Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-06-17

inscriptions on monuments ana I'm
tombstones- Well, many OF the lend
writings of God in our life are is.ie
ciPherable hieroglyphics; we can no,
understand them until we take up the
Rosetta stone of divine inspiration, and
the explanation all comes out. and the
mysteries all vanish, and what was be
lore beyond our understanding now is
pam In It's meaning, as we read, "All
things work together for good to those
VINO love God" So we decipher the
hierogiyphics- Oh, my friends, have
you ever calculated what trouble did
Tor David? 1t made him the sacred
minstrel for ali ages What did
trouble do for Joseph? Made him the
keeper of the corncribs of Epypt.
What did IL do for Paul? Made him the
great apostle to the Gentiles. What did
1T do for Samuel Rutherford Made
his invalidism more illustrious than
robust health? What did It do for
Richard Baxter? Gave him ca.
pacity to write of the Saints Ever.
lasting Rest" What did it do for John
Bunyan? Showed him, the shining
gates of the city. What has it done for
you? Since the loss of that child your
spirit has been purer. Since the loss
OF that property, you have found out
that earthly investments are insecure.
Since you lost your health, you feel rs
never before rapt anticipation OF
eternal release. Trouble has humbled
you, has enlarged you, has multiplied
your resources, has equipped you. has
loosened your grasp from the world
and frightened your grip on the next.
OH bless God for the east vrind. II has
driven you into the harhor of Gods
sympathy.
Nothing like trouble to show us that
this world is an insucient portion. Ho.
garth was about done with life. and he
wanted to paint the end of all things.
He put on canvass shattered bottle a
cracked bell, an unstrung harp, a sign.
board OF n tavern called ''The Worlds
End" falling down, n shipwreck, the
horses of Phoebus lying dead in the
clouds, the moon in her last quarter.
and the world on fire. Zone thing
more" said Hogarth, and my picture is
done" Then he added the broken pal.
ate of painter. Then he died. But
trouble, with hand mightier and more
skillful than Hogarth's, pictures the
falling, falling moldering, lying world.
And we want something permanent To
lay hold of, and we grasp with both
hands after God and say: 1.-The Lord is
my light, the Lord is my love, the
Lord Is my fortress, the Lord is nv
sacrifice, the Lord is my God"
Bless God for your trials. Oh. nv
Christian friend keep your spirits up
by the power of Christ's Gospel. Do
not surrender. Do you not know that
when you give up others will give upp
You have courage and others will have
courage. The Romans went into the
battle, and by some accident there was
an inclination of the standard. The
standard upright meant forward march.
the inclination of the standard meant
surrender. Through the negligence of
the man who carried the standard. and
the inclination of it, the army surren-
dered. Oh! let US keep the standard
up, whether IT be blown down by tn ,
east wind, or the north wind. or the
south wind. No inclination to sur
render. Forward into the conflict.
mere Is near Bombay tree that
they call the ''sorrowing tree" the pe-
cularity OF which is it never puts forth
any bloom IN the daytime, but in the
night puts out all its bloom and all its
redolence. And have to tell Won that
though Christian character puts forth
its sweetest blossoms In the darkness
OF sickness, the darkness of financial
distress, the darkness of bereavement.
the darkness of death, weeping NAV
endure for night, but JOY cometh in
the morning" Across the harsh dis.
cords OF this world rolls the music OF
the skles-music that breaks from the
lips, music that breaks from the harms
and rustles from the palms, music like
1alllng water over rocks. musio
like wandering winds among leaves.
music like carolling birds among
forests, music like ocean bill
lows storming the Atlantic beach,
They shall hunger no more, neither
thirst any more, neither shall the SIM
hight on them nor any heat; for the
Lamb which is in the midst of ths
throne shall lead them TO living fount-
ans OF water, and God shall wipe ayav
all tears from their eyes" / see n o,reat
CHRISTIAN heet approaching the harbor.
some OF the ships come in with sails
rent ana bulwarks knocked away. but
Sull ailoat. Nearer and nearer the
shining shore Nearer and nearer eter.
nal anchorage. Haul away, nv ladsl
Some of the ships had mighty ton.
mage, and others were shallops easily
lifted OF the wind and wave. Some
were men-of-war and armed of the
thunders of Christian battle, and 9th.
ers were unpretending tugs taking 9th.
ers through the "Narrows," and soma
were coasters that never ventured ont
into the deep seas of Christian experi.
ence; but they are all coming neare,
the wharf-brigantine, galleon. line.
of-battle ship, long boat, pinnace. war.
trigate-and as they come into the ban
Dor find that they are driven bv tn.
long, loud. terrific blast of the east
wind. 1t is through much tribulation
that you are TO enter into the kingdom
of God.
You have blessed God for the north
wind and blessed Him for the soutL
wind, and blessed him for the west
wind; can you not in the light of tbi,
subject bless Him for the east wind2
Nearer, my God 10 Thee.
Nearer to Thee,
Zen though IL be a cross
That raiseth me.