Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-25

/ doctors OF the law, astounding then,
I Tor without any doctors gown He
knew more law thAn any doctors He nshed
with tire fishermen. lie smote with His own
hammer In the carpenters shop. de ate
I raw corn out OF the held He fried nsh on
I The banks Of Gennesaret. Hs was howled AZ
/ by crazy people In the tombs. he was
I splashed OF the surf OF the sea. A pilgrim
without any pillow. A sick man without
any medicameni. mourner With no sym
I pathetic bosom in which He could pour His
lears. Disguise complete. know that oe-
. sasionally His divine loyalty dashed olt as
when In the storm on Gtlilee, as In the red
wine at the wedding banquet, as
when He freed the shackled de-
moniac OF Gadara. rs when He turned
a whole school Of fish into the net
/ II the discouraged hOaiman. as when He
1 throhbed life into the shriyeled arm OF tho
paraytic, hut for the most part He was in
| disguise No one saw the Kings jewels in
His sandal. No one saw the royal robe IN His
plain coat. No one knew that that shelter
| less Christ owned all the mansions in
which the hicrarchs Of heaven had their hab-
| itation. None know that that hungered
/ Christ owned all the olive groves and all the
/ harvests which shook their gold on the hills
/ Of Palestine. No one knew that He who said
II thirst poured tho Euphrates out Of His
/ own chalice No one knew that the ocean
lay In the palm OF His hand like dewdrop
| in the vase Of a lily. No one knew that the
stars and moons aud suns and galaxies and
| consultations that marched on age after age
were, as compared with His lifetime, the
| sparkle OF a FREELY on summer night. No
/ one knew that the sun in midheaven was
/ only the shadow OF His throne. No one knew
! that His crown OF uniyeral dominion was
| covered up with bunch OF thorns. 0mnip-
otence sheath in human body. 0mnis-
| cience hidden in a human eye. Infinite love
beating In Il human heart. Everlasting har-
monies subdued into n human voice. Roy
atty en- masquc. Grandeurs Of heaven in
| earthly disguise.
My subject also impreSses me with how
| people put on masks and how the Lordtea
! them OIL. 1t was u terrible moment in the
/ history OF this woman OF TlrzAh when the
| prophet accosted her, practically saying: II
know who yOu are. You cannot cheat me-
You cannot impose upon me. Why feignest
/ thou thyself to te anOther?" She had a
! right TO ask for the restoration OF her son;
she had no right 20 practice that falsehood.
1t is never right to do wrong Sometimes
/ you may he 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 doubs dealing, for moral shutting. for
counterfeit and for sham God has nothing
but nnathema and exposure. He will tear
Off the lie He will rip up the empircsm
/ He will scatter the ambuscade. There are
/ people who ace Just ready TO be duped.
/ They seem to be waiting TO be deceived.
They believe in ghosts. They saw one
/ themselves once. They heard something
strange in an Tninhabited house. Going
along the road one night, something APP
preached them in white and crossed the
road. They would think it very disastrous
to count the number of carriages at u
funeral. They heard in a neighbours house
something that porteuded death in the
family. They say 1t is a sure sign Of evil Il
a bat fly into the room on summer night
| or they see the moon over the left shoulder
They would not for the world undertake
any enterprise on Friday. forgetful of the
fact that II they look over the calendar Of
he world they will see that Friday has been
the most fortunate day in all the history OF
the world.
As near as can tell. looking over the cal
endar OF the worlds history, more grand,
bright, beautiful things have happened on
Friday than any other day Of the week.
| They would not begin anything on Friday.
They would not for the world go back to the
house for anything after they had once
started. Such people are ready to be duped
Ignorance comes along, perhaps In the dis.
guise Of medical science, and carries them
fhl-lNt, LOT lleEN hTt always some men VINO
have found some strange and mysterious
weed in some strange place and plucked it in
the moOnshne, and then they cover the board
ferces with the advertisements Of elixir
ard 'Danaceas" and Indian mixtures" and
timetable cataplasms" and "uniailing dis
iEfectants" and "lghtning salves" and
instantaneous Ointments " enough to stuT
rad scarify aud poultice and kin half the
race. They are ali ready to be wrought upor
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be among such dupes! Do not act the part
of such persons rs | have been describing
Stand back from all chicanery, from all i'm
position. They who practice such imposition
shall be exposed in the day OF Gods indig
nation They may rear great fortunes, bu
their dapple grays will be arrested on the
road some day. as was the ass by the ange
Of God with drawn sword. The light ottht
last day will shine through all slch subter
iuges and with u voice louder than tha
which accosted this imposition OF the tex:
"Coue in, thou wife of Jeroboam. Why
feigncst thou thyself to be another" witt
q voice louder than that God will thunder
down into midnight darkness and doom anC
death all two faced men, and all charatans
and all knaves, and all jockeys, and al
swindlers. Behold how the people put or
the masks, and behold how the Lord tear
them Off,
|
precise and accurate and particular ar,
Gods proWdences. Just at the moment tina
woman entered the city the child died. Jus
rs it was prophesied, so it turned out, so /
always turns ont. The event occurs, thu
death takes place. the Nation is born, tn,
despotism is overthrown at the appointed
time. God drives the universe with stiff
rein. Events do no just happen so. Thing
do not 60 slipshod. In all the book of God
/ Ap{1 10 Dc nf nNIl
providences are never caught in dishabille
To God there are no surprises, no disaT
pointments and no accidents. The most In
significant event flung out in the ages is tn
connecting link between two great chains
the chain OF eternity past and the chain q
eternity to come.
am no fatalist, but / should be complete
ly wretched IL did not feel that all the al
fairs OF my life are In Gods hand and al
that pertains to me and mine, just as Ger
tainly as all the affairs of this woman Of tn
) text, as this child Of the text, as this king O
the text, were In Gods hand. You may as
me hundred questions | cannot answer
but l shall until the day Of my death beiev
that am under the unerring care OF God
and the heavens may fall, and the worl
} may burn, and the judgment may thunder
} and eternal ages may roll, but not hair shal
fall from my head, not shadow shall drop o.
hOt q cOltON sholi bkduHuA III uedI
without being diyinely arranged-arrange
by living, sympathetic Father. He bottle
| our tears, He catches our sorrows, and t
the orphan he will be a Father, and to tn
widow He will be husband, and to the out
cast He will be home and to the most mis-
cradle wretch that this day crawls up out O
the ditch of his abomination crying 70
! mercy He will be an all pardoning God. TIL
rocks shall turn gray with age, and the for
RSts 5hNll he nnmnOrad In tbn laQf hurrioa a
and the sun shall shut its fiery eyelid, and tn
stars shall drop like blasted figs, and tn
) continents shall go down like anchors Il
} the deep, and the ocean shall heave its las
groan and lash itself with expiring agony
and the world shall wrap itself in windin,