Smyrna times., 1893-05-17

~ arc not material, and yet thew are
~ real Ihey are as real as the mon.
~ Calhs Chat rear their heads above tbo
% 4louus, as real as the stars in tho
Is heavens. But they are unseen md
yeI Cnese SIX unseen things are the
" nearest Things we have, are dearor to
a es Chan all else combined. Eliminate
= Iio1n Ine universe these six things
q au9 What Is left is worthless. obiectIes5
= anu chaotlc. Take out of the universe
Cuese SIX things that we never sawN
Chese SIX unseen things. and owav
% gUeS everything that is dear TO ms
= u1Ie VIII DC lett nothing to love or
70 IoEeu nothlng to admire or be ad
= nL aiiieu' All VIII be darkness and
. TFooS. I;fo D. 4aKe out OF the universe truth.
y ~ icVG' mlnd, spirit and God. and
:, "n"U .r7 ~ IelC IS not worth anything to
> are OF infinite value. The upsoo,,
things govern the universe Tbat =.
as true of the plant us Of the nIanot
the forces that make the nlapt 49,.
and the forces that make the nIa"nt
move are all unseen. We never saw
any of them. ''N' sd"
Astronomy brings TO 0ur via,,, NM,
peerless worlds, worlds of great ,oocni.
Iude sweeping around in their or6its
with velocity that startles MS W.
nave no adequate conception of tho |
power chat lies behind these movin~ |
"oGIes III Ine heaven dome above u.
We imagine that when we are trav.
eIllhg on a railroad train at the roto or .
W miles an hour we are MOVING At a
HoIy Iaplu rate, yet that is an insignif-
cant velocity as compared with tho
EeIoclty OF this earth, that travels
1!oU miles a minute, yet that is .tiU
UIlulng when com Dared with tho
speed OF those heavenly bodies W.
!hink the earth on which We livo
Is very large. and YET it is insjgnifc,nt
as compared with some of the mamie
Which are many hundred times I,r,er
IMAM TINS earth. Think OF tba fo7ca
tlaI drives all these, and tbat f,rnn :,
unseen. Whoever saw oraviI,tin,
or what IS called cenuipeta and r1nl
tritugai force! And yet the ,hIu,,tIat
GriVeS Is greater than the thine tb,t IL
GrlVen: There is power bocl- Of
tnem that throws them ont into sr..l,
gives them motion and pcrnetratz,
ehat motlon-au unseen somefbin,, H.
ing Dack OF all this, Infinitely Greater
thah an these which are the effects or +
mat which is unseen.
DuC the same thirgs are true in :,
regard 10 man and his relation tn a+ar- v
my ana eternal things. The invisible 4
- Vi eternal Importance, and the nm -
ao0u governs that which is seen and "
governs IN the interest of the seen Tf .
we We are therefore in harmony with !
tL tnese unseen things, then the unseen y y
mugs VIII govern in accordance witb J.
our lhIerest-we shall be secure. The 20
eternal VIII triumph over the temporaI ~ "
III Is only question of time. y
ruth T6h crushed crushed to earth viii rise again. W
n ne eternal years of God are hers "
Dut error, wounded, writhes in main
HlIu ules amid its wOrshippers
:, aui was playing losing game so
iar as the things seen were Concerned
ouC ne suffered temporal pain to rean M
eternal joy. '''''- ~ reap
he lost, as far as those tbings On
Chat constitute a temporal loss b1f n
gained eternal riches. Truth NAV be a"
to earth-it has been crushed ne
TO earth-but truth is immortal il ran. Ir'
not De conquered it is sure 70 riso Vi. -
some time. If we go down with tLo "'i
ruth we will also rise with the trntb Pul
NO man can look at these THINGS ana slU
make them the object and sunreme IA ia
Iim OF his life and so down with Gr y,
mem without also rising with them ~ ~
put truth will rise more mightilv and Ne
hine more brightly if crushed than if rec
! nad not been crushed to earth. "Onr nj III
IsnC alnictlon worketh for us a far -" Nv
more exceeding weight of glory > pc; pei
aul VIII shine more brightly because S@Ie @
e was identified with the truth and ou
WIN the truth was crushed 10 earth VI Vi,
sui IL lmmortalized Pau, and so will t-ni nili
you and me if we are true. e"t
therefore let men say of us what Pou t,.
IIey Will and let them do what thev .''
IIease' iet us hold on to the invisible of -
lings' tne things which are not seen. e. :
IeI US De true to God, though we sd
ever ever saw MIN; let US obey His word " Z
lough we never heard MS voice. Iet
len SANDER us if thew will let }boDo suSi
ersecute us if they will. bnt tbronTb our
od's help we will rise again Trn7b so
ay be crushed-"Trutb. ornsbad 70 cOul
nth, will rise again; The eternal vesrS Ssqut
God are hers"-but if we 90 down i ior
lth the truth we will rise With tba peat
uth. 1t we go down with the riqbt Gay G1y
Will rise with the right: if we on !N3 ~
'wn with God we will rise with God II?il my =
would rather lose with God than ua'il
IN all there is to gain in the world iHny
TN the devil. | would rather he on Noep
Lords side in the midst of dark IneI
IS ana atlllctlon, than shine with those 80
,lons of the lower regions that seem elns
be reigning in this world at times P4y
season, for 1t is only question of -''''
le when truth shall sit ON the throne
q when all those who were in bar. TIL
my with it shall live. God helm ms Oftht
be true, to be right; God help us to ject Q
pose the unseen things and make an ap
'm the supreme object and aim of will
hVes. II we choose the things that every
seen we shall probably get what little
seek-temporal gOod--but it will public
n be gone; it is evanescent: we tiOn i:
III soon be left helpless and desti. who c
Q. the n
'ut you say "they are not real: the I
not see them" Why, thew are the upon
st real. There is nothing more sinh ing"
ltial than the truth; the truth is pensio
re real than the sun which shines in but, tC
heavens to-day. That little prob article
i, twice two make four, will last ary, e
9 after the sun has burned ont mark
sun is temporal, the truth is eter sioner
1t is more real than any material taxpay
lg. lem pr
class of little boys was asked by ly losil
Sunday-School teach this question:
ould you tell lie for dollar ?"
hey all said, mo" "Vould Won Says
a lie for $5?" They ali answered Ilader:
J." again, but not so strong. "Would Methot
tell lie for $50OP" she asked. with
y were rather slow answering. but slipping
little boy said promptly, 'no." his linn
'uld you tell a lie for So, 900 ?" thew conditi
asked again. Some of the bows tration'
ght that $4,000 would enable them desirou
a great deal of good, but the be mil
9 boy who had spoken out so preaehe
Iy before, said mo ."Why wouldn't creditat
tell lie for $5,OOO?" the teacher ing the
d. Because" he replied, "when man del
b 1000 are gone the lie would still the plea
and l would be liar" the cons
at bow told the truth. there vas ly deligl
und philosophy in his statement
imagine we can do wrong for a Gao I
n and enjoy the good of the things or two 9
and recover from thsir effects, ofN r
is mistake, the lie still sticks. acree 70
wound may heal but the scar still farm of
lns. Avoid these things, choose MiddIetr
lings that are not seen, the things Clement
ire eternal and when God comes 000. farr
Ike up his jewels we shall be TownseI ,,e