The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-22

' bere' malform tiou of feet TO make hIo
the literary conquoror. "'.
II was bereavement that brought
William Heworth of Wesley's time
from wickedness to m evangelism that
won many thousands for heaven. Tho
world would never have known what
heroic stun Ridley was made Of had no t
the fires been kindled around bis f. ct,
aud not hklug their slow work he cried:
VI cannot burn! Let the fire come to
me! caunot buru!' Thank God that
there are gems that unfold their best
ylores under tho lamplIghu Thank
q 4 for the rub!
| Moreover. ! AN sure that Solomon
was right il saYiuM that religion or wis.
, dom IL better than rubies, from tho fact
hat thing is worth what il will fetch.
RI ligiOu will fetch solid happiness, aud
| the rurv will not. In MI your ops"rvn-
,ion did YOU ever find person thor.
Ougilv irlicita:ed bv uu inCruslment OF
t iowcls? As YOU know more Of Yourself
) lhan any one else, are you happier
row w"h "orldl aiornments aud sue
ceases tNa1 b3'Ore vOu won them? Does
ihe picture ,bst cost yon hundreds or
'hunsaDGs OF dollars on your wall bring
,Ou a. much aa'isiac!iou as the eugrav
/ '.'- tuCt tb tiIO tS POiloc w PO " do uilltS
upon The wall when YOU tifsl begau to
lkecphousf?
Do AL tho cutlery aud rare plate that
sitter on your extension dinlng table,
surrounded by llattering guests, con tain
more o! real nlias thaa tho plain ware
# ,out Iirsv tabl>, al which sat only two
| D'es wardrobe crowded with costly
attire give NON uOrc satisfaction than
| \ frat 1Stl l,nn ,.Nn OF c.,
lvo peg? Did not tho plain ring set on
til" tIjrd liuHcr of your lett hand on the
'"f q your bctrolhal give more gladness
than tho ruby thot is now enthroned on
the third liuger Of your right hand?
Ii in this journey Of lito we have
learned anything we have leaned that
this world neither with It's emolumenrs
pnr gas can satisfy the soul. Why,
t"ro como as many Witnesses 90 I wish
TO c. 10 tho stand to testify that be-
lore hlSh hea> On aud the world, in com .
panionship with Jesus Christ and q good
nope of heaven, they feel JOY that all
the resources Of their vocabulary iail 10
eXrrese. Sometimes 1t evidences itself
into eiacu'ations Of hosana, sometimes
III doXologN, sometimes IN tears, A
converted native OF India in letter
said, How L long for my bed, not That
l may .sieep-I lto awake often and long
ont TO hold sweet communion with my
God"
If 80 mighty is worldly joy that Jul
,us ii, hearing Lis armies were trlum-
rhant, eXpited, aud If Talya, hearing
that the IL ,mau Senate decreed him an
honor, and if Dionysius and Sophocies,
overcome OF Joy, expired, aud if q ship
wrecked purser, waiting on the coast o
Guinea in want and starvation at the
} SIGHT OF vcesel bringing relief, fell daat
rom shock of delight, is it any eurprisi
10 you That tho joys of pardon and hcay
5 cu rolling over the soul should some
@ times be almost too much for tho Christ
X an to endure and LIVE?
t An oged aunt SAID to me: "De witt
\ thee times l have tainted dead ava,
: under too great Christian Joy. Il wa
2 In all three cases at the holy commun
l lon." An eminent Christian man Will
III prayer sad: "SLop, Lord; canno
. bear any more eff this gladuess; it is to-
. much for mortal. Withhold! withhold,
= We have heard of poor workmen O
workingmen getting letter suddcnl
Il telling them that fortune had bee
II lett them, and how they were aim ost be
= ride themst Ives with glee, taking th,
q first ship to claim the estate. But, oh
what II is to wake up out OF the stuDDl
I of sinful life and through pardonlng
3 find that all our earthly eXistcnce will
bn Givincly managed for our best welfare
and that then all heaven will roll in up
J on the soul!
, Compared with that q spring morning
} i, stupid, an August sunset is lnaue, aud
, an aurora has no pillnred splend0r, and
Il diamond has no flash, and pearl no
light, and hcryl no aQuamarlne, and Il
ruby no ruddiness. My Gracious Lord!
NV glorious God! NV precious Christ!
Boil over on us few pillows Of that
rnDture. And row | ask you, as fair
mn'ded men and "Omen, accustomed to
make comparisons, Is not such Joy as
that worth more than anything one can
have in a ieweled casket? Was not Sol
onion right when he said, "Wis,Iom is
better than rubies!'
There Ia also something in the deep
Carmi"c Of the ruby that suggests the
sacrifice on which our whole system Of
religion depends. While the emerald
Su@gea'3 the meadows, an the sapphire
tie skies, and tho opal the sea, the ruby
suggests the blood of sacrifice. The
most emphatic and startling Of all colors
} hath the ruby. Solomon, the author OF
thy text, knew all about the sacrifice OF
lamb and dove on the altars of the tom
pie, and he knew the meaning of sacriG-
c!al blood, and what other precious stone
com he so we'll use to symbolic 1t as
the ruby. Red, intensely red, rod as the
} blood o. the greatest martyr of all time
-Jesus of the centuries! Drive the
, story OF tho cruci(ixion out OF the Bible
and the doctrine of the atonement out OF
our religion, aud there would be nothing
OF Christianity left fol our worship OF
cur admiration.
, Why should it be hard to adopt the
Bible theory that our redemption was
purchased by blood? What great bridge
ever sprung its arches; what temple ever
reared its towers; what nation ever
achieved it's independence; what mighty
good was ever dOno without sacrifice Of
life? The great wonder Of tho world
tho ridge that mites these two cities
cost tho lie Of the first architect. Ask
the shiDy0r6a Of Glaa0Oy and New vork