The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-10-27

so full or JOY tnat tlle HUNS 1SoP 49,"
dance from my PEN" wish we might
all exult melodiously before the Lord. !,
With God for our Father, and Christ ~
for DIR Savior, and heaven for our =,
home. and angels for future compan- :
ions. and eternity for lifetime, we ~
should strike all the notes of JOY. TO- r
my through the wilderness OF this =
world let us remember that we are on =
the way to the summary cline OF hea' I
ven, and from the migratory popula- G
tons flying through this autumnal air r
learn always to keep singing. :
Children Of the heavenly King, -,
AS We journey, sweetly sing,
Sing your Savior's worthy praise,
Glorious in his works and ways. ,
Ye are travelling home to God,
in the way your fathers trod
They are happy now, and we
Soon their happiness shall see'
1'hp church of God never Will be a
tr;umphant church until 1t becomes
singing church: 49,, -
0 oo further. and remark that the
birds of the air are wiser than we; III
the fact that in their migration they
fly very high. During the summer
when they are in the fields. they o1'eu
come within reach of the gun, pu'
when they start for their annual n'gn'
southwark, they take their places MD
heaven and go straight as a mark; Inc
longest rife that was ever brought 10
shoulder can not reach them. Would
To God that we were as wise as the
tork md crane in our flight heaven
ward. We fly SO low that we ore with
In easy range Of tho world the hesh
md the devil. We are brought down
by temptations that ought not to come
within mile of reaching u.s. on, Tor
some of the faith of George Miller OF
England, and Elfred Goodman once OF
the church militant. now OF the
church triumphant! So poor is the
) type of piety in the church OF 200
now. that men actually caricatnre the
idea that there is any such thing as Il
o higher life. Moles never did believe in
j.. eagles. But, my brethren, because
we have not reached these heights
9 ourselves, shall we deride the fact that
q there are any such heights? A man
!; was once talking to Brunei, the famous
engineer; about the length Of the rail-
y road from London to Bristol, Tbs en-
gineer said, at is not very great. we
n Shall have, after a while, steamer
n running from England to New Y"'e'
N They laughed him to scorn; but W.
u have gone so far now that we: hav'
p ceased to laugh at anything as impos
re sible for the lord? | do not bellev
le that God exhausted all his grac
IL, in Paul, and Latimer and Ed~ar
+" pavson, / believe there ar
IN higher points of Christian attainmen
he to be reached in the future ages OF tn
OF Christian world. You tell me tha
'ss Paul went up to the tiptop OF the All
or Of Christian attainment. Then l te
ne YOU that the stork and crane have foun
IRE above the Alps plenty OF room Tor 1re
"A flying. We 60 out and we conquer OF
CO. temptations by the grace OF God, an
he lie down. On the morrow, tho
hg temptations rally themselves and a
lat tack us, and by the grace OF GOD v
IN defeat them again. but, saying all u
for time in the old encampment, we ha
the the same old battles to fight ove
eet Why not whip out our temptation
the and then forward march, making O
elt- raid through the enemys count'
a stopping not until we bre
'er. ranks after the last victory. l
but nv brethren, let us have some nove]
at of combat, at any rate, by char
'nts ing. by going on, by making adVan
IN ment, trading off our stale pray
fter abo.t sins we ought to have quit 10
will ago, going on toward higher state
'ent Christian character, and routing
UNI sins that we have never thought OF
Fly The fact is, if the church OF God-l1
ans! as individuals, made rapid advan
and ment in the Christian life, these ster
han typed prayers we have been max
see for ten or fifteen years would be as
may appropriate to us as the shoes, and
the hats, and the coats we wore ter
tork fifteen wears ago, Oh for a hig
nted FIGHT in the Christian life, the st
rane and the crane in their migration tea
OF ing us the lesson!
not Dear Lord, and shall we ever live,
At this poor dying rate
me, Our love SO faint, SO cold to thee'
idea And thine to tbs SO great
IS of Again, l remark that the bird
men. the air are wiser than we, because
and know when to start. If you shonl'
with out now and shout, "Stop, storks
uder- cranes, don't be in hurry" they w
,nual saw, mo, we can not stop; last n
Il rs we heard the roaring in the W
and bidding us away, and the shrili
sing Of the north wind has sounded the
over treat. We must go. We must
upper So they gather themselves into col
notes MES, and turning not aside for s.
N. | or mountain top, or shock of musk
tv to over land and sea, straight as an a
Jour to the mark they 60. And ifyon
into out this morning with sack OF
4 we and throw it in the fields and Il
Chris get them to stop, they are now Sc
rk, I M they would hardly see it. The
aking on their way south. You could not
~, NJ +ho4 1ya were as wise