Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-12-02

r@aions OF q Joshua. never was ;ea'or~ ~ 4
faui, never was jealous Of a Frances liaver-
sai. never was jealous OF q man or woman
who tired to heal wounds aud wine wa,
tears and lift burdens and savs souls
aha "hie all Is Of grace. and yonr self
anneSa'inS utteraHce will be, MOT unto
= aos unto Us. but unto Thy name.
= Lord, give glory - you shall always
rtl q heavenly satisfaction In every
good thing you did on earth. and II icono-
assn. borne from beneath. should break
iloagh the gates OF heaven and e.rare one
record Q. your earthly fisifty. r,e.htnss
thris. would take one Of the nails o. His
OWL cross and write sonewhera on the crys-
"a. or the amethyst. or thajarinsh. or TIE
ne i ns2sip,ian s9a nm NAM ne. ala Sin Just under il
snaii De held in everlasting rennenhranca.'
IN. shis character building, You and I
aF' Every moment busy IN tina. tremendous
occupation, You are making me better ar
worse. and an making you better or worse.
md We shall through all eternity bear the
marx @ this beneiiction~or blasting.
Let others have the thrones of heaven
nos VINO have more nightly wrought for
God and the truth-aus it Will be heaye,
eoou3n Tor you and me II ever and anon W.
nee' some radiant soul On the bonlevards Of
ne great city ~no shall say "You helped
ne once You encouraged ne when / wa
n earthly struggle. l did no. know tha, ]
&I4S SQiUlIK HiAgP h11 II
not been for you" And We will laugh with
heavenly Slee and say "Hat ha. Do Won
really remember ha. talk? Do YOU renan-
Der fhas warning? Do YOU remember tina,
Christian invitation? What a memory Won
aaFe! why. that must have been dcw.:Lere
4 Brooklyn or New Orleans q, leas; ten
shoosnnt million years ago." And the an
'Wer will be. Yes. i, was as long as that.
pot/ remember Il as we'll rs though it were
/ yesterday"
On. this character building The structure
iastlnG independent OF passing centuries, In
dependent of crumbling mausoleums. indie
pendent OF the whole planetary system. Aye,
II the material universe, which seems ali
hound together Ike one piece Of machinery.
should some day meet with ID accident that
should send worlds crashing into each other
IKE te'escoped railway trains, and all the
Wheels OF consultations and galaxies should
stop. and down into one chasm of immensity
al the suns and moons and stars should
umbi like the midnight express at Ashta-
QUA, that would not touch US and would NOT
hurt God. for God is a spirit. and character
and memory are immortal, and over that
grave OF a wrecked material universe might
truthfuily be written, ''The righteous shall
oe heiI IN everlasting remembrance"
.. lime, we defy thee. O. Death, We
stamp thee In the dust Of thine own sepul-
' -. A-tCiuAtS. Kun III tlll the last star
mas stopped rotating, and the last sun Is ex-
elngulshed on the sapphire pathway. and
the last moon has illumined the last night.
anu as many years have passed. as all the
scrlbe5 that ever took pen could describe by
as many figures as they could write in all the
centuries OF all time, but thou shalt have no
power TO ef1ace from any SOU in glory the
memory Of anything we have done to bring
1t to God and heaven
There IS another and n more complete de-
feat for oblivion. and that is in the heart of
God himself. You have seen 2 sailor roll up
his sleeve and show you his arm tattooed
with the figure OF a favorite ship-perhap,
the first one in which he ever sailed. You
nave seen a soldier roll up his sleeve and
snow you his arm tattOoed with the figure
Oh Il fortress which he was garrisoned. or
the lace OF a great general under whom he
fought You have seen many a hand tat
tooed with the face OF a loved one before or
after marriage
This tattooiug is almost as old as the world
II IS some colored liquid punctured into the
Hesh SO lndellbiy that nothing can wash II
OUT. 1t may have been there fifty years. but
when the man goes into his coffin that pic
ture Will go with him on hand or arm. Now.
God says that he has tattooed us upon his
nanus. Ihere can be no other meaning in
the Iorty-nlnth CHAPTER OF Isaiah, where God
says. behold, | have craven thee on the
palms OF, my hands"
1t was as much as to say ~ cannot open
My hand to help, but ! think of you. | can
NOT spread abroad My hands to bless. but |
mn OF you. Wherever go up and down
the heavens take these two pictures of YOU
WITH Ne. They are SO %inwrought into Nv
belng that l cannot lose them. As long as
ny hands last the memory Of you will last.
Not on the back of Ny hands, as though TO
announce you to others, but on the palms of
Aiy hands for Myself to look at and study
and love. Not on the palm of one hand
alone, but on the palms Of both hands for
Wi1ie am looking upon one hand andthink-
ing OF You. | must have the other hand free
10 protect you. free to strike back your
'neny. treeto hit if you fall. Palms OF NV
Aands lnielibly tattooel! And though |
iold the winds in My iirst no cyclone shall
uproot the inscription Of YOUR name and
your lace. AMI though | hold the ocean in
the hollow OF My hand its billowiny shall not
WASH out the record Of My remembrance.
benold. nave Srayen thee on the palms OF
Ny hands"
"hat JOY. what honor can there he com
3araote 20 that OF being emennerei hy the
and kinlest anIioveiiast and ten
derest AMI most atfectionatc being in the
universe: Think OF il. To ho!i an everlasting
place III the heart oi GOD. Thaheart of God |
Inc most beautiful pa;ate i'll the universe. |
- - aLttlttlItt ffllt / some rrlI.at. as
grand as that If he can. Let him crumble up |
all the stars Of y~estern1yht and tomorrow |
night AMI put them together as rposaics for |
Slch a palace floor. Let himtake all the sun |
rises and sunsets. os all the days AMI the |
auroras Of all II" nights and han. them as |
upholstery II its w;2ioW~.
Let him tax" a.! the rivers. AMI all the |
lakes. and al IL" oea.ns, and toss them into |
the fountains Of This palace court. Let him
ahe atithe gold fall the hills and hang il in
: chaa6a.l"rS. and all the pearls of all the
as. an ali the diamonds OF all the fields
= with them arch the doorways of thar
and then invite into il all the c.ories
nat Esther ever saw at q Persian hannue, or
'aaici ever walked anon. in EabyIonian
.aS5ie-, or Joseph ever wtnessa In phar.oaes
aroneroon. AMI then Yourself enter this
as'ie q archancellr construction. and see
poor a palace it's comSarai with The
palace that so-le 81 you have Already
u II the heart o. = loving and pnrionIng
'ol. ana INTO whIch al the music. AMI all
ne PRAYERS AMI all the sernonic consfs-ra.
lcns of this lay ar trying 10 introduce YOU
u the blood o tn SIAN lano.
TN. where Is oblivion u1w. From Tho
ARK aad oVershado@la- word that j. seemed
men / began. il has become something
'lll-a 20 man or woman or child VINO lows