Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-10-24

not break out through this web, ana
| they keep on spinning the gossamer
threads until they get the mouth OF the
cavern covered over. Now" they say
"the lions done, the lions done" After
awhile the lion awakes and shakes him
self, and he walks out from the cavern.
never knowing there were any spiders'
webs, and with his voice he shakes me
mountain. Let the inhdels ana me
sceptics Of this day 60 on spinning
their webs, spinning their infidel Cos
samer theories, spinning them all over
the place where Christ seems TO Do
sleeping. They say: "Christ can never
again come out; the work is done; he
can never get through this logical web
we have been spinning" The day Will
come when the lion Of Judah's tribe
will rouse himself and come forth ana
shake nightly the nations What
then all your gossamer threads? What
Is spiders web to an aroused lionY 10
not fret, then, about the world . going
backward. It is going forward.
You stand on the banks of the sea
when the tide is rising. The almanac
saws the tide is rising, but the waves
comes up to certain point, and then
Il rccedes. "Why" you say, "the tide
ia going back.n No It is not. The next
wave comes up q little higher, and II
goes back. Again YOU say the tide Is
going out. And next time the wave
comes to higher point, and then to
higher point. Notwithstanding all
these recessions, at last all the ship
ping OF the world knows it is high tide,
So It ID with the cause Of Christ in the
world, One year it comes up to one
point, and we are greatly encouraged.
Then 1t seems to go back next year.
We say the tide is going out. Next
wear it comes to q higher point and
falls back, and next year it comes to .
still higher point and falls back; but
all the time it Is advancing. until it
shall be full tide, land tho earth shall
be full of the knowledge Of God as the
waters fill the sea.
t, Again, learn from this subject thai
Christ is God and man in the Same
person. ! go into the back part OF thai
boat and look on Christ's sleeping
face, and see in that face the story OF
sorrow and WEAKNESS, and q deeper
shadow comes over His face, and
think He must be dreaming OF the
cross that Is to come AS STAND on
the back part OF the boat looking on
His face, l say: HE ID mani ne ID
mani! But when'l see HIN come 70
the prov OF the boat, ana tne sea knseis
in His presence, and tnc WINDS ioio
their wings az his command, say.
HE is God! he Is todI Ine mana
that set up tho starry pillars OF the
universe wiping away the tears OF an
orphanl When want pity ana sym
pathy, go into the back part OF TINS
boat, and look AZ HIM. ana say;
20, Lord Jesus, thou weary one, tnou
suffering One, have mercy on me-"
"Ecce homo!" Behold the mani bus
when l want courage Tor tho conniot
OF life, when l want some ono 70 peat
down my enemies, when l want faith
for the great future, then come 70
the front OF the boat, and see Christ
standing there in all bis omnipotence,
and | say: 70, Christ, thou VINO couidst
hush the storm, can hush al my sor-
rows, all my temptations, az my fears.
"Ecce Deus!' Behold the God!
learn also from this subject that
Christ can hush the tempest. Some OF
you, my hearers, have heavy load
OF troubles. Some OF you have wept
until you can weep no more. Perhsps
God took the sweetest child out of
your house-the one that asked the
most curious questions-the one that
hung around You with the greatest
fondness The grave-digger's spade cut
down through your bleeding heart. Or
perhaps 1t was the only one that you
had, and your soul has ever since
been like desolated castle, where the
birds Of the night boot amid the
falling towers and along the crum-
bling stairway. Or perhaps Il was
an aged mother that was car
ried away. You used to send for
her when you had any kind OF trouble.
She was in your house to welcome
your children into life, and when they
died she was there to pity you. You
know that the old hand will never do
anv more kindness for Won and the