The Penn's Grove record., 1893-03-17

astronomy has ever proposed an a"e"H
ment.
Bible. Standing amid the dreadful and DEB
bgbtlui truths, You seem to be IN the MIDST
~ an orchestra where the W ail'ngs over
SINS. and the reJoicings over pardon, and tue
martial Strains OF victory make Tue cnorus
Nka an anthem of eternity. This hook
seans TO Won the ocean of truth, on every
wave OF which Christ walks-somehmes IN
ths darkness of prophecy, again IN the
spleuiors with which He walks on Sahie.'
In this boo< apostle answers 10 prophei'
Paul to Isaiah. Revelation to denes's--aiorf
ous light. turning midnight sorrow INTO the
midnn, n ioy. dispensing every hoy, hushinS
eysry temoest. Take this book; it is the KISS
Of God uDon the soul of lost man. feriecb
Rible complete Biblei No man has ever
proposed any Improvement.
God provided a Saviour. heisa con,
nlet. Saviour tod -man-iivinity ana
humanity unitei In thu same person. He
SIT no the starry pillars OF the universe aud
the towers OF light. He planted the cedars
and ths heavenly Leb he struck out
of the rock the rivers OF life, singing uhIsr
the trees, singing under the thrones. ne
married the sardouyx and crystal and tue
folaz of the heavenly wall. Hs put down
the Jasper for the foundation an heaped up
the AMETHYST for the capital and swung ehs
IL pates which are IL pearls. In one instant
He thought out q universe, anu YET ne DE
came a chill crying for His mother. teeiins
along the sides OF the manger' learning :"
walk.
Commissioners sheathed in the muscle and
aasn of a chtld's arm; omniscience strung In
the optic nerve of a chiifs eye: Infinite
L-~- - 49, . child's heart: q great God
appearing in the form OF a child l year oio,
s YEAR Oh. is years old, While all the
h.a VEINS were ascribing to Hin glory AMI
hoaor and power on earth, men said, mho
hoste. with foldei wing about their faces,
bowed down before Him crying. 'ioiy,
how on earth, they him as u
blaspbener and q sot. Rocked in q boat on
Gennesaret and yet He it Is chat undirxsi
the lightning from che storm CLOUD anI us
five oceans on the tip OF His finger as ths
leaf holds the ~raindrop.
on. the complete saviour, rubbing His
hand over the place where we nave tne pain,
vet the stars OF heaven tho n torninS gems
of His right hanf. Holding US III MS arms
whan W. take our last view OF our dead. Sit
t,ny down with us on the to nbstone, n
while we plant roses there he planting con-
ISOLATION in our heart, every chapter a staik,
every verse a stem, every worn n rose.
cnu,nIete Saviour, a complets Bible, a COM
plete universe, a complete 1ordanic passAs'.
b, AGAIN. 1 learn from this Jordsnlc passage
that between Us aud every Canaan OF sue
cass and prosperity there is a river that
must be passed. "Oh, how l would IKE
To have soma OF thrss Craps on the oeaee
side p said some OF the lsraei'tes 70 1osuua.
ovar and get themY' There is a river OF
didicuity between US and ever thing that Is
worth knowing. That which COSTA nothihg
is worth nothing
God didn't intend this world Tor an easy
parlor. through which We are to be drawn
- III, Lttt IVA ara tn WORK our
massage. Climb masts, fight battles. Scale
mountains and fori rivers. Tod MAKES
syarythjpg valuable difficult to get at Tor
the sane reason that He put the gold Gown
In the mine and the pearl clear down IN me
sea-to make US dig aud dive Tor bneah. we
acxpowiedge this principle in worldly things;
oh, that We were only WISE enough 10 ac-
knowledge 10 in religious thlnssi
You have scores of Illustrations under
vour own obser yation where men nave nid
the hardest lot and been trodden UNDER 1901,
and yet after awhile had 1T easy. NO" tueir
and carpets that made foreign looms laugh
now embrace their feet; the sum nsr WINDS
lift the tapestry about the window gorgeous
enough for q Turkish sultan; impatient
steeis paw and neigh at the door. their car
! riages moving through the sea OF Ne" hof@
life a very wave of spiendor.
Who Is itl Why, it is a boy who came 20
, New York with a dollar ia his pocket and
! all his estate slung over his snouiusr III a
cotton handkercuie'. All that silver on the
dancing span is p~esriied sweat drops, that
heautiful dress is the faded cahco over
which God out His hand of perfection, turning
it to Turkish satin or Italian silk; those ia
monds are the tears which suffering tro1s as
thew fell. Oh, there is a river OF dlhlcuity
bet us and every earthly achievement.
You know that You admit that.
You know this is SO with regard TO the
..,,,4,au nf knnWlaipa. Ih6 aDCleUtS
ussi to say that Vulcan struck Jupiter on
the head and the goddess OF wisdom Jumped
out, illustrating the truth that Wisdom
! comes by hard knocks. There was a 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'
diences by his tragedies. There wasa rive
between Benjamin Franklin, with q loaf OF
bread under his arm, walking the streets OF
Philadelphia. and That same ben amin
Franklin. the philosopher, JUST outside oil
Bdston dyine a kite in the thunderstorm.
An idier was cured OF his bad habit by
looking through the window, night after
night, at a man who seemed sittins at his
desk turning off one sheet OF writing after
another until almost the dawn o. the morn.
ing. The man sitting there writing until
manning was industrious Walter Scott; the
man who looked at him throu sh the window
was Lockhart. his iilustrious b~iographer
afterward. Lord Mansfield. pursued by the
press and by the ~populaee, because OF a GER
tain line of DUTY, went on to discharge tue
duty. and while the mob were around him
IeI1andiug the taking OF his life he shook
his list in the face OF the mob and sail,
'.Sirs, when one's last eni CON IS, It cannoV
come too soon if he falls in defense OF law
and the liberty OF his country
And so there is, my friends, a tug. a tus-
sic, a trial, a push, an ANXIETY, throus q
,tf;al, auar, "a n.lsf On hRfOFe un CD n q.
to worldly success an 1 worldly aonevement.
You admit it. Nov be wise enough to ap'
ply it in religion. Eminent Christian cnar-
acter is only gained by the Jordanie
passage, no man just happenst 70 get GOOD.
Why does that mar know SO much sDout
the Scripturess He was stu lying tbs Blole
while you were reading a novel He was on
fire with the sublimiries o; the bioie wdiie
you were sound asleep; by tug, tussie, push
ing and running in the Christian lie thai
man got so strong for Goi; IN a nun ired
Solferinos he learoei how to fight: in a hun
drsd shipwrecks he learnet how to swin.
Tears over sin, tears over lions desolatioi,
tears over the impenitent, tears over the
graves ma lie, are the Jor.ian which that
man had passed. Sorrow pales tne cheek,
and fades the eye. and wrinkles the row,
and withers the hanis. There are mourn
ing sarments in the wardrobe. and there are
deaths in every family record; all around are
the relics of the dead.
The Christian has passed the Rel sea o.
trouble, and yet he thinks there Is a jordan
OF death between hin and heaven. He
comes down to that Jordan OF dearh an
thinks how many nave been lost there.
Wnen Molyneux was exploring the Jordan
in Palestine, he mad his boats all knockei 10
pieces IN the rapids OF that river. An there
are a great many men wac have gons down
10 the river OF death; the Atlantic and
Pacific have not SWALLOWED 70 MANY 1t i'
an awful thing to make shipwreoks on the
rock o. ruin-masts falling. hurricanes
Aging, death coming, g%roanings in thu
water, meanings in the wind, thunder IN
the sky, while God, with the finger of light
ming, writes all over the sky, 81 will tread
them in Ny wrath. aud will traniple them
In My fury"
The Christian comes down to this raging
torrent, and he knows he must pass out. anC
as he comes toward the time his breath gets
shorter, and his last breath leaves him as be
steps into the stream, and No sooner docs he
touch the stream than 1t is parted, and he
goes through dry shot, while all the waters
!, wave their plames, crying; 20 death, vhecs