The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-30

I was wound up. the fiIed stars the piVots ens
| consultations the Intervening wheels. anu
1 ponderous laws the weights ana Higuy
| swinging pendulum, the stars IN the gr tIee
| dome of night striking the midnigno, anu enS
| sum- with brazen tongue, tolling the nouP VI
| noon.
The widest comet he 9 chain OF law tnat
~ cannot hraol The thistle down living
| before the schoolboy's breath IS conoroils''
| by the same law that controls the SUI anu
| the planets The rosebush in your winuow
! is governed by the same principie .ua
| GOVERNS the tree Of the universe on which
| the stars are ripening fruits, and on when
| God will one day put His hand and shake
| down the frIlits-a perfect universe. NO
astronomy has ever proposed an ameno'
ment.
If God makes Bible. it is complete
Bible. Standing amid the dreadful ana nee
lightfu, truths you seem to be in the mldse-
of an orchestra where the wailings over
sins, and the rejoicings over pardon, ana tne
martial strains of victory make the chorus
ike an anthem, of eternity. This book
seams to you the ocean OF truth, on every
wave of which Christ walks-sometimes 10
the darkness of prophecy, again IN Vhe
snlendors with which He walks on Galilee.
In this book apostle answers to propnet,
Paul to Isaiah. Revelation to Genes's-glori-
Gus light turning midnight sorrow inoo !n9
midnocn JOY, disoarsing every fog, nusmng
every oest. Take this book; 1t IS tne KISS
of God upon the soul OF lost man. Perfect
Bible complete Biolel NO man mas ever
proposed any improvement.
God provided a Saviour. he IS CON,
plete Sayionr--God- Dan-1lVlnlty ana
humanity united in tina same person. DE
set I'D the starry pillars OF the univ rse and
the towers of light. He planted the cedars
and the heavenly Lebanon ne SUI uck gu.
of the rock the rivers OF life, singing under
the trees, singing under tina thrones. He
married the sardonyx and crystal and the
fooaz of the heavenly wall Hs put down
the Jasper for the foundation and hsaped up
the amethyst for the capital and swung the
II gates which are 12pearls. In one instant
He thought out universe, and yet he be-
came child crying for His mother. feeling
along the sides of the manger, learning TO
walk.
Omnipotence sheathed in the muscle and
flesh of child's arm; omniscience strung IN
the optic nerve of a chIlds eye: INFINITE
love beating in a childs heart; great God
appearing in the form of child year old,
years old, 10 years old Wniie all the
heavens were ascribing to Him glory and
honor and power on earth, men said, WHO
is this fellow?" While all the heavenly
hosts, with folde1 wing about their faces,
bowed down before Him crying. "Holy,
holy" on earth, they denounced Him as
blasphener and sot. Rocked in boat on
Gennesaret, and yet He it is that undirkei
the lightning from the storm cloud and dis
masted Lebanon of its forests and holds the
five oceans on the tip of HIS hnger as the
leaf holds the raindrop.
Oh the complete Saviour, rubbing bis
hand over the place where we nave the pain,
vet the stars of heaven the a1orning gems
OF His right hand. Holding us in HIS arms
when we take our last view of our dead. Sit
ting down with US on the tombstone, and
10 v,ta nj tnpra He nlantinQ l.
ISOLATION in our heart, every chapter stalk,
every verse a STEM every word rose. A
complete Saviour, complats Bible, COM
plete universe, complete Jorianic passage.
Everything that God does is complete.
Again, | learn from this Jorianic passage
that between US and every Canaan of sue
cess and prosperity thsre is river that
must be passed. 'Oa, how l would like
to have some of those Craps on the other
sidep said soma OF the Israslitss to Joshua.
"Well,n says Joshul, why don't you cross
over ana get themy'' There is a river OF
difficulty between US and everything that is
worth knowing. That which costs nothing
is worth nothing.
God didn't intend this world for an easy |
parlor, through which we ara to be drawn |
in rocking chair, but We ara to work our |
passage, climb masts, fight battles, scale |
mountains aud ford rivers. God makes |
everything valuable difficult to get at, for |
the same reason that He put the gold down |
in the mine and the pearl clear down in the |
sea-to make us dig and dive for them. We |
acknowledge this principle in worldly things; |
oh, that we We're only visa enough to ac-
knowledge it in religious thingsl
You have scores OF Illustrations under
your own observation where men have had
the hardest lot and been trodden under foot,
and yet after awhile had it easy. Now their
homes blossom and bloom with pictures,
and carpets that made foreign looms laugh
now embrace their feet; thu sum ner winds
lift the tapestry about the window gorgeous
enough for TurkisI sultan; impatient
steeds paw aud neigh at the door, their car
riages moving through the sea of New York
life very wave OF splendor.
Who is it? Why it is boy who came to
New Y ork with dollar in his pocket and
all his estate slung over his shoulder in
cotton handkerchief All that silver on the
dancing span is petri6ed sweat drops; that
beautiful dress is the faded calico over
which God put His handof perfection, turning
it to Turkish satin or Italian silk; those dia-
monds are the tears which suffering froze as
they fell. Oh, there is river OF difficulty |
between US and every earthly achievement. |
You know that You admit that.
You know this is Sd with regard to the
acquisition OF knowledge. The ancients |
used to say that Vulcan struck Jupiter on /!
the bead aud the goddess OF wisdom jumped |
out. illustrating the truth that vision /
comes by hard knocks. There was a river |
of difficulty between Shakespeare, the boy,
holding the horse at tue door of the London |
theatre, and that Shakespeare, the great |
dramatist, winning the applause OF all au-
dieuces by his tragedies. There was river |
between Benjamin Franklin with a loaf OF |
bread under his arm. walking the streets of |
Philadelphia, and that same Ben amin |
Franklin, toe philosopher, just outside oil |
Boston flying a kite in the thunderstorm.
An idler was cured OF his Dad habit by |
looking through the window, night after |
night, at q man who seemed sitting at his |
desk turning oiY one sheet Of writing after |
another until almost the dawn OF the morn.
ing. The man sitting there writing until |
morning was industrious Walter Scott; too
man who looked at him through the window
was Lockhart, his illustrious biograpaer
afterward. Lord Mansfield, pursued by the
press and by the popuare, because of car
tain line of duty, Went on to discharge the
duty, and while the mob We're around him
demanding the taking OF his life he shook
his fist in thu face or the mob and said.
"Sirs when ons's last end comes it cannot
come too soon il he falls in defense of law
and the liberty OF his country"