The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-30

exceptions: You say thar newspapers some
times set things wrong? Yes, but which
or is doest ~, 4on So sometimes mes s1 TO
find a man who has never made a mistake
do not waste your time by looking III this
pulpit. Thanks to the editors and report
ers and publishers. Gentlemen OF the
Brooklyn and New York printing press. II
you never report anything else say, ulease
to report that. Yes, l see You are gettln-
it all down.
AS church. we from this day make new
departure. We will preach more lnstr,n,
tive sermons. We will offer more, ialthini
prayers We will do better work in all
sumo our lay college. We will till all me
rooms of thiS magnificent.plc with work Tor
God and suffering humanity. More prayers
have been offered for this church. and on
both sides the sea. than for any rh'lrch
that has ever existed and all those prayers
will be answered Clear the track for th"
| Brooklyn tabernacle. ''SinG We to the LORD
for he hath trumphcd gloriously: tn" horS"
and his rider hath he thrown int" tn" sea.
But do you not now really tnlhk 'hi.
the Miriam of my text reioiccd TOO soon
Do you not think she ought TO have waited
| ill the Jsra etish host got clear over TO
| Caanan before she struck her knuckIeS
against the timbrel or raIbourInc! Miriam
You do well to have the tambonrIne ready,
but wait little before you play it. lou
arc not yet through the journey from Egypt
to tie Promised Land. You will yet nave
to drink ont of the bitter
water of Maral. and many
OF vour army will eat so heartily of the fail
.n uuailS that they will die of cholic and
yon will. at the foot of Sinai. be scared
with the thunder and there will b." fiery
! serpents in the way and many battles 10
fight and. last of all. the muddy Jordan TO
cross. Miriam. l have no objections 10
| She tambourinc but do not jingle its bells
Or thnmp its frightened parchment until you
ar" all through. All, my friends. Miriam
was right. II never shouted victory
till got clear through the struggles Of
this life we would never shout at al Copy
the habit of Miriam and Moses. The mo
ment you get victory celebrate It. The
time and place to hold a jubilee for the
sa fn crossing of tho Red sea is on its beach
and before you leave it. 1t is awful. the
| delayed hosannah. The helated hallelujah>:
| The postponed dOX0logieS. The trains OF
thanksgiving coming in so long after they
are due 1t IS said do not rejoice over Il
revival too soon, for the new members
might not hold ont. DO not thank God for
| tho money YOU made today, Tor tomorrow
| you might lose it all and more DO not be
too grateful for your good health today, Tor
tomorrow you may get the grippe DO not
be too glad about your conversion, Tor you
might fall from grace. DO not reJolce to"
soon over Il churchS delyerance, because
! there might be disasters vet to come. ga,
let us have no more adjourned gratitude
| The time tn thank God for rescue from
temptation is the moment after YOU nave
broken the wine flask The time to thank
God for you salvation is the moment alt'T
the first flash of pardon. Inc time 10 I've
grateful for the comfort OF your pereit
soul is the first moment of ChristS appear
ance at the mausolcum OF Lazarus. ne
time for Aliriam's tamhourlnc t" snuhd ilS
most iubilant note is the moment lhe NV
| IsraeIite puts his foot on the slllu OF VIC
parted inland ocean. Alas. That when God >
mercies have such swift WIGS our praises
should have such lcaden feet
\oticc that Miriam's song IN my te .>.
had for its burden The oVcithroWh c'N'ilf'
1t was not So much the inlHnnts W ' ra
men on foot over whose defeat She re-
ioiced with ringing tilnbre!. but over inc
mon ON borscback-thc mounted troops
The horse aud his rider hath he thr"Wn
! into the sea- There Is something "'Iri ,;'
| in n cavalry charge. You see 1t Is net lh"
n soldier afoot, thrusting 4 bay"nei' OF
| striking with Il sword, using nothing hnI
thp strength of his own muscle ana SlncW'
| for the cavalryman adds to the StfehSlh
Of his own arm the awful plunge OF a
| steed at full gallop. Tremendous arm OIL var
| is the cavalry, .Soseplius says that III tlat
host that crossed the Red sea there were
20 600 cavalrvmon. EpamnOndaS rode INTO
battle with 5000 ravalrymen. ana Alex,
arder with 1000. Marlborough depended
on his cavalry for the triumph AT Bleinhen~
|
| the French armies in retreat from Moscow
! hu+ thc mounted Cossncks Cayalrymen
decided the battle Of Leuthen and Leipslc
! and Winchester and Hanover COURTHOUSE
and Five Forks. Some ct you may nave
been in the relentless raids led on by Eor.
re,t or Chalmers or Morgan o" Stuart. or
! fin southern side: or Ileasanton or Wilson
or Kilpatrick or Sheridan. of thc northern
| side, The army saddles are the thrones oil
| hnttIe Hurricanes in stllups are the cav
| Va
! chiefly grateful that the Egyptian cavalry
mon pursuing the IsracliteS down to md
way the Red sea, wcr" unsaddled, unstlr-
| ruped, endorsed Miriam struck the CEN
ter of the tambounne with the lnli Ior'e
| NJ her right hand when sh" came TO that
! bar of the music, "Thc horse and his rider
| ha th he thrown into the sea- All. my
friends, it is the mounted troubles that we
most fear. The little troubles we can el-
! dure The cinder in the eye, the splinter
| under the nail, the thorn i'll the foot, the
social slight. the mean fling, the invidious
| comparison or the remarks that Stub. The
| annoyanccs and ycxat.onS on foot we can
conquer but. alas. for the mounted dSas-
! ters, the bcre1vcnents, the bankruptcies.
| the. prosecutions. the appalling slckneSScs,
| that charge upon us, rs it were. with MP
lifted battle AK or consuming rhundarbolt
| Of power. There are those among my hear
crs or readers who have had Il whole reei-
| ment of mounted disasters charging upon
| fly on the neck Of Pharaoh'S war charger.
| passing between the crystal palisades Of
| the upheaved Red sea, was not more easily
| drowned by the falling waters than the
| 10000 helmeted and plumed riders on the
| backs of the $4,000 neighing and capar
isoned war chargers. And | have
| to tell You. oh. child of God, that
the Lord, who is your side now and
forever. has at his disposal and under his
command, all waters, all winds. all light
ming, all time. and all eternity. Come,
| look me in the face while ! utter the word
| God commands me to speak to YOU: No
! weapon formed against you shall prosper.
| Don't throw away your tambourine. You
| will want it as sure as you sit there and
| stand here and the tune You will yet play
on If. whether standing on beach of time
or beach of eternity; will be the tune
| that Miriam played when She cried: sing
| We TO the Lord. for he hath triumphed
gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he
thrown into the sea- ! expect TO have
good laugh with YOU in heaven. for the
Bible says in Luke. vi chapter, list verse:
blessed arc We that weep new. for We
| shall laugh" We shall not spend all
! eternity psalm singing. but sometimes III r.,
view of the past, as Christ says we shall
| laugh. There is nothing wrong in laughter
/ ~. L. what l1HGl at. and