The Penn's Grove record., 1893-03-03

children. They arr ny life work" Wnen
this house OF John W ssiey's father burned,
and they got the eight children out. John
W esley the last before the root fell In. the
father said. "Let US knee dowo and thank
Col. The children are all saved; let the rest
Of the plaos Co."
Ny hearers, il We seizure the present and
everlasting welfare Of our children. most
other things belonging to us are OF but little
comparative Importance. Alexander the
Great allo we'd his soldiers to take tneir fa nj
lies with them to war, and he accounted for
the bravery Of his men by the fact chat
manv of tasm were born In camp and were
used to wArlike scenes from the start.
Would God that all the children OF our day
might be born into the army OF the Lordi
No need of letting them goa long way on
the wrong road before they turn around and
go on the right ROAD. The only time to get
chickens under wing Is while they are
chickens.
Hannah waitail Smith, the evangelist,
look her little child az two years OF age
when Ill out Of tbs crib and toll her plainly
Of Christ, and the child believed and gave
evidence OF Joyful trust, which grew with
her growth to womanhood, Two years are
not too young. The time will come when
by the faith Of parents children will be torn
into this world and born into the bosom oil
Christ at the same time. Soon We parents
will have to 60 and leave our ohiidren. We
ugnt tnelr DaILlo9 now, ahl Wo nsSuu 70
tween them and harm, but our arm viii al.
Ger . while get weak; n we cannot fight
for them, aud u tongue will be paisied,
and we cannot speak for them. Are we go
ing to leave them out In the cold world to
take their chances or are W. doing all We
can to get them under the wing of etarnal
:..e.y!
But We all need the protecting wing. II
you had known when you sntsrei upon
manhood and womandoot what was ahead
Of you, would you have dared to undertake
lifei How much you have bsea through
With most life has been 9 disappoiutne nt;
they tell me 80. They nave not attained
that which they sxpscted to attain. They
have not had the physical and mental vigor
they expected. or they have met with re-
bluffs which they did not anticipate. You
are not at 20 or so or 80 or 70 or 81 years OF
age where you thought you would be. do
not know anyone exoept mysslf to whom
life has been q happy surpriss. ! never ex-
pected anything, And % whom anything
came In the shape OF human favor or com.
Portable position or widening field OF work 1t
vas to me q surprise.
l was told in toe theological seminary by
80 ne of my fellow students that l never
would get anybody to hear me preach unless
I changei my style, 90 that when l found
that some people did come to hear me It wal
8 happy surprise. But most people, accord.
lag to their own statement, have found lie
\ disappointment. lndee1 we all need shell.
tsr from its tempests. About s O'Clock on a
lot August afternoon you have heard a rum
ole thai you first tooz for a wagon crossing
/ brid 20, but after ward t1ere vas a lou Ter
.umbline, AMI you said, "Way. that Is thun-
1erP' And sure enou IN the o were be-
ing convokei for a full diaoasoa. A whole
Dark OF artillery went rolling Town che
heavens aud the blinds OF the windows in
shs SKY were closed. But the ounds above
were not more certain tnan the sounds be-
leath.
The cattle came to the bars ami moaned
for them to be let down that taey might
come home to shelter, and the fowl, whetaer
dark Brahma or Hamburg or Leghorn or
Dominick, began to cali 10 its young,
"Ciuck p "CiuckP' ''Cluckr' an take tnsm
under the wagon houss or shed, and had
them all hid under tbs soft feathers by the
time that thu drst plaSh OF rain scruck toe
roof.
So there are So lden temptests for om
souis, and, OIL how DARK iC gets, and threat
ening clouds Of bankruptcy or sickness or
persecution or ~bereavment gather and
thicxen and blacken, and scne u for shel-
ter to a bank, but 1t is poor shelter, and
others run TO friendly advisers, n they fail
to help, and Others fly nowhere sinpiy bs-
cause they o not where to 60, and they
perish in the blast, but others hear a divins
call saying, COnes LOT all tuiuS5 are now
ready,h "rhs spirit and the bride say
come" Aud while the heavens are thunder
ing terror the divins xoics p~roffers mercy.
and tho soul co mes under the brooding care
OF the Almighty ..as q hen gatheretn ner
chickens under her wing"
The wings of my text suggest warmth,
and that Is what most folks want. Toe tact
Is that this Is a cold world wna;her you take
it literally or igurativeiy. We have a big
fireplace called toe sun, and it mas q very
| hot Ore and the stokers kseo the Goals welt
stirred up but much OF the year we cannot
get near enough to this fireplace to get
warmed. The worlds extrsniIies are cold
ali the time. Forgss not taar it is colder at
the south pole than at the north pole and
that the Arctic il not 30 destructive as toe
Antartic. Oucs in awhile the Arctic will
let explorers come bacs, out the Antartic
hardly ever. When at tbs south poe a ship
sails 10, the door of Toe u almost sure 10 be
NUT against it, return.
So life 70 many millions Of people at tbs
south and many millions OF people at the
north Is . prolonged shiver, but when l say
this 10 4 cold world I cniedy mean 6gura.
lively. II you want to know what is the
meaning Of the ordinary term OF receiving
the .'coid shoulder" get out of money and
try to borrow. The conversarion may lave
bean almost tropical for luxuriauce Of
thought aud speech, but u ygesI your neoes'
SltleS anu 500 tno Luer mOIlotos uIOp W "
degrees below xsro, aud in to It waicn till a
moment before had been . warm room.
\ Take what 10 an unpopular position on som
public question. and see your friends ny a.
ohaR before q windmill.
As far as myself is concerned, I have nc
word Of complaint but I look OF day by
day and see communities freezing out mer
and women of wnon tbs world il not
worthy. Now 1t takes after ono and now
after another. It becomes popular TO de-
preciats and defams and sxecrats and liz
about some people. This Is tine best world 1
ever got into. but 1t is the msanest world
that some people ever g~otinto. Ths worst
thing toat ever happsnei TO them was toeil
cradle, and toe best thing that will eva
happen to them will DO their grave. VIVA
people want is warmth.
Many years sgo q man war floating dow
on the ice OF the Merrimao ana great effort,
were made to rescue him. Twice ne got mol
Of a PLANK thrown 70 him a twice b,
slipped away from it. because that end of tn
plank was covered with ica. and ne cried out
10 Gods sake, give me the WOODEN end o.
tho plank this time and this done ne wa
hauled to shore. III trouble Is that in oul
efforts to nave the soul there 10 too mucc
GOODNESS ami icy formaiity, and % the ion
perilsd one slips OF aud floats down. Civ
il the other end Of the plank-warmth o
sympathy, warmth OF kindly association
warmth Of genial surroundings.
The world declines 20 give ", and In many
cases has nc power 70 give It AMI here
where Christ comes 10, and, as on a cold day
the rain beating an the atmosphere full o
sleet, the hen ciucks her chickens under he
wings and the warmth OF hor own breas
puts warmth INTO the wet feathers and th
chilled feet of the infant grouo of the barr
ward, 50 Christ says to those slck and rrosts
and disguised and trozsn OF the world, Con
In out OF the March winds OF tns world
criticism: come In out OF the sleet of u
worlds assault; come in out o. q world tins
does not Understand you and does not wal
to understand you; l will COMFORT and
will soothe and I will be your warmth. q
q hen gathereth her chickens undsr hs,
wing Oh, the warm heart Of God L. road,
for all those to whom the world has give,
she cold shoulder.
But notice that some one must take III,
storm for the chickens. ALL the han tsxe
the storm. I have watched her under th,
peltlng rain. ! have seen her in the pinch
ing frosts almost frozen to death or almos
~strangled in ths waters ana what a figh
she makes for toe Young under wing il
dog or hawk or a man comes too nslri An,
20 the brooding Christ takes the storm TO
Us. What fool OF anguish and tears taa
did not dash uuon His hoIy souil Wha