The Penn's Grove record., 1896-12-18
NUMBER %.

Well, the day came for Hin to start. The
lords OF tie land came to soc Hin of. All
who could sing Joined In the parting song,
which shook the hills ana woke d pthe shep-
herds. Tho lrst few nights Ha has ben
sleeping with the hostiers and the camel
drivers, for 20 one Knew there was q
King In town. He wont anong the
doctors of the law, ostpnndtnF then,
for without any DEBTORS gown He
kDeNw more law tn an euy doetors He ffshed
With tie hshermen. He spots " III Ills own
hammer In the carpentetis chop. Hs ale
raw corn entOf the npld. 3 He fried fish on
thetbRnks OF Gennesaret. He was howled at
by crazy people in the tombs. He was
spiashsd o. the sarf Of the sea. A "a grim
without any pillow. A Aick m1n without
anv m~edieament. A mourner wish no SYM
pathetic bosom in which He rodId pour His
tears Disguiee complete. 1 know that oe-
easipnaily His divine loyalty flashed out as
when In the storm on G iiilee, as in tbs red
wine 3 the Welding banquet, rs
when he freed the shackfod de-
moniac OF Gadara, az when He turned
"a whole school Of fish into the net
Of the discouraged boatman, as when He
throbbed life into the shriyelsd arm Of the
paralytic, but for the part He was in
disguise. No one saw the Kings jewel, in
His sandal. No ono saw the royal robe in HIS
plain coat. No one knew that that shelters
less Christ ownei all the mansions in
which the hierarchs of heaven had their hHb-
~itation- None knew that that hungered
Christ owned all the ollyerroves and all the
harFests which shook their gold on the nils
Of Palestine. No one knew that He who said
II thirst" poured the Enphraies out Of His
own chalice. No one knew that the ocean
lay IN the pain OF His hand like a dewdrop
In the vase OF a lily. No one knew that tho
stars and moons and suns and ealaxfes and
conetellatiops that marched on age :tsster age
were, as compared with His lifetime, the
sparkle OF a FREELY IN a sumfner night. No
one knew that the sun in midheaven was
only the shadow Of His throne. No Que knew
that His crown OF nniverat dominion was
covered up with a bunch Of thorns. Onnip-
otence sheath in g human body. 0mnis-
cience hidden in a human eyc. Infinite love
beating in a human heart. Everlasting har-
monies snbdued into n human voice. Roy
atty en- masque. GrRndeurs Of heaven In
earthly Disguise.
My subject also impresses mo with how,
people put on masks and how the LordtearJ
them of. 1t was q terrible moment in the
history Of this woman OF Tirzih when the
prophet nccosted her, practically saying: 81
know who you are. You cannot cheat me.
You eannot impose upon me. Why feignest
thou thyself to be anotler2' She had a
right 10 ask for the restoration OF her son;
she had no right to practice that fa,seaood.
1t is navsr right to do wrong. Sometimes
you may be able to conceal an affair. Ii Is
not necessary to tell everything. There Is q
natural pressure to the lips which seems to
indicate that silence sometimes is right, but
for double dealing. for moral shufling, for
counterfeit and for sham God has nothing
but anhthsina and exposure. He will tear
on the lie He will rip up the empirlclsm.
He wilt scatter the amhuscade. There are
people who are lust ready TO be dupe3.
They seem to be waiting TO be deceived.
They believe in ghosts. They saw one
themselves ence. They heard something
strange in an! unihhahfted house. Going
along the road one nighf, some hing sp-
preached them in white and crossed the
road. They would think 1t very disastrous
to count this number OF carriages Mt q
mineral. They heard In a neighb5r's house
something that portenied death in the
family. They say II is a sure Sign Of evil IL
d bat fly into the room on a sunimer night
or they see the moon over the left shoulder.
They would not for the world undertake
any enterprise on Friday, forgeiful of the
the Sprica4hey will see tkat Friday has been
I,dnEfe nay In all the history OF
AZ near "a I can tell, looking over the cal
1andar Of the worlds history, more grand,
bright, beautiful thi1gs have hanpened on
Friday than any other day OF the week.
They would not begin anything on Frflay.
They would not for the world go bnnk to the
house for anything after they had once
started. Such people are ready to be duyed,
Ignorance comes alonS. psrhaps In the dis
guiss Of medical aeIencs, aud carries them
captive, for there are aiSays some men who
have found some strange and mysterious
weed In some strange place and piuckei i It In
the meoushine, and then Trey cover he board
fences with the advertisements OF ~.selixir''
and -panaeeas" and A.indiau mixturas'' and
nineifable cataplasnis1 an Z nunfaiilnp dis
tnfect ants and s1ighiDing saves and
ninstantaneous ointmenfs. enough to stnn
md unnr4fv out nauIffnal q N u E5tlIh nfF tta
race. They are all ready TO bewroueht upon
by such impossttons. All, my friends. do NOT
be among such dupesl Do not act the part
pf such persons as / have been describing.
Stand back from ali ehicauerv, from all I'm
position. They who practice such imposition
shall. be exposed in the day Of Gods In iig-
nation. They may rear great fortunes. hut
their dappIe grays will be arrested on the
road some day. as was the asa by the ANGEL
Of God with drawn sword. The light. o the
last day Will shine through en- sach sub,er-
Jagss and with a votes louder than that
which eccosted this imposition OF the tex.;
"Oome ia, thou wife 81 Jsroboam. Why
feignest thou tbyself TO be anOther2'' With
o voice ionder than that God viii thunder
down into midnight darRnsss and doom and
death alltWo faced men, and all ehnrlatans,
and all kraves, and all Jockeys, aud all
swindisrs. Behold hosg the peopfe put on
the masks, and behold how the Lord tears
them on
/ am no fataiist. but I should bs eonolots.
" wrefched II / did NOT feel that all the NE
fairs OF my life are in Eo4As hand and all
that pertains to me and Minis, just as GER
tainiY as all 1.-THE affairs oflhis woman or the
ten, rs this ehiid Of the text, us this sing OF
the iext, were In Gods hani. You may ask
me q hupdred questions l cannot answer,
but | shall uptilt the day of my death heliev5
that | an under the unerring caro- OF God,
and the heavens la fall, and The world
49, ua4 kAA a. a.. .nt
and eternal ages mayrol. but not q hair shall
fall from my head, not a shtdow shall drop on
pyipath. not q sorrow shall transiix my heart
without being .dIvineiy arrangea-arranRed
VI living, sympathetic Father. He bottles
our tears, He catches cur sorrows, and to
the orphan he VIII be a Father, and to the
widow He wiitbea husband, and to the out.
cast He Will be a home, aud to the most mis-
cradle wretch that tbis day 3crawls up out of
The ditch OF hts abomination crying for
nercy He win be an all p~asstoning God. The
rocks shalitnrR gray with age. and the tor
esfs shsll be nnmoored Ia the last hurricane,
and the sun shailshHt its fiery eyslid, aud the
s~ontinents shall go down like anchors In
the deep. and The ocean shall hAave its last
gro&p and lash itsel with expiring agony,
and she world shalt wrap Itself Ia d winding
shoot Of lame and leap ON tho funeral pYre
81 tho Judgment day; bat Gods love shall
not die Il viii kinIie its suns aitsr ali
other lights have gone out. IL Mil be a
billowy ssa after the last ocean has swept it.
self awaYs 1t viii warm itself by the fire OF
3 consuming world. 1t will sing while tho
hrchangefs trumpet Is pegliAa forth and the
air IL Oiled with the crnsh Of broken sepul-
cheers and the rush OF The wings ofthe rising
eeAd. Oh, may God cemiori all this people
with this Christian sentiRncntl
In failyoai building across sandy
desefts the French engineers are be.
ginhing TO etsploy IRON ties.
The sYAapta, q wAtar Insect, Is