Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-11-05
exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour to give

Again. l remark. in grace as in the field.
tnero must be a sowing. In the atunna
weather YOU f1ni the farmer going across
the field a. a stride, OF about twenry-three
inches, and at everv stride he puts his han,
into the sack OF grain and he sprinkies the
seed-corn over the field. It looks silly TO a i.
MAJ who does not NOW what ne is doing.
he IS doing n very important work. He Is
scattering the winter grain. and though thu
snow may come. the next year there Will be
a great crop. Now. tina. is what we ara do
ing when we are preaching the Gospel we
are scattering the seed. It is the fooiishness
OF preaching, but 1t IS the winter grain; and
though the SHOWS OF worlliiness nav como
down upon it. il will yield after awhile ciori-
GUS harvest. Let u be sure we SOW the
right kind o. seed. Sow mullen stalk and
mullen stalk will c6ne Up, Sow Canada
t~iistlp= ami Canaia t15sties will come uo.
Sow wheat and wheat Will come up. Let US
distinguish between tcith anil error. Let
Us know the i,ifsraace b..vsen wheat AMI
he lebore. cat and henba1e.
Again, / renark. in grace rs in the farm
there must he y harro wing. / refer now not
TO a harrow thar goes over tbs field in order
10 prepare the grouni for the sect, but 4 har-
row which goes over ater the saai ia s1wn.
lest the bir!s pick NJ the seed. sinking 1t
DIVA into the earth 81 that il car take root.
| You know d harrow. j is nal, Of bars OF
WOO natle / across e9.l other. and the un-
derside OF each bar j. furnished with sharp
ibPlD, an / the nDrS@S ere nfCcnel To II, II
goes tearing AMI letp.ng across the fed,
driving tha aael doya INTO the earth until il
SPRINGS up in tho harvest. B-reavenent,
sorrow. persecution ar. the Lori5 harrows
To sink the GJSpci truth in your heart.
These were trutn3 thar You heard thirty
wears ago; they have 10. afeeie1 YOU until
recently. Some tt rouole came over YOU.
and the truth was h9rroWel in. and it has
come up. What dbl God mean in this coun-
try in 1852 Fora century there was the Cos
pei preached, bat q great deal Of it produced
no result. Then Got harnesset a wild
panic 20 q harrow OF commercial disaster.
and that harrow went down Wal street. and
10 Wall s rect, down Third stree. AM up
Third street, down state streat. AMI 10 Slafe
street, down Pennsylvania avrltla. ard up
Pennsylvania avenue. until the who'll, Ian1
was torn to pIecas as il hal Fever been De-
fore. What followed tho harrow? 4 cr1.
awakening in which there were $1,000
sous brought into tho Kingdom OF
oar Lori. No harrow. no crop.
Again, [ renlrt, in 1rt:e n in the farm
there must be a reapins. Many CHRISTMAS
SPEAK OF religion ~ though It were a matter
OF economics or insurance. They eypec. to
reap in the next world. Oh no. Now is the
Zine to reap. Gather up tho Joy Of the
Christian religion this morning. this after
noon, tGis might. Ifvou have not as much
grace as you wouIdJile to have. thank God
for what you have, and pray Tor more. You
( III iLp N (l1S q ~ ! - pa, ~ h'oASC
troubled than was David. no worse scourged
than was Pau. YET, amid the rafting Of
fetters ana amid the gloom OF dungeons, and
amid the horror OF shipwreck, they
triu,nphe! in the Cractof Got. Tne weakest
man III the house tO-fav has 500 acres OF
spiritual JOY all ripe. Why do you nor 90
and reap il? You nave been groan NJ over
your intlrn,tie, for thirty years. Now give
one rocni shout over y0ur emancipation.
You say yon have il 50 hard; you might have
it wors". You won ,er why-this great cold
trouble keeps revolving through your soul.
turning ana turning with q hia-G hand on
the crank. Al, that trouble IL the grind
stone on which y0u are 10 sharon your
sickle. To the fields. Wax ~! Take oil
your green specJacie7. your blu" SDectar.es,
your black spectacies. Pail up tho corners
Of Your mout a far rs yoa nulttlem down
To the fields, l. -. reap.
Again. | renlu-i.. in grace as III farming.
there is IL. time Tor threshing. | tell you
bluntly that IS death. Just as the farmer
with a fail beats the wheat out OF the straw.
!, so death beats the soul out OF tue body.
Every sickness is a stoke Of the fail. and the
; sick-bed is the threshing floor. What, say
, , you, is death to q goo1 man only taking the
!. wheat out of the straw? That is all. An
, aged man has fallen asleep. Only yesterday
. you saw him IN the sunny pOrcl playing
: with his grandchildren. Calmly he received
: the message to leave this world. He babe q
. pleasant good bye to his old irien Is. The
: telegraph carries the .tidings, ana on swift
= rail trains the kindred come. wanting once
: more to look on the face OF dear old grand.
: father. Brush back the gray hairs from his
brow, it Will never ache again. Put him
away in the slumber OF the tomb. He wi
. not be afraid OF that might. Grandfather was
+, never afraid Of anything. H will rise in
: the morning OF the resurrection. Grandtath-
, or. was always the FIRST 70 rise. His voice has
already minS.e IN the doxo!ogy Of Heaven.
; Grandfather always dill sin; in church.
: Anything ghast!y N tntt? NJ. Tie tnresh-
ing OF the wheat out OF the straw. That is
, ali.
: The Saviour folds n lamb in His bosom.
: The little child filled all the hous. with her
. = music, and her toys are scattered al up anil
: down the star, iu75 rs she left taen. WHAT
if the hand that piuckai four-o'clocks out
> of the meadow is still? 1t will wave in the
= eternal triumph. WHAT if the voice that
made music III tue home Is still? Il will Sing
the eternal h0senna. puc 4 White rose in one
hand, a red rose in the other hand. AMI
wreath of orange blossoms Un tue brow: the
white flower Tor the victory. tho rel Il ,wel
for the Saviour's sacrifice. the orange bios
SONS Tor her marriage day. Anything gaast-
- ~ anoutthat! On. 10. rhe sun went down
4 aud the flower shut. Tn wheat thresle
out Of the straw. Dear Lord. give M
sleen." sad a dying boy, inc son o. one Of
! my ders, dear I.ogt. g.va me- SIC n
a Aud he c osed his eyes and aHole IN Glory.
4 iItiliN ~. 49, A'tt'f. N&aiitl = 49, =
- coincidence to tnoss {~tl-eats. SOL. "IADsa
!. last words whre h'lI.Erullv poht".' Aud
Mr. Lonsfe'low knew what Is p1at.c. "Deal
:. Lord, give ne sleep
< Twas notln cruelty. not in wrath
,r That the rnanar 81 ne that day:
Il Twas au an:pttuat. vlsilei tie earth
d And took the dover away.
IT Where is the garner? >Neel I tell YOU.
- On. no. SO many have Eoua out fro Your
il own cIrc,t,-yea. from p0u- oTa family,
that you nave ha yDI- etcS on tltt garae-
ID for many a wear. Wat q hard time SON,
n of them natl In Gnthseaanes OF Suffering
they sweat great drops Of blood. The,
Ia took the "cup OF trembling" and they pc
y it to their hot lips and they cried. "If !. T.
err possible. let this cup p.lS- from me- Witt
id tongues OF burning agony trey cried. "C
e. Lord. deliver my soul.,' Iat they got owe
g. il. They all got over y. GIrne-ati Ihcl
4 tears wiped away. their battles AL ende1
I'll their burdens .ifta3. GaHncret, Ina 10y
is Of the harvest will No. allow inos" sheave
ri 70 perish in the ell mex. Garnarei, som
nj OF US remember. on th@ am. that to-
81! Sf,.aves were puF on -" top .. tn T2rs
which surLountei the WaCJ1. AMI tkss'