Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-04-22

whether you will DO able - s-ct out of
It, Ii the world does not expose you,
you will tell il yourself There is an
awful power in an aroused co.sciencs.
A highwayman plunged out upon
Whiteheld as he rode along upon horse
back, sack of money upon the
horse-money that he had raised
for orphan asylums, and the high.
wayman put his hand upon the gold
and Whitefeld turned to him and said:
Touch that il you dare-that belongs
TO the Lord Jesus Christ" And the
ruifian Sunk into the forest. Con-
science. Conscience. The ruffiau had
pistol, but Whitefield shook at him
the finger of doom. Do not think Won
can hide any great and protracted sin
in your heart, my brother. In an uu-
guarded moment it will slip off the lip,
or some slight action may for the mo-
ment set ajar this door that you wanted
TO keep closed. But suppose that
in this life you hide it, and you get
along with this transgression burning
in your heart. as "A ship on fire within
for days hinders the flames from burst,
ing out by keeping down the matches,
yet at last, in the judgment that iniqu-
ity will blaze out before God and the
universe.
Learn also from this subject that
there Is an insepara BILE connection be-
tween all events, however remote The
universe is only one thought of God.
Those things which seem fragmentary
and isolated are only different parts of
that great thought. How far apart
seemed these two events-Joseph to the
Arabian merchant and his rulership of
Egypt, yet You see in what "a myster-
ious wa God connects the two into one
plan. SO the events are linked together
You who are aged men look back and
group together "A thousand things in
your life that once seemed isolated.
One undivided chain Of events reaches
from the Garden of Eden to the Cross
OF Calvary, and thus up to the kingdom
OF Heaven. There il IA relation between
the smallest insect that huns in the
summer air and the archangel on his
throne. God can trace direct ances-
trial line from the blue jay that this
spring will build it's nest in the tree
behind the house to some one of the
flock of birds which, when Noah hoist
ed the ark'S window. with "A whirr and
dash of bright wings went out to
sing over Mt Ararat. The tulips that
bloom in the garden this spring were
nursed by the suowhalSes. The furthcst
star on one side of the universe
could not look toward the furthest
side of the universe and say: You are
a. "a to g., 81. 1.
orb voice of light would ring across
the Heavens responding, Yes, yes, we
are sisters" Nothing in Gods uni
verse swings at loose ends. Accidents
are only Gods way of turning leaf in
the book of His eternal DEGREES. From
our cradle to our grave there is n path
all marked out. Each event in our
life is connected with every other
event in our life. Our losses NAV he
the most direct road TO our rain.
Our defeat and our victory are twin
brothers. The whole direction on
your life was changed by some.
thing which at the time seemed 10
You trifling, while some occurrence
which seemed tremendous affected
you but little. Gods plans are mag.
niticcnt beyond comprehension. lie
molds rs, and turns and directs us. and
we know Il not. Thousands of years
are TO Him as the fight of a shuttle
The most terrific occurrence does not
make God trcmble. The most triumph.
ant achievement does not lift Him into
rapture. That one great thought OF
God goes out through the centuries
and nations rise and fall, and eras pass
and the world changes but God still
keeps the undivided mastery, linking
event to event and century to century.
To God they are all one event, one
history, one plan, one development, one
system. Great and marvellous are thy
works, Lord God Almighty! wa,
years ago in New Orleans at the exposi.
ton rooms, when Telegram was sent
to the president of tho United State,
at Washington, and we waited some
10 or 20 minutes and then the prest
dents answer came back, and then the
presiding officer waved his haudlcr
chief and the signal waa sent to Wash
ington that we were ready
to have the machinery of tn,
exposition started, and the presi
dent put his finger on the electri,
button, and instantly the great Corlisi
wheel began to move-rumblinp, rum
bling, rolling. rolling. II was Over,
widening, and $1,000 people clapped
and shouted. Just one finger at Wash
ingtOn started that vast machinery
hundreds, and hundreds of miles awav
and | thought then as | think now
that men sometimes touch influences
that respond in the far distance. ~
years from now, 80 years from now,
LOCO years from now 900. 900 YEAR
from now-onc touch sounding through
the ages.
We also learn from this story the pro
priety of laying up for the future
During the seven years of plent,
Joseph prepared for the famine, ant
when it came he had Il crowded store
house The life of most men in
worldly respect is divided into year
of plenty and famine. It is seldom
that any man passes through life with
out at least seven years of plenty
During those seven years your bust
ness bears "a rich harvest. Yol
scarcely know where all the none,
comes from, it comes 50 fast Ev
cry bargain you make seems to turf
into gold You contract a few bat
debts. You IRE astonished with iaror
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