The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-05-05

| fortunes were innumerable- when he s-~s
| The hill OF Zion yields
| thouiard cred sweets
Before we reach the heavenly 6eils
| ": Walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abouni
Aud every tedr be dry
We are marching through Immauuel's ground
To fairer worlds on his.
II is prosperity that KILLS end trouble that
saves. While the Israelites were on the
marcn, amid great privations an / hardshins
they behaved well. After awhile they pravej
Ior meat, aud the sky darkened with a great
mock oi quails, and these quals fell In large
ms,nuies all about the n, aud the Israslites
alto and ate aul stuTed themselves until
they died. oh, my friends, II Is not harI-
ship or trial or starvation that iniures tho
soul, but abundant supply. 1t is not tho
xnuure OF trouble that eats up the Christians
lie II Is tho quails, 1t is tho gulils! You
VIII VI iini out that your midnight wrestlo
by tho brook JabboS IL with tho angel of
God, como down to bless and save.
Learn again that while our wrestling
with trouble may no triumphant we must ex-
poet that II viii lclvo its MARI upon us.
Jacob prevailed, but the angel touched him,
anu nus thigh bono sprlng from its socket
and the goo mlu wont Iimping on his way.
we must carry throu III this world the mark
OF tho combat. What p,ovAi thos> prema-
ture wrinkles in NoGc fncr! What w;ritpncI
Your hair before II was time for frostY What
silenced forever So much of the hiIarity OF
your househo'd2 Al. Il IL because the angel
of trouble hath tou ,hoI YOU that YOU 70
hmpinE on your way You need not be sur
nr'sei that those who havc passed through
th0 IRE DO not iccl as gay aS they once did.
Do not DO out OF patience with those who
come not ont OF their despondcncy They
may triumph over thoir lose and vet their
gait shall tell you that they have been trou ple
touched. Are we sto'cs that we can nm
moved, see our cradle final of tho bright
eyes and tho sweet lips2 Can we stand un-
moved and see our gardens OF earthly de
light uprooted? viii Jesus. who wept Him
sell. be angry with uS II we pour our tears
into tho gra"cs that open to swallow down
what we love best? Was Lazlru, more dear
70 Him than our beloved dead TO US? No.
we have Il right To weep. Our tears must
como. You shall not drive them back 10
scald the heart. They faI, into Go l.. bottle
Anlicted ones have died because they couli
not weep. Thank Col for the sweet. tho
mysterious relief that comes TO us in tears
Under this gentle rain the flowers OF corn
put forth their bloom. Col pity that drv
withered, parchod, all consuming griet that
wrings its hands and grin Is its teeth AMI
bites lis nails unto the quick, but canno.
weep! We may have fount the comrott of
the cross and yet ever after show that in the
dark night and by tho brook JabboS we were
trouble touched.
Again, we may take the idea OF the text
and announce the approach OF the day dawn
No one was ever more glad to SEQ the morn
ing than was Jacob after that night OF strlr-
gle. II is appropriate for phianthropisis
and Christians to cry out with this angel OF
the text, THE day hreakcth.' The world
prospects arc Frightening. Tho church OF
Christ Is rising up in It's strength to go forth
''Inir rs the moou. clear as tho sun and terri
bic rs an army with banners"
Clap your hands, all ye people, tho day
breaketh. The bigotries OF tho earth mr.,
perishtng. The time was when wo wer.
told that III We wanted to get TO heaven VIZ
must be Immersed or sprinkled, or We must
believe In the perseverance, OF the saints, OF
In falling away from grace, or n liturgy or
no liturgy, or they must be Calvinists or
Arminians In order to reach heaven. We
have all come to confess now that these ar.
nonessentials In religion.
During my vacation one summer / was In
Presbyterian audience, and II was Sacra-
mental day, and with grateful heart I re-
ceived the Holy Communion On the next
Sabbath l was In Methodist church and sat
at love feast. On the following S,bba,h
was In an Episcopal church and kn.it nj the
alter and received the consecratei bread. |
do not know which service | enjoyci the
most. "I believe in the communion OF saints
and In tho life everlasting" 'rho day
breaketh"
As look upon this audience I SOC many
who have passed through waves OF trouble
that came up higher than their girdlr. In
Gods name proclaim cessation OF hostilt-
ties. You shall not go away saddened an
broken-hearted. God will lift your burden.
God Will bring your dead to life. Col will
stanch the hearts bleeding. know Ho will
Like as n father pties his children 50 the
Lord pities you. The pains OF earth will
end. The tonIt will burst. Tho dea will
rise. The morning stnr trembles on a bright
cning sky. The gates of the east begin 10
swing open. The day breaketh
Luther and Melanchthon were talking TO.
gether gloomily about the prospects OF th.
church. They could sec no hopes OF deliver
ance. After awhile Luther got up AMI said
to Melanchthon Come, Philip, let us sin o.
the forty-sixth psalm OF David God "a our
refuge and strength, n very pleasant help IN
trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though
the earth be removed and though the mouG-
tains be carried into the miist OF the sea
though the waters thereof rorr AMI be- trou-
blcd though tho mountainY shake witt,
the swelling Thereof. Selah.'
Death 10 many, nay to NJ, Is struggle
and "a wrestle. Wo havn many frien is that
II wilt be hard TO leave. ] care not how
bright our future hope IL. IL is a bitter
thing TO look upon this fair world AMI know
that ve shall never gain sec its bio,so ming
spring, Its falling fruits, its sparkling
streams and To say farewell TO those with
whom We played In childhood or counseled
In manhood. In that night, like Jucoh wc
, may have to wrestle, but God will not Ioays
us unblessed. II shall not bc told In heaven
That dying soui cried unto Go for help
but was not delivered. The lattice my bs
'urhcd 10 keep out tho sun, or n book SIT 10
dim the light oi the midnight tapsr, or tho
room may bc illlci with the cries oi orphan
age and widowhooI J. or the church OF Christ
may mourn over our going. but 10 Jesus calls
all is well. The strong wrestling by tn.
brook will cease the hour OF deaths night
Will pass alonG-l O'Clock in the morning z
clock III the morning 4 o'clock Ia the
mornTg. The day brcaketb.
80 would have II when die. am in no
crudge asaina this world. The only fault
have To find with the worlI - that n treats
inc too we'll, Tut when the timo comes to go
thrust TO 10 r,ady, my worldly airlirs all
SETTLED Ill hIvs wroage o.her' 4 want
then 10 b' sur, OF thrir for siysnn.sss II
That its. wr''stiins, my arm enfcebis with
sickness an my hsil mint, I want Jesus be-
side me. IL Tiers be hands on this siIn o.
'a5 500 stretched! 60; 60 ha:i ii.s k.sz, {
want the heavenly hands str5tcIoI ont 10
draw mo IorwIrd. Then, % Jesus, heIp ms
oi and hclp mo W. Untearin :, un iouht-
in;, may step right oit into tho light an
bp abio TO ioos btc's TO my KIN ired an
trends wlo woul dctain ms nsr,, cxc.im-
ing "Lst rAe 10 Let as go. Ino day
breaketh"
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