The Baptist headlight., 1894-08-01
Lessons of a Laugh.

sslast sssn4ayt being taken from Psalm cxxvi
!. III ..Then was our mouth filled Will
,rbter. and Psalm ii, 4, HE tha
s.e s.teeth in the heavens Shall laugh
m rTTfbirty-eight times does the Bible
-dra reference to this cOnfguratiOn 81
Ra IsAl FEATURES and quick expulsion b
s.ooth III which we call laughter. Some.
,iras aaai Il is born of the sunshine and
l,ametimes the midnight. Sometimes
|. stirs the sympathies Of angels, and
,a.metimes the cacninnatiOn Of devils.
Ip III healthy PEOPLE laugh. Whether
Il anleases the Lord or displeases Him.
sat M depends upon when We laugh and
@That we laugh. MY theme TODAY
sthe laughter Of the Bible namely.
ssrahs laugh, or that of skepticism:
myid s laugh, or that Of spiritual cx-
.itstion; the FOOLS laugh. or that of
anfnl merriment; Gods laugh, or that
Il infinite condemnation; heavens
surh, or that Of eternal triumph.
Sarahs Mistaken Laugh.
Scene, an oriental tent: the occu-
ants old Abraham and Sarah. Der
s@ wrinkled and decrepit. Their
hfee guests are three angels-the
rd Almighty one Of them. In re-
1 nrn for the hospitality shown bv the
4 ID peop God promises Sarah that She
hall become the ancestress OF the
Lord Jesus Christ Sarah laughs III
he face OF God. She does not believe
NJ She is atfrighted at what She has
ane She denies it. She saws, "T
| fint laugh" Then God retorted WITH
nenphasis that silenced all disnnta-
Ion, But thou didst Iaugh.n Mv
trends, the laugh Of skeptlcism. in u
gss, Is only the echo Of Sarah's laugh
E. God SAYS He Will accomplish y
hing, and men say it cannot be done
Ageat multitude laugh at the mir
Ess They say they ate contrary ~
he laws Of nature. What is q law IF |
aiure. It is Gods way Of doing 4 /
hing. You ordinarily cross q riyer at
Eierry' tomorrow you change for
@day, and you 60 across another
sry You male the rule. Have von
mthe right to change it? You or
Aaly come in at that door Of The
arch. Suppose that next Sabbath
RshOuld come in at the other door,
lisa habit you have. Have YOU not
nsht 70 change your habit? "A law
AZURE IS Gods habit -His way Of
.mg things. If He makes tie law,
She not the right to change it at
PUNE tie wants to change it? Alas,
rtbe folly Of those VINO laugh at God
SEn tie says, III will do d thinpn
Fresponding, "You can't do ifn
says that the Bib is true-it II
rae. Bishop Colenso laughs: Her-
spencer laughs; Stuart Mill
sasi great German universities
a Harvard laughs softly IN
" many Of the learned Institutions. J
alOng rows OF professors seated III ,
Fence between Christianity and in
Sat laugh"
laughing ct Bible Truths.
lls' was Sarah's trick. God thun- t
IRON the heavens. "But thou didst a
Sl TSn The garden Of Eden was only |
M as1 u ihere never was any ark y
NJ NJ q Il It was built it was too small
sSass ~ 1vo Of every kind. The pillar d
,s,s ns " night was only the northern Y
siI;s.. MINI ne Ten plaques Of Egypt only a
sauaal !, aa specimen Of iuggIery. The Il
\ \. afsed because the Wind blew II
yssa sas great while from one di- "
M sl " me sun and moon did not n
oShna na1lselves out of the way for Il
MN, W. sacob's ladder was only hori- o,
sStpor au picturesque clouds. The v,
Fosna III angel shifting the tirstborn q
WAX ssn was only cholera infantlm 81
lsI ' Il epldemic. The gullet ot the tt
g snag positive measurement. was al
\ salaa w to swallow d prophet. the
II Il 4 'le aD immaculate conception a
NJ Il 4 OIL .decency. The lame, the ",
\ baa bao pllnd, the halt, cured by M
IN il'an surgery. The resurrec- ~
espo o15lsts 1ni friend only beautiful 4.
Issts lsirist and Lazarus and Mary A'
I rioas oaa acting their part we'll. III
II trends, there il not 4 doctrine II. ors III
beena bas so u Gods holy word that has eed
lav II aerlded by the skepticism Of hi
" III, take UP this book OF King nit
Bible blIsianon. slnlo | consider it per az
II toax out here are skeptics who on
BIN hIotn 70 pieces. And now. with 4 !
Iosa n - y my hand. let me tear out ~
Il da, porslons which the skepticism th.
shssno NY demands shall be torn out. ID;
ona 49, i 20 hrst? well" saws ter
at III y NE audience, take out re,
frst lhe creation ana about /
poas SGe,tlelnent : Of the world h rrt
1takao koenesls. Nov, I" says some fra
aIonse out all that about the ths
III Il sulaance Of the children Of liol
Il 'ne ne wilderness n Awav roes hor
vow, says some one else i'll He
r0nonr 1uere are things IN ter
b rans | and Kings that are not lin
he @u R;s Away 60 Deuteronomy no
the hoes. hs. NOW" saws some my
u con, Oook Of Job Is a fable that sou
II Job Jbe cut" Away goes the no,
Dassoo.o oM' says some one, not
Fbiasss in the New Testa- pay
ouehtl oh imply the divinity of Jesus Pec
sapoaI;Io I V come OUT Away 90 mo-
the s'fasos. heos. Now SAYS some sud,
tero,.o, oook Of Revelation-how ia
le ma III H represents a man tral
Is,o.s oon under his feet and 4 ano
ok " 10 his hand" Awav roes will
ew u Revelation. Nav there tetI