Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-12

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In their descent, they purify the
atmosphere as we'll as the earth
for water is the life-blood of the
world, and its active circulation
as necessary to the health of the
planet as is the steady flow O.
blood in our own veins necessary
to our life. Cali the rivers rur
into the sea, the sun lifts them
into the ornaments, from whence
they return to the earth loaded
With blessings; from the place
whence the rivers came, thithel
they return again"
We know that mist and fog
are deadly mag azlnes of sheathed
electricity-that the gases of the
sea released from their colnbin-
ations would produce intenaes'
f1ame-that the atmospheric ell.
ements transformed, would pois-
on and sufocate everything that
breathes that the clouds un<
restrained would sweep us away
with a food-tllat the winds not
held in his hand would take us
off in a hurricane-yea, that il
the ties Of chemical affinity were
relaxed, the globe itself would
crum BILE. But we also know that
God holds the winds and water
in the hollow of his hand; that
he hides the thindcrbolts i'll drift
ing vaper; that i'll all ages he is
the Preserver of men, and that
he makes ali things work tc-
gether for our safety and good.
Lord we are thine, and thou art ours
Thine, too, are sun and rain:
And thou, for Us, their varying pow
cTS
Wilt hcighten or restrain.
Then be the weather what it will.
eirusttully will serve three still
AS God uses clouds as his
blessing bearers to hills, fields,
forests and flowers, SO He uses
the hearts and lives of Bible
characters to bring Us refreshing
from His presence.
1. If your soul becomes parch
ed and thirsty because of In
patience, go and sit down with
Job on his ash-pile and let him
talk to you. See him in his af>
f1ictions, Affections in his for
tune, all gone in his family, all
swept away, except a fretful wife;
in his flesh, all covered with
boils; i'll his friends, who add
misery instead of comfort. Read
right along. You should use
Job for a "spel1" of imbatirvcf
just as you would a course of
medicine take it right through.
2. Srong>headcdness protruces
itself, like SO many hard, hot
rocks in a drought slnitten field
but God will send you cooling
from His chambers through the
life of Moses, the 1neekest of
men if you will let him. Moses
started out with bad case of
strong headedness, and knocked
an Egyptian Oh the head and
killed him, before God was
ready to deliver his people. He
sent Moses off in the back~woods
to herd sheep for forty years and
learn nleekness. You go along
with him. Let the innocent
sheep, the quiet fields away from
courts, fashions and ambitions
teach You. You will find your
head cooling off. When it does,
God will call You to some good,
and perhaps great work. That's
the way He did Moses.
8. Perhaps 1t comes to you
to be policy man. Many are
afflicted that way. You say
"success is all that is necessary,
and how man succeeds matters
not" TO succeed, Scripturally
educated conscience is greatly in
the way When such whisper
inss are heard in your heart,
make trip to Babylon at once,
and find Daniel. See him there
away from home, i'll a strange
city, yet the decided favorite of
the King. He is young. His
blood is hot All of his life lies
before him. The King offers
him wine from his own table.
TIC refuse IS to Insult the King
and lose his chances for success
i'll life. 10 accept, is to grieve
the spirit and debase his own
conscience. What would you
do? Daniel refused. The King
said, "dont pray to God, but to
my idols, aud if you disobey me
Ill shut you up i'll the den of
lions" Lions are mighty hung
ry sort of beasts. What would
you have done Daniel said,
"I'll pray to God, for I'd rather
be shut up i'll lions den, than
to be shut ont of heaven" So
be prayed on-and made great
success of life.
i. Sordid seIfsAuess, some
times seizes us, and then what
help may we expect, and how
shall We get it? Id 60 to
Matthew and sit down with him