The New South., 1894-11-10

With God tor onr Father. aud chrlst
for our Natiour. and Heaven for our
hoIne. and angels for future eoInpan-
ions, and eternity for lifetime. we
should strike ali the notes Of joy. Co
Ing though the wilderness of this
world. let us remember that we are on
the way 70 the summery cline of IIcav.
en-. and from the migratory populations
flying through this antumnai air learn
always 20 keep singing.
chiidren u tbs hcsseniy King
Asse Journey. swcetiy sing
sns s0nr Hsvlours worthy praise.
Glorious 10 His wvfss and ways.
Ye arc travelling home 70 God,
IN the way yOur fathers uod
They are happy now and W
soon their happiness shall zee
The church Of God never will be n
triumphant church until II becomes u
singing church.
] 20 further, and remark that the
birds Of the air are wiser than we, in
the fact that 10 their migration thoy
NY very high. During the summer,
when they arc in the fields, they often
come within reach Of the gun; hut
when they start for the annual fight
southward they take their places mid
heaven and 60 straight as mark.
The longest rifle that was ever
brought 70 shoulder could not reach
them. Would 70 God that we
were as wise as the stork and
crane Ia their flight heavenward. We
fly 50 low that we are within easy
% "A a an.
devil. We are brought down by
temptations that ought not TO come
within mile Of reaching u.s. Oh. for
somc Of the faith of G.orgc Muller, Of
England. and Alfred Goodman, once of
the church militant. now Of the church
triumphant SO poor Is the type Of
piety In the church Of God now that
mon actually cnricature the idea that
there Is any such thing as higher life.
m9lcs never did believe in eagles. Hut.
my brethren. because we have not
reached these heights ourselves shall
we derihe the fact that there are
any such bcightsg A man was
once talking TO Brunei, the famous
engineer, about the length Of the rail-
road from London TO Bristol. The en-
gineer said; 1T IL not very great. We
shall have, after awhile. n stenmer run
ming from London 10 New York" They
laughed him 10 scOrn; bat we have
gone 80 far now that we have ceased 10
laugh OF anything impossible for hui
man achievement Then. | ask, is any
thing impossible for the Lord? / do not
believe that God exhausted all His
grace In Paul, aud Latimer and Ed
ward pnyson. believe thore are high.
or points of Christian attainment to be
reached la the future ages OF the
Christian world. You tell me that
Paul went up 10 the tiptop Of
the Alps of Christian attainment. Then
] tell you that the stork and crane have
found above the Alps plenty OF room
for free flying. We go out and we con.
qner our temptations by the grace Of
God and lie down. ON the morrow
those temptations rally thcshsclves and
attack rs. and by the grace Of God we
defeat them again; but. staying all the
time In the old encampment, we have
the same old battles 60 fight over.
Why not whip out our temptations, and |
lhcn forward march. making one raid |
through the encmy's country. stopping
not until We break ranks after the last
victory. DO, my brethren. let us have
some novelty OF combat. at any rate,
by changing, by going on, by making
advancement. traning of our stale
prayers about sins we ought 20 have |
luit long ago. going on toward |
, higher state OF Christian char |
aoter, and routing our sins that |
we have never thought OF yet. |
The fact Is. II the church of God. |
4 we. aS individuals. made rapid ad- |
in the Christian life, these /
,tereotycd prayers we have been maxi
ing for ten or fifteen years would be
inappropriate to us Ms the shoes and |
The hats, and the coats we wore ten or |
fifteen years ago. oh, for higher i
flight In the Christian life. the storls
and the crane in their migration teach
ing MS ,hc lessonl
Dear Lord. and shah We ever live.
AZ this poor dying rate
Our love 80 faint. 30 cold TO Thee
And Thine 10 US SO grcatl
Again, remark. that the birds Of
the air are wiser than we. because |
they know when to start III YOU i
should 90 out now and shout: "Stop |
storls and cranes, don't be In a /
hurryw they would say; "No, we can
not stop; last night we heard the roar
ing Ia the woods bidding us away, and I
the shrill flute of the north wind has
sounded the retreat We must no. |
We must CO. so they gather them. |
selves into companies. and turning
not aside for storm or mountain |
top, or shock of muslSetry. over land |
aud sea, straight AS an arrow 20 tho |
mark they go. And IL you come out
this morning with sack os corn and |
throw II in the fields and try 10 get
them 70 stop, they are so far up they |
would hardly see it. Theya arc on their /
way to the south. You could not stop
them. Oh, that we were as wise about /
the best time TO start for God and |
Heaven. We say; wait until II Is |
. little later IN the season OF mercy.
Wait until some of these green |
leaves Of hope are all dried up aud
have been scattered. Wait until next |
year After awhile we start, and il il /
too late, and we perish in the way
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