Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-05-20


Here fs whore ~ all MAKE our MISTAKE
az that i II regard = the color o Gods
providence. 4 white PROVIDENCE CONES 70
+ ~. al va say. "0h, i Il mercy iAsn q
f.as providence comes toWar1 u ana ~
aa~ "Oh. that il Disaster The white pro-
vince comes % you. and yoa have great
h.-1-@ -s Success. and yo1 nave @IcJ,rJ AM
+ 800 ~, proud. and you ct independent o.
&; :, aid go h+-i2 - Tel max NE prayer,
80 Te nc tbs day ny daily breal. Is IL
az 1Tate ter Fga, lo- E4I nave !aa1o
- vI-Io0 f9- lJ years. linen a olack
II Tt1eace cones. and I sweeps everything
ava~, and then Tou beelh 70 pray, an you
te-.1 % zee! y14r d"1elfeaae AMI oeSln
IL humble - - tr21 ana you cry OUT
for .reaSlre- u heaven. he INK tEoFl-
4~rce brouce- - sa4Vatlon- IAe waite
r-3y.Ietc@ i. G-h- you ruin. That which
-..a.-i - he harsh a2t fierce ahi disson-
am TsS vQurEr at"-t mercy. IL was raven.
T.cr- vas 3 Child born IN Your housa, All
v7-- friends Congratulated yoa. The other
r~As.Ilr-1 ~ the family -tooi anaZeis look
~ a: the nesr 1ner AM aSkei NSr.at
many questions. genealogical and Chrome
logical. I1l Sait-ant III 7aii frIth11Iv
that Z whit angel = Y through lae room
and loft the little on" th"re- mat little
aa- stood with its Two :ee: in the very sane
,1arv - vgur affection, and with its two
hands il took hold 81 the altar q Your soul.
H3t ona aav thare came one Of the three
-,.gr-e5 o, child-en-scarlet fever. or
,,5}.o or aiph-heria-anl all that bright
-.are vanished. The chattering. the strange
Questions. the pulling AZ the dresses a. you
crossed the a05--au ceased.
4. the great friend OF children stopped
down and leaned toward that cradle, and
took the lttf. one in His arms and walked
away with Il into the bower q eternal sum-
ne- v9nr eve began 10 follow Hin: and YOU
followed the treasure He carried. and you
have been following them ever since, and
,rnes "a Formerly. Won are thinking of it
aIItha fima and voI ara more pure and
tender he.,tesi than you used to be, and
Won are patiently waiting for the daytreak.
it Is not self righteousness in YOU to &C.
knowIedg. that YOU are a better man than
= Won used t. ha-you ara a better woman
tbsu y0u usel t. be. What was it that
brought YOU the sanctifvins blessing? Oh,
II was the dark shadow on the nursery, it
VA the dark shallow on the soft grave. it
was the dark shadow on your broken heart,
it was the b-5nlins Of a great black trouble,
Il was n ray4a-it was n raven, Dear Lord,
reach this people that white providences do
not alway, mean advancement and that
black nr5yi1anees DO not always mean
retrogression.
Children u God, get up out Of YOU de-
spondencv. The Lori never had 50 many
ravens as h. has today. Fling your fret
and worry to the winds. Sometimes under
the vexations Of life vou feel like Iny little
girl II four yra-s, who said under some
childish vryation. "Oh, | wish | could 90 to
heaven and see God and pick tiowers," He
viii LET vori 90 when tha right time comes
II pick towers. Until then, whatever Won
want rray for. SUPPOSE Elijah PRAYED
rr,t3v much all the time. Tremendous
/ work behind him. tremendous work before
han. GOD has SCARED no ravens for idlers
or for people who are prayerless. l put it
in tho boIdest shape possible, and 1 am
"a, - ~tf-r =. y - - tCl- CnI
iii the right wav for>wlat YOU want and
, You shall have it if it is best for you.
Mrs. Jane pithey, of Chicago. II W.ll-
known Christian woman. was left bv her
=; husband a widow Will one half dollar and
: a cottage. She was palsied and had a
mother ninety years of ago to support:
The widowed soul every dav asked God fol-
:, all that was needed in the household, and
/ the servant even was astonished at tbs
f precision with which God answered the
g PRAYERS OF that woman. item by item, item
| lv item. One Iav. rising from the family
altar. the servant said. sIou haye not
asked for coal. and the coal is out"
: Then they stood and praved for the coal
: One hour after that the servant threw opeI
!. the door and said. THE coal has come
! ranerous man whose nameI could civ,
. yo7 has sent-as never before and neve
since-a supply Of coal. You cannot under
stand it. I do. Ravens, Ravens, " I
Z Nv friend. YOU have n right to aryu,
from nrecedant that God ia going TO fax,
care Of YOU. Has he not done it two o
three times every day? That is most mar
+, veloue look back and wonder that Coz
mas given me food three times a day regu
= lorlv all nv lifetime never missing bu
K once. and then I was lost in the mountains
: Int that every mornin, ana that very nigh
met the ravens.
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