Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-05-14

yty.,r, AMI Ieansl toward that cradle, AMI
- 49,. IIttl. one in Ills arms and walk II
.,-,y with IL into the bower ~ eternal -am-
MGR YOUR eye hegan 20 follow Hin, and you
f,IIn,,.l the treasure H- carried. aud you
bav. been following them ever since, AMI
Instead 90 thinking OF heaven only once =
week. a. Formerly. You are thinking "i y
all the time, aud you are more pure am
tender hearted than YOU used @ ir, anu
you are patiently waiting for the daynfeAA'
II l. not self righteousness In You 70 a
knowledge that you ara a better man tHAh
YOU used q hH-y1u arr a better A'.h- ..
than YOU uSei % NJ. What was u t MAJ
brought YOU the sAnr.iiyiug blessing VI,
Il was the dark shadow on th" nursery ~
was the dark shadow on the soft grave u
was the dark shadow ON your broSrh near
it was the hr1aiing % a great hla'h touhie'
L was a raven-it was raven pear Loii'
teach this people that white proHldehccs Il"
not always mean advancement anu thht
black prlyilenres do not always mean
retrOgrtsSi1n.
Children of God. Get up out OF your de-
snonJenrv The Lord never had so many
ravens a. ne has to-day. Fling your iret
aud worry To the winds. sometimes under
ths yayations of lie YOU feel like my little
girl az four wears. who said under some
Childish yayation. "Oh. I wish could 60 TO
heaven and see God ani pick howers! Hs
will let YOU go when the right time comes
10 pick flowers. Until then, Whatever YOU
want pray for | suppose Elijah prayed
nretty much all the time. Tremendous
work behinl him. tremendous work before
him. God has spared no ravens for idlers
or for people vino are prayerless. put it
in the bald,.-t shape possible, and ! am
willing to risk my eternity on it, Ask God
In the right way for what you want and
You shall have II il it is best for you.
Mrs. Jane Pithey, OF Chicago, we'll
known Christian woman, was left ny heT
husband a widow with one half dollar and
a cottage. She was palsied and had a
mother ninety years Of ago TO support;
The widowed soul every day asked God for
all that was needed in the household, and
the servant even was astouished at the
precision with which God answered the
PRAYERS of that woman. item by item, item
lev item. One day, rising from the family
altar. the servant said. You have not
asked for coal and the coal is OUT
Then they stood aud prayed for the coal.
One hour after that the servant threw open
the door and said The coal has come. y
A generous man, whose name could give
YOU. has sent-as never before and never
since-a supply OF coal. You cannot under
stand it, | do. Ravens, Ravens!
My friend, you have u right to argue
from precedent that God is going to take
care Of you. Has he not done il two or
three times every day2 That is most mar
Vicious. | look back and wonder that God
has given me food three times a day regu-
larry all my lifetime, never missing but
once. and then | was lost in the mountains,
but that every morning and that very night
| met the ravens
Oh the Lord is so good that | wish all
7 His people would trust Him with the two
lives the life you are living aud that which
/ every tick Ofthe watch and every stroke OF
the clock informs you is approaching.
+ Bread for your immortal soul comes to-day.
/ Soc. They alght on the platform. They
/ alight on the backs of all the peWs. They
swing among the arches Ravensl
/ Ravens, blessed fare they that hunger
after righteousness, for they shall be
filed. To all the SHINING, and the sorrow
ing, and the tempted, deliverancr comes
this hour Look down, and you see moth
ing but your spiritual deformities. Look
/ back. and you see nothing but wasted OPP
/ portunity Cast your eye forward, and
you have a fearful looking for judgment
aud fiery indignation which shall dcvuur
/ the adversary. But look up, and you be-
+ hold the whipped shoulders Of an inter
ceding Christ, and the face OF parioning
+ God. and the rradiation Of an opening
heaven. ! hear the whir Of their wings,
T Do yOu not feel the rush Of air on your
cheek; Ravens, Ravens
There is only one question want to ask
How many Of this audience are willing 10
I trust God for the supply OF their bodies
( and trust the Lord Jesus Christ for the re-.
( demption Of their immortal souls: Amid
the clatter II the hoofS and the cianS Of the
wheels OF the judgment chariot the whole
matter will be- demonstrated.