Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-09-03


do no; ind il in one way, you will get it IN
another way.
The auestion was asked. "Who are those
nearest the thr1ne." and the answer came
hack sTbeSa are thew who came up out ot
great trihuIation' great failing" a. the
original has Il: great failing. great pound
ing-"and had their robes washed aud
made white in the blood Of the Lamb. oh,
DO not be dishcartenedl o child OF God,
take COURAGE You are In glorious COM
paniOnship. God will see won through all
these trials. and He will deliver you.
Ny subject also impre~scs me with the
fact that good people sometimes get very
much frightened. In the tones Of these
disciples as they rushed into the back part
Of the boat find they are frightened al
most to death. They saw. Master, carest
Thou not that we perish?" They had no
reason to be frightened. fO' Christ was in
the boat. / suppose If We had been there
we would have been just as much alright
ed. Perhaps more.
In all ages very good people get very
much anrlghted. II is often so in our
day. and men say: "Why. look at the bad
lectures; look at the spiritualistic socie-
ties look at the various errors going over
the church of God. We are going to foun-
der; the church Is going to perish: she is
going down" on, how many good people
ART NiIlEAlFu Nv triumphant lnllullN III
our day and think the church of Jesus
Christ and the cause of righteousness are
going to be overthrow and are Just rs
much affriChted rs the disciples Of my text
were aiGrighted. Don't worry, don't fret,
as though iniquity were going to triumph
over righteousness.
lion goes into cavern to sleep. He
lies down, with his shaggy name covering
the paws Meanwhile the spiders spin a
-,l, q h.. md
say, I'VE have captured him." Gossamer
thread after gossamer thread is spun until
the whole front of the cavern is covered
with the spiders web and the spiders say,
The lion is done; the lion is fast" After
awhile the lion has got through sleeping.
He rouses himself. he shakes his name, he
walks out into the sunlight. he does not
even know the spiders web is spun. and
with his voice he shakes the mountain.
So men come, spinning their sOphistres
and skcpticsm about Jesus Christ. He
seems to be sleeping. They say: I'VE have
captured the Lord. He will never come
forth again upon the nation. Christ is cap
turpd, and captured forever. His religion
will never make any conquest among men"
But after awhile the ''lion Of the tribe of
Judah" will rouse himself and come forth
to shake nightly the nations What is
spiders web to the aroused lion? Give
lIulu anu 'ii'l % lhli SLbilAN, anu 'lHNA
will come of victor
But there are great many good people
who get afrightcd in other respects They
are afrrighted in our day about rcvlvals.
They say: "Oh, this is n strong religious
gale! We are afraid the church of God is
going to upset and there are going to be
great many people brought into the church
that are going to be of no use to it," And
they are affrighted whenever they see a re-
yival taking hold Of the churches.
As though a ship captain with 5000 bush
els Of wheat for a cargo should say some
day. coming upon deck, Throw overheard
al the cargo. and the sailors should say,
''Nhy, captain, what do you mean: Throw
| over all the cargo on, SAYS the cap
tain, we have peck OF chan that has got
| INTO TINS 0OOO bushels OF wheat, ana the
only way To get rid oi the chall Is 10 throw
all the wheat overheard. Now, that Is
/ great deal wiser than the talk OF a great
many CHRISTIANS vine want TO throw over
BOARD al the thousands ana tens OF thou-
| sands OF souls who have been brought in
| through great awakcninGs. Throw all
| overheard because there l. peek OF chaH,
quart OF chan. PINT OF chan! / say. let
| them stay until the last day. The Lord
will divide the chaiI from the wheat,
| On. that these gales from heaven might
sweep through all our churches. On, Tor
such days as Richard Baxter saw IN Eng
land and Robert McCheyne saw in Dundee.
On, for such days as Jonathan Edwards
| saw in Northampton. | have often heard
my father tell OF the fact that in the early
| part OF this century revival broke out in
! Somerville, n. j., and some people were
very much agitated about it. They said,
| ooh, you are going to bring too many
people into the church Mt once and
they sent down to New Brunswick to Eet
John Livingston to stop the revival Well,
there was no better soul in all the
| world than John Livingston. He went
up; he looked at the revival They
! wanted him to stop it. He stood in the
pulpit on the sabbath and looked over
the solemn auditory. and he said: This,
brethren, is in reality the work Of God.
Beware how you try to stop it, And he