Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-12-25

hammer In the CtEpOllOh .
raw corn out of the field. He fried fish on
tbe banks of Gennesaret. lie was hoWleo az
bv crazy people in tho tombs. hs was
enlashed of the surf OF the sea. pilgrim
without anv pillow. sick man without
any medicament. mourner WIN no syn
pathetic bosom in which He could pour ms
tears. Disguise complete. l know !nas ".
ca-ionally His divine loyalty nasheu o". la al
when in the storm on Gililee, rs In the rea
sine at the wedding banquet, as
when He freed the shackled de.
mopiac OF Gadara, as when He turned |
n whole school OF fish into the net
of the discouraged boatman, as when he
throbbed life into the shriveled arm OF the
naraIytic, but for the most part He was IN
disguise. No one saw the Kings lewels IN
His sandal. No one saw the royal ROBE IN MS
plain coat No one knew that that snelter-
lass Christ owned all the mansions IN
which the hierarchs of heaven had their hab-
;tation. None knew that that hungered
Christ owned all the olive groves and all tne
harvests which shook their gold on the nilis
of Palestine. No one knew that He VINO sara
1T tbirstl" poured the Euphrates out OF HIS
n,rn chalice. No one knew that the ocean
law in the palm OF His hand like dewdrop
in The vase of lily. No one knew that the
stars and moons aud suns and gaiaxleS anu
consultations that marched on age AFTER aRe
were. as compared with His lifetime, inc
sparkle OF FREELY on summer nlgnI. NJ
one knew that the sun In midheaVen was
onlv fine shadow Of His throne. NO one knew
that Hjs crown of unveral dominion was
covered no with bunch OF thorns. Omnip-
otance sheath In q human body. Omnls-
| cinnca hidden in human eye. lnhnlte love
! heating in human heart. Everlasting mar
monies subdued into human voice. hoy-
aEv en- masque. Grandeurs OF heaven III
| earthly disguise. iii, ho,r
NV subject also impresses me Win nov
neon]e nut on masks and how the Lora tenrs
| them of. 1t was terrible moment III 40 40
, .iotor,, ~ this woman of Trzah when the
nronhet accosted her, practically saying -
tnn,r who YOU are. You cannot cheat me.
| Won cannot impose upon me. why ielgnesI
thon thvself to be another" She had
I'm 70 ASK for the restoration OF ner SOM
she had no right to practice that 1aIsenoous
a. IA never right to do wrong. Sometimes
vou NAV be able TO conceal an anair.
not necessary to tell everything: Inere - "
| nafnral nressure to the lips whicn seems 10
sndinata that silence sometimes is right, but
fo~ doubl. dealing, for moral stunning: Joe
counterfeit and for sham God has notnlnB
h,,t snathema and exposure. He Will tear
off the lie He will rip up the empirlclsm.
Ja will scatter the ambuscade. There are
neonle who are Just ready 10 be dupeo'
lrbev seem TO be waiting to DO deceived.
Thev believe in ghosts. They saw one
themselves once. They heard something
strange in an rninhabited house. GolnS
nong the road one night, somelnlns ~,
nroqched them in white and crossed tne
rrooI, They would think 1t very disastrous
20 connt the number OF carriages at u
fnperal They heard in neighbours mouse
something that portended death in tne
family. Ihev say it is sure sign OF eVll II
q hot 'fv into the room on summer nignt
, or thev see the moon. oFer td6 ieft shoulder
irhey would not for the world unoer'aho
anv enterprise on Friday, forget1ul OF Tue
hct that If they look over the caienual W
The world they will see tnat triuay nsS 49, %
Che most fortunate day in all the history o.
the world. H. ool
AS near MS I can tell, looking over the cat
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
Thev vould not for the world 90 BACK TO tn'
house for anything after they had one
started. Such peorle ara READY 10 DC oupTo
Ignorance comes along, perhaps Ia tho cis
, guise Of medical science' ana caIrles LII
p eantiye. for there are always some men WIN
, bxrs found some strange and mysteriou
wael in some strange place and piucEea II
t the N -onshine, and thin trey cover the poot
J fences with tHS adY3Ftis5;GeGtS'oi "eiixr
: Yr, ssnanaeeas" and "IndiaD mixlu res an
= asneAahle cataplasms" and "Unfaiang dif
| infec.auts" and "hghtning caves hI
Iiirstgn1aneous ointments, enough 20 st -.
o and scarlfy and poultice ana XIII MAJ. "
o race. They are all ready 10 De WrouSn,a w -,
q b| such limos tions. Alb, my friends; 90 "
- Ia among such dupesl Do not act the pa
:, IS os s,,ch nersons as have been descrloin'
a U,ond hack from all chicanery, from all 10
a ,,osirior. They who practice such imposing
r. ifhuil he exposed in the day OF GODS indl
Le nation. They may rear great fortunes, "
a nbeir. dapple grays Will be arreSte1 Oh :
r. road some day, rs was the ass py the az i
,r IF God with drawn sword. The ignt G. u
"a Sast 5sv will shine through all sIch sdoto
ia fnges ana with voice louder man "a
III witch oecosted this imposition O. TIE q
ut UCorne TO- thou wife .. Jeroboain. w
IA fefcneet -tnoa myself 70 be auotnerf WI
. ice louder than that God viii ihun6
ne To,rn into Midnight darkness and doom a
es 1oa+h al two faced men. and all charlatai
Of and ali knayes, and all jockeys, and
IT. Swindlers. Behold how the people put
Is the masks, and behold now me Aoro 'e'
as ehem Off -,;,h y
Ter o,eciep and accurate and partlcu ar
nil God's nroyIdences. Just Mt the momenS : :
nd woman entered the city the child dleo; .
re. osit was prophesied, so it turned our,
de 90, "'' ,nrnso ont. The event occurs,
,av Haatb takes place. the Ma ion IS porn,
~ dssnotism is overthrow at the appoln
nc. ume ttod drives the universe WIZ
in ,b,n Events DO no inst happen so. I'm 6l
lrd ~ M, On sljpshod. In all the SooS u 70 ~
,vs vi ences there Is not one III. W 70
or provi5ences are never caught IN diSh4gI
r. God there arc no surprises hO ul9'
out Monuments and no accidents. mo nv
lp, SIGNIFICANT event flung out IN TIE sys y
her connacting link between two great cn'1,n
ing me chain OF eternity past and the cnaln
IS eternity 10 come. u,x,o
Ind lam no fatalist, but should be c0mple
am " wretched ii I did not feel tnat an ,ls
tho fairs of my life are in GODS manu- anu
ng. that pertains to me and mine, yuss ~
the ta;n,y "a ali the affairs of this woman OF
pale text as this child of the text, as TINS kin'
cad the text. we're in Gods hand. You may
ken me n hundred questions l cannot ans,
llap Int shau until the day Of my death pen
by that 7 am under the unerring care OF Z
Tho and the heavens may fall, and the W.
cuss NAV burn, and the judgment may mum
hey and eternal ages mayroll. out not na.l
for fall from my head not q snaooW sia'. u. y
got mypath, not sorrow sna'l HausnA NY =
-zn1 without being divlneiy arrangeoTIT" I'd. hu
-za1 bv q living, sympathetic Father. % ~
lich our tears, He CATCHES our sorroMsl an
At the sss'IFiri + 65 Fmher, ana 10
-tv:: widow He will be husband, ana 10 .ne
. cast He will be home, auu W - :, ~ -,
not e~able wretch that this day cra"is W "
ari;i ~ d,toh OF his abominat1on crying
Of ,nercv He will be an all pardonlnR uo ,
you rocks si,d;i :urp gray with age, ana tne
)site Gets shall be unmoo-ed III inc ''s-s IluVt'e
him ond The snn shall shut its fiery eyelfd, an.