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wave Of which Christ walks-sometimes in
the darkness of prophecy, again in the
splen iors with which He walks on Galilea.
In this book apostle answers to prophet
Paul to Isaiah. Revelation to Genests-Zlori-
Gus light turning midnight sorrow into tbs
midnocn Joy, dispensing everv fog, hushing
every temoest. Take this book; 1t is the kiss
of God upon the soul OF lost man. Perfect
Bible. complete Biblel No man has ever
proposed any Improvement
Col provided a Saviour. He is q con.
plete Saviour--God- nan--iivinity and
humanity unitel in tia same person. He
set I'D the starry pillars OF thu univ rse and
the towers of light He plants the cedar5
and the heavenly Lebanon. He str ucs out
of the rock the rivers OF lifs, singing I'm Ter
the trees, singing under ths thrones. He
ouarried the sardonyx AMI crystal and the
to ,az of the heavenly wall. h PIT down
the Jasper for the foundation an hsaped no
the amethyst for the capital and swung the
1! gates which are 70 pearls. II one instant
He thought out universe, aut yet lie be-
came call crying for His mother. feeling
along the sides of the manger, learning to
walk
Omnipotence sheathed in the muscle AMI
hash of child's srm; omnisciencs stru Y In
the optic nerve of chilPs eye: lnfi1les
love beating in a child's heart; great Col
appearing in the form of a child year old.
years Ga. Is years old While all the
heavens were ascribing to Him glory and
honor and power on earth, men said, wv no
Is this fellow?n While all the heavenly
hosts. WITH foldei wing about their faces,
bowed down before Him crying. holy,
hoy" on earth, they denounced Him as
blasphener and sot. Rocked in boat on
Gennesaret, and yet Heit is chat uldirke
the lightning from the storm cloud ana dis-
mastei Lebanon of its forests and hoihs tne
five oceans on the tip OF bis niger as 'ne
leaf holds the raindrop. ~,
On, the complete Saviour, rubbing his
hand over the place where we have the pain,
vet the stars of heaven the a1orning gems
of His right hani. Holding US in His arms
when we take our last view OF our dead. SlC'
ting down with us on the tombstone, ana
while we plant roses there He planting con-
ISOLATION in our heart, every chapter Stalk,
every verse stem, every word rose. n
complete Saviour, a complete Bible, CON-
plete universe, q complete Jordanlc pass 1ge'
Everything that God does is compiese'
Again. learn from this Jorlanic passage
that between us AMI every Canaan OF sue.
cess AM prosperity there is a river that
must be passed. "Oa, how l would like
to have some of th1ss Craps on the other
sidep said some OF the Israslitss to joshua.
"Well." SAYS Joshua, "why don't you cross
over AMI get them% There is river oil
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 are to be drawn
in rocking chair, but we are to WORK our
passage. climb masts, fight battles, scale
mountains and fori rivers. God make1
everything valuable difficult to get at Tor
the same reason that He put tbs gold down
in the mine and the pearl clear down In the
sea-to make us dig and dive for fne II. We
acknowledge this principle in worldly things;
oh, that we were only wise enough 70 &C
| knowledge it in religious thingsl
You have scores of Illustrations under
your own observation where men navs b al
The hardest lot and bean trodden unier fo)t,
and yet after awhile had it easy. Now enelr
homes blossom and bloom with cturss,
AMI carpets that made foreign looms laugh
now embrace their feet; thu sum Ter WINS
lift the tapestry about the wintow gorgeous
enough Tor TURKISH sultan; impatient
stecls paw aud neign at the DOR. their car
RACES mcv,ng tnrough the sea OF New 7 orx
life very wave OF splendor.
Who IS III Why, 1t is a boy who came to
New York with dollar Ia his pocket and
al his estate sung over his shoulder IN
cotton handkerchief. All that silver on the
dancing span is petrified sweat drops; that
beautiful dress is the FADED calico over
which God put His hand of perfection, turning
it to turkish satin or Italian silk; tnose dla-
monds are the tears which suffering froze as
they fell. %, there is a river OF difficulty
between us and every earthly achievement.
You know that You admit that.
You know tnis is 50 with regard to the
ACQUISITION of knowledge. The ancients
USED t. say that Vulcan struck Jupiter on
the head and the goddess OF wisdom Jumped
out. illustrating the truth that vision
comes oy hard KNOCKS. There was river
of difficulty between Shakespeare, the BOY,
holding the horse at the door OF the London
theatre. and that Shakespeare, the great
dramatist, winning the applause OF all au'
dieuces by his tragedies. There was rivel
between Benjamin Franklin, with loaf OF
bread under his arm, walking the streets oil
Philadelphia. and that same Ben amir
Franklin, tie philosopher, just outside Of
Boston flying kite in the thun ier-storrn.
An idler was curet OF his uai habit by
looking through the win low, night after
night at a man who seemed Sitting at his
desx turning of one sheet OF writing after
another until almost the dawn o. tue morn
ing. The man sitting there writing until
morning was INDUSTRIOUS Walter Scott; le
man VINO looked at MIN throuy "a the window
was Locknart, his illustrious bio2rapler
afterward. Lord Mansfield, pursued oy the
press and by the popuaee, because OF a GER
tain line of DUTY, went on to discharge the
duty, and while the mob were around him
demanding the taxing OF his life he shook
his fist in the face of the mob and sal !,
"Sirs, when ones last end comes, it cannot
come too soon if he falls in defense of la'
and the liberty or mis- country"
AMI SO there is, my friends, tug. tui
sic, trial, push, an anxiety, throu :
which every man must 60 before he co ne
to worldly success an worldly achievement
You admit it. Now be wise enough to a.
ply it in religion. Eminent Christian char
acter is only gained by the Jordan
passage, no man just happened to get gooi
Why does that man know so much abor
the Scriptures? He was studying tia Bib
while you were reading novel. He was o
fire with the sublimities o. the Bible will
you were sc md asleep; by tug, tussle, pust
ing and running in the Christian life tia
man got SO strong for God; in a hdndre
Solferinos he learned how to fight: in a bur
dred shipwrecks he learned how to swim
Tears over sin, tears over Zion's desolatio-
tears over the impenitent, tears over th
graves made, are the Jordan which ths
man had passed. Sorrow pales the cheek
and fades the eve. and wrinkles the rroH
and withers the hands. There are mourn
ing garments in the wardrobe and there ar
deaths in every family record; all around ar
the relics Of the dead.
The Christian has passed the Red sea o
trouble, and yet he thinks there is Jorda
of death between him and heaven. ID
comes down to that Jordan or death an
thinks how many have been lost unere
When Molyneux was exploring the Jordan
in Palestine, he had his boats all knocked Il
pieces in the rapids of that river. AMI ther'
are a great many men VINO have gone dowr
in the river of death; the Atlantic ant