homes; these were blaca ati a.cendei IRON
southern rlantali9u> tti->eS were COPPER
to the respiration o. your lungs. Who helps
You to breathe' Have YOU a Bible in the
mouse. spreading before YOU tn future lite7
no gave YOU that Blblet
Din, it la, been Il story of goodness and
mercy all the way through. You have been
ora III Gods ,et c:4liren-- Who fondled YOU
coiored and went Up from Indian reserva.
tIOIS-Al fowl Of every wing So God
gathers them ~. IT Is astonishing how
easy II is tor a gooi soul TO enter heaven.
4 prominent business man i'll Philadelphia
Went nome one afternoon, lay down on the
lounge and said at is time for ms to ao.''
He was very agei. His daughter said TO
him, Are Won SICK He SAID: No, tut it
two of the morning papers. that my friends
may know that | am gone. Gool-ay" aud
as quick a. that God had tdaen him.
It Is easy to 90 when the time comes.
There are no ropes thrown out to pull Us
ashore; there are 10 ladders let down to pull
Us up. 'nrlat comes aud taxes Us by the
hand AMI says, "Eon have hal enough Of
this; come up higher Do You hurt a lily
when YOU pluck it: Is There any ru1enesa
when .!r,,l> touches tle cila4k, aul the red
rose 0. heath whitens into tna liIy Of i'm
moral purity and glo lnes,?
VI hen autumn comes au | the giant Of tbs
woods ~:nites his anvil! and -ha laafv -norl-
ny on lue autIIlual gale, Uiel tu1re VIII Dt
thousands Of birds cat .eriug in the ire. at
the corner Of The field, Just before departing
sing until the branches drop with the
melody, There j. a hetter cline for Us, and
by ana by Ne stall migrate. We gather ii.
the branches # the goo tlv ceiaT. III prep
aratlon Tor IL 1artdrt. You heard our
voices III the opening soug. YOU will near
tneln IL the c",in son -vojces gooi. voices
bad. voices happy. tlistresstu All fowl of
every Wine, .5% ana Dy We shall be gone
il all this aulience Is saved, as | hope they
viii be. | see them entering luto life. Som
nave had i hard. some have had it easy
Some We're brilliant. some .,ere dull. SOmt
were roci.eti by plous percentages; others hav'
had their lntaItl!e checks scalde1 with tn
tears OF woe Some cra"lel, as it Were, int
tne E,ngdo.n on their hands ana knees, ant
some seemed to enter III chariots of 1anin:
fire. Those tell from a ships mast, thes
were crushed IN z mining disaster. The'
are Gol'> singing birds now. No gun o
hGu.Snau shalt shoot them down. The
gather On the trees Of life and fold thei
vingso on the branches, and far away troi
trosts >aui WINS and night they sing IN
iii the bills are fooled with Joy, and the skie
drop music, and the arches OF pearl send BAG
The -.i.oes-'An fowl Of every wing
"-anld the saints, beloved Of God,
washed are their robes in Jesus's blood. Z
Brighter than angels, 10. thev shine,
Their giories splendid and sublime.
Trough tribulation greaI they cana;
They bore the cross ahl -co:Iet the shane;
Now. III the heavenly temple best;
With God they iWeit, Oh Him they rest.
Vile everlasting angels roll
-, Efef.at love shall least thei- soul.
=, And scenes of blss, forever new
! Rise ii succession 70 their view.